1956 Detroit Lions 5-3 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1956 Detroit 27 51 31 59 0 168 Opponent 31 41 34 37 0 143 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 168 143 1-0 21 @Green Bay 20 71ø First Downs 175 122 2-0 24 @Baltimore 20 74ø 0-5 Rush 95 60 3-0 28 Los Angeles 17 66ø Pass 72 57 3-1 10 San Francisco 13 75ø 0-10 Rain Pen 8 5 3-2 24 @Los Angeles 28 68ø Penalties 43 36 3-3 14 @San Francisco 31 62ø 10-20 Yards 364 269 4-3 23 @Washington 7 62ø Heavy Rain 5-3 24 Baltimore 7 60ø 5-15 Heavy Rain Rushing Att 320 227 Yards 1438 1054 Ave 4.5 4.6 TD 11 6 Passing Att 184 151 Comp 98 74 % 53.3 49.0 Int 11 9 % 6.0 6.0 TD 9 9 % 4.9 6.0 Yards 1356 1030 Sacked 4 11 Punt Return 22 21 Yards 101 171 Ave 4.6 8.1 Kick Return 29 36 Yards 582 849 Ave 20.1 23.6 Punts 28 31 Yards 1115 1240 Ave 39.8 40.0 FG Att 9 11 Made 7 6 % 77.8 54.5 Third Downs 105 78 Made 60 28 % 57.1 35.9 Fourth Downs 4 4 Made 2 1 % 50.0 25.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 6 11 Lost 4 5 Turnovers 15 14 Net Offense 2766 2028 Per Play 5.4 5.2 1956 Detroit Lions Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Gedman 77 311 4.0 6 15 31 3 Middleton 19 2 305 16.1 3 12 30 0 McIlhenny 58 281 4.8 11 20 27 2 Dibble 18 5 317 17.6 2 16 41 1 Cassady 62 273 4.4 5 17 32 0 Doran 16 2 247 15.4 2 14 27 2 Layne 42 260 6.2 11 18 13 1 Gedman 16 3 181 11.3 0 10 22 1 Hart 49 175 3.6 6 13 16 4 Hart 11 1 112 10.2 0 6 17 1 Bowman 17 93 5.5 3 7 12 1 Cassady 8 2 97 12.1 0 8 18 1 Girard 8 39 4.9 2 4 13 0 McIlhenny 7 1 67 9.6 0 4 17 2 Tracy 2 4 2.0 0 0 3 0 Girard 2 0 25 12.5 0 2 14 1 Gilmer 5 2 0.4 0 1 3 0 Bowman 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 320 1438 4.5 44 95 32 11 98 16 1356 13.8 7 72 41 9 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Layne 153 79 51.6 1159 14.7 41 11 7 9 5.9 4 9 5.9 71.8 Gilmer 31 19 61.3 197 10.4 22 1 0 2 6.5 0 0 0.0 52.8 184 98 53.3 1356 13.8 41 12 7 11 6.0 4 9 4.9 68.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Layne 21 21 100.0 9 7 77.8 0.0 0.0 37 42 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Lary 28 1115 51 2 0 8 21 171 32.3 39.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Stits 1 22 22.0 22 0 Lary 17 0 69 4.1 15 0 Cassady 21 433 20.6 31 0 Cassady 5 0 32 6.4 11 0 Christians 5 98 19.6 25 0 22 0 101 4.6 15 0 Lary 2 29 14.5 18 0 29 582 20.1 31 0 Fumbles Gilmer 2 Layne 2 Hart 1 Gedman 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec McCord 4 Mains 9 Miller 5 Christia 7 Krouse 2 Miller 2 Schmidt 3 Cronin 3 McCord 5 Gandee 3 McCord 2 