| Chicago Cardinals at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: November 11, 1956 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62410 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 47 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Safety, Dave Mann tackled in end zone by Andy Robustelli | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ken MacAfee 6 pass from Don Heinrich (Ben Agajanian kick) | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Summerall 30 FG | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 12 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 11 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Ollie Matson 11 pass from Jim Root (Pat Summerall kick) | 10 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Don Stonesifer |
| 71 | LOT | Tom Dahms |
| 64 | LOG | Doug Hogland |
| 50 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 62 | ROG | John Dittrich |
| 70 | ROT | Jack Jennings |
| 86 | ROE | Gern Nagler |
| 8 | QB | Lamar McHan |
| 33 | LOH | Ollie Matson |
| 44 | ROH | Dave Mann |
| 36 | FB | Johnny Olszewski |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Leo Sugar |
| 75 | LDT | Tony Pasquesi |
| 55 | MG | Stan West |
| 74 | RDT | Len Teeuws |
| 82 | RDE | Tom Bienemann |
| 51 | LLB | Leo Sanford |
| 57 | RLB | Carl Brettschneider |
| 81 | LDH | Dick Lane |
| 20 | LS | Woodley Lewis |
| 41 | RS | Jimmy Hill |
| 40 | RDH | Lindon Crow |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote |
| 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 |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 25 | RDH | Dick Nolan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 16 | 76 | 4.8 | 12t | 1 |
| Frank Gifford | 18 | 68 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Lamar McHan | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 0 | 112 | 6.2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 60.4 | |
| Jim Root | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 49 | 6.1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 119.3 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 1 | 129 | 9.9 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 88.3 | |
| Don Heinrich | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 0 | 46 | 5.1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 106.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Dave Mann | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Don Stonesifer | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 48 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Dave Mann | 4 | 56 | 18.7 | 39 | 1 |
| Lamar McHan | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 37 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 4 | 125 | 31.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
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