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1956 New York Giants Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-3-1, 1st in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jim Lee Howell (8-3-1)

Points For: 264 (22.0/g) 5th of 12

Points Against: 197 (16.4/g) 4th of 12

Expected W-L: 8.0-4.0

SRS: 4.17 (3rd of 12), SOS: -1.41

Playoffs:
Won Championship 47-7 vs. Chicago Bears

Offensive Coordinator: Vince Lombardi

Defensive Coordinator: Tom Landry

Other Notable Asst.: Ken Kavanaugh (Receivers)

Stadium: Yankee Stadium

Co-Owner: Jack Mara

Co-Owner: Wellington Mara

Founder: Tim Mara

General Manager: Ray Walsh

Training Camp: St. Michael's College (Winooski, Vermont)

1956 NFL Champion

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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	264	3696	774	4.8	27	13	223	133	275	1567	17	14	5.7	82	499	2129	18	4.3	124	52	474	17
Opp. Stats	197	3081	712	4.3	33	16	188	149	297	1638	12	17	5.5	90	415	1443	10	3.5	82	56	495	16
Lg Rank Offense	5	7			1	8	4		7	8	4	1	8		5	3	4	5
Lg Rank Defense	4	1			7	3	3		9	6	5	9	2		3	1	2	1

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	@	San Francisco 49ers	38	21	15	300	133	167		27	408	301	107	4
2	Sun	October 7		boxscore	L		1-1	@	Chicago Cardinals	27	35	17	333	176	157	3	18	359	136	223	5
3	Sun	October 14		boxscore	W		2-1	@	Cleveland Browns	21	9	24	330	74	256	2	14	134	94	40	2
4	Sun	October 21		boxscore	W		3-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	38	10	25	460	213	247		10	182	91	91	1
5	Sun	October 28		boxscore	W		4-1		Philadelphia Eagles	20	3	12	244	85	159	2	7	132	67	65	2
6	Sun	November 4		boxscore	W		5-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	14	18	229	110	119	2	18	255	118	137	3
7	Sun	November 11		boxscore	W		6-1		Chicago Cardinals	23	10	22	362	175	187	2	15	284	157	127
8	Sun	November 18		boxscore	L		6-2	@	Washington Redskins	7	33	15	249	175	74	5	23	391	160	231	1
9	Sun	November 25		boxscore	T		6-2-1		Chicago Bears	17	17	18	261	85	176	3	11	244	232	12	4
10	Sun	December 2		boxscore	W		7-2-1		Washington Redskins	28	14	22	367	174	193	4	13	219	75	144	7
11	Sun	December 9		boxscore	L		7-3-1		Cleveland Browns	7	24	13	229	126	103	2	19	299	106	193	2
12	Sat	December 15		boxscore	W		8-3-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	21	7	22	332	41	291	2	13	174	101	73	2
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 30		boxscore	W		9-3-1		Chicago Bears	47	7	16	348	222	126	2	19	270	203	67	3

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	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Charlie Conerly	35	QB	12	0		90	174	51.7	1143	10	5.7	7	4.0	48	6.6	5.9	12.7	95.3	75.0	22	0	0	PB
2	Don Heinrich	26	QB	12	12	8-3-1	37	88	42.0	369	5	5.7	5	5.7	43	4.2	2.8	10.0	30.8	49.9	20	0	0
3	Bob Clatterbuck	24	QB	2	0		4	7	57.1	54	0	0.0	1	14.3	21	7.7	1.3	13.5	27.0	42.3	16	0	0
4	Frank Gifford	26	LH	12	12		2	5	40.0	35	2	40.0	1	20.0	29	7.0	6.0	17.5	2.9	64.6		0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Kyle Rote	28	LE	12	8		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	PB,AP-2
	Team Totals			12	12	8-3-1	133	275	48.4	1567	17	6.2	14	5.1	48	5.8	4.8	12.0	130.6	66.0	58	0	0

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	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Charlie Conerly	35	QB	1	0		7	10	70.0	195	2	20.0	0	0.0	67	19.5	23.5	27.9	195.0	152.1	0	0	0
2	Don Heinrich	26	QB	1	1	1-0-0	3	6	50.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0		3.5	3.5	7.0	21.0	58.3	0	0	0
3	Bob Clatterbuck	24	QB	1	0		1	3	33.3	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	4.0	4.0	12.0	12.0	46.5	6	0	0
4	Mel Triplett	25	FB	1	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1-0-0	11	20	55.0	222	2	10.0	0	0.0	67	11.4	13.4	20.7	222.0	128.7	6	0	0

