| Baltimore Colts at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 18, 1956 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 55788 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 44 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Leon Hart 5 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | Bert Rechichar 46 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 11 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 10 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Dave Middleton 4 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Gene Gedman 5 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 3 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Alan Ameche | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| BAL | Johnny Unitas | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 18 | 0 |
| BAL | L.G. Dupre | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| BAL | Lenny Moore | 9 | -14 | -1.6 | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 17 | 78 | 4.6 | 13 | 1 |
| DET | Leon Hart | 13 | 69 | 5.3 | 18 | 1 |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 18 | 0 |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Jug Girard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DET | Harry Gilmer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DET | Bill Bowman | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| DET | Jerry Reichow | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| DET | Dave Middleton | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| BAL | Johnny Unitas | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 1 | 314 | 10.5 | 54 | 0 | 79.0 | ||
| BAL | Lenny Moore | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| DET | Bobby Layne | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 1 | 153 | 7.7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 79.8 | |
| DET | Harry Gilmer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Raymond Berry | 6 | 155 | 25.8 | 54 | 0 |
| BAL | Jim Mutscheller | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 19 | 0 |
| BAL | Alan Ameche | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 21 | 0 |
| BAL | Lenny Moore | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| BAL | Royce Womble | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| BAL | Billy Vessels | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| BAL | Johnny Unitas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| DET | Jim Doran | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 |
| DET | Dorne Dibble | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | Dave Middleton | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 13 | 1 |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Leon Hart | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| BAL | Bert Rechichar | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 49 | 0 |
| DET | Jug Girard | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Carl Taseff | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| DET | Yale Lary | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| DET | Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Carl Taseff | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 31 | 0 |
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