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1956 Chicago Cardinals

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Record: 7-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 240 points (20.0/g), 7th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 182 points (15.2/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 58 points (4.8/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 7.9-4.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.8/g), 1st.

Coached by Ray Richards (7-5-0)

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

Team Games & Schedule

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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 Cleveland Browns 9 7 20 344 68 276 3 8 214 106 108 2
2 Sun October 7 box W 2-0 New York Giants 35 27 18 359 136 223 5 17 333 176 157 3
3 Sun October 14 box W 3-0 @ Washington Redskins 31 3 13 280 55 225 2 15 236 100 136 3
4 Sun October 21 box W 4-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 20 6 14 244 119 125 1 20 349 120 229 8
5 Sun October 28 box L 4-1 Washington Redskins 14 17 19 299 161 138 5 17 334 141 193 2
6 Sun November 4 box W 5-1 Philadelphia Eagles 28 17 17 262 108 154 1 18 235 109 126 2
7 Sun November 11 box L 5-2 @ New York Giants 10 23 15 284 157 127 22 362 175 187 2
8 Sun November 18 box L 5-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 14 15 254 103 151 6 15 280 39 241 4
9 Sun November 25 box W 6-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 38 27 19 370 128 242 4 25 352 206 146 6
10 Sun December 2 box L 6-4 Green Bay Packers 21 24 14 209 129 80 2 25 351 157 194 4
11 Sun December 9 box L 6-5 @ Chicago Bears 3 10 11 265 174 91 4 16 302 44 258 5
12 Sun December 16 box W 7-5 @ Cleveland Browns 24 7 16 252 31 221 2 13 251 151 100 4

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 240 3422 756 4.5 191 100 214 1369 13 14 6.0 63 527 2053 14 3.9 116 35 21 12
Team Defense 182 3599 783 4.6 305 129 287 1524 8 33 5.0 79 478 2075 14 4.3 211 45 12 15
Lg Rank Offense 7 8 8 11 9 7 1 6 2 4 7 8 9 12
Lg Rank Defense 2 7 7 7 4 2 1 4 9 10 5 9 1 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 Sk%
Lamar McHan 24 QB 12 10 72 152 47.4 1159 10 6.6 8 5.3 75 7.6 5.9 16.1 96.6 73.3
Jim Root 25 9 2 28 57 49.1 333 3 5.3 5 8.8 34 5.8 2.4 11.9 37.0 48.4
Ollie Matson*+ 26 LH 12 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Dave Mann 24 RH 12 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.2 12 100 214 46.7 1492 13 6.1 14 6.5 75 7.0 4.6 14.9 124.3 63.1
Opp Total 12 129 287 44.9 1524 8 2.8 33 11.5 5.3 0.4 11.8 127.0 31.4 18 146 5.0 -0.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Ollie Matson*+ 26 LH 12 0 192 924 5 79 4.8 77.0 16.0 15 199 13.3 2 45 1.3 16.6 1123 7 6
Johnny Olszewski 26 FB 11 0 157 598 2 34 3.8 54.4 14.3 17 182 10.7 0 31 1.5 16.5 780 2 13
Lamar McHan 24 QB 12 10 58 161 5 17 2.8 13.4 4.8 161 5 2
Dave Mann 24 RH 12 0 45 116 0 15 2.6 9.7 3.8 13 170 13.1 1 23 1.1 14.2 286 1 1
Joe Childress 23 11 0 43 203 0 30 4.7 18.5 3.9 6 82 13.7 1 34 0.5 7.5 285 1 1
Jim Root 25 9 2 17 45 2 18 2.6 5.0 1.9 45 2 2
Frank Bernardi 23 RET 12 0 14 4 0 7 0.3 0.3 1.2 4 56 14.0 0 19 0.3 4.7 60 0 0
Alex Burl 25 8 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.3 0.1 2 24 12.0 1 19 0.3 3.0 26 1 0
Don Stonesifer 29 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 320 14.5 2 58 1.8 26.7 320 2 0
Gern Nagler 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 268 19.1 4 49 1.8 33.5 268 4 1
Max Boydston 24 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 116 19.3 2 39 0.5 9.7 116 2 0
Night Train Lane*+ 29 LDH 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 75 75.0 0 75 0.1 6.3 75 0 2
Team Total 26.2 12 527 2053 14 79 3.9 171.1 43.9 100 1492 14.9 13 75 8.3 124.3 3545 27 29
Opp Total 12 478 2075 14 4.3 172.9 39.8 129 1524 11.8 8 10.8 127.0 3599 22 23

