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1956 Detroit Lions Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1956 Detroit Lions.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Bobby LayneB. Layne	244	129	52.9	1,909	7.8	9	3.7	17	7.0	70	--	--	62.0
Harry GilmerH. Gilmer	46	27	58.7	303	6.6	4	8.7	3	6.5	41	--	--	80.3
Earl GirardE. Girard	1	1	100.0	19	19.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	--	--	118.8
Jerry ReichowJ. Reichow	6	3	50.0	19	3.2	0	0.0	1	16.7	14	--	--	17.4
Howard CassadyH. Cassady	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	--	--	0.0
Don McIlhennyD. McIlhenny	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	--	--	39.6
Bill StitsB. Stits	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	--	--	0.0
Detroit	301	160	53.2	2,250	7.5	13	4.3	23	7.6	70	--	--	60.1

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Gene GedmanG. Gedman	--	135	479	3.55	--	33	7
Howard CassadyH. Cassady	--	97	413	4.26	--	33	0
Don McIlhennyD. McIlhenny	--	87	372	4.28	--	30	3
Leon HartL. Hart	--	76	348	4.58	--	46	5
Bobby LayneB. Layne	--	46	169	3.67	--	20	5
Bill BowmanB. Bowman	--	20	84	4.20	--	13	1
Earl GirardE. Girard	--	17	67	3.94	--	11	0
Tom TracyT. Tracy	--	12	32	2.67	--	9	0
Harry GilmerH. Gilmer	--	8	19	2.38	--	6	0
Yale LaryY. Lary	--	1	10	10.00	--	10	0
Dave MiddletonD. Middleton	--	3	9	3.00	--	10	0
Dorne DibbleD. Dibble	--	1	8	8.00	--	8	0
Jerry ReichowJ. Reichow	--	1	1	1.00	--	1	0
Bill StitsB. Stits	--	3	0	0.00	--	6	0
Detroit	--	507	2,011	3.97	--	46	21

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Dave MiddletonD. Middleton	--	39	606	15.54	--	56	5
Dorne DibbleD. Dibble	--	32	597	18.66	--	56	2
Jim DoranJ. Doran	--	25	448	17.92	--	31	0
Gene GedmanG. Gedman	--	15	142	9.47	--	43	1
Leon HartL. Hart	--	14	116	8.29	--	29	1
Howard CassadyH. Cassady	--	9	83	9.22	--	21	0
Don McIlhennyD. McIlhenny	--	8	70	8.75	--	21	2
Bill BowmanB. Bowman	--	5	34	6.80	--	18	1
Jerry ReichowJ. Reichow	--	4	63	15.75	--	41	1
Earl GirardE. Girard	--	3	33	11.00	--	16	0
Bill StitsB. Stits	--	3	52	17.33	--	27	0
Tom TracyT. Tracy	--	3	6	2.00	--	5	0
Detroit	--	160	2,250	14.06	--	56	13

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Howard CassadyH. Cassady	16	382	23.88	--	0
Jack ChristiansenJ. Christiansen	6	116	19.33	--	0
Yale LaryY. Lary	4	76	19.00	--	0
Bill StitsB. Stits	3	48	16.00	--	0
Bill BowmanB. Bowman	1	24	24.00	--	0
Charlie AneC. Ane	1	19	19.00	--	0
Jim SalsburyJ. Salsbury	1	13	13.00	--	0
Jerry ReichowJ. Reichow	1	9	9.00	--	0
Detroit	33	687	20.82	--	0

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Howard CassadyH. Cassady	13	83	6.38	--	0
Jack ChristiansenJ. Christiansen	6	73	12.17	--	1
Yale LaryY. Lary	22	70	3.18	--	0
Earl GirardE. Girard	2	7	3.50	--	0
Detroit	43	233	5.42	--	1

Punting

	Punting					Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds	TD
Yale LaryY. Lary	42	1,698	40.4	--	0	--	--	--
Earl GirardE. Girard	10	448	44.8	--	0	--	--	--
Detroit	52	2,146	41.3	--	0	--	--	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Bobby LayneB. Layne	33/33	12/15	--	--	--	--	--	0	69
Jim MartinJ. Martin	3/3	4/10	--	--	--	--	--	0	15
Detroit	36/36	16/25	--	--	--	--	--	0	84

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Jack ChristiansenJ. Christiansen	8	109	13.62	--	0	--	--
James DavidJ. David	7	4	0.57	--	0	--	--
Carl KarilivaczC. Karilivacz	1	0	0.00	--	0	--	--
Yale LaryY. Lary	8	182	22.75	--	1	--	--
Bob LongB. Long	2	47	23.50	--	0	--	--
Joe SchmidtJ. Schmidt	1	7	7.00	--	0	--	--
Bill StitsB. Stits	1	11	11.00	--	0	--	--
Detroit	28	360	12.86	--	1	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
Bobby LayneB. Layne	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33/33	12/15	0	0	99
Gene GedmanG. Gedman	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	48
Leon HartL. Hart	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	36
Dave MiddletonD. Middleton	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	30
Don McIlhennyD. McIlhenny	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	30
Jim MartinJ. Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3/3	4/10	0	0	15
Bill BowmanB. Bowman	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Dorne DibbleD. Dibble	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Yale LaryY. Lary	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Jack ChristiansenJ. Christiansen	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Jerry ReichowJ. Reichow	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Harry GilmerH. Gilmer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
Detroit	36	21	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	36/36	16/25	0	0	300

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