NYG 21 @ CLE 9 - 1956 NFL

1956 Week 3

New York GiantsNYG

21-9

Cleveland BrownsCLE

Sun, October 14, 1956 · Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 60,042Surface: grassLine: Pick

NYG: Jim Lee Howell · CLE: Paul Brown

NYG

Team Stats

CLE

1st Downs

52-256

Rushing

25-40

9-13-74

Passing

17-25-156

330

Scoring

2nd Quarter

Alex Webster 2 yard pass from Don Heinrich (Frank Gifford kick)

Ed Modzelewski 1 yard rush (Lou Groza kick)

3rd Quarter

Alex Webster 1 yard rush (Don Chandler kick)

14-

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
NYG
Passing
Don Heinrich	6/8	44	1	2		87.5
Charlie Conerly	3/5	30	0	0		77.1
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Don Heinrich	1	1	0	1	0
Charlie Conerly	5	-3	0	2	0
Alex Webster	16	94	2	34	0
Mel Triplett	19	91	0	8	0
Frank Gifford	11	73	0	27	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Alex Webster		2	0	1	2
Frank Gifford		4	42	0	20
Bob Schnelker		2	20	0	13
Ken MacAfee		1	12	0	12
CLE
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
George Ratterman	17/25	156	0	1		68.1
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
George Ratterman	3	10	0	11	0
Ed Modzelewski	14	28	1	5	0
Fred Morrison	8	2	0	7	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Ed Modzelewski		5	9	0	6
Fred Morrison		1	4	0	4
Dante Lavelli		5	74	0	34
Pete Brewster		3	38	0	19
Preston Carpenter		3	31	0	16

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
NYG
Ed Hughes			0	1
CLE
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Ken Konz			0	1
Don Paul			0	1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
NYG
Don Chandler	-	-	2	96	48.0	-
CLE
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Fred Morrison	-	-	3	109	36.3	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
NYG
Jimmy Patton	1	23	0	1	0	0
Emlen Tunnell	0	0	0	1	9	0
Gene Filipski	1	21	0	0	0	0
CLE
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Preston Carpenter	3	93	0	1	18	0
Don Paul	0	0	0	1	8	0

Starting Lineups

NYG

QBDon Heinrich

FBMel Triplett

LHFrank Gifford

RHAlex Webster

LEBob Schnelker

LTRosey Brown

LGJerry Huth

CRay Wietecha

RGJack Stroud

RTDick Yelvington

NYG at CLE, 1956 NFL game