| New York Giants at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: November 18, 1956 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 26261 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 50 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Billy Wells 15 run (Sam Baker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Johnny Carson 7 pass from Al Dorow (Sam Baker kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 49 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Billy Wells EZ own fumble recovery (Sam Baker kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 28 FG | 0 | 27 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Schnelker 12 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Steve Meilinger 51 pass from Al Dorow (Sam Baker kick failed) | 7 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 65 | LOG | Gerry Huth |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 60 | ROG | Bill Austin |
| 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 |
| 82 | LDT | Jim Katcavage |
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 89 | LLB | Cliff Livingston |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 84 | RLB | Harland Svare |
| 48 | LDH | Ed Hughes |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 25 | RDH | Dick Nolan |
| 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 |
| 41 | ROH | Billy Wells |
| 32 | FB | Leo Elter |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 79 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 76 | RDT | J.D. Kimmel |
| 88 | RDE | Chet Ostrowski |
| 64 | LLB | Bill Fulcher |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 7 | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Leo Elter | 18 | 82 | 4.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Billy Wells | 19 | 58 | 3.1 | 15t | 1 |
| Sam Baker | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Tommy Runnels | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 2 | 151 | 5.6 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 43.9 | |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 37 | 9.3 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 42.7 | |
| Don Heinrich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Al Dorow | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 1 | 126 | 7.4 | 51t | 2 | 0 | 91.8 | |
| Tommy Runnels | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Kyle Rote | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Schnelker | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Alex Webster | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Filipski | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Johnny Carson | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 20 | 1 |
| Sam Baker | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Meilinger | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51t | 1 |
| Billy Wells | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tommy Runnels | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dick Nolan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Fulcher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Baker | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
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