1959 Giants 13 - 1057 Lions 10

I have been playing this game for 40 years in the original and PC versions. I have never. NEVER. Made as stupid a decision as I did coaching the Lions in this old school slugfest. Lions are up, 10 - 3, and at the Giants 5 yard line in the fourth. Bobby Layne has been hurt, crippling the Lions offense as Tebowish running QB Tobin Rote is now at the helm. Hopalong Cassady loses a fumble on third down. Terrible. The Lions could have essentially salted away the game on the next play with a FG. Ah well, thems the breaks. Giants move out of the shadow of their goal posts with a 15 yard Conerly pass and a ten yard run. On the next play though Conerly is sacked for 12, followed by a holding penalty on the Giants, followed by a loss on a draw play. Its now 3rd and over 30. Conerly is hit again and fumbles and the Lions recover at the four - dialog box opens - Fall on the Ball, or pick up and run? And the idiot coaching the Lions sez pick up the ball. Lions fumble, Giants recover...and its First and Ten Giants! the Giants drive the field to tie. All I had to do was fall on the ball, run some clock, kick a FG for a 2 score lead, that should have been it. Next drive Tobin Rote strings a few completions and a couple of good scrambles together to get in FG range, but the Lions miss on @ a 75% shot. Giatns QB Conerly hits a long pass on the next play, Giants are in FG position, and Pat Summerall wins the damned thing. The end. I really enjoyed playing these Lions, but they were overmatched and a touch unlucky this time. Giants are on to the Third Round

1957 Detroit 10, 1959 New York 13
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1957 Detroit	3	7	0	0	0	10
1959 New York	0	3	0	10	0	13

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	1:49	1957 Detroit	B.Layne 16 yd. field goal	3-0 DEN
2	10:43	1959 New York	P.Summerall 17 yd. field goal	3-3 NYN
2	1:15	1957 Detroit	J.Doran 41 yd. pass from B.Layne (B.Layne kick)	10-3 DEN
4	4:52	1959 New York	A.Webster 9 yd. run (P.Summerall kick)	10-10 NYN
4	0:45	1959 New York	P.Summerall 34 yd. field goal	13-10 NYN

Team Statistics
	1957 Detroit	1959 New York
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	7-9-5-21	6-9-1-16
Third Down Efficiency	6-14-43%	4-14-29%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-2-0%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	3-14-21%	13-21-62%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	253-72-3.5	283-63-4.5
Total Net Yards Rushing	126	103
Total Rushes	37	37
Average Per Rush	3.4	2.8
Passes Completed/Attempted	13/32 (40.6%)	11/24 (45.8%)
Net Yards Passing	127	180
Avg Yards Per Pass	4.8	8.2
Sacked/Yards Lost	3/28	2/17
Punts/Average	4/36.8	6/47.5
Punts Received/Return Yardage	4/48	2/10
Kickoffs/Returns	4/83	3/67
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	5/40	9/100
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	5/4	5/4
Time of Possession	31 mins 3 secs	29 mins 5 secs
Average Drive Start	DEN 27	NYN 30

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1957 Detroit
Bobby Layne	16	7	108	43.8	6.8	1	6.3	1	6.3	41	2/21	61.5
Tobin Rote	16	6	47	37.5	2.9	0	0	0	0	15	1/7	45.8
1959 New York
Charlie Conerly	24	11	197	45.8	8.2	0	0	0	0	67	2/17	74.5

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1957 Detroit
John Henry Johnson	18	52	2.9	15	0	0	2/1
Hopalong Cassady	6	14	2.3	5	0	0	1/1
Gene Gedman	4	14	3.5	6	0	0	0/0
Tobin Rote	4	32	8.0	15	0	0	0/0
Bobby Layne	3	13	4.3	8	0	0	1/1
Leon Hart	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0
Tom Tracy	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0/0
1959 New York
Alex Webster	15	29	1.9	15	1	0	1/1
Mel Triplett	8	23	2.9	16	0	0	1/0
Frank Gifford	6	23	3.8	15	0	0	0/0
Joe Morrison	6	29	4.8	14	0	0	1/1
Phil King	2	-1	-0.5	0	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1957 Detroit
Jim Doran	4	85	21.3	41	1	0
Hopalong Cassady	3	14	4.7	10	0	0
Dave Middleton	2	19	9.5	10	0	0
Gene Gedman	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
Jerry Reichow	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Steve Junker	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
Tom Tracy	1	4	4.0	4	0	0
1959 New York
Kyle Rote	5	121	24.2	67	0	0
Alex Webster	3	35	11.7	15	0	0
Frank Gifford	2	31	15.5	18	0	0
Phil King	1	10	10.0	10	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1957 Detroit
Bobby Layne	1/1	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/0	1/2	50.0
1959 New York
Pat Summerall	1/1	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/1	2/3	66.7

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1957 Detroit
Yale Lary	4	36.8	34.3	0	2	45	0
1959 New York
Don Chandler	6	47.5	36.2	1	3	54	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1957 Detroit
Hopalong Cassady	3	70	23.3	30	0
Terry Barr	1	13	13.0	13	0
1959 New York
Joe Morrison	3	67	22.3	23	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1957 Detroit
Yale Lary	3	0	13	4.3	6	0
Terry Barr	1	0	35	35.0	35	0
1959 New York
Joe Morrison	2	0	10	5.0	14	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1957 Detroit
Joe Schmidt	8	0	0
Roger Zatkoff	7	0	2
Darris McCord	7	1	0
Jim Martin	6	0	0
Gerry Perry	5	1	0
Jack Christiansen	4	0	0
Yale Lary	4	0	0
Gil Mains	3	0	0
Terry Barr	3	0	0
Gene Cronin	1	0	0
Jim David	1	0	0
Charlie Ane Sr.	0	0	1
Lou Creekmur	0	0	1
Dorne Dibble	0	0	1
1959 New York
Dick Modzelewski	11	0	0
Sam Huff	10	0	2
Jim Katcavage	8	1	0
Cliff Livingston	5	0	0
Dick Lynch	4	0	0
Jimmy Patton	4	0	0
Harland Svare	4	0	1
Rosey Grier	2	1	0
Dick Nolan	2	0	0
Lindon Crow	2	0	0
Andy Robustelli	1	1	0
Mel Triplett	0	0	1
Jack Stroud	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1957 Detroit
1959 New York
Jimmy Patton	1	1	1.0	1	0

Game Story

In a game that featured a fourth quarter comeback the crowd went home happy as New York edged Detroit by the score of 13 to 10. Charlie Conerly threw 24 times for 197 yards. The crowd was treated to a pass to Kyle Rote that gained 67 yards with 1:15 left in the 4th quarter. Detroit was ahead at halftime 10 to 3.

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