| New York Giants at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1956 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 21799 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 58 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 6 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| Chicago Cardinals | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Mel Triplett 2 run (Frank Gifford kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago Cardinals | Lamar McHan 2 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Mel Triplett 2 run (Frank Gifford kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago Cardinals | Dick Lane 66 interception return (Pat Summerall kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago Cardinals | Don Stonesifer 58 pass from Lamar McHan (Pat Summerall kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Chicago Cardinals | Gern Nagler 17 pass from Lamar McHan (Pat Summerall kick) | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals | Lamar McHan 13 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Mel Triplett 1 run (Frank Gifford kick) | 20 | 35 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Ken MacAfee 4 pass from Charley Conerly (Frank Gifford kick) | 27 | 35 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Frank Gifford | 8 | 73 | 9.1 | 69 | 0 |
| NYG | Mel Triplett | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 25 | 3 |
| NYG | Alex Webster | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 5 | 0 |
| NYG | Don Heinrich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHIC | Ollie Matson | 19 | 93 | 4.9 | 19 | 0 |
| CHIC | Johnny Olszewski | 18 | 77 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| CHIC | Lamar McHan | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 13t | 2 |
| CHIC | Dave Mann | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NYG | Charley Conerly | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 2 | 180 | 7.2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 62.1 | |
| NYG | Don Heinrich | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | -4 | -0.8 | -4 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| CHIC | Lamar McHan | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 136 | 19.4 | 58t | 2 | 153.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Frank Gifford | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 18 | 0 |
| NYG | Kyle Rote | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 22 | 0 |
| NYG | Bob Schnelker | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| NYG | Ken MacAfee | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 1 |
| NYG | Mel Triplett | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| NYG | Alex Webster | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| CHIC | Gern Nagler | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17t | 1 |
| CHIC | Don Stonesifer | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58t | 1 |
| CHIC | Dave Mann | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| CHIC | Frank Bernardi | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Herb Rich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHIC | Dick Lane | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66t | 1 |
| CHIC | Woodley Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| CHIC | Woodley Lewis | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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