1956 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 5-7-0, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 270 points (22.5/g), 4th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 322 points (26.8/g), 11th.
Differential of -52 points (-4.3/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 4.8-7.2.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.3/g), 9th.

Coached by Weeb Ewbank (5-7-0)

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1956 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 30	box	W	1-0		Chicago Bears	28	21	21	359	231	128	1	19	291	137	154	1
2	Sat	October 6	box	L	1-1		Detroit Lions	14	31	10	206	138	68	4	25	465	247	218	2
3	Sun	October 14	box	L	1-2	@	Green Bay Packers	33	38	17	330	124	206	4	19	371	187	184	1
4	Sun	October 21	box	L	1-3	@	Chicago Bears	27	58	13	278	148	130	5	26	477	268	209	2
5	Sun	October 28	box	W	2-3		Green Bay Packers	28	21	16	418	100	318	3	14	273	253	20	3
6	Sun	November 11	box	W	3-3	@	Cleveland Browns	21	7	11	310	5	305		14	264	129	135	4
7	Sun	November 18	box	L	3-4	@	Detroit Lions	3	27	15	356	298	58	2	26	393	153	240	1
8	Sun	November 25	box	W	4-4		Los Angeles Rams	56	21	29	574	316	258	2	23	423	260	163	7
9	Sun	December 2	box	L	4-5		San Francisco 49ers	17	20	22	302	150	152	4	16	360	240	120	2
10	Sun	December 9	box	L	4-6	@	Los Angeles Rams	7	31	16	286	124	162	1	24	336	140	196	1
11	Sun	December 16	box	L	4-7	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	30	22	336	104	232	2	20	303	138	165	2
12	Sun	December 23	box	W	5-7		Washington Redskins	19	17	24	368	183	185	4	12	220	108	112	2

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	270	4123	747	5.5	216	158	279	1921	14	18	6.1	99	432	2202	21	5.1	106	32	14	11
Team Defense	322	4176	769	5.4	367	165	297	2260	22	13	7.0	115	447	1916	16	4.3	238	28	15	14
Lg Rank Offense	4	4			6		6	6	5	3	7		7	2	2	2		6	9
Lg Rank Defense	11	11			12		9	12	12	12	11		5	7	9	8		9	5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A
Johnny Unitas	23	QB	12	7	110	198	55.6	1498	9	4.5	10	5.1	54	7.6	5.7	13.6	124.8	74.0
George Shaw	23		5	5	45	75	60.0	645	3	4.0	7	9.3	49	8.6	4.8	14.3	129.0	62.4
Lenny Moore*	23	RH	12	0	1	4	25.0	8	1	25.0	1	25.0	8	2.0	-6.8	8.0	0.7	39.6
Gary Kerkorian	26		3	0	2	2	100.0	59	1	50.0	0	0.0	40	29.5	34.5	29.5	19.7	158.3
Team Total	25.5		12		158	279	56.6	2210	14	5.0	18	6.5	54	7.9	5.5	14.0	184.2	72.1
Opp Total			12		165	297	55.6	2260	22	7.4	13	4.4		7.6	6.4	13.7	188.3	86.5	25	203	7.0	5.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
Alan Ameche*	23	FB	12	0	178	858	8	43	4.8	71.5	14.8	26	189	7.3	0	22	2.2	15.8	1047	8	3
Lenny Moore*	23	RH	12	0	86	649	8	79	7.5	54.1	7.2	11	102	9.3	1	27	0.9	8.5	751	9	5
L.G. Dupre	24		11	0	49	182	2	21	3.7	16.5	4.5	16	216	13.5	2	49	1.5	19.6	398	4	4
Billy Vessels	25	LH	12	0	44	215	2	31	4.9	17.9	3.7	11	177	16.1	1	30	0.9	14.8	392	3	0
Johnny Unitas	23	QB	12	7	28	155	1	34	5.5	12.9	2.3	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.1	0.1	156	1	4
Royce Womble	25		12	0	20	72	0	12	3.6	6.0	1.7	9	180	20.0	2	43	0.8	15.0	252	2	0
George Shaw	23		5	5	20	63	0	19	3.2	12.6	4.0								63	0	0
Dick Young	26		12	0	5	7	0	3	1.4	0.6	0.4								7	0	0
Bert Rechichar*	26	RS	10	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1								-1	0	1
Carl Taseff	28	RDH/ldh	12	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1								2	0	0
Jim Mutscheller	26	RE	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	44	715	16.3	6	53	3.7	59.6	715	6	0
Raymond Berry	23	LE	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	37	601	16.2	2	54	3.1	50.1	601	2	1
Lloyd Colteryahn	25		3	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	29	9.7	0	16	1.0	9.7	29	0	0
Team Total	25.5		12		432	2202	21	79	5.1	183.5	36.0	158	2210	14.0	14	54	13.2	184.2	4412	35	18
Opp Total			12		447	1916	16		4.3	159.7	37.3	165	2260	13.7	22		13.8	188.3	4176	38	23

