| Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: November 11, 1956 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 28003 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 55 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 16 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dick James 41 run (Sam Baker kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 22 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 29 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Safety, Yale Lary forced out of end zone by Johnny Miller | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 27 FG | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Middleton 10 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 17 | 18 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Dorne Dibble |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 60 | ROG | Jim Salsbury |
| 75 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 84 | ROE | Dave Middleton |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 87 | LOH | Jim Doran |
| 40 | ROH | Howard Cassady |
| 26 | FB | Gene Gedman |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 70 | LDT | Ray Krouse |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 68 | RDE | Gene Cronin |
| 85 | LLB | Sonny Gandee |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 86 | RLB | Bob Long |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 21 | RDH | Carl Karilivacz |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Johnny Carson |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 67 | LOG | Red Stephens |
| 52 | C | Johnny Allen |
| 60 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 73 | ROT | Johnny Miller |
| 86 | ROE | Steve Meilinger |
| 16 | QB | Al Dorow |
| 25 | LOH | Tommy Runnels |
| 47 | ROH | Dick James |
| 32 | FB | Leo Elter |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 79 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 76 | RDT | J.D. Kimmel |
| 88 | RDE | Chet Ostrowski |
| 45 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gene Gedman | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 |
| Howard Cassady | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick James | 9 | 78 | 8.7 | 41t | 1 |
| Leo Elter | 18 | 63 | 3.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Runnels | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Wells | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 40 | 15 | 37.5 | 4 | 266 | 6.7 | 70 | 1 | 6 | 29.8 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Al Dorow | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 38 | 3.2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 43.1 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 45 | 7.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dorne Dibble | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Johnny Carson | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Runnels | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Norb Hecker | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Art DeCarlo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 5 | 179 | 35.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Baker | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bill Stits | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Ralph Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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