| Cleveland Browns at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1956 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 23332 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 65 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 4 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 30 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Leo Elter 5 run (Sam Baker kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 47 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 12 FG | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dick James 9 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Sam Baker kick) | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 16 FG | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 32 FG | 9 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 62 | ROG | Herschel Forester |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 16 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 26 | LOH | Ray Renfro |
| 32 | ROH | Fred Morrison |
| 36 | FB | Ed Modzelewski |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Carlton Massey |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Gain |
| 72 | RDT | John Kissell |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 65 | LLB | Chuck Noll |
| 34 | MLB | Walt Michaels |
| 35 | RLB | Galen Fiss |
| 24 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz |
| 15 | RS | Junior Wren |
| 20 | RDH | Don Paul |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Johnny Carson |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 67 | LOG | Red Stephens |
| 52 | C | Johnny Allen |
| 60 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 75 | ROT | Harry Jagielski |
| 86 | ROE | Steve Meilinger |
| 16 | QB | Al Dorow |
| 32 | LOH | Leo Elter |
| 47 | ROH | Dick James |
| 46 | FB | Dale Atkeson |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 79 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 76 | RDT | J.D. Kimmel |
| 88 | RDE | Chet Ostrowski |
| 64 | LLB | Bill Fulcher |
| 36 | MLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 21 | LDH | Roy Barni |
| 48 | LS | Norb Hecker |
| 28 | RS | Joe Scudero |
| 27 | RDH | Art DeCarlo |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ed Modzelewski | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Leo Elter | 16 | 91 | 5.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Dale Atkeson | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Tommy Runnels | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick James | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 2 | 93 | 5.5 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 24.5 | |
| George Ratterman | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 31 | 10.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 100.7 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 2 | 38 | 4.2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 54.2 | |
| Al Dorow | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dante Lavelli | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Steve Meilinger | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick James | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Roy Barni | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Fred Morrison | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dick James | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 50 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Joe Scudero | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Dale Atkeson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Dick James | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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