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1956 New York Giants

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Record: 8-3-1, Finished 1st in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

1956 NFL Champions

Scored 264 points (22.0/g), 5th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 197 points (16.4/g), 4th.
 Differential of 67 points (5.6/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 8.0-4.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.5/g), 3rd.

Coached by Jim Lee Howell (8-3-1)

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 @ San Francisco 49ers 38 21 15 300 133 167 27 408 301 107 4
2 Sun October 7 box L 1-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 27 35 17 333 176 157 3 18 359 136 223 5
3 Sun October 14 box W 2-1 @ Cleveland Browns 21 9 24 330 74 256 2 14 134 94 40 2
4 Sun October 21 box W 3-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 38 10 25 460 213 247 10 182 91 91 1
5 Sun October 28 box W 4-1 Philadelphia Eagles 20 3 12 244 85 159 2 7 132 67 65 2
6 Sun November 4 box W 5-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 17 14 18 229 110 119 2 18 255 118 137 3
7 Sun November 11 box W 6-1 Chicago Cardinals 23 10 22 362 175 187 2 15 284 157 127
8 Sun November 18 box L 6-2 @ Washington Redskins 7 33 15 249 175 74 5 23 391 160 231 1
9 Sun November 25 box T 6-2-1 Chicago Bears 17 17 18 261 85 176 3 11 244 232 12 4
10 Sun December 2 box W 7-2-1 Washington Redskins 28 14 22 367 174 193 4 13 219 75 144 7
11 Sun December 9 box L 7-3-1 Cleveland Browns 7 24 13 229 126 103 2 19 299 106 193 2
12 Sat December 15 box W 8-3-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 21 7 22 332 41 291 2 13 174 101 73 2
Playoffs
Championship December 30 box W 9-3-1 Chicago Bears 47 7

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 264 3696 778 4.8 223 133 275 1567 17 14 5.6 82 499 2129 18 4.3 124 27 13 17
Team Defense 197 3081 744 4.1 294 149 297 1638 12 17 5.0 90 415 1443 10 3.5 188 33 16 16
Lg Rank Offense 5 7 4 7 8 4 1 5 5 3 4 5 1 8
Lg Rank Defense 4 1 6 9 6 5 9 2 3 1 2 1 7 3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Charlie Conerly* 35 QB 12 0 90 174 51.7 1143 10 5.7 7 4.0 48 6.6 5.3 12.7 95.3 75.0
Don Heinrich 26 qb 12 12 37 88 42.0 369 5 5.7 5 5.7 43 4.2 2.2 10.0 30.8 49.9
Bob Clatterbuck 24 2 0 4 7 57.1 54 0 0.0 1 14.3 21 7.7 1.3 13.5 27.0 42.3
Frank Gifford*+ 26 LH 12 0 2 5 40.0 35 2 40.0 1 20.0 29 7.0 2.0 17.5 2.9 64.6
Kyle Rote* 29 LE 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.4 12 133 275 48.4 1601 17 6.2 14 5.1 48 5.8 4.1 12.0 133.4 66.0
Opp Total 12 149 297 50.2 1638 12 4.0 17 5.7 5.5 3.3 11.0 136.5 56.5 32 252 5.0 2.3

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
Alex Webster 25 RH 12 0 178 694 7 34 3.9 57.8 14.8 21 197 9.4 3 43 1.8 16.4 891 10 4
Frank Gifford*+ 26 LH 12 0 159 819 5 69 5.2 68.3 13.3 51 603 11.8 4 48 4.3 50.3 1422 9 5
Mel Triplett 25 FB 12 0 125 515 5 25 4.1 42.9 10.4 6 48 8.0 1 35 0.5 4.0 563 6 10
Gene Filipski 25 RET 12 0 13 85 1 35 6.5 7.1 1.1 3 37 12.3 0 21 0.3 3.1 122 1 3
Charlie Conerly* 35 QB 12 0 11 11 0 8 1.0 0.9 0.9 11 0 0
Don Heinrich 26 qb 12 12 5 -4 0 2 -0.8 -0.3 0.4 -4 0 2
Kyle Rote* 29 LE 12 0 3 5 0 3 1.7 0.4 0.3 28 405 14.5 4 31 2.3 33.8 410 4 0
Henry Moore 22 5 0 2 -2 0 0 -1.0 -0.4 0.4 -2 0 0
Jimmy Patton 23 RS 12 0 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 -0.1 0.2 -1 0 2
Don Chandler 22 P 12 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.6 0.1 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 12 0 0
Ken MacAfee 27 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 184 13.1 4 29 1.2 15.3 184 4 0
Bob Schnelker 28 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 122 13.6 1 19 0.8 10.2 122 1 0
Team Total 26.4 12 499 2129 18 69 4.3 177.4 41.6 133 1601 12.0 17 48 11.1 133.4 3730 35 27
Opp Total 12 415 1443 10 3.5 120.3 34.6 149 1638 11.0 12 12.4 136.5 3081 22 32