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Frank Bernardi 23 RET 12 0 18 217 1 95 12.1 4 101 0 30 25.3 378
Ollie Matson*+ 26 LH 12 0 5 39 0 16 7.8 13 362 1 105 27.8 1524
Dave Mann 24 RH 12 0 7 131 0 27 18.7 417
Woodley Lewis 31 LS 12 0 5 22 0 7 4.4 1 22 0 22 22.0 44
Alex Burl 25 8 0 3 59 0 26 19.7 85
Johnny Olszewski 26 FB 11 0 3 25 0 20 8.3 805
Night Train Lane*+ 29 LDH 12 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 75
Joe Childress 23 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 285
Lindon Crow* 23 RDH 12 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
Leo Sanford* 27 LLB 12 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Chuck Weber 26 5 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 32 305 1 95 9.5 33 700 1 105 21.2 4550
Opp Total 12 28 0 40 889 0 22.2

Kicking & Punting

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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
Pat Summerall 26 RDE 12 0 22 10 45.5% 30 30 100.0%
Dave Mann 24 RH 12 0 36 1346 53 1 37.4
John Roach 23 8 0 11 449 54 0 40.8
Lamar McHan 24 QB 12 10 8 285 42 0 35.6
Team Total 26.2 12 22 10 45.5% 30 30 100.0% 55 2080 54 1 37.8
Opp Total 12 16 7 43.8% 23 21 91.3% 52 2038 39.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Frank Bernardi 23 RET 12 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
Tom Bienemann 28 8 0 1 2 0 2
Carl Brettschneider 25 RLB 12 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Childress 23 11 0 1 0 0 0
Lindon Crow* 23 RDH 12 0 11 170 0 42
Tom Dahms 29 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
John Dittrich 23 RG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Hill 28 RS 12 0 5 21 0 12
Night Train Lane*+ 29 LDH 12 0 7 206 1 66 2 2 11 0
Woodley Lewis 31 LS 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Dave Mann 24 RH 12 0 1 0 0 0
Ollie Matson*+ 26 LH 12 0 6 0 0 0
Lamar McHan 24 QB 12 10 2 0 0 0
Gern Nagler 24 8 0 1 0 0 0
Johnny Olszewski 26 FB 11 0 13 1 0 0
Jim Root 25 9 2 2 2 0 0
Leo Sanford* 27 LLB 12 0 5 24 0 19 0 1 0 0
Jack Simmons* 32 C 12 0 0 2 0 0
Julian Spence 27 ls 8 0 1 7 0 7
Leo Sugar 27 LDE 12 0 1 1 0 0
Pat Summerall 26 RDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Len Teeuws 29 RDT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Chuck Weber 26 5 0 1 19 0 19 0 2 2 0
Stan West 30 11 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 33 451 1 66 29 20 14 0
Opp Total 12 15 23 11 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Pat Summerall 26 RDE 12 0 30 10 60
Ollie Matson*+ 26 LH 12 0 5 2 1 48
Lamar McHan 24 QB 12 10 5 30
Gern Nagler 24 8 0 4 24
Max Boydston 24 RE 12 0 2 12
Johnny Olszewski 26 FB 11 0 2 12
Jim Root 25 9 2 2 12
Don Stonesifer 29 LE 12 0 2 12
Frank Bernardi 23 RET 12 0 1 6
Alex Burl 25 8 0 1 6
Joe Childress 23 11 0 1 6
Night Train Lane*+ 29 LDH 12 0 1 6
Dave Mann 24 RH 12 0 1 6
Team Total 26.2 12 14 13 1 1 1 30 10 240
Opp Total 12 14 8 21 7 1 182