| Washington Redskins at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1956 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 46351 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 42 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ken MacAfee 29 pass from Frank Gifford (Ben Agajanian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 6 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Steve Meilinger 6 pass from Al Dorow (Sam Baker kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 14 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 11 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | John Paluck 76 opponents fumble recovery (Sam Baker kick) | 14 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 60 | LOG | Bill Austin |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 66 | ROG | Jack Stroud |
| 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 |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 30 | LLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 84 | RLB | Harland Svare |
| 48 | LDH | Ed Hughes |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 25 | RDH | Dick Nolan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Leo Elter | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Tommy Runnels | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Wells | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 17 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 19 | 108 | 5.7 | 28 | 2 |
| Mel Triplett | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Filipski | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Heinrich | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 2 | 101 | 6.3 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 25.3 | |
| Al Dorow | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 11 | 2.2 | 6t | 1 | 27 | 47.9 | |
| Tommy Runnels | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 1 | 127 | 7.9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | |
| Don Heinrich | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 18 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 62.2 | |
| Frank Gifford | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 29 | 9.7 | 29t | 1 | 0 | 70.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Johnny Carson | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Steve Meilinger | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Billy Wells | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 29t | 1 |
| Alex Webster | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Chet Ostrowski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sam Huff | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Baker | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 52 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Joe Scudero | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
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