| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1956 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 76758 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 63 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 11 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 15 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 2 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 13 | 0 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 37 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Les Richter kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Martin 43 FG | 16 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 23 | LOH | Jug Girard |
| 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 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | LOE | Elroy Hirsch |
| 75 | LOT | Bob Fry |
| 61 | LOG | Duane Putnam |
| 50 | C | Dick Daugherty |
| 63 | ROG | John Hock |
| 70 | ROT | Charley Toogood |
| 80 | ROE | Tom Fears |
| 9 | QB | Billy Wade |
| 27 | LOH | Ron Waller |
| 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 |
| 36 | LLB | Larry Morris |
| 56 | RLB | Hugh Pitts |
| 41 | LDH | Jim Cason |
| 25 | LS | Don Burroughs |
| 43 | RS | Will Sherman |
| 44 | RDH | Jesse Whittenton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bobby Layne | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Gene Gedman | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 14 | 19 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Ron Waller | 15 | 105 | 7.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Tommy Wilson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Wade | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 0 | 177 | 11.1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 105.5 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 2 | 113 | 8.1 | 37t | 1 | 0 | 61.6 | |
| Billy Wade | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 2 | 68 | 11.3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | |
| Ron Waller | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leon Hart | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Leon Clarke | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Tank Younger | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Fears | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 38 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Will Sherman | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
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