| Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 4, 1956 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 46708 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 64 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Leon Hart 3 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Joe Arenas 90 kickoff return (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Gordy Soltau 30 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 30 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Leon Hart 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Gordy Soltau 40 FG | 17 | 13 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Howard Cassady | 19 | 78 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 16 | 77 | 4.8 | 11 | 2 |
| Gene Gedman | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 15 | 92 | 6.1 | 54 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 13 | -3 | -0.2 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 2 | 94 | 5.2 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 16.7 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 0 | 161 | 8.1 | 25 | 0 | 81.5 | ||
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 25 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Clyde Conner | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 54 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 1 | |||||
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