Dibble 1 Miller 1 McCord 2 Mains 4 McCord 3 Schmidt 2 Gandee 1 Mains 1 Krouse 2 Krouse 3 Schmidt 3 Ane 1 Krouse 1 Krouse 1 Schmidt 1 Schmidt 3 Lary 2 Miller 1 David 1 Cronin 1 Miller 1 Gandee 1 Mains 2 Lary 1 Sewell 1 David 1 Mains 1 Miller 1 Lusk 1 Kariliva 1 Long 1 Cronin 1 Tackles Schmidt 49 McCord 25 David 17 Ane 4 Middleto 3 Campbell 2 Gandee 35 Miller 25 Cronin 11 Spencer 3 Sewell 2 Perry 1 Christia 33 Mains 24 Dibble 5 Tracy 3 Creekmur 2 Krouse 32 Long 19 Reichow 4 Girard 3 Doran 2 Lary 28 Kariliva 19 Lusk 4 Stits 3 Bowman 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD David 3 1 0.3 1 0 Schmidt 2 16 8.0 16 0 Lary 1 99 99.0 99 1 Karilivac 1 0 0.0 0 0 Long 1 3 3.0 3 0 Christian 1 1 1.0 1 0 9 120 13.3 99 1 1956 Detroit Lions Coach: Buddy Parker Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Girard,Earl 4 O 2 2 ALL QB Gilmer,Harry 3 B 1 1 QB Layne,Bobby 5 B 3 2 K Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Gedman,Gene 1 1 5 135 479 33 3.5 2 15 142 43 9.5 RB Cassady,Hopalong 1 1 5 97 413 33 4.3 2 9 83 21 9.2 RET RB McIlhenny,Don 1 1 3 87 372 30 4.3 2 8 70 21 8.8 RB Hart,Leon 4 1 4 76 348 46 4.6 3 14 116 29 8.3 KR RB Bowman,Bill 4 1 3 20 84 13 4.2 2 5 34 18 6.8 KR RB Tracy,Tom 3 1 2 12 32 9 2.7 2 3 6 5 2.0 RB Stits,Bill 1 1 5 3 0 0 0.0 1 3 52 27 17.3 KR WR Dibble,Dorne 0 0 5 1 8 8 8.0 6 32 597 56 18.7 WR Reichow,Jerry 0 0 3 1 1 1 1.0 1 4 63 41 15.8 KR TE Doran,Jim 4 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 5 25 448 31 17.9 TE-WR Middleton,Dave 6 5 5 3 9 10 3.0 6 39 606 56 15.5 KR RB-WR Girard,Earl 0 0 4 17 67 11 3.9 1 3 33 16 11.0 ALL Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Ane,Charlie 7 9 5 KR C Lusk,Bob 5 5 2 G Sewell,Harley 7 9 5 G Campbell,Stan 5 5 3 G Cronin,Gene 4 6 5 T Creekmur, Lou 10 10 5 T Spencer,Ollie 4 6 5 G-T Salsbury,Jim 4 8 4 KR Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Krouse,Ray 7 7 0 1 5 0 0 DT Miller,Bob 7 7 0 1 5 0 0 DT Perry,Jerry 5 5 0 1 5 0 0 DE Cronin,Gene 4 4 0 2 5 0 0 DL Mains,Gil 7 6 0 4 3 8 0 DL McCord,Darris 5 5 0 1 5 8 0 ILB Schmidt,Joe 10 8 3 2 5 8 1 RET OLB Long,Bob 4 3 1 0 5 0 2 LB Gandee,Sonny 5 3 2 1 5 2 0 KR LB Martin,Jim 5 4 2 0 5 0 0 K CB Christiansen,Jack 10 0 10 0 3 0 8 RET CB David,Jim 6 0 6 0 5 0 7 PR S Lary,Yale 9 3 6 0 5 0 8 ALL S Stits,Bill 4 1 3 0 5 0 1 KR DB Karilivacz,Carl 4 1 3 0 4 0 1 PR Doran,Jim 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Layne,Bobby 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 K Gilmer,Harry 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Special Teams