| Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: November 11, 1956 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 28003 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 55 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Washington Redskins | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington Redskins | Sam Baker 16 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Washington Redskins | Dick James 41 run (Sam Baker kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 22 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Washington Redskins | Sam Baker 29 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Gene Gedman 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Washington Redskins | Safety, Yale Lary forced out of end zone by Johnny Miller | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Washington Redskins | Sam Baker 27 FG | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Dave Middleton 10 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 17 | 18 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Tom Tracy | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| WAS | Dick James | 9 | 78 | 8.7 | 41t | 1 |
| WAS | Leo Elter | 18 | 63 | 3.5 | 14 | 0 |
| WAS | Tommy Runnels | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| WAS | Billy Wells | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| WAS | Al Dorow | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| WAS | Sam Baker | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 40 | 15 | 37.5 | 4 | 266 | 6.7 | 70 | 1 | 6 | 29.8 | |
| WAS | Al Dorow | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 38 | 3.2 | 19 | 0 | 43.1 | ||
| WAS | Eddie LeBaron | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 45 | 7.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Dorne Dibble | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 27 | 0 |
| DET | Dave Middleton | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 14 | 1 |
| DET | Jim Doran | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70 | 0 |
| DET | Bill Stits | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Tom Tracy | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| WAS | Johnny Carson | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 25 | 0 |
| WAS | Tommy Runnels | 1 | 05 | 5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| WAS | Leo Elter | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jimmy David | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| WAS | Norb Hecker | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| WAS | Art DeCarlo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Yale Lary | 5 | 179 | 35.8 | 39 | 0 |
| DET | Jug Girard | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| WAS | Sam Baker | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Yale Lary | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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