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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.
Simple Rating System: Total 4.2, Offense: 2.7, Defense: 1.4, SoS: -1.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Jim Lee Howell (8-3-1)
Offensive Coordinator: Vince Lombardi
Defensive Coordinator: Tom Landry
Training Camp: St. Michael's College (Winooski, Vermont)
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Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||
| 7 | 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 | December 30 | boxscore | W | 9-3-1 | Chicago Bears | 47 | 7 | 16 | 348 | 222 | 126 | 2 | 19 | 270 | 203 | 67 | 3 | |||