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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)
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1956 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |