1957  1956 1955

1956 NFL Standings, Stats and Awards

Postseason
Sunday, December 30
CHI	7	at NYG	47		League Championship

1956 Regular Season Schedule

DEFENSE				1st DOWNS					PASSING										RUSHING					MISC
	PTS	YDS	TD	RS	PS	PEN	TOT		ATT	CMP	YDS	YPA	TD	SKD	SKY	INT	RAT		ATT	YDS	YPR	TD		PEN	PYD	FUM	REC
CLE	177	3135	21	108	62	18	188		226	107	1215	5.38	7	0	112	18	41.1		463	2032	4.39	13		61	529	11	8
CHC	182	3599	23	117	79	15	211		287	129	1670	5.82	8	0	146	33	33.5		478	2075	4.34	14		60	543	23	12
DET	188	3408	22	81	84	16	181		297	138	2045	6.89	11	0	140	28	42.6		373	1503	4.03	9		48	519	16	12
NYG	197	3081	25	82	90	16	188		297	149	1890	6.36	12	0	252	17	60.0		415	1443	3.48	10		56	495	32	16
PHI	215	3226	25	110	69	21	200		243	114	1506	6.20	15	0	173	16	60.1		513	1893	3.69	10		76	686	17	11
WAS	225	3199	29	97	83	8	188		240	120	1739	7.25	11	0	110	18	58.0		446	1570	3.52	15		58	548	25	16
CHI	246	3676	34	80	113	14	207		332	159	2413	7.27	16	0	220	23	59.5		384	1483	3.86	14		60	624	24	15
PIT	250	3186	33	93	66	8	167		234	128	1646	7.03	14	0	203	18	64.9		468	1743	3.72	14		69	606	39	22
SFO	284	4162	35	124	103	9	236		279	147	2115	7.58	12	0	145	17	66.5		481	2192	4.56	23		37	321	27	17
LAM	307	4106	39	109	100	15	224		290	156	2374	8.19	17	0	212	20	71.8		473	1944	4.11	21		62	512	13	8
BLC	322	4176	43	109	115	14	238		297	165	2463	8.29	22	0	203	13	89.4		447	1916	4.29	16		62	486	23	15
GNB	342	4710	44	129	104	13	246		260	144	2166	8.33	17	0	75	19	74.3		512	2619	5.12	20		52	493	17	8

SPECIAL TEAMS		PUNT RETURN				PUNTS						KICK RETURN				KICKS						PUNT RETURN				PUNTS			KICK RETURN				KICKS
		RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS	TB	BLK	IN20		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA			RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA
BLC	OWN:	42	297	1		58	2229	0	0	0		54	1043	0		33	38	3	16		OPP:	39	153	2		56	2489		43	1015	1		40	43	8	19
CHC	OWN:	32	305	1		55	2080	0	1	0		33	700	1		30	30	10	22		OPP:	28	132	0		52	2038		40	889	0		21	23	7	16
CHI	OWN:	30	195	1		44	1728	0	1	0		37	830	1		45	47	12	28		OPP:	29	243	1		64	2559		47	1249	1		33	34	3	18
CLE	OWN:	41	317	1		50	2097	0	0	0		34	830	0		18	19	11	20		OPP:	26	137	0		59	2400		33	819	0		21	21	10	17
DET	OWN:	43	233	1		52	2146	0	0	0		33	687	0		36	36	16	25		OPP:	32	197	0		59	2326		48	1041	1		21	22	11	20
GNB	OWN:	30	239	0		62	2649	0	0	0		59	1442	1		33	35	5	8		OPP:	49	280	1		50	2040		48	924	0		42	44	12	18
LAM	OWN:	43	253	1		48	2070	0	0	0		44	1011	1		36	38	9	19		OPP:	31	342	0		58	2435		52	1068	1		37	39	12	20
NYG	OWN:	36	162	0		60	2506	0	0	0		35	719	0		34	35	6	15		OPP:	34	337	0		62	2263		46	1033	0		24	25	7	16
PHI	OWN:	36	241	0		68	2843	0	1	0		45	1073	0		17	18	6	14		OPP:	50	283	0		68	2787		27	666	0		23	25	14	21
PIT	OWN:	45	299	0		77	2945	0	1	0		40	1042	0		26	29	5	9		OPP:	45	451	1		65	2703		43	817	0		31	33	7	16
SFO	OWN:	35	160	1		59	2268	0	0	0		51	1257	1		26	28	13	20		OPP:	35	123	0		42	1709		42	988	0		32	34	14	25
WAS	OWN:	29	273	0		63	2671	0	0	0		44	864	0		16	19	17	25		OPP:	44	296	2		61	2483		40	989	1		25	29	8	15

