| Philadelphia Eagles at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1956 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 20654 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 35 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bobby Thomason 1 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Darrel Brewster 3 pass from Tommy O'Connell (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ray Renfro 46 pass from Tommy O'Connell (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Kenny Keller 20 run (Bobby Walston kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 37 FG | 14 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Bobby Walston |
| 65 | LOT | Tom Dimmick |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 50 | C | Bob Kelley |
| 63 | ROG | Ken Huxhold |
| 75 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 84 | ROE | Hank Burnine |
| 11 | QB | Bobby Thomason |
| 33 | LOH | Willie Berzinski |
| 25 | ROH | Pete Retzlaff |
| 36 | FB | Dick Bielski |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Tom Scott |
| 77 | LDT | Jim Weatherall |
| 78 | MG | Marion Campbell |
| 73 | RDT | Sid Youngelman |
| 68 | RDE | Dick Murley |
| 60 | LLB | Chuck Bednarik |
| 52 | RLB | Wayne Robinson |
| 81 | LDH | Eddie Bell |
| 20 | LS | Bibbles Bawel |
| 22 | RS | Lee Riley |
| 40 | RDH | Tom Brookshier |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 62 | LOG | Herschel Forester |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 60 | ROG | Hal Bradley |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 17 | QB | Tommy O'Connell |
| 26 | LOH | Ray Renfro |
| 48 | ROH | Preston Carpenter |
| 30 | FB | Mo Bassett |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Gain |
| 70 | LDT | Don Colo |
| 72 | RDT | John Kissell |
| 71 | RDE | Jim Ray Smith |
| 65 | LLB | Chuck Noll |
| 34 | MLB | Walt Michaels |
| 35 | RLB | Galen Fiss |
| 24 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz |
| 15 | RS | Junior Wren |
| 20 | RDH | Don Paul |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Dick Bielski | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Kenny Keller | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 20t | 1 |
| Willie Berzinski | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Schaefer | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Adrian Burk | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Preston Carpenter | 23 | 116 | 5.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Mo Bassett | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Adrian Burk | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 2 | 91 | 5.1 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 25.2 | |
| Bobby Thomason | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 39 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Tommy O'Connell | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 2 | 115 | 6.4 | 46t | 2 | 0 | 67.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bobby Walston | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Ted Wegert | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Willie Berzinski | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Hank Burnine | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Pete Brewster | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Dante Lavelli | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46t | 1 |
| Mo Bassett | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bibbles Bawel | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Lee Riley | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Don Colo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Wren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Adrian Burk | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 52 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Fred Morrison | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Lee Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Don Paul | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 | |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Lee Riley | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 57 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Preston Carpenter | 2 | 61 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Billy Kinard | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 | |
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