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	Frank Gifford	26	LH	12	12	159	819	5	69	5.2	68.3	13.3	51	603	11.8	4	48	4.3	50.3	210	6.8	1422	9	5	PB,AP-1
2	Alex Webster	25	RH	12	12	178	694	7	34	3.9	57.8	14.8	21	197	9.4	3	43	1.8	16.4	199	4.5	891	10	4	AP-2
3	Mel Triplett	25	FB	12	12	125	515	5	25	4.1	42.9	10.4	6	48	8.0	1	35	0.5	4.0	131	4.3	563	6	10
4	Kyle Rote	28	LE	12	8	3	5	0	3	1.7	0.4	0.3	28	405	14.5	4	31	2.3	33.8	31	13.2	410	4	0	PB,AP-2
5	Ken MacAfee	27	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	184	13.1	4	29	1.2	15.3	14	13.1	184	4	0
6	Gene Filipski	25	HB	12	0	13	85	1	35	6.5	7.1	1.1	3	37	12.3	0	21	0.3	3.1	16	7.6	122	1	3
7	Bob Schnelker	28	LE	12	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	122	13.6	1	19	0.8	10.2	9	13.6	122	1	0
8	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	2	6.0	12	0	0
9	Charlie Conerly	35	QB	12	0	11	11	0	8	1.0	0.9	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	1.0	11	0	0	PB
10	Jimmy Patton	23	FS	12	7	2	-1	0		-0.5	-0.1	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-0.5	-1	0	2
11	Henry Moore	22	HB	5	0	2	-2	0		-1.0	-0.4	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-1.0	-2	0	0
12	Don Heinrich	26	QB	12	12	5	-4	0	2	-0.8	-0.3	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	-0.8	-4	0	2
	Team Totals			12	12	499	2129	18	69	4.3	177.4	41.6	133	1601	12.0	17	48	11.1	133.4	632	5.9	3730	35	26

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	Frank Gifford	26	LH	1	1	5	30	0	14	6.0	30.0	5.0	4	131	32.8	1	67	4.0	131.0	9	17.9	161	1	0
2	Alex Webster	25	RH	1	1	12	27	2	6	2.3	27.0	12.0	5	76	15.2	0	50	5.0	76.0	17	6.1	103	2	0
3	Mel Triplett	25	FB	1	1	13	71	1	20	5.5	71.0	13.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	5.5	71	1	0
4	Don Chandler	22	P	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	12	12.0	0	12	1.0	12.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
5	Kyle Rote	28	LE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	1	9	1.0	9.0	1	9.0	9	1	0
6	Bob Clatterbuck	24	QB	1	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
7	Gene Filipski	25	HB	1	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
8	Henry Moore	22	HB	1	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
9	Charlie Conerly	35	QB	1	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-2.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	34	126	3	20	3.7	126.0	34.0	11	228	20.7	2	67	11.0	228.0	45	7.9	354	5	0

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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	Rosey Brown	24	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Frank Gifford	26	LH	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
3	Rosey Grier	24	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Don Heinrich	26	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Ed Hughes	29	LDH	12	12	1	38	0	38	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Dick Nolan	24	RDH	12	12	2	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Andy Robustelli	31	RDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	PB,AP-1
8	Mel Triplett	25	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Emlen Tunnell	31	SS	12	12	6	87	0	23	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
10	Alex Webster	25	RH	12	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
11	Dick Yelvington	28	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Dick Modzelewski	25	LDT	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bill Svoboda	28	LLB	11	11	2	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
14	Sam Huff	22	MLB	12	10	3	49	0	27	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Walt Yowarsky	28	LDE	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Jerry Huth	23	LG	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Jimmy Patton	23	FS	12	7	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
18	Herb Rich	28	DB	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0.0	0
19	Jim Katcavage	22	DE	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Bob Schnelker	28	LE	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Ray Beck	25	G	10	2	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Cliff Livingston	26	LB	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Gene Filipski	25	HB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	17	198	0	38	27	30	6	0	0.0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Jimmy Patton	23	FS	1	1	1	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Andy Robustelli	31	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Bill Svoboda	28	LLB	1	1	1	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Emlen Tunnell	31	SS	1	1				0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	2	48	0	28	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0

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