League Leaders

Pass Att 1. Tobin Rote - GNB 308 2. Ted Marchibroda - PIT 275 3. Bobby Layne - DET 244 4. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 218 5. Johnny Unitas - BLC 198 6. Billy Wade - LAM 178 7. Charley Conerly - NYG 174 8. Ed Brown - CHI 168 9. Bobby Thomason - PHI 164 10. Lamar Mchan - CHC 152	Pass Comp 1. Tobin Rote - GNB 146 2. Bobby Layne - DET 129 3. Ted Marchibroda - PIT 124 Y.A. Tittle - SFO 124 5. Johnny Unitas - BLC 110 6. Ed Brown - CHI 96 7. Billy Wade - LAM 91 8. Charley Conerly - NYG 90 9. Bobby Thomason - PHI 82 10. Lamar Mchan - CHC 72	Comp Pct 1. Ed Brown - CHI .571 2. Y.A. Tittle - SFO .569 3. Johnny Unitas - BLC .556 4. Bobby Layne - DET .529 5. Charley Conerly - NYG .517 6. Billy Wade - LAM .511 7. Tobin Rote - GNB .474 8. Ted Marchibroda - PIT .451 min 168 att	Pass Yards 1. Tobin Rote - GNB 2203 2. Bobby Layne - DET 1909 3. Ed Brown - CHI 1667 4. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 1641 5. Ted Marchibroda - PIT 1585 6. Johnny Unitas - BLC 1498 7. Billy Wade - LAM 1461 8. Lamar Mchan - CHC 1159 9. Charley Conerly - NYG 1143 10. Bobby Thomason - PHI 1119	Pass YPA 1. Ed Brown - CHI 9.92 2. Billy Wade - LAM 8.21 3. Bobby Layne - DET 7.82 4. Johnny Unitas - BLC 7.57 5. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 7.53 6. Tobin Rote - GNB 7.15 7. Charley Conerly - NYG 6.57 8. Ted Marchibroda - PIT 5.76 min 168 att
Pass TD 1. Tobin Rote - GNB 18 2. Ted Marchibroda - PIT 12 3. Ed Brown - CHI 11 4. Charley Conerly - NYG 10 Lamar Mchan - CHC 10 Billy Wade - LAM 10 7. Bobby Layne - DET 9 Johnny Unitas - BLC 9 9. Al Dorow - WAS 8 10. George Blanda - CHI 7 Y.A. Tittle - SFO 7 Norm Van brocklin - LAM 7	Pass INT 1. Bobby Thomason - PHI 21 2. Ted Marchibroda - PIT 19 3. Bobby Layne - DET 17 4. Tobin Rote - GNB 15 5. Billy Wade - LAM 13 6. Ed Brown - CHI 12 Y.A. Tittle - SFO 12 Norm Van brocklin - LAM 12 9. Eddie LeBaron - WAS 10 Johnny Unitas - BLC 10	Times Sacked	Pass Rating 1. Ed Brown - CHI 83.1 2. Charley Conerly - NYG 75.0 3. Johnny Unitas - BLC 74.0 4. Tobin Rote - GNB 70.6 5. Y.A. Tittle - SFO 68.6 6. Billy Wade - LAM 67.2 7. Bobby Layne - DET 62.0 8. Ted Marchibroda - PIT 49.4 min 168 att	Rush Att 1. Rick Casares - CHI 234 2. Ollie Matson - CHC 192 3. Preston Carpenter - CLE 188 4. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 185 5. Alan Ameche - BLC 178 Alex Webster - NYG 178 7. Frank Gifford - NYG 159 8. Johnny Olszewski - CHC 157 9. Leo Elter - WAS 145 10. Gene Gedman - DET 135
