1959 Green Bay Packers season
Week Date Opponent Result Venue Attendance
1 August 15 , 1959 Chicago Bears L 16-19 Milwaukee County Stadium 28,286
2 August 23 , 1959 at San Francisco 49ers W 24-17 Kezar Stadium 18,916
3 August 29 , 1959 Philadelphia Eagles W 45-28 Portland , OR 25,456
4 September 5 , 1959 New York Giants L 0-14 Bangor , ME 20,000
5 September 12 , 1959 at Washington Redskins W 20-13 Winston-Salem , NC 15,000
6 September 20 , 1959 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 13-10 Minneapolis , MN 18,081
Schedule -- Preseason
The 1959 Green Bay Packers season was their 39th season in the National Football League and 41st overall. The club posted a 7-5 record in the 1959 season under first-year coach Vince Lombardi to earn a third-place finish in the Western Conference. It was the Packers' first winning season in a dozen years, the last was a 6-5-1 mark in 1947. Green Bay had just one victory during the previous season in 1958 with the worst record in the 12-team league, and were 3-9 in 1957, tied for worst.