| Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 30, 1956 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 27718 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 69 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Chandnois 2 run (Gary Glick kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington Redskins | Sam Baker 42 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ted Marchibroda 1 run (Gary Glick kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Washington Redskins | Sam Baker 41 FG | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Glick 27 FG | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Chandnois 17 pass from Ted Marchibroda (Gary Glick kick blocked) | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Chandnois 5 run (Gary Glick kick) | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Washington Redskins | Steve Meilinger 13 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Sam Baker kick) | 13 | 30 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Tommy Runnels | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| WAS | Dick James | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 |
| WAS | Leo Elter | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| WAS | Dale Atkeson | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| WAS | Jerry Planutis | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| WAS | Sam Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PIT | Sid Watson | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| PIT | Fran Rogel | 12 | 48 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PIT | Charlie Shepard | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | Ted Marchibroda | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
| PIT | Lynn Chandnois | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 6 | 2 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| WAS | Eddie LeBaron | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 2 | 131 | 6.0 | 24 | 1 | 19 | 57.2 | |
| WAS | Al Dorow | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| PIT | Ted Marchibroda | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 0 | 83 | 8.3 | 17t | 1 | 0 | 120.0 | |
| PIT | Jack Scarbath | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Johnny Carson | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 22 | 0 |
| WAS | Steve Meilinger | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 1 |
| WAS | Dale Atkeson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| WAS | Dick James | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 24 | 0 |
| WAS | Leo Elter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| WAS | Jerry Planutis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PIT | Lowell Perry | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PIT | Fran Rogel | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PIT | Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| PIT | Elbie Nickel | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Roy Barni | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PIT | Marv Matuszak | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| WAS | Sam Baker | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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