Rush Yards 1. Rick Casares - CHI 1126 2. Ollie Matson - CHC 924 3. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 916 4. Alan Ameche - BLC 858 5. Frank Gifford - NYG 819 6. Preston Carpenter - CLE 756 7. Alex Webster - NYG 694 8. Lenny Moore - BLC 649 9. Johnny Olszewski - CHC 598 10. Leo Elter - WAS 544	Rush AVG 1. Lenny Moore - BLC 7.5 2. Tommy Wilson - LAM 7.3 3. Ron Waller - LAM 6.5 4. Perry Jeter - CHI 5.3 5. Frank Gifford - NYG 5.2 6. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 5.0 7. Alan Ameche - BLC 4.8 8. Ollie Matson - CHC 4.8 9. Rick Casares - CHI 4.8 10. Tobin Rote - GNB 4.7 min 60 att	Rush TD 1. Rick Casares - CHI 12 2. Tobin Rote - GNB 11 3. Alan Ameche - BLC 8 Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 8 Lenny Moore - BLC 8 6. Gene Gedman - DET 7 Joe Marconi - LAM 7 Alex Webster - NYG 7 9. Frank Gifford - NYG 5 Leon Hart - DET 5 Bobby Layne - DET 5 Ollie Matson - CHC 5 Lamar Mchan - CHC 5 Mel Triplett - NYG 5	Receptions 1. Billy Wilson - SFO 60 2. Billy Howton - GNB 55 3. Frank Gifford - NYG 51 4. Harlon Hill - CHI 47 5. Jim Mutscheller - BLC 44 6. Johnny Carson - WAS 39 Dave Middleton - DET 39 Bobby Walston - PHI 39 9. Raymond Berry - BLC 37 10. Leon Clarke - LAM 36	Rec Yards 1. Billy Howton - GNB 1188 2. Harlon Hill - CHI 1128 3. Billy Wilson - SFO 889 4. Jim Mutscheller - BLC 715 5. Leon Clarke - LAM 650 6. Dave Middleton - DET 606 7. Frank Gifford - NYG 603 Elroy Hirsch - LAM 603 9. Raymond Berry - BLC 601 10. Dorne Dibble - DET 597
Rec AVG 1. Harlon Hill - CHI 24.0 2. Billy Howton - GNB 21.6 3. Bob Boyd - LAM 19.5 4. Dorne Dibble - DET 18.7 5. Leon Clarke - LAM 18.1 6. Jim Doran - DET 17.9 7. Ray Mathews - PIT 17.4 8. Elroy Hirsch - LAM 17.2 9. Dante Lavelli - CLE 17.2 10. Gordy Soltau - SFO 16.6 min 18 rec	Rec TD 1. Billy Howton - GNB 12 2. Harlon Hill - CHI 11 3. Bob Boyd - LAM 7 4. Elroy Hirsch - LAM 6 Gary Knafelc - GNB 6 Jim Mutscheller - BLC 6 7. Ray Mathews - PIT 5 Steve Meilinger - WAS 5 Dave Middleton - DET 5 Elbie Nickel - PIT 5 Billy Wilson - SFO 5	Fumbles 1. Johnny Olszewski - CHC 13 2. Mel Triplett - NYG 10 3. Tank Younger - LAM 8 4. Leo Elter - WAS 7 Kenny Keller - PHI 7 6. Al Carmichael - GNB 6 Howie Ferguson - GNB 6 Ollie Matson - CHC 6 9. Preston Carpenter - CLE 5 Rick Casares - CHI 5 Frank Gifford - NYG 5 Lenny Moore - BLC 5 Tobin Rote - GNB 5	Punt Returns 1. Carl Taseff - BLC 27 2. Henry Ford - PIT 25 3. Yale Lary - DET 22 Emlen Tunnell - NYG 22 5. Al Carmichael - GNB 21 6. Joe Arenas - SFO 19 7. Frank Bernardi - CHC 18 8. Don Paul - CLE 17 Lee Riley - PHI 17 10. Kenny Keller - PHI 15 Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 15	Punt Ret Avg 1. Kenny Konz - CLE 14.4 2. Frank Bernardi - CHC 12.1 3. Kenny Keller - PHI 9.7 4. Carl Taseff - BLC 8.6 5. Will Sherman - LAM 8.3 6. Al Carmichael - GNB 7.9 7. Howard Cassady - DET 6.4 8. Joe Arenas - SFO 6.2 9. Don Paul - CLE 6.1 10. Henry Ford - PIT 5.8 min 12 returns
