| 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 ColtsBAL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 5 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Bert Rechichar 46 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 11 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 10 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Middleton 4 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 5 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 3 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Raymond Berry |
| 60 | LOT | George Preas |
| 63 | LOG | Art Spinney |
| 50 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 68 | ROG | Alex Sandusky |
| 74 | ROT | Ken Jackson |
| 84 | ROE | Jim Mutscheller |
| 19 | QB | Johnny Unitas |
| 26 | LOH | Royce Womble |
| 24 | ROH | Lenny Moore |
| 35 | FB | Alan Ameche |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 73 | MG | Joe Campanella |
| 77 | RDT | Tom Finnin |
| 83 | RDE | Don Joyce |
| 36 | LLB | Bill Pellington |
| 67 | RLB | Doug Eggers |
| 23 | LDH | Carl Taseff |
| 40 | LS | Jesse Thomas |
| 44 | RS | Bert Rechichar |
| 25 | RDH | Don Shula |
| 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 |
| 26 | ROH | Gene Gedman |
| 82 | FB | Leon Hart |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Alan Ameche | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 9 | -14 | -1.6 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gene Gedman | 17 | 78 | 4.6 | 13 | 1 |
| Leon Hart | 13 | 69 | 5.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 1 | 314 | 10.5 | 54 | 0 | 16 | 79.0 | |
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 1 | 153 | 7.7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 79.8 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Raymond Berry | 6 | 155 | 25.8 | 54 | 0 |
| Jim Mutscheller | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Alan Ameche | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Billy Vessels | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Doran | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Doug Eggers | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy David | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 49 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 0 | 0. | 0 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Carl Taseff | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 31 | 0 | |
| Billy Vessels | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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