| Chicago Cardinals at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 14, 1956 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 25794 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 71 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Frank Bernardi 95 punt return (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Jim Root 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 19 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Ollie Matson 105 kickoff return (Pat Summerall kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Summerall 23 FG | 24 | 3 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Alex Burl 19 pass from Lamar McHan (Pat Summerall kick) | 31 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Don Stonesifer |
| 71 | LOT | Tom Dahms |
| 64 | LOG | Doug Hogland |
| 50 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 62 | ROG | John Dittrich |
| 70 | ROT | Jack Jennings |
| 86 | ROE | Gern Nagler |
| 8 | QB | Lamar McHan |
| 33 | LOH | Ollie Matson |
| 44 | ROH | Dave Mann |
| 36 | FB | Johnny Olszewski |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Leo Sugar |
| 74 | LDT | Len Teeuws |
| 55 | MG | Stan West |
| 75 | RDT | Tony Pasquesi |
| 85 | RDE | Pat Summerall |
| 51 | LLB | Leo Sanford |
| 57 | RLB | Carl Brettschneider |
| 81 | LDH | Dick Lane |
| 20 | LS | Woodley Lewis |
| 41 | RS | Jimmy Hill |
| 40 | RDH | Lindon Crow |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Johnny Carson |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 67 | LOG | Red Stephens |
| 52 | C | Johnny Allen |
| 60 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 75 | ROT | Harry Jagielski |
| 86 | ROE | Steve Meilinger |
| 16 | QB | Al Dorow |
| 32 | LOH | Leo Elter |
| 47 | ROH | Dick James |
| 46 | FB | Dale Atkeson |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 79 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 76 | RDT | J.D. Kimmel |
| 88 | RDE | Chet Ostrowski |
| 45 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 36 | MLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 21 | LDH | Roy Barni |
| 48 | LS | Norb Hecker |
| 40 | RS | Gary Lowe |
| 27 | RDH | Art DeCarlo |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ollie Matson | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 47 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Dave Mann | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Leo Elter | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick James | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Dale Atkeson | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Tommy Runnels | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Lamar McHan | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 25 | 5.0 | 19t | 1 | 0 | 56.2 | |
| Jim Root | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 32 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 77.1 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 2 | 70 | 4.7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 | |
| Al Dorow | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 37 | 6.2 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 83.3 | |
| Freddy Wyant | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Alex Burl | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Joe Childress | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Johnny Carson | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Steve Meilinger | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dale Atkeson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Lindon Crow | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| LaVern Torgeson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Frank Bernardi | 95t | 1 | ||||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Ollie Matson | 105t | 1 | ||||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Leo Elter | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
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