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jimmy Patton 23 RS 12 0 12 17 0 6 1.4 13 283 0 31 21.8 299
Emlen Tunnell*+ 31 LS 12 0 22 120 0 14 5.5 120
Gene Filipski 25 RET 12 0 1 25 0 25 25.0 19 390 0 30 20.5 537
Johnny Hermann 23 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Ed Hughes 29 LDH 12 0 1 27 0 27 27.0 27
Mel Triplett 25 FB 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 565
Team Total 26.4 12 36 162 0 25 4.5 35 719 0 31 20.5 4611
Opp Total 12 34 0 46 1033 0 22.5

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
Don Chandler 22 P 12 0 3 3 100.0% 59 2473 63 0 41.9
Ben Agajanian 37 K 10 0 13 5 38.5% 23 23 100.0%
Frank Gifford*+ 26 LH 12 0 2 1 50.0% 9 8 88.9%
Charlie Conerly* 35 QB 12 0 1 33 33 0 33.0
Team Total 26.4 12 15 6 40.0% 35 34 97.1% 60 2506 63 0 41.8
Opp Total 12 16 7 43.8% 25 24 96.0% 62 2263 36.5

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
Ray Beck 25 10 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0
Rosey Brown*+ 24 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Gene Filipski 25 RET 12 0 3 0 0 0
Frank Gifford*+ 26 LH 12 0 5 1 0 0
Rosey Grier*+ 24 RDT 12 0 0 3 0 0
Don Heinrich 26 qb 12 12 2 2 0 0
Sam Huff 22 MLB 12 0 3 49 0 27 0 2 0 0
Ed Hughes 29 LDH 12 0 1 38 0 38 0 1 0 0
Jerry Huth 23 LG 11 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Katcavage 22 12 0 0 1 0 0
Cliff Livingston 26 12 0 0 2 0 0
Dick Modzelewski 25 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Dick Nolan 24 RDH 12 0 2 17 0 17
Jimmy Patton 23 RS 12 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 0
Herb Rich 28 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Andy Robustelli*+ 31 RDE 12 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bob Schnelker 28 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Svoboda 28 LLB 11 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 0
Mel Triplett 25 FB 12 0 10 2 0 0
Emlen Tunnell*+ 31 LS 12 0 6 87 0 23 0 1 0 0
Alex Webster 25 RH 12 0 4 0 0 0
Dick Yelvington 28 RT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Walt Yowarsky 28 LDE 11 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.4 12 17 198 0 38 27 30 6 0 1
Opp Total 12 4 32 16 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Frank Gifford*+ 26 LH 12 0 5 4 8 1 65
Alex Webster 25 RH 12 0 7 3 60
Ben Agajanian 37 K 10 0 23 5 38
Mel Triplett 25 FB 12 0 5 1 36
Ken MacAfee 27 RE 12 0 4 24
Kyle Rote* 29 LE 12 0 4 24
Gene Filipski 25 RET 12 0 1 6
Bob Schnelker 28 12 0 1 6
Don Chandler 22 P 12 0 3 3
Andy Robustelli*+ 31 RDE 12 0 1 2
Team Total 26.4 12 18 17 34 6 1 264
Opp Total 12 10 12 24 7 1 197