DET 17 @ SF 13 - 1956 NFL

1956 Week 6

Detroit LionsDET

17-13

San Francisco 49ersSF

Sun, November 4, 1956 · Kezar Stadium

Attendance: 46,708Surface: grassLine: Detroit Lions -6.5

DET: Buddy Parker · SF: Frankie Albert

DET

Team Stats

1st Downs

47-194

Rushing

31-93

7-18-94

Passing

11-21-161

283

Scoring

2nd Quarter

Leon Hart 3 yard rush (Bobby Layne kick)

Joe Arenas 90 yard kickoff return (Gordie Soltau kick)

Gordie Soltau 30 yard field goal

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DET
Passing
Bobby Layne	7/18	94	0	2		16.7
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Bobby Layne	3	7	0	4	0
Howard Cassady	19	78	0	10	0
Leon Hart	16	77	2	11	0
Gene Gedman	6	18	0	5	0
Dave Middleton	1	10	0	10	0
Don McIlhenny	2	4	0	2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Leon Hart		1	18	0	18
Gene Gedman		3	32	0	15
Jim Doran		2	30	0	17
Dorne Dibble		1	14	0	14
SF
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Earl Morrall	11/20	161	0	0		81.5
Hugh McElhenny	0/1	0	0	1		0.0
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Earl Morrall	3	4	0	2	0
Hugh McElhenny	13	-3	0	5	0
John Henry Johnson	15	92	0	54	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Hugh McElhenny		1	15	0	15
John Henry Johnson		3	22	0	14
Billy Wilson		4	70	0	25
Gordie Soltau		1	24	0	24
Clyde Conner		1	20	0	20
Joe Arenas		1	10	0	10

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DET
Jack Christiansen			0	1
SF
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Paul Carr			0	1
Dicky Moegle			0	1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DET
Yale Lary	-	-	2	93	46.5	-
SF
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Earl Morrall	-	-	2	75	37.5	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DET
Yale Lary	0	0	0	2	3	0
Howard Cassady	1	27	0	0	0	0
SF
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Joe Arenas	2	112	1	2	4	0
Hugh McElhenny	1	20	0	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

DET

QBBobby Layne

FBGene Gedman

LHJim Doran

RHDon McIlhenny

LEDorne Dibble

LTLou Creekmur

LGHarley Sewell

CCharlie Ane

RGJim Salsbury

RTOllie Spencer

REDave Middleton

DET at SF, 1956 NFL game