Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions - December 9th, 1956
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Detroit Lions | 14 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 45 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Tm | Detail | PIT | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lions | Leon Hart 16 yard pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Lions | Gene Gedman 5 yard rush (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2 | Steelers | Sid Watson 1 yard rush (Sid Watson kick) | 7 | 14 |
| Lions | Yale Lary 73 yard interception return (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| Lions | Jack Christiansen 66 yard punt return (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 28 | |
| Lions | Gene Gedman 2 yard rush (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 35 | |
| Lions | Bobby Layne 13 yard field goal | 7 | 38 | |
| 3 | Lions | Jerry Reichow 41 yard pass from Harry Gilmer (Bobby Layne kick) | 7 | 45 |
Game Info
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ted Marchibroda | PIT | 11 | 28 | 109 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 11.5 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sid Watson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 37 | ||||
| Fran Rogel | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Lou Baldacci | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jack O'Brien | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 25 | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | |||||
| Art Davis | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Ray Mathews | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bobby Layne | DET | 9 | 14 | 95 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 68.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harry Gilmer | DET | 5 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 143.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Reichow | DET | 3 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 17.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 41 | ||
| Don McIlhenny | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 58 | 0 | 19 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | ||||
| Bill Bowman | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Gene Gedman | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Leon Hart | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Tom Tracy | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Howard Cassady | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Doran | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 31 | |||||
| Dave Middleton | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Bill Stits | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||
Defense
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
Lions Starters
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