Record: 9 - 3
(pythagorean: 9 - 3, .791)
Coaching: Buddy Parker 9 - 3
1956 Pro Bowl Players:
QB - Bobby Layne
G - Lou Creekmur
C - Charlie Ane
DHB - Jimmy David
LB - Joe Schmidt
DB - Jack Christiansen
S - Yale Lary
| Round - Pick (Overall Pick)
1-3 (3) - Howard (Hopalong) Cassady, Ohio State, RB
3-2 (27) - Don McIlhenny, Southern Methodist, B
4-1 (38) - Jerry Reichow, Iowa, QB
5-1 (50) - Tom (The Bomb) Tracy, Tennessee, B
6-1 (62) - Bob Lusk, William & Mary, C
7-1 (74) - Gene Cronin, Pacific, DE
8-1 (86) - Jack Powell, Texas A&M, T
9-1 (98) - Calvin Jones, Iowa, G
10-1 (110) - Joe Silas, South Carolina, DE
11-1 (122) - Lew Wacker, Richmond, B
11-3 (124) - Tom Selep, Maryland, B
12-1 (134) - Bob Nunnery, Louisiana State, T
13-1 (146) - O.K. Ferguson, Louisiana State, B
14-1 (158) - Ronnie Falls, Duke, LB
15-1 (170) - Horace (Buzzy) Allert, Southwest Texas State, DE
16-1 (182) - Len Zyzda, Purdue, DE
17-1 (194) - Ken Wind, Houston, E
18-1 (206) - Emidio Petranca, Boston College, B
19-1 (218) - Dale Vaughn, Virginia Military Inst, B
20-1 (230) - Joe Stephenson, Vanderbilt, E
21-1 (242) - Bob Blechen, Whittier, C
22-1 (254) - Dick Marazza, Clemson, T
23-1 (266) - Bob Garrard, Georgia, B
24-1 (278) - Jarv Walz, Central Michigan, E
25-1 (290) - Jerry Hall, Rice, B
26-1 (302) - Joe Walden, West Texas State, B
27-1 (314) - Bryan Bunthorne, Tulane, G
28-1 (326) - John Smith, Northwestern, G
29-1 (338) - Doug Peters, UCLA, B
30-1 (350) - John Gibbens, Southwest Texas State, T
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