1959 Giants 34 - 1966 Chiefs 20

A kickoff return for a TD, a 73 yard interception return for another TD, and as ill timed a fumble as can be imagined provided the margin of victory for the Giants. The Giants opened with a bang. After stopping the Chiefs opening drive the Giants took over at their own six. Frank Gifford lost two yards off tackle, but then Charley Conerly hit TE Bob Schnelker with a short crossing pattern, which turned into a 56 yard catch and run. Gifford's next carry was for 34 yards around end, and the Giants cashed in on a short TD pass. The Chiefs battled back to a 10 all tie, before the Giants mounted another drive to get within extreme range for Pat Summerall. In this era all missed FG's are placed at the 20, so there is no disincentive to taking long range pot-shots, and Summerall connected for a 13-10 lead with a little over a minute left in the half. Mike Garrett fumbled on the Chiefs next possesion, and the Giants took over at the 42 with :37 left in the half. Looking to shorten a FG attempt, Gifford took a draw play 30 yards, then caught a 12 yard TD pass for a two score lead. In the second, the Chiefs closed to 7 after another FG producing drive, but Joe Morrison took the kickoff the distance for what would be an insurmountable lead. The 59 Giants play very "modern" in that they have good pass blocking, throw few interception, and Conerly is a dead accurate dink n' dunk QB. Paired with a defense that does everything well and a FG kicker good for the era and they are a dangerous team, if not very explosive apart from Frank Gifford.

1966 Kansas City 20, 1959 New York 34
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1966 Kansas City	0	10	3	7	0	20
1959 New York	7	13	7	7	0	34

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	9:00	1959 New York	F.Gifford 6 yd. pass from C.Conerly (P.Summerall kick)	7-0 NYN
2	14:41	1966 Kansas City	M.Garrett 11 yd. run (M.Mercer kick)	7-7 NYN
2	11:01	1959 New York	P.Summerall 36 yd. field goal	10-7 NYN
2	6:45	1966 Kansas City	M.Mercer 37 yd. field goal	10-10 NYN
2	2:49	1959 New York	P.Summerall 45 yd. field goal	13-10 NYN
2	0:45	1959 New York	B.Schnelker 10 yd. pass from C.Conerly (P.Summerall kick)	20-10 NYN
3	7:39	1966 Kansas City	M.Mercer 17 yd. field goal	20-13 NYN
3	7:20	1959 New York	J.Morrison 92 yd. return (P.Summerall kick)	27-13 NYN
4	14:05	1959 New York	L.Crow 73 yd. intercept (P.Summerall kick)	34-13 NYN
4	1:45	1966 Kansas City	M.Garrett 2 yd. run (M.Mercer kick)	34-20 NYN

Team Statistics
	1966 Kansas City	1959 New York
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	6-17-1-24	5-11-0-16
Third Down Efficiency	4-12-33%	4-10-40%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-2-0%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	20-28-71%	14-21-67%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	395-69-5.7	293-51-5.7
Total Net Yards Rushing	120	103
Total Rushes	30	31
Average Per Rush	4.0	3.3
Passes Completed/Attempted	22/35 (62.9%)	16/20 (80.0%)
Net Yards Passing	275	190
Avg Yards Per Pass	8.6	9.5
Sacked/Yards Lost	4/26	0/0
Punts/Average	3/42.3	3/48.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/39	2/6
Kickoffs/Returns	6/161	3/143
Interceptions/Returns	1/1	1/73
Penalties/Yards	7/35	3/25
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/1	1/1
Time of Possession	33 mins 18 secs	26 mins 42 secs
Average Drive Start	KCA 30	NYN 31

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1966 Kansas City
Pete Beathard	21	13	144	61.9	6.9	0	0	1	4.8	20	1/7	62.4
Len Dawson	14	9	157	64.3	11.2	0	0	0	0	30	3/19	102.4
1959 New York
Charlie Conerly	20	16	190	80.0	9.5	2	10.0	1	5.0	56	0/0	118.8

