| Cleveland Browns at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1956 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 27707 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 38 F Humidty: 92% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Tommy O'Connell 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 6 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 41 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Fred Morrison 6 pass from Tommy O'Connell (Lou Groza kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Tommy O'Connell 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 32 | FB | Fred Morrison |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Gain |
| 70 | LDT | Don Colo |
| 72 | RDT | John Kissell |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 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 |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 65 | LOG | Gerry Huth |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Fred Morrison | 19 | 112 | 5.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 23 | 70 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 7 | 2 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Tommy O'Connell | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 1 | 106 | 9.6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 87.7 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 1 | 103 | 4.3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 51.2 | |
| Don Heinrich | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 | |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 81.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Pete Brewster | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 16 | 1 |
| Gene Filipski | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Fred Morrison | 4 | 127 | 31.8 | 38 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 7 | 319 | 45.6 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Don Paul | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Kinard | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Gene Filipski | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 27 | 0 | |
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