| Washington Redskins at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: December 23, 1956 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 32994 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 43 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Sam Baker 8 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Alan Ameche 1 run (Tom Feamster kick failed) | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Steve Meilinger 35 pass from Al Dorow (Sam Baker kick) | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Tommy Runnels 22 pass from Al Dorow (Sam Baker kick) | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Lenny Moore 7 run (Gary Kerkorian kick) | 17 | 13 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim Mutscheller 53 pass from Johnny Unitas (Gary Kerkorian kick failed) | 17 | 19 |
| 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 |
| 28 | RS | Joe Scudero |
| 27 | RDH | Art DeCarlo |
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Raymond Berry |
| 60 | LOT | George Preas |
| 63 | LOG | Art Spinney |
| 50 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 65 | ROG | Bill Koman |
| 79 | ROT | Tom Feamster |
| 84 | ROE | Jim Mutscheller |
| 14 | QB | George Shaw |
| 21 | LOH | Billy Vessels |
| 24 | ROH | Lenny Moore |
| 35 | FB | Alan Ameche |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 61 | MG | Jack Patera |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Tommy Runnels | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 16 | 42 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick James | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Wells | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Billy Vessels | 17 | 76 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 30 | 1 |
| Alan Ameche | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Royce Womble | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
| George Shaw | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Al Dorow | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 1 | 108 | 7.7 | 35t | 2 | 0 | 79.8 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 1 | 161 | 8.9 | 53t | 1 | 4 | 81.0 | |
| George Shaw | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 51 | 10.2 | 29 | 0 | 25 | 94.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Tommy Runnels | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Steve Meilinger | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Johnny Carson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick James | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Jim Mutscheller | 6 | 128 | 21.3 | 53t | 1 |
| Raymond Berry | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Vessels | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Alan Ameche | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Gene Brito | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Jack Patera | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Sam Baker | 7 | 299 | 42.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Joe Scudero | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Sam Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Tommy Runnels | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Joe Scudero | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Billy Vessels | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
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