| Washington Redskins at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1956 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 46351 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 42 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| New York Giants | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Ken MacAfee 29 pass from Frank Gifford (Ben Agajanian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Frank Gifford 6 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Washington Redskins | Steve Meilinger 6 pass from Al Dorow (Sam Baker kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Frank Gifford 14 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Frank Gifford 11 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Washington Redskins | John Paluck 76 opponents fumble recovery (Sam Baker kick) | 14 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Leo Elter | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 48 | 0 |
| WAS | Tommy Runnels | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 16 | 0 |
| WAS | Billy Wells | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 17 | 0 |
| NYG | Frank Gifford | 19 | 108 | 5.7 | 28 | 2 |
| NYG | Mel Triplett | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 21 | 0 |
| NYG | Alex Webster | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 14 | 0 |
| NYG | Gene Filipski | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| NYG | Kyle Rote | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| NYG | Don Heinrich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| WAS | Eddie LeBaron | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 2 | 101 | 6.3 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 25.3 | |
| WAS | Al Dorow | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 11 | 2.2 | 6t | 1 | 47.9 | ||
| WAS | Tommy Runnels | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| NYG | Charley Conerly | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 1 | 127 | 7.9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | |
| NYG | Don Heinrich | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 18 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 | 12.0 | ||
| NYG | Frank Gifford | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 29 | 9.7 | 29t | 1 | 0 | 70.1 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Johnny Carson | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| WAS | Steve Meilinger | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 19 | 1 |
| WAS | Billy Wells | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| WAS | Leo Elter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| NYG | Frank Gifford | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 14 | 1 |
| NYG | Kyle Rote | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 18 | 0 |
| NYG | Ken MacAfee | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 29t | 1 |
| NYG | Alex Webster | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| NYG | Mel Triplett | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Norb Hecker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NYG | Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| NYG | Jimmy Patton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| WAS | Sam Baker | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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