| San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1956 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 55662 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 71 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 27 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | John Henry Johnson 2 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Don McIlhenny 3 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Gordy Soltau 20 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | John Henry Johnson 1 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 2 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 17 FG | 17 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Hugh McElhenny | 14 | 119 | 8.5 | 61 | 0 |
| SF | Joe Perry | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 33 | 0 |
| SF | John Henry Johnson | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 11 | 2 |
| SF | Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Don McIlhenny | 13 | 104 | 8.0 | 30 | 1 |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 7 | 1 |
| DET | Tom Tracy | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SF | Y.A. Tittle | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 1 | 60 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 27.7 | |
| SF | Earl Morrall | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 28 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 | 9.7 | ||
| DET | Bobby Layne | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 1 | 155 | 5.7 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 56.9 | |
| DET | Don McIlhenny | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Billy Wilson | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SF | Joe Arenas | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| SF | Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| SF | Gordy Soltau | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | Dorne Dibble | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 24 | 0 |
| DET | Dave Middleton | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 16 | 0 |
| DET | Tom Tracy | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | -2 | 0 |
| DET | Don McIlhenny | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| DET | Jug Girard | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jack Christiansen | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| DET | Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Yale Lary | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Yale Lary | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| DET | Jack Christiansen | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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