Punt Ret FC	Punt Ret TD 1. Joe Arenas - SFO 1 Frank Bernardi - CHC 1 Jack Christiansen - DET 1 Perry Jeter - CHI 1 Kenny Konz - CLE 1 Will Sherman - LAM 1 Carl Taseff - BLC 1	Kickoff Ret 1. Al Carmichael - GNB 33 2. Joe Arenas - SFO 27 3. Gene Filipski - NYG 19 4. Don Bingham - CHI 17 Tommy Runnels - WAS 17 6. Howard Cassady - DET 16 7. Preston Carpenter - CLE 15 Kenny Keller - PHI 15 Jack Losch - GNB 15 Lee Riley - PHI 15	Kick Ret Avg 1. Joe Arenas - SFO 29.7 2. Al Carmichael - GNB 28.1 3. Ollie Matson - CHC 27.8 4. Don Bingham - CHI 26.1 5. Jack Losch - GNB 26.0 6. Preston Carpenter - CLE 25.4 Lee Riley - PHI 25.4 8. Howard Cassady - DET 23.9 9. Kenny Keller - PHI 23.5 10. Hugh Mcelhenny - SFO 23.1 min 12 returns	Kickoff Ret TD 1. Joe Arenas - SFO 1 Don Bingham - CHI 1 Al Carmichael - GNB 1 Ollie Matson - CHC 1
Punts 1. Adrian Burk - PHI 68 2. Dick Deschaine - GNB 62 3. Sam Baker - WAS 59 Don Chandler - NYG 59 5. Norm Van brocklin - LAM 48 6. Earl Morrall - SFO 45 7. Ed Brown - CHI 42 Yale Lary - DET 42 9. Fred Morrison - CLE 38 10. Dave Mann - CHC 36	Punt Avg 1. Dave Mann - CHC 0.0 2. Earl Morrall - SFO 0.0 3. Bert Rechichar - BLC 0.0 4. Ed Brown - CHI 0.0 5. Yale Lary - DET 0.0 6. Fred Morrison - CLE 0.0 7. Adrian Burk - PHI 0.0 8. Don Chandler - NYG 0.0 9. Sam Baker - WAS 0.0 10. Dick Deschaine - GNB 0.0 min 30 returns	Field Goals Made 1. Sam Baker - WAS 17 2. Gordy Soltau - SFO 13 3. George Blanda - CHI 12 Bobby Layne - DET 12 5. Lou Groza - CLE 11 6. Pat Summerall - CHC 10 7. Les Richter - LAM 8 8. Bobby Walston - PHI 6 9. Ben Agajanian - NYG 5 Fred Cone - GNB 5	Field Goals Att 1. George Blanda - CHI 28 2. Sam Baker - WAS 25 3. Pat Summerall - CHC 22 4. Lou Groza - CLE 20 Gordy Soltau - SFO 20 6. Bobby Layne - DET 15 Les Richter - LAM 15 8. Ben Agajanian - NYG 13 Bert Rechichar - BLC 13 Bobby Walston - PHI 13	Defensive Sacks
Defensive INT 1. Lindon Crow - CHC 11 2. Jack Christiansen - DET 8 Norb Hecker - WAS 8 Yale Lary - DET 8 5. Jimmy David - DET 7 Bobby Dillon - GNB 7 Dick Lane - CHC 7 Don Paul - CLE 7 9. Jack Butler - PIT 6 J.C. Caroline - CHI 6 Dicky Moegle - SFO 6 Emlen Tunnell - NYG 6	INT TD Ret 1. J.C. Caroline - CHI 2 2. Eddie Bell - PHI 1 Bobby Dillon - GNB 1 Joe Fortunato - CHI 1 Dick Lane - CHC 1 Yale Lary - DET 1 Dicky Moegle - SFO 1 Don Paul - CLE 1 Will Sherman - LAM 1 Jesse Whittenton - LAM 1

