| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1956 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 48108 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 70 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Glick 35 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ken MacAfee 14 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 21 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ben Agajanian 14 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 1 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 27 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Elbie Nickel 14 pass from Ted Marchibroda (Gary Glick kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Gene Filipski 35 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 10 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | LOE | Lowell Perry |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Gaona |
| 65 | LOG | Ralph Jecha |
| 57 | C | Jim Taylor |
| 61 | ROG | Marv McFadden |
| 74 | ROT | Frank Varrichione |
| 25 | ROE | Ray Mathews |
| 14 | QB | Ted Marchibroda |
| 81 | LOH | Elbie Nickel |
| 49 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois |
| 33 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Bob O'Neil |
| 76 | LDT | Willie McClung |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 64 | LLB | Marv Matuszak |
| 52 | RLB | George Tarasovic |
| 26 | LDH | Gary Glick |
| 24 | LS | Henry Ford |
| 80 | RS | Jack Butler |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LOE | Bob Schnelker |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 65 | LOG | Gerry Huth |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 66 | ROG | Jack Stroud |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Yelvington |
| 80 | ROE | Ken MacAfee |
| 11 | QB | Don Heinrich |
| 16 | LOH | Frank Gifford |
| 29 | ROH | Alex Webster |
| 33 | FB | Mel Triplett |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Walt Yowarsky |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 30 | LLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 84 | RLB | Harland Svare |
| 48 | LDH | Ed Hughes |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 27 | RS | Herb Rich |
| 25 | RDH | Dick Nolan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Sid Watson | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Ted Marchibroda | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 15 | 93 | 6.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Gene Filipski | 9 | 78 | 8.7 | 35t | 1 |
| Frank Gifford | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Mel Triplett | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ted Marchibroda | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 76 | 3.0 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 61.4 | |
| Jack Scarbath | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 22 | 3.1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 40.2 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 23 | 14 | 60.9 | 0 | 213 | 9.3 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 131.0 | |
| Don Heinrich | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 11 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Lowell Perry | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Alex Webster | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Bob Schnelker | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fred Glatz | 7 | 241 | 34.4 | 44 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 5 | 246 | 49.2 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lowell Perry | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 46 | 0 | |
| Henry Ford | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lowell Perry | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 38 | 0 | |
| Marv Matuszak | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 | |
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