Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da Baltimore Colts ta tsara Barnes, an gayyaci Barnes don ganin Wasannin Gasar NFL na Colts
da New York Giants a filin wasa na Memorial a Maryland a ranar 27 ga Disamba, 1959. Colts sun ci 31 zuwa 16 kuma Barnes ya cika da motsin rai bayan kallon wasan daga benci na Colts. Yana da shekaru 21, ya sanya hannu kan kwantiraginsa na kwallon kafa kuma ya sadu da sabbin abokan wasansa Johnny Unitas, Jim Parker, Lenny Moore, Art Donovan, Gino Marchetti, Alan Ameche da "Big Daddy" Lipscomb.