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1966 Kansas City
Curtis McClinton	12	29	2.4	6	0	0	0/0
Mike Garrett	11	48	4.4	18	2	0	1/1
Bert Coan	4	18	4.5	9	0	0	0/0
Pete Beathard	2	15	7.5	11	0	0	0/0
Len Dawson	1	10	10.0	10	0	0	0/0
1959 New York
Frank Gifford	10	76	7.6	34	0	0	1/1
Mel Triplett	8	2	0.3	3	0	0	0/0
Phil King	6	11	1.8	6	0	0	0/0
Alex Webster	4	13	3.3	9	0	0	0/0
Joe Morrison	2	2	1.0	4	0	0	0/0
Don Heinrich	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1966 Kansas City
Chris Burford	7	84	12.0	26	0	0
Otis Taylor	5	83	16.6	25	0	0
Fred Arbanas	3	44	14.7	16	0	0
Reg Carolan	2	27	13.5	15	0	0
Bert Coan	2	40	20.0	30	0	0
Frank Pitts	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
Mike Garrett	1	8	8.0	8	0	0
Curtis McClinton	1	5	5.0	5	0	0
1959 New York
Joe Morrison	4	32	8.0	16	0	0
Bob Schnelker	4	89	22.3	56	1	0
Frank Gifford	3	28	9.3	12	1	0
Kyle Rote	2	26	13.0	15	0	0
Phil King	2	10	5.0	6	0	0
Alex Webster	1	5	5.0	5	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1966 Kansas City
Mike Mercer	1/1	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	2/2	100
1959 New York
Pat Summerall	0/0	0/0	1/1	1/1	0/0	2/2	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1966 Kansas City
Jerrel Wilson	3	42.3	40.3	0	2	51	0
1959 New York
Don Chandler	3	48.3	35.3	0	1	50	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1966 Kansas City
Mike Garrett	3	78	26.0	33	0
Emmitt Thomas	3	83	27.7	33	0
1959 New York
Joe Morrison	2	116	58.0	92	1
George Scott	1	27	27.0	27	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1966 Kansas City
Mike Garrett	1	0	-6	-6.0	-6	0
Emmitt Thomas	1	1	45	45.0	45	0
1959 New York
Joe Morrison	1	0	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Lindon Crow	1	0	10	10.0	10	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1966 Kansas City
Bobby Bell	8	0	0
Buck Buchanan	6	0	0
Jerry Mays	6	0	0
Bobby Hunt	5	0	0
Ed Lothamer	4	0	0
Fred Williamson	4	0	0
Sherrill Headrick	4	0	0
Willie Mitchell	2	0	0
Johnny Robinson	2	0	0
E.J. Holub	2	0	1
Aaron Brown	1	0	0
1959 New York
Dick Lynch	11	0	0
Harland Svare	5	0	0
Joe Morrison	5	0	0
Jimmy Patton	5	0	0
Cliff Livingston	4	0	0
Art Hauser	4	0	0
Lindon Crow	4	0	0
Sam Huff	4	0	1
Dick Modzelewski	3	1	0
Andy Robustelli	3	2	0
Jim Katcavage	2	0	0
Tom Scott	1	1	0
Rosey Grier	1	0	0
Bill Stits	1	0	0
Dick Nolan	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1966 Kansas City
Willie Mitchell	1	1	1.0	1	0
1959 New York
Lindon Crow	1	73	73.0	73	1

Game Story

In an explosive game New York defeated Kansas City by the score of 34 to 20. Charlie Conerly threw 20 times for 190 yards and 2 touchdowns. Frank Gifford ran the ball 10 times for 76 yards. The fans were brought to their feet by a pass to Bob Schnelker that covered 56 yards with 11:12 left in the 1st quarter. New York was on top at the half 20 to 10. They led after three quarters 27 to 13. Kansas City had more success in the air, out-passing New York 301 to 190 yards. Despite losing, Kansas City controlled the ball for 33:18.

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