| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1956 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 76758 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 63 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 11 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 15 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 2 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 13 | 0 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams | Elroy Hirsch 37 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Les Richter kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 43 FG | 16 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bobby Layne | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 14 | 19 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Ron Waller | 15 | 105 | 7.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Wade | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 0 | 177 | 11.1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 105.5 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 2 | 113 | 8.1 | 37t | 1 | 0 | 61.6 | |
| Billy Wade | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 2 | 68 | 11.3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | |
| Ron Waller | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 | 44 | 0 | 95.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leon Hart | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Leon Clarke | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 38 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Will Sherman | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
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