Awards

Heisman Trophy Winner - Paul Hornung
Pro Bowl MVP - Bert Rechichar
Pro Bowl MVP - Ernie Stautner
UPI MVP - Frank Gifford
UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year - Lenny Moore

Pro Bowl
EAST	QB	Charley Conerly
EAST	QB	Al Dorow
EAST	QB	Bobby Thomason
EAST	FB	Fran Rogel
EAST	FB	Leo Elter
EAST	OT	Rosey Brown
EAST	T	Mike McCormack
EAST	G	Dick Stanfel
EAST	OG	Buck Lansford
EAST	C	Frank Gatski
EAST	C	Jack Simmons
EAST	HB	Ollie Matson
EAST	HB	Kyle Rote
EAST	E	Elbie Nickel
EAST	E	Pete Brewster
EAST	DE	Gene Brito
EAST	DE	Bill McPeak
EAST	DE	Andy Robustelli
EAST	DT	Ernie Stautner
EAST	DT	Jim Weatherall
EAST	DT	Rosey Grier
EAST	DHB	Frank Gifford
EAST	DHB	Dick Lane
EAST	DHB	Jack Butler
EAST	DHB	Don Paul
EAST	LB	Leo Sanford
EAST	LB	Walt Michaels
EAST	LB	LaVern Torgeson
EAST	LB	Chuck Bednarik
EAST	LB	Chuck Drazenovich
EAST	CB	Lindon Crow
EAST	S	Emlen Tunnell
EAST	P	Sam Baker
WEST	QB	Ed Brown
WEST	QB	Bobby Layne
WEST	QB	Tobin Rote
WEST	FB	Alan Ameche
WEST	FB	Rick Casares
WEST	G	Lou Creekmur
WEST	OG	Stan Jones
WEST	G	John Hock
WEST	G	Bill George
WEST	G	Duane Putnam
WEST	C	Larry Strickland
WEST	C	Charlie Ane
WEST	HB	Bobby Dillon
WEST	HB	Hugh McElhenny
WEST	FL	Lenny Moore
WEST	FL	Leon Clarke
WEST	OE	Harlon Hill
WEST	OE	Billy Howton
WEST	DE	Gino Marchetti
WEST	DE	Paul Miller
WEST	DT	Bud McFadin
WEST	DT	Leo Nomellini
WEST	DT	Bob St. Clair
WEST	DT	Art Donovan
WEST	DHB	Jimmy David
WEST	LB	Roger Zatkoff
WEST	LB	Les Richter
WEST	LB	Joe Schmidt
WEST	DB	Jack Christiansen
WEST	DB	J.C. Caroline
WEST	S	Yale Lary
WEST	S	Bert Rechichar

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