| Pittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: November 25, 1956 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 17724 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 32 F Humidty: 92% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 27 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Jim Root 3 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ray Mathews 29 pass from Ted Marchibroda (Sid Watson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Ollie Matson 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Summerall 27 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Ollie Matson 79 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Joe Childress 34 pass from Jim Root (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Henry Ford 3 run (Sid Watson kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Elbie Nickel 4 pass from Ted Marchibroda (Sid Watson kick failed) | 20 | 31 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Lamar McHan 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Henry Ford 4 run (Sid Watson kick) | 27 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 27 | ROH | Lou Baldacci |
| 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 |
| 24 | LDH | Henry Ford |
| 41 | LS | Fred Bruney |
| 42 | RS | Dick Alban |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| 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 |
| 74 | RDT | Len Teeuws |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ted Marchibroda | 10 | 80 | 8.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Scarbath | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Shepard | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Lou Baldacci | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Henry Ford | 9 | 4 | 0.4 | 7 | 2 |
| Sid Watson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ollie Matson | 16 | 159 | 9.9 | 79t | 2 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 3t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ted Marchibroda | 33 | 14 | 42.4 | 3 | 174 | 5.3 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 41.7 | |
| Jack Scarbath | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 32 | 4.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Root | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 1 | 153 | 9.6 | 34t | 1 | 25 | 94.0 | |
| Lamar McHan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ray Mathews | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 38 | 1 |
| Elbie Nickel | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 23 | 1 |
| Henry Ford | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack O'Brien | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 34t | 1 |
| Don Stonesifer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Alban | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Dick Lane | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Bienemann | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Charlie Shepard | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 49 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Lamar McHan | 3 | 100 | 33.3 | 36 | 0 |
| John Roach | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Henry Ford | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Fred Bruney | 4 | 127 | 31.8 | 51 | 0 | |
| Henry Ford | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Weber | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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