| Cleveland Browns at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 30, 1956 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 20966 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 55 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Summerall 12 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 46 pass from George Ratterman (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Summerall 16 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Summerall 9 FG | 7 | 9 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 60 | ROG | Hal Bradley |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 16 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 32 | LOH | Fred Morrison |
| 26 | ROH | Ray Renfro |
| 30 | FB | Mo Bassett |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Carlton Massey |
| 70 | LDT | Don Colo |
| 79 | MG | Bob Gain |
| 72 | RDT | John Kissell |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 65 | LLB | Chuck Noll |
| 35 | RLB | Galen Fiss |
| 24 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz |
| 44 | RS | Johnny Petitbon |
| 20 | RDH | Don Paul |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Don Stonesifer |
| 71 | LOT | Tom Dahms |
| 64 | LOG | Doug Hogland |
| 50 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 62 | ROG | John Dittrich |
| 70 | ROT | Jack Jennings |
| 86 | ROE | Gern Nagler |
| 8 | QB | Lamar McHan |
| 33 | LOH | Ollie Matson |
| 44 | ROH | Dave Mann |
| 36 | FB | Johnny Olszewski |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Leo Sugar |
| 72 | LDT | Chuck Ulrich |
| 55 | MG | Stan West |
| 74 | RDT | Len Teeuws |
| 85 | RDE | Pat Summerall |
| 51 | LLB | Leo Sanford |
| 57 | RLB | Carl Brettschneider |
| 81 | LDH | Dick Lane |
| 20 | LS | Woodley Lewis |
| 41 | RS | Jimmy Hill |
| 40 | RDH | Lindon Crow |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Fred Morrison | 14 | 67 | 4.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Mo Bassett | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ollie Matson | 20 | 144 | 7.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 17 | 63 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 2 | 89 | 7.4 | 46t | 1 | 17 | 62.8 | |
| Babe Parilli | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Root | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 35 | 4.4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 22.4 | |
| Lamar McHan | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 33 | 4.7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 17.9 | |
| Ollie Matson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 46t | 1 |
| Mo Bassett | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Don Stonesifer | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Paul | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Dick Lane | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 6 | 275 | 45.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Dave Mann | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Frank Bernardi | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 | |
| Ollie Matson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Preston Carpenter | 2 | 28 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Billy Kinard | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Chuck Weber | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Dave Mann | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Ollie Matson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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