| Detroit Lions at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: October 6, 1956 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 42622 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 60 F Humidty: 100% Wind: mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 14 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Don McIlhenny 11 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Dorne Dibble 56 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | L.G. Dupre 3 run (Bert Rechichar kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 7 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | L.G. Dupre 49 pass from George Shaw (Bert Rechichar kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 37 FG | 31 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Dorne Dibble |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 60 | ROG | Jim Salsbury |
| 75 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 84 | ROE | Dave Middleton |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 40 | LOH | Howard Cassady |
| 42 | ROH | Don McIlhenny |
| 26 | FB | Gene Gedman |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 70 | LDT | Ray Krouse |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 72 | RDE | Gil Mains |
| 85 | LLB | Sonny Gandee |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 86 | RLB | Bob Long |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 21 | RDH | Carl Karilivacz |
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Lloyd Colteryahn |
| 60 | LOT | George Preas |
| 63 | LOG | Art Spinney |
| 50 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 68 | ROG | Alex Sandusky |
| 78 | ROT | Dick Chorovich |
| 84 | ROE | Jim Mutscheller |
| 14 | QB | George Shaw |
| 45 | LOH | L.G. Dupre |
| 24 | ROH | Lenny Moore |
| 35 | FB | Alan Ameche |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 73 | MG | Joe Campanella |
| 76 | RDT | Gene Lipscomb |
| 83 | RDE | Don Joyce |
| 36 | LLB | Bill Pellington |
| 67 | RLB | Doug Eggers |
| 25 | LDH | Don Shula |
| 40 | LS | Jesse Thomas |
| 44 | RS | Bert Rechichar |
| 23 | RDH | Carl Taseff |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Howard Cassady | 17 | 92 | 5.4 | 33 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 11 | 60 | 5.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 12 | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7t | 1 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Johnny Unitas | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| George Shaw | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Alan Ameche | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3t | 1 |
| Billy Vessels | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 0 | 236 | 10.7 | 56t | 2 | 0 | 133.9 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | |
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| George Shaw | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 3 | 167 | 9.3 | 49t | 1 | 29 | 56.7 | |
| Johnny Unitas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dorne Dibble | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 56t | 1 |
| Dave Middleton | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| L.G. Dupre | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 49t | 1 |
| Raymond Berry | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Alan Ameche | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy David | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 7 | 261 | 37.3 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ane | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Billy Vessels | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Dick Young | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
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