| Los Angeles Rams at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: November 25, 1956 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 40321 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 36 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 14 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 56 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Billy Vessels 4 run (Tom Feamster kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Johnny Unitas 1 run (Tom Feamster kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tommy Wilson 103 kickoff return (Les Richter kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Royce Womble 43 pass from Johnny Unitas (Tom Feamster kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Alan Ameche 1 run (Tom Feamster kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim Mutscheller 13 pass from Johnny Unitas (Tom Feamster kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim Mutscheller 43 pass from Johnny Unitas (Tom Feamster kick) | 7 | 42 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Boyd 58 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Les Richter kick) | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Billy Vessels 4 run (Tom Feamster kick) | 14 | 49 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Boyd 9 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Les Richter kick) | 21 | 49 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Billy Vessels 19 pass from Gary Kerkorian (Tom Feamster kick) | 21 | 56 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | LOE | Elroy Hirsch |
| 75 | LOT | Bob Fry |
| 61 | LOG | Duane Putnam |
| 50 | C | Dick Daugherty |
| 51 | ROG | John Morrow |
| 79 | ROT | Glenn Holtzman |
| 88 | ROE | Bob Carey |
| 9 | QB | Billy Wade |
| 27 | LOH | Ron Waller |
| 84 | ROH | Leon Clarke |
| 35 | FB | Tank Younger |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Paul Miller |
| 62 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 68 | MG | Sid Fournet |
| 65 | RDT | Art Hauser |
| 83 | RDE | Duane Wardlow |
| 48 | LLB | Les Richter |
| 56 | RLB | Hugh Pitts |
| 41 | LDH | Jim Cason |
| 25 | LS | Don Burroughs |
| 43 | RS | Will Sherman |
| 44 | RDH | Jesse Whittenton |
| 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 |
| 21 | LOH | Billy Vessels |
| 24 | ROH | Lenny Moore |
| 35 | FB | Alan Ameche |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 61 | MG | Jack Patera |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Joe Marconi | 10 | 60 | 6.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ron Waller | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Brad Myers | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Alan Ameche | 20 | 162 | 8.1 | 40 | 1 |
| Billy Vessels | 9 | 70 | 7.8 | 31 | 2 |
| Johnny Unitas | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 5 | 1 |
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Young | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 2 | 226 | 7.3 | 58t | 2 | 11 | 72.8 | |
| Billy Wade | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 2 | 53 | 5.9 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 24.1 | |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 24 | 18 | 75.0 | 1 | 293 | 12.2 | 43t | 3 | 36 | 137.7 | |
| Gary Kerkorian | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 59 | 29.5 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Bob Boyd | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 58t | 2 |
| Leon Clarke | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Waller | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Raymond Berry | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Mutscheller | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 43t | 2 |
| Alan Ameche | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Vessels | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 30 | 1 |
| Royce Womble | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Will Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Pellington | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Patera | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Tommy Wilson | 2 | 123 | 61.5 | 103t | 1 | |
| Brad Myers | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ron Waller | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Ken Panfil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Billy Vessels | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dick Young | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bill Pellington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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