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Record: 7 - 5 (pythagorean: 8 - 4, .687) Coaching: Ray Richards 7 - 5 1956 Pro Bowl Players: C - Jack Simmons HB - Ollie Matson DHB - Dick Lane LB - Leo Sanford CB - Lindon Crow 1956 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-7 (7) - Joe Childress, Auburn, B   2-5 (18) - Norm Masters, Michigan State, T   3-6 (31) - John Roach, Southern Methodist, QB   4-5 (42) - Sam Salerno, Colorado, T   6-5 (66) - Charlie Dupre, Baylor, B   6-9 (70) - John Dittrich, Wisconsin, T   7-4 (77) - Bob Konovsky, Wisconsin, T   8-5 (90) - Dave Lunceford, Baylor, T   9-4 (101) - Bob Lovely, Tampa, T   10-5 (114) - Willis Towne, Wichita State, E   11-4 (125) - Fob James, Auburn, B   12-5 (138) - Jerry Walker, Texas Tech, T   13-4 (149) - Bo Bolinger, Oklahoma, G   14-5 (162) - Carnell Neuman, Illinois, B   15-4 (173) - Charley Anderson, Louisiana Tech, E   15-10 (179) - Tom Spiers, Arkansas State, QB   16-5 (186) - George Welsh, Navy, QB   17-4 (197) - Ron Beagle, Navy, E   18-5 (210) - Jim Brown, UCLA, G   19-4 (221) - Ray Zagar, Marquette, B   20-5 (234) - Dickie Mattison, Georgia Tech, B   21-4 (245) - Ronnie Herr, Texas Tech, B   22-5 (258) - Jim Murphy, Stephen F. Austin, T   23-4 (269) - Tony Branoff, Michigan, B   24-5 (282) - Orville Trask, Rice, T   25-4 (293) - Bill Wheeler, Kentucky, T   26-5 (306) - Chuck Zickefoose, Kansas State, E   27-4 (317) - Jack Hutchinson, Oklahoma State, T   28-5 (330) - Jim Miller, Wisconsin, QB   29-4 (341) - Jim Troglio, Northwestern, B   30-4 (353) - Bill Kucera, Colorado, T
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 CLE 7 at CHC 9 Week 2 NYG 27 at CHC 35 Week 3 CHC 31 at WAS 3 Week 4 CHC 20 at PHI 6 Week 5 WAS 17 at CHC 14 Week 6 PHI 17 at CHC 28 Week 7 CHC 10 at NYG 23 Week 8 CHC 7 at PIT 14 Week 9 PIT 27 at CHC 38 Week 10 GNB 24 at CHC 21 Week 11 CHC 3 at CHI 10 Week 12 CHC 24 at CLE 7
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 240 3422 30 116 63 12 191   214 100 1492 13 14 0 123   527 2053 14   78 626 29 21 -- DEFENSE 182 3599 23 117 79 15 211   287 129 1670 8 33 0 146   478 2075 14   60 543 23 -- 12     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 32 305 1   OPP: 28 132 0   OWN: 33 700 1   OPP: 40 889 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 55 2080 0 1 0   OPP: 52 2038   OWN: 30 30 10 22   OPP: 21 23 7 16
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Lamar Mchan 12 152 72 47.4 1159 7.63 10 8 0 79 73.3   58 161 2.8 5 17   0 0 0.0 0 0 Jim Root 9 57 28 49.1 333 5.84 3 5 0 38 48.4   17 45 2.6 2 18   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ollie Matson 12 3 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 6 39.6   192 924 4.8 5 79t   15 199 13.3 2 45t Dave Mann 12 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0.0   45 116 2.6 0 15   13 170 13.1 1 23 Johnny Olszewski 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   157 598 3.8 2 34   17 182 10.7 0 31 Joe Childress 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   43 203 4.7 0 30   6 82 13.7 1 34t Frank Bernardi 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   14 4 0.3 0 7   4 56 14.0 0 19 Alex Burl 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 2 2.0 0 2   2 24 12.0 1 19t Don Stonesifer 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   22 320 14.5 2 58t Gern Nagler 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   14 268 19.1 4 49 Max Boydston 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 116 19.3 2 39t Dick Lane 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 75 75.0 0 75   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Frank Bernardi 12 18 217 12.1 0 95t 1   4 101 25.3 30 0 Ollie Matson 12 5 39 7.8 0 16 0   13 362 27.8 105t 1 Woodley Lewis 12 5 22 4.4 0 7 0   1 22 22.0 22 0 Dick Lane 12 2 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Lindon Crow 12 1 21 21.0 0 21 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Leo Sanford 12 1 6 6.0 0 6 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Dave Mann 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   7 131 18.7 27 0 Johnny Olszewski 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 25 8.3 20 0 Alex Burl 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 59 19.7 26 0 Joe Childress 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Pat Summerall 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 10 22 30 30 Dave Mann 12 36 1346 58 1 0 0 0.0 37.4   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Lamar Mchan 12 8 285 42 0 0 0 0.0 35.6   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 John Roach 8 11 449 54 0 0 0 0.0 40.8   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Frank Bernardi 12 0.0 0   1 2 2 0 Lindon Crow 12 0.0 0   11 170 42 0 Jimmy Hill 12 0.0 0   5 21 12 0 Dick Lane 12 0.0 0   7 206 66t 1 Woodley Lewis 12 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Leo Sanford 12 0.0 0   5 24 19 0 Tom Bienemann 8 0.0 0   1 2 2 0 Julian Spence 8 0.0 0   1 7 7 0 Chuck Weber 5 0.0 0   1 19 19 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Charlie Anderson 2 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Bernardi 12 0 1 0 0 0 Tom Bienemann 8 0 0 0 0 0 Max Boydston 12 0 0 0 0 0 Carl Brettschneider 12 0 0 1 0 0 Hardy Brown 8 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Burl 8 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Childress 11 1 0 0 0 0 Lindon Crow 12 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Dahms 12 0 1 0 0 0 Burt Delavan 2 0 0 0 0 0 John Dittrich 12 0 0 1 0 0 Jimmy Hill 12 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Hogland 12 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Husmann 12 0 0 0 0 0 Harry Jagielski 4 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Jennings 12 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Konovsky 12 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Lane 12 2 1 1 11 0 Woodley Lewis 12 0 0 1 1 0 Dave Mann 12 1 0 0 0 0 Ollie Matson 12 6 0 0 0 0 Lamar Mchan 12 2 0 0 0 0 Gern Nagler 8 1 0 0 0 0 Johnny Olszewski 11 13 1 0 0 0 Tony Pasquesi 11 0 0 0 0 0 John Roach 8 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Root 9 2 2 0 0 0 Leo Sanford 12 0 0 1 0 0 Jack Simmons 12 0 2 0 0 0 Julian Spence 8 0 0 0 0 0 Don Stonesifer 12 0 0 0 0 0 Leo Sugar 12 1 0 1 0 0 Pat Summerall 12 0 0 1 0 0 Len Teeuws 12 0 0 2 0 0 Chuck Ulrich 5 0 0 0 0 0 Chuck Weber 5 0 0 2 2 0 Stan West 11 0 0 1 0 0

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