| Chicago Cardinals at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 18, 1956 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 24086 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 46 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Fran Rogel 13 run (Gary Glick kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jack Butler 6 opponents fumble recovery (Gary Glick kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Ollie Matson 45 pass from Lamar McHan (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 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 |
| 83 | ROE | Max Boydston |
| 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 |
| 72 | RDT | Chuck Ulrich |
| 85 | RDE | Pat Summerall |
| 51 | LLB | Leo Sanford |
| 57 | RLB | Carl Brettschneider |
| 81 | LDH | Dick Lane |
| 20 | LS | Woodley Lewis |
| 41 | RS | Jimmy Hill |
| 40 | RDH | Lindon Crow |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | LOE | Ray Mathews |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Gaona |
| 86 | LOG | Bob O'Neil |
| 57 | C | Jim Taylor |
| 61 | ROG | Marv McFadden |
| 74 | ROT | Frank Varrichione |
| 89 | ROE | Jack O'Brien |
| 14 | QB | Ted Marchibroda |
| 81 | LOH | Elbie Nickel |
| 24 | ROH | Henry Ford |
| 33 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Joe O'Malley |
| 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 |
| 41 | LS | Fred Bruney |
| 42 | RS | Dick Alban |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Joe Childress | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 13 | 13 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fran Rogel | 18 | 112 | 6.2 | 40 | 1 |
| Lou Baldacci | 16 | 110 | 6.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Henry Ford | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ted Marchibroda | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Scarbath | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Shepard | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Lamar McHan | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 2 | 119 | 6.3 | 45t | 1 | 16 | 36.8 | |
| Jim Root | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ted Marchibroda | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 58 | 3.6 | 22 | 0 | 30 | 2.6 | |
| Jack Scarbath | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ollie Matson | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 45t | 1 |
| Don Stonesifer | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lou Baldacci | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Jack O'Brien | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Lindon Crow | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Julian Spence | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Dale Dodrill | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Lamar McHan | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lou Baldacci | 6 | 239 | 39.8 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Lindon Crow | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Henry Ford | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Frank Varrichione | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
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