Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
Date: December 9, 1956 Location: Detroit, MI |
Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 52124 |
Weather: Cloudy Temp: 31 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 12 mph |
Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Detroit Lions | 14 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 45 |
Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DET |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Detroit Lions | Leon Hart 20 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 7 |
1 | Detroit Lions | Gene Gedman 5 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 14 |
2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sid Watson 1 run (Sid Watson kick) | 7 | 14 |
2 | Detroit Lions | Yale Lary 73 interception return (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 21 |
2 | Detroit Lions | Jack Christiansen 66 punt return (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 28 |
2 | Detroit Lions | Gene Gedman 2 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 35 |
2 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 13 FG | 7 | 38 |
3 | Detroit Lions | Jerry Reichow 41 pass from Harry Gilmer (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 45 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
Sid Watson | 20 | 21 | 1.1 | 18 | 1 |
Fran Rogel | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
Lou Baldacci | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Ted Marchibroda | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
Art Davis | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -2 | 0 |
Ray Mathews | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
Detroit Lions | |||||
Don McIlhenny | 14 | 58 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 |
Bill Bowman | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
Gene Gedman | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 5t | 2 |
Leon Hart | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
Tom Tracy | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Harry Gilmer | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Howard Cassady | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Bill Stits | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
Ted Marchibroda | 28 | 11 | 39.3 | 3 | 109 | 3.9 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 11.5 | |
Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
Bobby Layne | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 2 | 95 | 6.8 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 68.2 | |
Harry Gilmer | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 53 | 8.8 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 143.1 | |
Jerry Reichow | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 19 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 | 17.4 |
RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
Sid Watson | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 37 | 0 |
Jack O'Brien | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 |
Elbie Nickel | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Art Davis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Ray Mathews | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Fran Rogel | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Detroit Lions | |||||
Leon Hart | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 16t | 1 |
Jerry Reichow | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 41t | 1 |
Bill Bowman | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
Jim Doran | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 31 | 0 |
Howard Cassady | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
Bill Stits | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Dave Middleton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Don McIlhenny | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
Jack Butler | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 30 | 0 |
Dick Alban | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Detroit Lions | |||||
Jack Christiansen | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
Yale Lary | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 73t | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
Detroit Lions | |||||
Yale Lary | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 43 | 0 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
Detroit Lions | ||||||
Jack Christiansen | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 66t | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
Fred Bruney | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 24 | 0 | |
Detroit Lions | ||||||
Bill Stits | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
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