| Baltimore Colts at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1956 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 43791 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 58 F Humidty: 83% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Lenny Moore 4 run (Tom Feamster kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Y.A. Tittle 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Bert Rechichar 43 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 10 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Raymond Berry 31 pass from Johnny Unitas (Tom Feamster kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Y.A. Tittle 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Arenas 67 punt return (Gordy Soltau kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Billy Wilson 17 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick failed) | 17 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 76 | RDT | Gene Lipscomb |
| 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 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LOE | Clyde Conner |
| 78 | LOT | Bobby Cross |
| 68 | LOG | Lou Palatella |
| 52 | C | George Morris |
| 64 | ROG | Ted Connolly |
| 79 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 39 | LOH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 22 | ROH | Joe Arenas |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Bruce Bosley |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 72 | RDT | Bill Herchman |
| 75 | RDE | Ed Henke |
| 50 | LLB | Stan Sheriff |
| 87 | MLB | Charley Powell |
| 55 | RLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 23 | LDH | Rex Berry |
| 27 | LS | Bobby Holladay |
| 47 | RS | Dicky Moegle |
| 57 | RDH | Paul Carr |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Alan Ameche | 17 | 89 | 5.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 11 | 1 |
| Billy Vessels | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 16 | 84 | 5.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 14 | 63 | 4.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 12 | 2 |
| John Henry Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 1 | 124 | 7.8 | 31t | 1 | 20 | 86.5 | |
| Lenny Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 2 | 153 | 7.3 | 34 | 1 | 15 | 56.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Jim Mutscheller | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Raymond Berry | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Vessels | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 17t | 1 |
| Clyde Conner | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 22 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jesse Thomas | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Bobby Holladay | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 56 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 148 | 49.3 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 1 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| L.G. Dupre | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| Billy Vessels | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 42 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 138 | 346.0 | 96 | 0 | |
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