| Washington Redskins at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1956 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 30553 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 68 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Max Boydston 39 pass from Lamar McHan (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Johnny Olszewski 7 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 22 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dick James 34 pass from Al Dorow (Sam Baker kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Steve Meilinger 40 pass from Al Dorow (Sam Baker kick) | 17 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 28 | RS | Joe Scudero |
| 27 | RDH | Art DeCarlo |
| 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 |
| 83 | ROE | Max Boydston |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick James | 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Dale Atkeson | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tommy Runnels | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 2 | -16 | -8.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ollie Matson | 19 | 74 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 17 | 62 | 3.6 | 8 | 1 |
| Frank Bernardi | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Mann | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Al Dorow | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 0 | 113 | 16.1 | 40t | 2 | 10 | 158.3 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 38 | 9.5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Lamar McHan | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 1 | 185 | 10.3 | 39t | 1 | 18 | 91.2 | |
| Ollie Matson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick James | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Steve Meilinger | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Johnny Carson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Gern Nagler | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Stonesifer | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Max Boydston | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Dave Mann | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dale Atkeson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Lane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Joe Scudero | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
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