| Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 4, 1956 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 46708 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 64 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 3 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Arenas 96 kickoff return (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 30 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 30 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Leon Hart 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 40 FG | 17 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Dorne Dibble |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 60 | ROG | Jim Salsbury |
| 75 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 84 | ROE | Dave Middleton |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 87 | LOH | Jim Doran |
| 42 | ROH | Don McIlhenny |
| 26 | FB | Gene Gedman |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 70 | LDT | Ray Krouse |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 72 | RDE | Gil Mains |
| 85 | LLB | Sonny Gandee |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 86 | RLB | Bob Long |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 21 | RDH | Carl Karilivacz |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 78 | LOT | Bobby Cross |
| 74 | LOG | Bob Toneff |
| 53 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 75 | ROG | Ed Henke |
| 79 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 11 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 39 | LOH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 22 | ROH | Joe Arenas |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Bruce Bosley |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 72 | RDT | Bill Herchman |
| 87 | RDE | Charley Powell |
| 64 | LLB | Ed Sharkey |
| 54 | MLB | Ed Beatty |
| 55 | RLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 40 | LDH | George Maderos |
| 23 | LS | Rex Berry |
| 47 | RS | Dicky Moegle |
| 42 | RDH | Ernie Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Howard Cassady | 19 | 78 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 16 | 77 | 4.8 | 11 | 2 |
| Gene Gedman | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 15 | 92 | 6.1 | 54 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 13 | -3 | -0.2 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 2 | 94 | 5.2 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 16.7 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 0 | 161 | 8.1 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 81.5 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 25 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Clyde Conner | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dicky Moegle | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Paul Carr | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 54 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Earl Morrall | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Howard Cassady | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 112 | 56.0 | 96t | 1 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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