| Chicago Cardinals at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 14, 1956 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 25794 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 71 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Washington Redskins | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Cardinals | Frank Bernardi 95 punt return (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago Cardinals | Jim Root 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Washington Redskins | Sam Baker 19 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Chicago Cardinals | Ollie Matson 105 kickoff return (Pat Summerall kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals | Pat Summerall 23 FG | 24 | 3 |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals | Alex Burl 19 pass from Lamar McHan (Pat Summerall kick) | 31 | 3 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIC | Ollie Matson | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 47 | 0 |
| CHIC | Johnny Olszewski | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 34 | 0 |
| CHIC | Joe Childress | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 15 | 0 |
| CHIC | Lamar McHan | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| CHIC | Jim Root | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 12 | 1 |
| CHIC | Dave Mann | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| CHIC | Frank Bernardi | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| WAS | Leo Elter | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| WAS | Dick James | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| WAS | Sam Baker | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| WAS | Dale Atkeson | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 12 | 0 |
| WAS | Tommy Runnels | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| WAS | Al Dorow | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| WAS | Eddie LeBaron | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| CHIC | Lamar McHan | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 25 | 5.0 | 19t | 1 | 56.3 | ||
| CHIC | Jim Root | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 32 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 77.1 | |
| WAS | Eddie LeBaron | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 2 | 70 | 4.7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 | |
| WAS | Al Dorow | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 37 | 6.2 | 17 | 0 | 83.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIC | Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| CHIC | Alex Burl | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| CHIC | Joe Childress | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| WAS | Johnny Carson | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 22 | 0 |
| WAS | Steve Meilinger | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| WAS | Leo Elter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| WAS | Sam Baker | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| WAS | Dale Atkeson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIC | Lindon Crow | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| CHIC | Dick Lane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| WAS | LaVern Torgeson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| WAS | Sam Baker | 7 | 310 | 44.3 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIC | Woodley Lewis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| CHIC | Frank Bernardi | 1 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIC | Ollie Matson | 1 | ||||
| WAS | Leo Elter | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
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