| 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 Lions | 14 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Baltimore Colts | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Don McIlhenny 11 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Dorne Dibble 56 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Baltimore Colts | L.G. Dupre 3 run (Bert Rechichar kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 7 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Baltimore Colts | L.G. Dupre 49 pass from George Shaw (Bert Rechichar kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Gene Gedman 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 36 FG | 31 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 17 | 92 | 5.4 | 33 | 0 |
| DET | Don McIlhenny | 11 | 60 | 5.5 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 12 | 1 |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7t | 1 |
| DET | Leon Hart | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DET | Bill Stits | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DET | Jug Girard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| BAL | Johnny Unitas | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| BAL | George Shaw | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| BAL | Lenny Moore | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| BAL | Alan Ameche | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| BAL | L.G. Dupre | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3t | 1 |
| BAL | Billy Vessels | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 0 | 236 | 10.7 | 56t | 2 | 0 | 133.9 | |
| DET | Harry Gilmer | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| BAL | George Shaw | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 3 | 167 | 9.3 | 49t | 1 | 56.7 | ||
| BAL | Johnny Unitas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Dorne Dibble | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 56t | 1 |
| DET | Dave Middleton | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 |
| DET | Jim Doran | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22 | 0 |
| DET | Don McIlhenny | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| DET | Jug Girard | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Leon Hart | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| DET | Bill Stits | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| BAL | L.G. Dupre | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 49t | 1 |
| BAL | Raymond Berry | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 49 | 0 |
| BAL | Alan Ameche | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jimmy David | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Jack Christiansen | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| BAL | Bert Rechichar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Yale Lary | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 57 | 0 |
| BAL | Bert Rechichar | 7 | 261 | 37.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Yale Lary | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | |
| BAL | Carl Taseff | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Yale Lary | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
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