| Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 14, 1956 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 56281 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 78 F Humidty: 36% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Detroit Lions | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Gene Gedman 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Jim Martin 33 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Don McIlhenny 2 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams | Leon Clarke 60 pass from Billy Wade (Les Richter kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Don McIlhenny 3 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams | Elroy Hirsch 29 pass from Billy Wade (Les Richter kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams | Elroy Hirsch 76 pass from Billy Wade (Les Richter kick) | 21 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LARM | Tommy Wilson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 37 | 0 |
| LARM | Ron Waller | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 28 | 0 |
| LARM | Tank Younger | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 12 | 0 |
| LARM | Brad Myers | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| LARM | Joe Marconi | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DET | Don McIlhenny | 22 | 77 | 3.5 | 13 | 1 |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 16 | 65 | 4.1 | 17 | 1 |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Jug Girard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| LARM | Billy Wade | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 240 | 10.0 | 76t | 0 | 125.0 | ||
| LARM | Norm Van Brocklin | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 13 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 2 | 205 | 7.6 | 43 | 1 | 12 | 58.4 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LARM | Elroy Hirsch | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 76t | 0 |
| LARM | Leon Clarke | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 60t | 0 |
| LARM | Ron Miller | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| LARM | Tank Younger | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| LARM | Bob Boyd | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| LARM | Joe Marconi | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| LARM | Ron Waller | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| LARM | Tommy Wilson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| DET | Dave Middleton | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 43 | 0 |
| DET | Dorne Dibble | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DET | Don McIlhenny | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 1 |
| DET | Jim Doran | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Joe Schmidt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DET | Jack Christiansen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| LARM | Norm Van Brocklin | 5 | 252 | 50.4 | 55 | 0 |
| DET | Yale Lary | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LARM | Brad Myers | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| DET | Jack Christiansen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| DET | Yale Lary | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Yale Lary | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 29 | 0 |
| DET | Jack Christiansen | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
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