| New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 30, 1956 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 41751 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 17 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Alex Webster 43 pass from Don Heinrich (Frank Gifford kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Frank Gifford 59 run (Frank Gifford kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Frank Gifford 17 FG | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Mel Triplett 35 pass from Don Heinrich (Frank Gifford kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Hugh McElhenny 16 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Mel Triplett 1 run (Frank Gifford kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Billy Wilson 3 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Hugh McElhenny 2 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 31 | 21 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Mel Triplett 13 run (Don Chandler kick) | 38 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 59t | 1 |
| Alex Webster | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 13t | 2 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 13 | 75 | 5.8 | 22 | 2 |
| Dicky Moegle | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Don Heinrich | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 0 | 121 | 12.1 | 43t | 2 | 0 | 150.4 | |
| Charley Conerly | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 12 | 1.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 40 | 25 | 62.5 | 3 | 259 | 6.5 | 32 | 1 | 22 | 58.2 | |
| Earl Morrall | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 52 | 8.7 | 37 | 0 | 88.2 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 43t | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Bob Schnelker | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Joe Arenas | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Dicky Moegle | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Charley Smith | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Clyde Conner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Ed Hughes | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| John Henry Johnson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
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