| Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 14, 1956 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 56281 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 78 F Humidty: 36% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 33 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Don McIlhenny 2 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Leon Clarke 60 pass from Billy Wade (Les Richter kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Don McIlhenny 3 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 29 pass from Billy Wade (Les Richter kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 76 pass from Billy Wade (Les Richter kick) | 21 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Bob Boyd |
| 75 | LOT | Bob Fry |
| 61 | LOG | Duane Putnam |
| 50 | C | Dick Daugherty |
| 63 | ROG | John Hock |
| 70 | ROT | Charley Toogood |
| 84 | ROE | Leon Clarke |
| 11 | QB | Norm Van Brocklin |
| 27 | LOH | Ron Waller |
| 89 | ROH | Ron Miller |
| 35 | FB | Tank Younger |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Paul Miller |
| 62 | LDT | Bud McFadin |
| 58 | MG | Bob Griffin |
| 65 | RDT | Art Hauser |
| 68 | RDE | Sid Fournet |
| 48 | LLB | Les Richter |
| 36 | RLB | Larry Morris |
| 41 | LDH | Jim Cason |
| 25 | LS | Don Burroughs |
| 43 | RS | Will Sherman |
| 44 | RDH | Jesse Whittenton |
| 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 |
| 82 | LOH | Leon Hart |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tommy Wilson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Ron Waller | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Brad Myers | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Don McIlhenny | 22 | 77 | 3.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Gene Gedman | 16 | 65 | 4.1 | 17 | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Billy Wade | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 240 | 10.0 | 76t | 3 | 0 | 125.0 | |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 13 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 2 | 205 | 7.6 | 43 | 1 | 12 | 58.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 76t | 0 |
| Leon Clarke | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Ron Miller | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Waller | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Middleton | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jesse Whittenton | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Hugh Pitts | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 5 | 252 | 50.4 | 55 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Brad Myers | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Charley Toogood | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
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