1959 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (7-5)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1959 Philadelphia Eagles Roster
1959 Philadelphia Eagles Results

The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.

The Eagles netted 268 points, but the defense conceded 278. Norm Van Brocklin threw for 2,617 yards. Tommy McDonald grabbed 47 passes for 846 yards.

Billy Barnes carried the ball for a team-leading 687 yards for Philadelphia.

The ball-hawking defense pounced on 40 turnovers. Jimmy Carr picked off 5 opponent throws.

Buck Shaw coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Norm Van Brocklin	340	191	56.2	2617	7.7	16	4.7	14	4.1	71	79.5
Sonny Jurgensen	5	3	60.0	27	5.4	1	20.0	0	0.0	19	114.2
Billy Barnes	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	28.6	0	0.0
Totals	352	194	55.1	2644	7.5	17	4.8	16	4.5	71

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Billy Barnes	181	687	3.8	61	7
Clarence Peaks	124	451	3.6	34	3
Theron Sapp	41	145	3.5	17	1
Walt Kowalczyk	26	37	1.4	6	0
Norm Van Brocklin	11	13	1.2	12	2
Bobby Walston	2	8	4.0	7	0
Joe Pagliei	2	-5	-2.5	1	0
Tommy McDonald	2	-10	-5.0	-4	0
Pete Retzlaff	2	-11	-5.5	-5	0
Totals	391	1315	3.4	61	13

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tommy McDonald	47	846	18.0	71	10
Pete Retzlaff	34	595	17.5	45	1
Billy Barnes	32	314	9.8	47	2
Clarence Peaks	28	209	7.5	23	0
Bobby Walston	16	279	17.4	40	3
Dick Bielski	15	264	17.6	57	1
Walt Kowalczyk	9	33	3.7	13	0
Theron Sapp	6	47	7.8	13	0
Ken MacAfee	5	48	9.6	11	0
Joe Pagliei	2	9	4.5	11	0
Totals	194	2644	13.6	71	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Paige Cothren	1	1	100.0	18	8	44.4	25
Bobby Walston	34	33	97.1	1		0.0	33
Dick Bielski				5		0.0	0
Totals	35	34	97.1	24	8	33.3	58

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Norm Van Brocklin	53	2263	42.7	59
Joe Pagliei	1	45	45.0	45
Totals	54	2308	42.7	59

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Art Powell	15	124	8.3	58	1
Tommy McDonald	21	115	5.5	81	1
Totals	36	239	6.6	81	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tommy McDonald	24	444	18.5	36
Art Powell	14	379	27.1	95
John Nocera	1	15	15.0	15
Jerry Wilson	2	4	2.0	4
Jerry DeLucca	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	42	842	20.0	95

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jimmy Carr	5	65	13.0	12
Bob Pellegrini	3	42	14.0	39
Art Powell	3	17	5.7	17
Tom Brookshier	3	13	4.3	8
Chuck Weber	2	8	4.0	8
Gene Johnson	1	22	22.0	22
Marion Campbell	1	0	0.0	0
Ed Khayat	1	0	0.0	0
Lee Riley	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	20	167	8.4	39

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Norm Van Brocklin			4	5	0
Tom Brookshier		0	0	3	0	0
Marion Campbell		0	0	3	0	0
Art Powell		0	2	2	0
Bob Pellegrini		0	0	2	0	0
Clarence Peaks			7	2	0
Jerry Huth			0	2	3	1
Jerry Wilson			0	2	0	0
Tommy McDonald			4	2	0
Tom Catlin			0	2	0	0
Ed Khayat		0	0	2	16	0
Bobby Walston			1	2	0
Joe Robb			0	1	0	0
Tom Louderback			0	1	0	0
Jimmy Carr		0	0	1	0	0
Chuck Weber		0	0	1	0	1
Billy Barnes			7	1	0
Chuck Bednarik			0	1	0	0
Don Owens			0	1	3	1
Gene Johnson		0	0	1	0	0
Dick Bielski			0	1	0
Pete Retzlaff			1	0	0
Totals	0	0	26	38	22	3

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Tommy McDonald	0	10	1	0					0	0	0			66
Billy Barnes	7	2							0	0	0			54
Bobby Walston	0	3							0	33	0			51
Paige Cothren									8	1	0			25
Clarence Peaks	3	0							0	0	0			18
Norm Van Brocklin	2								0	0	0			12
Art Powell			1	0		0			0	0	0			6
Dick Bielski		1							0	0	0			6
Pete Retzlaff	0	1							0	0	0			6
Theron Sapp	1	0							0	0	0			6
Jerry Huth							1		0	0	0			6
Don Owens							1		0	0	0			6
Chuck Weber						0	1		0	0	0			6
Totals	13	17	2	0	0	0	3	0	8	34	0	0	0	268