| Pittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: November 25, 1956 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 17724 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 32 F Humidty: 92% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 27 |
| Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Cardinals | Jim Root 3 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ray Mathews 29 pass from Ted Marchibroda (Sid Watson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago Cardinals | Ollie Matson 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago Cardinals | Pat Summerall 27 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Chicago Cardinals | Ollie Matson 79 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Chicago Cardinals | Joe Childress 34 pass from Jim Root (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Henry Ford 3 run (Sid Watson kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Elbie Nickel 4 pass from Ted Marchibroda (Sid Watson kick failed) | 20 | 31 |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals | Lamar McHan 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Henry Ford 4 run (Sid Watson kick) | 27 | 38 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ted Marchibroda | 10 | 80 | 8.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Scarbath | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Shepard | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Lou Baldacci | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Henry Ford | 9 | 4 | 0.4 | 7 | 2 |
| Sid Watson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ollie Matson | 16 | 159 | 9.9 | 79t | 2 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 3t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ted Marchibroda | 33 | 14 | 42.4 | 3 | 174 | 5.3 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 41.7 | |
| Jack Scarbath | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 32 | 4.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Root | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 1 | 153 | 9.6 | 34t | 1 | 25 | 94.0 | |
| Lamar McHan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ray Mathews | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 38 | 1 |
| Elbie Nickel | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 1 | |
| Henry Ford | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack O'Brien | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 34t | 1 |
| Don Stonesifer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Max Boydston | 1 | ||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Alban | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Dick Lane | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Bienemann | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Fred Bruney | 4 | 127 | 31.8 | 51 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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