| Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 22, 1956 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 54087 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 30 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 24 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 24 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 5 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Fred Cone 12 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 22 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 15 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Tobin Rote 2 run (Fred Cone kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Middleton 56 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Fred Cone 14 pass from Tobin Rote (Fred Cone kick) | 17 | 20 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Billy Howton 13 pass from Tobin Rote (Fred Cone kick) | 24 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Gary Knafelc |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Skoronski |
| 63 | LOG | Joe Skibinski |
| 51 | C | Jim Ringo |
| 68 | ROG | Len Szafaryn |
| 77 | ROT | John Sandusky |
| 86 | ROE | Billy Howton |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 25 | LOH | Jack Losch |
| 22 | ROH | Bill Roberts |
| 37 | FB | Howie Ferguson |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | John Martinkovic |
| 72 | LDT | Jerry Helluin |
| 79 | RDT | Dave Hanner |
| 87 | RDE | Nate Borden |
| 66 | LLB | Deral Teteak |
| 69 | MLB | Bill Forester |
| 74 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff |
| 46 | LDH | Hank Gremminger |
| 47 | LS | Val Joe Walker |
| 44 | RS | Bobby Dillon |
| 27 | RDH | Ken Gorgal |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Tobin Rote | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 20 | 1 |
| Fred Cone | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Howie Ferguson | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gene Gedman | 22 | 103 | 4.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 14 | 89 | 6.4 | 46 | 1 |
| Bill Bowman | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 40 | 21 | 52.5 | 3 | 301 | 7.5 | 43 | 2 | 12 | 62.6 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 3 | 147 | 6.7 | 56t | 1 | 1 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Howie Ferguson | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Gary Knafelc | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Howton | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Joe Johnson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Losch | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Fred Cone | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dorne Dibble | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 56t | 1 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Bobby Dillon | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Deral Teteak | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Gorgal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Carl Karilivacz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Dick Deschaine | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 50 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Howie Ferguson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bill Bowman | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
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