| Baltimore Colts at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1956 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 51037 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 71 F Humidty: 7% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Joe Marconi 8 run (Les Richter kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Billy Wade 2 run (Les Richter kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim Mutscheller 3 pass from Johnny Unitas (Tom Feamster kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Les Richter 27 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Joe Marconi 4 run (Les Richter kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Norm Van Brocklin 1 run (Les Richter kick) | 7 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Raymond Berry |
| 60 | LOT | George Preas |
| 63 | LOG | Art Spinney |
| 50 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 68 | ROG | Alex Sandusky |
| 74 | ROT | Ken Jackson |
| 84 | ROE | Jim Mutscheller |
| 19 | QB | Johnny Unitas |
| 21 | LOH | Billy Vessels |
| 24 | ROH | Lenny Moore |
| 35 | FB | Alan Ameche |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 76 | LDT | Gene Lipscomb |
| 73 | MG | Joe Campanella |
| 77 | RDT | Tom Finnin |
| 83 | RDE | Don Joyce |
| 36 | LLB | Bill Pellington |
| 67 | RLB | Doug Eggers |
| 23 | LDH | Carl Taseff |
| 40 | LS | Jesse Thomas |
| 44 | RS | Bert Rechichar |
| 25 | RDH | Don Shula |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | LOE | Elroy Hirsch |
| 75 | LOT | Bob Fry |
| 61 | LOG | Duane Putnam |
| 51 | C | John Morrow |
| 63 | ROG | John Hock |
| 79 | ROT | Glenn Holtzman |
| 88 | ROE | Bob Carey |
| 9 | QB | Billy Wade |
| 34 | LOH | Joe Marconi |
| 84 | ROH | Leon Clarke |
| 35 | FB | Tank Younger |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Paul Miller |
| 62 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 48 | MG | Les Richter |
| 65 | RDT | Art Hauser |
| 83 | RDE | Duane Wardlow |
| 58 | LLB | Bob Griffin |
| 50 | RLB | Dick Daugherty |
| 41 | LDH | Jim Cason |
| 25 | LS | Don Burroughs |
| 43 | RS | Will Sherman |
| 44 | RDH | Jesse Whittenton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Lenny Moore | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Alan Ameche | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Vessels | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tank Younger | 13 | 76 | 5.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 16 | 58 | 3.6 | 13 | 2 |
| Tommy Wilson | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Wade | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 1 | 147 | 5.1 | 30 | 1 | 23 | 60.6 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Billy Wade | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 43 | 3.6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 0 | 97 | 9.7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 100.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Alan Ameche | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Mutscheller | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 30 | 1 |
| Billy Vessels | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Bob Boyd | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Leon Clarke | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Carey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Don Shula | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Will Sherman | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 6 | 215 | 35.8 | 48 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 190 | 47.5 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jesse Whittenton | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Will Sherman | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| L.G. Dupre | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 35 | 27.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Billy Vessels | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jesse Whittenton | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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