1959 - Week 1
NY Giants at LA Rams
Played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, September 26, 1959
NY Giants (1-0)
Total Net Yards 327
Penalties - Yards 1-15
Time of Possession 33:08
Total Turnovers 0
Passing C/A YDS TD INT
Chuck Conerly 12/30 243 1 0
Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
Frank Gifford 11 34 0 11
Mel Triplett 8 37 0 11
Alex Webster 6 24 1 11
Phil King 4 14 0 8
Joe Morrison 3 8 0 5
Chuck Conerly 2 1 0 1
Receiving REC YDS TD LG
Alex Webster 4 71 0 36
Frank Gifford 2 62 0 39
Kyle Rote 2 26 0 18
Phil King 2 39 0 30
Mel Triplett 1 25 1 25
Joe Morrison 1 20 0 20
Defense T-A SCK INT FF
Sam Huff 7-0 1 0 0
Lindon Crow 6-1 1 0 0
Jimmy Patton 5-1 0 1 0
Andy Robustelli 5-1 2 0 0
Rosey Grier 3-1 1 0 0
Dick Nolan 3-3 0 1 0
Tom C. Scott 3-0 0 0 0
Cliff Livingston 3-1 0 0 0
Dick Lynch 3-0 0 0 0
Ray Wietecha 2-3 0 0 1
Pat Summerall 2-0 0 0 0
Harland Svare 2-1 0 0 1
Dick Modzelewski 0-2 0 0 0
Jim Katcavage 0-1 0 0 0
Don Sutherin 0-1 0 0 0
Kicking FG LG XP PTS
Pat Summerall 5/6 43 2/2 17

Pat Summerall will try the extra point
Kick is up
Good
The Giants lead by 9 pts 29-20
Game over
Comfortable in the end for Giants by 29-20
The Rams drop to 0-1
The Giants improve to 1-0
Pat Summerall has been voted today's MVP
Defense: 2 Tkl, Kicking: 5 FGs.
LA Rams (0-1)
Total Net Yards 337
Penalties - Yards 4-20
Time of Possession 26:52
Total Turnovers 3
Passing C/A YDS TD INT
Billy Wade 17/26 287 2 2
Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
Ollie Matson 12 67 0 17
Joe Marconi 5 1 0 2
Jon Arnett 5 15 0 8
Tom Wilson 2 1 0 1
Receiving REC YDS TD LG
Jim Phillips 5 58 1 34
Del Shofner 5 146 0 43
Leon Clarke 4 63 0 32
Jon Arnett 1 7 1 7
Joe Marconi 1 4 0 4
Ollie Matson 1 9 0 9
Defense T-A SCK INT FF
Don Burroughs 6-2 0 0 0
Les Richter 5-3 0 0 0
Tom Franckhauser 4-0 0 0 0
Ed Meador 4-3 0 0 0
Clendon Thomas 4-1 0 0 0
Jack Pardee 3-1 1 0 0
Jack Morris 3-1 0 0 0
Lou Michaels 3-1 1 0 0
Bill Jobko 3-1 0 0 0
John H. Baker 3-0 0 0 0
John Guzik 2-0 0 0 0
Lamar Lundy 2-2 0 0 0
John Lovetere 2-2 0 0 0
Roy Wilkins 1-2 0 0 0
George Strugar 1-1 1 0 0
Del Shofner 0-0 0 0 0
Will Sherman 0-1 0 0 0
Kicking FG LG XP PTS
Lou Michaels 2/2 48 1/1 7
Jack Morris 0/0 0 1/1 1