| Washington Redskins at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: November 25, 1956 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 22878 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 31 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Norb Hecker 17 opponents fumble recovery (Sam Baker kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Kenny Konz 65 punt return (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mo Bassett 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 31 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 19 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 42 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Johnny Carson 26 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Sam Baker kick) | 20 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Johnny Carson |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 67 | LOG | Red Stephens |
| 52 | C | Johnny Allen |
| 60 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 73 | ROT | Johnny Miller |
| 86 | ROE | Steve Meilinger |
| 14 | QB | Eddie LeBaron |
| 25 | LOH | Tommy Runnels |
| 41 | ROH | Billy Wells |
| 32 | FB | Leo Elter |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 79 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 76 | RDT | J.D. Kimmel |
| 88 | RDE | Chet Ostrowski |
| 64 | LLB | Bill Fulcher |
| 36 | MLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 21 | LDH | Roy Barni |
| 48 | LS | Norb Hecker |
| 40 | RS | Gary Lowe |
| 27 | RDH | Art DeCarlo |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 62 | LOG | Herschel Forester |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 60 | ROG | Hal Bradley |
| 74 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 17 | QB | Tommy O'Connell |
| 26 | LOH | Ray Renfro |
| 48 | ROH | Preston Carpenter |
| 30 | FB | Mo Bassett |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Leo Elter | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Tommy Runnels | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Wells | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Preston Carpenter | 29 | 89 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Mo Bassett | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 7 | 1 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 108 | 6.8 | 26t | 1 | 0 | 66.7 | |
| Al Dorow | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 32 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 77.1 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Tommy O'Connell | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 48 | 4.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Johnny Carson | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 26t | 1 |
| Steve Meilinger | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Wells | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Pete Brewster | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Galen Fiss | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Baker | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Fred Morrison | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65t | 1 | |
| Don Paul | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Leo Elter | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Tommy Runnels | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy Kinard | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
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