| New York Giants at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1955 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 45929 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 29 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 25 pass from Harry Gilmer (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 6 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 21 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 37 pass from Don Heinrich (Ben Agajanian kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 19 FG | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ben Agajanian 24 FG | 24 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Safety, Tom Landry punt blocked out of end zone by Bob Long | 24 | 12 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Lew Carpenter 19 run (Doak Walker kick) | 24 | 19 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LOE | Bob Schnelker |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 60 | LOG | Bill Austin |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 66 | ROG | Jack Stroud |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Yelvington |
| 80 | ROE | Ken MacAfee |
| 11 | QB | Don Heinrich |
| 16 | LOH | Frank Gifford |
| 29 | ROH | Alex Webster |
| 35 | FB | Bobby Epps |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Walt Yowarsky |
| 70 | LDT | Ray Krouse |
| 61 | MG | Ray Beck |
| 73 | RDT | Rex Boggan |
| 76 | RDE | Rosey Grier |
| 89 | LLB | Cliff Livingston |
| 30 | RLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 49 | LDH | Tom Landry |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 25 | RDH | Dick Nolan |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Jim Doran |
| 63 | LOT | Dick Stanfel |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 62 | ROG | George Atkins |
| 60 | ROT | Jim Salsbury |
| 28 | ROE | Dave Middleton |
| 12 | QB | Harry Gilmer |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 34 | ROH | Lew Carpenter |
| 82 | FB | Leon Hart |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Sonny Gandee |
| 78 | LDT | Darris McCord |
| 76 | MG | Lou Creekmur |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 61 | RLB | Jim Martin |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 21 | RS | Carl Karilivacz |
| 20 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 16 | 80 | 5.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Bobby Epps | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 21t | 1 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lew Carpenter | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 19t | 1 |
| Jug Girard | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Don Heinrich | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 0 | 90 | 6.9 | 37t | 1 | 0 | 88.6 | |
| Charley Conerly | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 7 | 1.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Harry Gilmer | 49 | 24 | 49.0 | 1 | 254 | 5.2 | 29 | 1 | 15 | 62.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 37t | 1 |
| Bob Schnelker | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lew Carpenter | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 29 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 25t | 1 |
| Bill Stits | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Harland Svare | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Landry | 7 | 249 | 35.6 | 58 | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lee Riley | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 35 | 0 | |
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