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1956 Baltimore Colts Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-7-0, 4th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Weeb Ewbank (5-7-0)

Points For: 270 (22.5/g) 4th of 12

Points Against: 322 (26.8/g) 11th of 12

Expected W-L: 4.8-7.2

SRS: -3.01 (9th of 12), SOS: 1.33

Other Notable Asst.: Herman Ball (Offensive Line) and Charley Winner (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

Principal Owner: Carroll Rosenbloom

President/General Manager: Don Kellett

Training Camp: McDaniel College (Western Maryland College) (Westminster, Maryland)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	270	4123	711	5.8	32	14	216	158	279	1921	14	18	6.9	99	432	2202	21	5.1	106	53	507	11
Opp. Stats	322	4176	744	5.6	28	15	238	165	297	2260	22	13	7.6	115	447	1916	16	4.3	109	62	486	14
Lg Rank Offense	4	4			6	9	6		6	6	5	3	5		7	2	2	2
Lg Rank Defense	11	11			9	5	11		9	12	12	12	11		5	7	9	8

Schedule & Game Results

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

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Johnny Unitas	23	QB	12	6	3-4-0	110	198	55.6	1498	9	4.5	10	5.1	54	7.6	6.2	13.6	124.8	74.0	28	202	12.39	5.73	4.5	1	3
2	George Shaw	23	QB	5	5	2-3-0	45	75	60.0	645	3	4.0	7	9.3	49	8.6	5.2	14.3	129.0	62.4		87				0	0
3	Gary Kerkorian	26	QB	3	1		2	2	100.0	59	1	50.0	0	0.0	40	29.5	39.5	29.5	19.7	158.3						0	0
4	Lenny Moore	23	RH	12	12		1	4	25.0	8	1	25.0	1	25.0	8	2.0	-4.3	8.0	0.7	39.6						0	0	PB
	Team Totals			12	12	5-7-0	158	279	56.6	1921	14	5.0	18	6.5	54	7.9	6.0	14.0	160.1	72.1	28	289	12.39	6.89	4.99	1	3

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Alan Ameche	23	FB	12	11	178	858	8	43	4.8	71.5	14.8	26	189	7.3	0	22	2.2	15.8	204	5.1	1047	8	3	PB,AP-2
2	Lenny Moore	23	RH	12	12	86	649	8	79	7.5	54.1	7.2	11	102	9.3	1	27	0.9	8.5	97	7.7	751	9	5	PB
3	Jim Mutscheller	26	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	44	715	16.3	6	53	3.7	59.6	44	16.3	715	6	0
4	Raymond Berry	23	LE	12	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	37	601	16.2	2	54	3.1	50.1	37	16.2	601	2	1
5	L.G. Dupre	24	LH	11	4	49	182	2	21	3.7	16.5	4.5	16	216	13.5	2	49	1.5	19.6	65	6.1	398	4	4
6	Billy Vessels	25	LH	12	8	44	215	2	31	4.9	17.9	3.7	11	177	16.1	1	30	0.9	14.8	55	7.1	392	3	0
7	Royce Womble	25	HB	12	2	20	72	0	12	3.6	6.0	1.7	9	180	20.0	2	43	0.8	15.0	29	8.7	252	2	0
8	Johnny Unitas	23	QB	12	6	28	155	1	34	5.5	12.9	2.3	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.1	0.1	29	5.4	156	1	4
9	George Shaw	23	QB	5	5	20	63	0	19	3.2	12.6	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	20	3.2	63	0	0
10	Lloyd Colteryahn	25	E	3	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	29	9.7	0	16	1.0	9.7	3	9.7	29	0	0
11	Dick Young	26	FB	12	1	5	7	0	3	1.4	0.6	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	1.4	7	0	0
12	Carl Taseff	28	LDH/RDH	12	12	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
13	Bert Rechichar	26	FS	10	10	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-1.0	-1	0	1	PB
	Team Totals			12	12	432	2202	21	79	5.1	183.5	36.0	158	2210	14.0	14	54	13.2	184.2	590	7.5	4412	35	18

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Doug Eggers	26	RLB	12	12	1	6	0	6	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
2	Gino Marchetti	29	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
3	Lenny Moore	23	RH	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Bill Pellington	29	LLB	12	12	1	4	0	4	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Carl Taseff	28	LDH/RDH	12	12	2	13	0	8	0	2	15	0	0.0	0
6	Jesse Thomas	28	SS	12	12	2	36	0	23	0	1	25	1	0.0	0
7	Alan Ameche	23	FB	12	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
8	Bert Rechichar	26	FS	10	10	4	63	0	42	1	2	17	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Don Shula	26	RDH/LDH	12	10	1	2	0	2	0	1	6	0	0.0	0
10	Raymond Berry	23	LE	12	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Jack Patera	23	MG	12	7	2	10	0	10	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Johnny Unitas	23	QB	12	6	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
13	L.G. Dupre	24	LH	11	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Bill Koman	22	LB	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Dick Young	26	FB	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Dick Nyers	22	DB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	George Radosevich	28	C	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	13	134	0	42	18	19	63	1	0.0	0

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