| Washington Redskins at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: December 23, 1956 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 32994 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 43 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Baltimore Colts | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington Redskins | Sam Baker 8 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | Alan Ameche 1 run (Tom Feamster kick failed) | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Washington Redskins | Steve Meilinger 35 pass from Al Dorow (Sam Baker kick) | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Washington Redskins | Tommy Runnels 22 pass from Al Dorow (Sam Baker kick) | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts | Lenny Moore 7 run (Gary Kerkorian kick) | 17 | 13 |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts | Jim Mutscheller 53 pass from Johnny Unitas (Gary Kerkorian kick failed) | 17 | 19 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Tommy Runnels | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 16 | 42 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick James | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Wells | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Billy Vessels | 17 | 76 | 4.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 30 | 1 |
| Alan Ameche | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Royce Womble | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
| George Shaw | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Al Dorow | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 1 | 108 | 7.7 | 35t | 2 | 0 | 79.8 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 1 | 161 | 8.9 | 53t | 1 | 81.0 | ||
| George Shaw | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 51 | 10.2 | 29 | 0 | 94.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Tommy Runnels | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Johnny Carson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick James | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Jim Mutscheller | 6 | 128 | 21.3 | 53t | 1 |
| Raymond Berry | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Vessels | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Alan Ameche | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Baker | 7 | 299 | 42.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Joe Scudero | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Sam Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Joe Scudero | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
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