| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1956 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 50358 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 67 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 68 pass from Babe Parilli (failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Paul 35 interception return (Lou Groza kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Elbie Nickel 10 pass from Ted Marchibroda (Gary Glick kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lynn Chandnois 1 run (Gary Glick kick) | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lowell Perry 75 pass from Ted Marchibroda (Gary Glick kick) | 21 | 13 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 31 FG | 21 | 16 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Glick 11 FG | 24 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | LOE | Lowell Perry |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Gaona |
| 65 | LOG | Ralph Jecha |
| 57 | C | Jim Taylor |
| 61 | ROG | Marv McFadden |
| 74 | ROT | Frank Varrichione |
| 25 | ROE | Ray Mathews |
| 14 | QB | Ted Marchibroda |
| 81 | LOH | Elbie Nickel |
| 39 | ROH | Sid Watson |
| 33 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Bob O'Neil |
| 76 | LDT | Willie McClung |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 64 | LLB | Marv Matuszak |
| 52 | RLB | George Tarasovic |
| 26 | LDH | Gary Glick |
| 24 | LS | Henry Ford |
| 80 | RS | Jack Butler |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 62 | ROG | Herschel Forester |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 18 | QB | Babe Parilli |
| 26 | LOH | Ray Renfro |
| 48 | ROH | Preston Carpenter |
| 36 | FB | Ed Modzelewski |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Gain |
| 70 | LDT | Don Colo |
| 72 | RDT | John Kissell |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 65 | LLB | Chuck Noll |
| 34 | MLB | Walt Michaels |
| 35 | RLB | Galen Fiss |
| 24 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 22 | LS | Kenny Konz |
| 15 | RS | Junior Wren |
| 20 | RDH | Don Paul |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fran Rogel | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 13 | 37 | 2.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Lowell Perry | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Shepard | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Sid Watson | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ted Marchibroda | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Lou Baldacci | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Preston Carpenter | 21 | 82 | 3.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 14 | 63 | 4.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ted Marchibroda | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 3 | 227 | 11.9 | 75t | 2 | 8 | 100.0 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 3 | 126 | 7.9 | 68t | 1 | 18 | 52.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Fran Rogel | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lowell Perry | 2 | 112 | 56.0 | 75t | 1 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Pete Brewster | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 68t | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Reger | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| George Tarasovic | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Warren Lahr | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lou Baldacci | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Henry Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Skeet Quinlan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lowell Perry | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Fred Morrison | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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