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Carl Taseff	28	RDH/ldh	12	0	27	233	1	90	8.6	9	206	0	34	22.9	441
Lenny Moore*	23	RH	12	0	8	38	0	15	4.8	10	129	0	21	12.9	918
Billy Vessels	25	LH	12	0						16	379	0	42	23.7	771
L.G. Dupre	24		11	0						7	148	0	35	21.1	546
Dick Nyers	22		5	0	2	16	0	16	8.0	3	69	0	35	23.0	85
Bert Rechichar*	26	RS	10	0	5	10	0	7	2.0						9
Dick Young	26		12	0						3	40	0	18	13.3	47
Alan Ameche*	23	FB	12	0						2	38	0	25	19.0	1085
Bill Pellington	29	LLB	12	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Alex Sandusky	24	RG	11	11						1	24	0	24	24.0	24
Don Shula	26	LDH/rdh	12	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Art Spinney	29	LG	11	0						1	10	0	10	10.0	10
Team Total	25.5		12		42	297	1	90	7.1	54	1043	0	42	19.3	5752
Opp Total			12		39		2			43	1015	1		23.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Bert Rechichar*	26	RS	10	0											13	3	23.1%	10	8	80.0%	33	1276	56	0	38.7
Tom Feamster	26		12	0											3		0.0%	26	24	92.3%
L.G. Dupre	24		11	0																	25	953	54	0	38.1
Gary Kerkorian	26		3	0														2	1	50.0%
Team Total	25.5		12												16	3	18.8%	38	33	86.8%	58	2229	56	0	38.4
Opp Total			12												19	8	42.1%	43	40	93.0%	56	2486			44.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Alan Ameche*	23	FB	12	0								3	0	0	0
Raymond Berry	23	LE	12	0								1	0	0	0
L.G. Dupre	24		11	0								4	0	0	0
Doug Eggers	26	RLB	12	0		1	6	0	6			0	2	0	0
Bill Koman	22		12	0								0	2	0	0
Gino Marchetti*	29	LDE	12	0								0	1	0	0
Lenny Moore*	23	RH	12	0								5	1	0	0
Dick Nyers	22		5	0								0	1	0	0
Jack Patera	23		12	0		2	10	0	10			0	1	0	0
Bill Pellington	29	LLB	12	0		1	4	0	4			0	1	0	0
George Radosevich	28		8	0								0	1	0	0
Bert Rechichar*	26	RS	10	0		4	63	0	42			1	2	17	0
Don Shula	26	LDH/rdh	12	0		1	2	0	2			0	1	6	0
Carl Taseff	28	RDH/ldh	12	0		2	13	0	8			0	2	15	0
Jesse Thomas	28	LS	11	0		2	36	0	23			0	1	25	1
Johnny Unitas	23	QB	12	7								4	2	0	0
Dick Young	26		12	0								0	1	0	0
Team Total	25.5		12			13	134	0	42			18	19	63	1
Opp Total			12		36							23	8

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	OthTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Lenny Moore*	23	RH	12	0	8	1							54
Alan Ameche*	23	FB	12	0	8								48
Jim Mutscheller	26	RE	12	0		6							36
L.G. Dupre	24		11	0	2	2							24
Tom Feamster	26		12	0							24		24
Billy Vessels	25	LH	12	0	2	1							18
Bert Rechichar*	26	RS	10	0							8	3	17
Raymond Berry	23	LE	12	0		2							12
Carl Taseff	28	RDH/ldh	12	0			1			1			12
Royce Womble	25		12	0		2							12
Jesse Thomas	28	LS	11	0					1				6
Johnny Unitas	23	QB	12	7	1								6
Gary Kerkorian	26		3	0							1		1
Team Total	25.5		12		21	14	1		1	1	33	3	270
Opp Total			12		16	22	2	1			40	8	322

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