| New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 4, 1956 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 31240 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 59 F Humidty: 80% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 1 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ben Agajanian 32 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Sid Watson 1 run (Gary Glick kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 3 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Sid Watson 6 run (Gary Glick kick) | 17 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 60 | LOG | Bill Austin |
| 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 |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 25 | RDH | Dick Nolan |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | LOE | Lowell Perry |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Gaona |
| 61 | LOG | Marv McFadden |
| 57 | C | Jim Taylor |
| 65 | ROG | Ralph Jecha |
| 74 | ROT | Frank Varrichione |
| 25 | ROE | Ray Mathews |
| 14 | QB | Ted Marchibroda |
| 81 | LOH | Elbie Nickel |
| 39 | ROH | Sid Watson |
| 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 |
| 50 | LLB | John Reger |
| 52 | RLB | George Tarasovic |
| 26 | LDH | Gary Glick |
| 24 | LS | Henry Ford |
| 80 | RS | Jack Butler |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 17 | 37 | 2.2 | 14 | 1 |
| Mel Triplett | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Heinrich | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Sid Watson | 15 | 60 | 4.0 | 11 | 2 |
| Fran Rogel | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Lowell Perry | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Charlie Shepard | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Ted Marchibroda | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 0 | 102 | 6.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 95.7 | |
| Don Heinrich | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 18 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 50.4 | |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ted Marchibroda | 31 | 13 | 41.9 | 1 | 142 | 4.6 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 42.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Kyle Rote | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Frank Gifford | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Schnelker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ray Mathews | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | |
| Fran Rogel | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack McClairen | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Charlie Shepard | 0 | 16 | 16L | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| George Tarasovic | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 8 | 329 | 41.1 | 50 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lou Baldacci | 8 | 281 | 35.1 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Henry Ford | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 17 | 0 | |
| Lowell Perry | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Henry Ford | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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