Английская Википедия:1959 Baltimore Colts season

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox NFL season The Шаблон:Nfly Baltimore Colts season was the seventh season for the team in the National Football League. The defending champion Baltimore Colts finished the NFL's 40th season with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses and finished first in the Western Conference, and defeated the New York Giants, 31–16 in the NFL championship game, which was the rematch of the previous season's classic title game, for their second consecutive NFL title.

Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas had one of the great seasons by a passer in NFL history. Says Cold Hard Football Facts, "[Unitas's] 32 scoring strikes was an NFL record –- he was the first and only to top 30 [touchdowns] in the NFL's first 40 years –- and remains the standard for a 12-game season. He was in the midst of his record 47-game streak with a touchdown pass, and connected on at least one in every game of 1959."

Cold Hard Football Facts also notes that the 1959 Colts were the only team in NFL history to lead the league in both offensive and defensive (i.e. opponents') passer rating for two consecutive seasons (1958–1959). Every other team to had ever led the league in both has won an NFL championship.

The Colts defeated the Green Bay Packers twice this season in Vince Lombardi's first year as head coach. Baltimore did not win the Western title again until 1964 and their next NFL title came in 1968.

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 27	Detroit Lions	W 21–9	1–0	Memorial Stadium	55,588
2	October 3	Chicago Bears	L 21–26	1–1	Memorial Stadium	57,557
3	October 11	at Detroit Lions	W 31–24	2–1	Tiger Stadium	54,197
4	October 18	at Chicago Bears	W 21–7	3–1	Wrigley Field	48,430
5	October 25	Green Bay Packers	W 38–21	4–1	Memorial Stadium	57,557
6	November 1	Cleveland Browns	L 31–38	4–2	Memorial Stadium	57,557
7	November 8	at Washington Redskins	L 24–27	4–3	Griffith Stadium	32,773
8	November 15	at Green Bay Packers	W 28–24	5–3	Milwaukee County Stadium	25,521
9	November 22	San Francisco 49ers	W 45–14	6–3	Memorial Stadium	57,557
10	November 29	Los Angeles Rams	W 35–21	7–3	Memorial Stadium	57,557
11	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	at San Francisco 49ers	W 34–14	8–3	Kezar Stadium	59,075
12	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	at Los Angeles Rams	W 45–26	9–3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	65,528
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Postseason

Шаблон:Main article The 1959 NFL championship game was played on December 27 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. The game was a rematch of the previous year's title game that went into overtime. The 1959 game was the 27th annual NFL championship game. The Colts beat the Giants 31–16, earning their second consecutive NFL championship over the Giants.

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Championship	December 27	New York Giants	W 31–16	1–0	Memorial Stadium	57,545

Awards and honors

• Johnny Unitas, Bert Bell Award

See also

• History of the Indianapolis Colts
• Indianapolis Colts seasons
• Colts–Patriots rivalry