1959 Giants 30 - 1967 Colts

I guess you can't stop Giants TE Bob Schnelker*, you can only hope to contain him. Fresh off of his destruction of the mighty 1962 Packers Schnelker repeated his performance by catching 3 passes for 134 yards against the 67 Colts, spearheading a win, and securing the Championship of the Topscribe bracket for the 1959 New York Football Giants. The two teams were a good match, and similar in some ways. The Colts have a great QB in Unitas, while the Giants have a good QB in Conerly. This is offset by a great Giants defense matched against a good one for Baltimore, and both teams struggle in the run game. The Colts took an early 7-0 lead on a pass to John Mackey, which was matched in the second quarter as Schnelker took a short Conerly pass 74 yards for an answering TD. The Colts shakey FG kicker missed two opportunities,, while the Giants were able to cobble together another TD drive for a 14-7 halftime lead. The Colts moved into FG range again, and this time Michaels connected, but the Giants answered with a Summerall kick. Afer holding the Colts, the Conerly threw for Schnelker in the flat, and beat the Baltimore blitz for a 48 yard pickup, setting up a Summerall kick from the two. Yes, I kicked the FG. Yes, it was the right call, because it made for a two score lead, the Giants RB's are weak, and the Colts run D turns brutal inside the ten. The Colts added another FG, but the Giants were able to mount another drive, and this time Phil King crashed in from the 1 yard line and a 27 - 13 lead with 7 minutes left. It only took Unitas a little over two minutes to score a TD on a 38 yard throw to Alex Hawkins, and they were able to hold the Giants. Unfortunately for Baltimore a strip sack and recovery by New York set up a final short FG, and that was the Dagger. * Bob Schnelker is now almost completely forgotten, but in 1959 he had 37 catches for a better than 19 yard per catch average in a 12 game season. He may not be in Canton, but he is no stiff. Don't let anyone tell you pass catching TE's were invented in the 1960's!

1967 Baltimore 20, 1959 New York 30
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1967 Baltimore	0	7	3	10	0	20
1959 New York	0	14	3	13	0	30

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
2	14:43	1967 Baltimore	J.Mackey 3 yd. pass from J.Unitas (L.Michaels kick)	7-0 BAN
2	7:08	1959 New York	B.Schnelker 74 yd. pass from C.Conerly (P.Summerall kick)	7-7 NYN
2	0:22	1959 New York	A.Webster 7 yd. pass from C.Conerly (P.Summerall kick)	14-7 NYN
3	12:00	1967 Baltimore	L.Michaels 45 yd. field goal	14-10 NYN
3	7:27	1959 New York	P.Summerall 39 yd. field goal	17-10 NYN
4	14:43	1959 New York	P.Summerall 9 yd. field goal	20-10 NYN
4	10:35	1967 Baltimore	L.Michaels 26 yd. field goal	20-13 NYN
4	7:49	1959 New York	P.King 1 yd. run (P.Summerall kick)	27-13 NYN
4	5:09	1967 Baltimore	A.Hawkins 39 yd. pass from J.Unitas (L.Michaels kick)	27-20 NYN
4	1:15	1959 New York	P.Summerall 10 yd. field goal	30-20 NYN

Team Statistics
	1967 Baltimore	1959 New York
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	2-16-0-18	6-14-1-21
Third Down Efficiency	3-12-25%	5-13-38%
Fourth Down Efficiency	2-2-100%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	10-14-71%	20-35-57%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	347-58-6.0	390-65-6.0
Total Net Yards Rushing	67	110
Total Rushes	22	35
Average Per Rush	3.0	3.1
Passes Completed/Attempted	18/34 (52.9%)	16/28 (57.1%)
Net Yards Passing	280	280
Avg Yards Per Pass	8.5	10.6
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/9	2/16
Punts/Average	3/45.0	5/48.6
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/43	1/-4
Kickoffs/Returns	5/126	4/95
Interceptions/Returns	1/5	1/0
Penalties/Yards	2/10	2/10
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	4/2	2/0
Time of Possession	27 mins 22 secs	32 mins 38 secs
Average Drive Start	BAN 27	NYN 32

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1967 Baltimore
Johnny Unitas	34	18	289	52.9	8.5	2	5.9	1	2.9	39	2/9	89.0
1959 New York
Charlie Conerly	28	16	296	57.1	10.6	2	7.1	1	3.6	74	2/16	102.7

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1967 Baltimore
Tom Matte	9	23	2.6	8	0	0	0/0
Tony Lorick	8	19	2.4	6	0	0	1/0
Lenny Moore	3	3	1.0	3	0	0	0/0
Johnny Unitas	1	9	9.0	9	0	0	1/1
Jerry Hill	1	13	13.0	13	0	0	0/0
1959 New York
Mel Triplett	11	39	3.5	15	0	0	2/0
Phil King	8	37	4.6	15	1	0	0/0
Frank Gifford	7	22	3.1	9	0	0	0/0
Alex Webster	5	5	1.0	4	0	0	0/0
Charlie Conerly	2	-1	-0.5	0	0	0	0/0
Joe Morrison	2	8	4.0	5	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1967 Baltimore
Willie Richardson	5	59	11.8	18	0	0
John Mackey	5	67	13.4	30	1	0
Alex Hawkins	3	72	24.0	39	1	0
Tom Matte	2	47	23.5	30	0	0
Tony Lorick	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Ray Perkins	1	19	19.0	19	0	0
Raymond Berry	1	18	18.0	18	0	0
1959 New York
Frank Gifford	5	73	14.6	15	0	0
Kyle Rote	3	42	14.0	15	0	0
Bob Schnelker	3	134	44.7	74	1	0
Alex Webster	3	21	7.0	8	1	0
Joe Morrison	2	26	13.0	14	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1967 Baltimore
Lou Michaels	0/0	1/1	0/2	1/1	0/0	2/4	50.0
1959 New York
Pat Summerall	2/2	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	3/3	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1967 Baltimore
David Lee	3	45.0	46.3	0	0	52	0
1959 New York
Don Chandler	5	48.6	36.0	1	3	54	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1967 Baltimore
Alvin Haymond	3	70	23.3	28	0
Lenny Moore	2	56	28.0	28	0
1959 New York
Joe Morrison	3	72	24.0	27	0
George Scott	1	23	23.0	23	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1967 Baltimore
Rick Volk	2	1	43	21.5	43	0
1959 New York
Joe Morrison	1	0	-4	-4.0	-4	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1967 Baltimore
Billy Ray Smith Sr.	9	1	0
Ron Porter	7	0	0
Ordell Braase	6	1	0
Jerry Logan	5	0	0
Rick Volk	5	0	0
Fred D. Miller	4	0	0
Dennis Gaubatz	3	0	0
Don Shinnick	3	0	0
Lou Michaels	3	0	0
Lenny Lyles	2	0	0
Bobby Boyd	2	0	0
Tony Lorick	0	0	1
Tom Matte	0	0	1
1959 New York
Sam Huff	7	0	0
Lindon Crow	5	0	0
Harland Svare	4	0	0
Dick Nolan	4	0	0
Jim Katcavage	4	0	0
Dick Lynch	3	0	0
Cliff Livingston	3	1	0
Dick Modzelewski	3	0	0
Joe Morrison	2	0	1
Jimmy Patton	2	1	0
Rosey Grier	2	0	1
Andy Robustelli	1	0	0
Al Barry	0	0	1
Alex Webster	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1967 Baltimore
Jerry Logan	1	5	5.0	5	0
1959 New York
Jimmy Patton	1	0	0.0	0	0

Game Story

Bob Schnelker was fantastic as New York bested Baltimore by the score of 30 to 20. Schnelker gathered in 3 passes for 134 receiving yards and added a touchdown. Charlie Conerly threw 28 times for 296 yards and 2 touchdowns. The fans were thrilled by a touchdown pass to Bob Schnelker that went for 74 yards with 7:08 left in the 2nd quarter. New York led at halftime 14 to 7. They led after three quarters 17 to 10.

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