The Chicago Bears beat the Detroit Lions, 25 to 14, on December 13, 1959.

1959 Chicago Bears

Final

DET

Lions

3-8-1

14

CHB

Bears

8-4-0

25

1

0

9

2

0

6

3

14

7

4

0

3

Total

14

25

1st quarter

DET

CHB

Bears

Rick Casares 43-yard pass from Ed Brown (John Aveni kick)

0

7

Bears

Safety by Earl Leggett

0

9

2nd quarter

DET

CHB

Bears

John Aveni 10-yard field goal

0

12

Bears

John Aveni 12-yard field goal

0

15

3rd quarter

DET

CHB

Lions

John Henry Johnson 13-yard run (Gerry Perry kick)

7

15

Bears

Jim Dooley 28-yard pass from Ed Brown (John Aveni kick)

7

22

Lions

Jim Doran 8-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gerry Perry kick)

14

22

4th quarter

DET

CHB

Bears

John Aveni 10-yard field goal

14

25

Lions

Bears

1st Downs

17

15

Passing 1st Downs

Rushing 1st Downs

1st downs from penalties

3rd down efficiency

-

-

4th down efficiency

-

-

Total Plays

71

67

Total Yards

256

347

Yards per play

3.6

5.2

Passing

134

208

Comp - Att

15 - 36

16 - 28

Yards per pass

3.1

6.5

Interceptions thrown

1

0

Sacks - Yards lost

7 - 65

4 - 38

Rushing

122

139

Rushing Attempts

28

35

Yards per rush

4.4

4.0

Penalties

5

4

Turnovers

2

1

Fumbles lost

1

1

Interceptions

1

0

Possession

Passing

NAME CMP ATT YDS AVG TD INT SCK RATE
Earl Morrall 14 25 178 7.1 1 0 91.8
Tobin Rote 1 9 21 2.3 0 1 0.0
Terry Barr 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Yale Lary 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Team 15 36 134 5.5 1 1 7 57.5

Rushing

NAME ATT YDS YPC TD
John Henry Johnson 12 59 4.9 1
Howard Cassady 11 48 4.4 0
Earl Morrall 1 5 5.0 0
Ken Webb 2 5 2.5 0
Dan Lewis 1 3 3.0 0
Tobin Rote 1 2 2.0 0
Team 28 122 4.4 1

Receiving

NAME REC YDS AVG TD TRG
Dave Middleton 3 56 18.7 0
Terry Barr 5 55 11.0 0
Gene Cook 1 43 43.0 0
Jim Gibbons 3 40 13.3 0
Jim Doran 1 8 8.0 1
John Henry Johnson 2 -3 -1.5 0
Team 15 199 5.5 1 0

Fumbles

NAME FUM LOST FR
Team 3 1 1

Defense

NAME COMB TKL SCK TFL PDEF QBH
Team 4.0

Kicking

NAME FGM FGA LNG XPM PTS
Team 0 2 2

Punting

NAME PUNT YDS AVG LNG
Team 5 256 51.2

Kick Return

NAME KR YDS AVG TD LNG
Team 0

Punt Return

NAME PR YDS AVG TD LNG
Team 0

Passing

NAME CMP ATT YDS AVG TD INT SCK RATE
Ed Brown 16 28 246 8.8 2 0 110.1
Team 16 28 208 8.8 2 0 4 110.1

Rushing

NAME ATT YDS YPC TD
Rick Casares 19 97 5.1 0
Johnny Morris 7 30 4.3 0
Merrill Douglas 2 5 2.5 0
Willie Galimore 4 5 1.3 0
Ed Brown 3 2 0.7 0
Team 35 139 4.0 0

Receiving

NAME REC YDS AVG TD TRG
Jim Dooley 6 87 14.5 1
Willard Dewveall 1 49 49.0 0
Rick Casares 2 45 22.5 1
Harlon Hill 5 39 7.8 0
Bill McColl 1 26 26.0 0
Johnny Morris 1 0 0.0 0
Team 16 246 8.8 2 0

Fumbles

NAME FUM LOST FR
Team 1 1 1

Defense

NAME COMB TKL SCK TFL PDEF QBH
Team 7.0

Kicking

NAME FGM FGA LNG XPM PTS
Team 3 2 11

Punting

NAME PUNT YDS AVG LNG
Team 6 300 50.0

Kick Return

NAME KR YDS AVG TD LNG
Team 0

Punt Return

NAME PR YDS AVG TD LNG
Team 0

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Team Leaders

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PASS

2,562

Fields

Justin Fields

RUSH

657

Fields

Justin Fields

REC

1,364

Moore

DJ Moore

Team Rankings

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PPG

21.2

18th

OPP PPG

22.3

20th

RUSH YDS/G

141.1

2nd

PASS YDS/G

201.2

27th

2023 Division Standings

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12 5 0 .706
Packers Packers
9 8 0 .529
Bears Bears
7 10 0 .412
Vikings Vikings
7 10 0 .412

Last Game

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GB Packers

9-8-0

17

Final

9

CHI Bears

7-10-0

Sun 7 Jan 2024

NFL 2023 Leaders

NFL 2023 Rankings

NFL 2023 Betting

NFL 2023 Division Standings

AFC North W L T PCT
1
Ravens Ravens
13 4 0 .765
2
Browns Browns
11 6 0 .647
AFC East W L T PCT
1
Bills Bills
11 6 0 .647
2
Dolphins Dolphins
11 6 0 .647
AFC West W L T PCT
1
Chiefs Chiefs
11 6 0 .647
2
Raiders Raiders
8 9 0 .471
AFC South W L T PCT
1
Texans Texans
10 7 0 .588
2
Jaguars Jaguars
9 8 0 .529
NFC North W L T PCT
1
Lions Lions
12 5 0 .706
2
Packers Packers
9 8 0 .529
NFC West W L T PCT
1
49ers 49ers
12 5 0 .706
2
Rams Rams
10 7 0 .588
NFC East W L T PCT
1
Cowboys Cowboys
12 5 0 .706
2
Eagles Eagles
11 6 0 .647
NFC South W L T PCT
1
Buccaneers Buccaneers
9 8 0 .529
2
Saints Saints
9 8 0 .529

NFL 2023 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
2/10
SF SF
@
KC KC
22-25
Sat
1/27
KC KC
@
BAL BAL
17-10
Sat
1/27
DET DET
@
SF SF
31-34
Sat
1/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
23-31
Sat
1/20
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
27-24

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
9/6
GB GB
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM