WAS 20 @ CLE 17 - 1956 NFL

1956 Week 9

Washington RedskinsWAS

20-17

Cleveland BrownsCLE

Sun, November 25, 1956 · Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 22,878Surface: grassLine: Washington Redskins -3.0

WAS: Joe Kuharich · CLE: Paul Brown

WAS

Team Stats

CLE

1st Downs

36-97

Rushing

46-136

10-20-140

Passing

6-12-48

237

Scoring

1st Quarter

Norb Hecker 17 yard fumble return (Sam Baker kick)

Ken Konz 65 yard punt return (Lou Groza kick)

2nd Quarter

Maurice Bassett 1 yard rush (Lou Groza kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
WAS
Passing
Eddie LeBaron	8/16	108	1	1		66.7
Al Dorow	2/4	32	0	0		77.1
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Eddie LeBaron	5	10	0	3	0
Al Dorow	1	4	0	4	0
Leo Elter	11	40	0	10	0
Tommy Runnels	9	23	0	6	0
Billy Wells	6	12	0	4	0
Sam Baker	4	8	0	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Leo Elter		2	26	0	14
Billy Wells		1	-1	0	-1
John Carson		4	73	1	26
Steve Meilinger		3	42	0	18
CLE
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Tommy O'Connell	6/12	48	0	1		25.7
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Tommy O'Connell	1	3	0	3	0
Preston Carpenter	29	89	0	12	0
Maurice Bassett	15	43	1	7	0
Skeet Quinlan	1	1	0	1	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Preston Carpenter		2	1	0	8
Pete Brewster		3	40	0	17
Dante Lavelli		1	7	0	7

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
WAS
Norb Hecker			0	1
CLE
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Galen Fiss			0	1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
WAS
Sam Baker	-	-	3	127	42.3	-
CLE
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Fred Morrison	-	-	4	157	39.3	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
WAS
Gary Lowe	0	0	0	1	0	0
Leo Elter	3	63	0	0	0	0
Tommy Runnels	1	22	0	0	0	0
CLE
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Don Paul	0	0	0	1	17	0
Billy Kinard	2	47	0	0	0	0
Preston Carpenter	1	26	0	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

WAS

QBEddie LeBaron

FBLeo Elter

LHTommy Runnels

RHBilly Wells

LEJohn Carson

LTDon Boll

LGRed Stephens

CJohnny Allen

RGDick Stanfel

RTJohnny Miller

RESteve Meilinger

WAS at CLE, 1956 NFL game