1956 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 3-8-1, Finished 6th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 143 points (11.9/g), 12th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 215 points (17.9/g), 5th.
Differential of -72 points (-6.0/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 3.3-8.7.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.9/g), 11th.

Coached by Hugh Devore (3-8-1)

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

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 30	box	L	0-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	7	27	12	188	97	91	5	15	294	60	234	3
2	Sat	October 6	box	W	1-1		Washington Redskins	13	9	13	207	99	108	2	13	194	48	146	3
3	Sun	October 14	box	W	2-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	35	21	12	265	168	97	2	17	324	247	77	3
4	Sun	October 21	box	L	2-2		Chicago Cardinals	6	20	20	349	120	229	8	14	244	119	125	1
5	Sun	October 28	box	L	2-3	@	New York Giants	3	20	7	132	67	65	2	12	244	85	159	2
6	Sun	November 4	box	L	2-4	@	Chicago Cardinals	17	28	18	235	109	126	2	17	262	108	154	1
7	Sun	November 11	box	W	3-4		Pittsburgh Steelers	14	7	13	252	130	122	4	14	149	95	54	3
8	Sun	November 18	box	L	3-5		Cleveland Browns	0	16	7	71	3	68	3	17	274	41	233
9	Sun	November 25	box	T	3-5-1		San Francisco 49ers	10	10	13	290	170	120	4	19	285	178	107	4
10	Sun	December 2	box	L	3-6-1	@	Cleveland Browns	14	17	20	252	104	148	4	19	292	115	177	5
11	Sun	December 9	box	L	3-7-1	@	Washington Redskins	17	19	12	239	109	130		21	332	196	136
12	Sat	December 15	box	L	3-8-1		New York Giants	7	21	13	174	101	73	2	22	332	41	291	2

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	143	2654	702	3.8	160	122	249	1277	6	27	4.5	74	418	1377	11	3.3	73	38	11	13
Team Defense	215	3226	778	4.1	290	114	243	1333	15	16	5.0	69	513	1893	10	3.7	200	27	11	21
Lg Rank Offense	12	12			12		9	10	12	11	12		9	11	10	11		11	3
Lg Rank Defense	5	5			5		4	2	8	11	3		12	6	2	3		10	9

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	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
Bobby Thomason*	28	QB	12	9	82	164	50.0	1119	4	2.4	21	12.8	52	6.8	1.3	13.6	93.3	40.7
Adrian Burk	29	P	12	3	39	82	47.6	426	1	1.2	6	7.3	40	5.2	2.0	10.9	35.5	36.9
Don Schaefer	22	FB	12	0	1	3	33.3	11	1	33.3	0	0.0	11	3.7	7.0	11.0	0.9	84.7
Team Total	25.8		12		122	249	49.0	1556	6	2.4	27	10.8	52	6.2	1.6	12.8	129.7	37.4
Opp Total			12		114	243	46.9	1333	15	6.2	16	6.6		5.5	3.1	11.7	111.1	57.2	22	173	5.0	2.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Ken Keller	22	LH	11	0	112	433	4	51	3.9	39.4	10.2	7	36	5.1	0	13	0.6	3.3	469	4	7
Don Schaefer	22	FB	12	0	102	320	2	11	3.1	26.7	8.5	13	117	9.0	0	27	1.1	9.8	437	2	3
Dick Bielski	24		12	0	52	162	1	15	3.1	13.5	4.3	8	63	7.9	0	17	0.7	5.3	225	1	1
Ted Wegert	24		7	0	47	127	1	19	2.7	18.1	6.7	6	46	7.7	0	19	0.9	6.6	173	1	3
Hal Giancanelli	27		7	0	42	148	1	21	3.5	21.1	6.0	10	104	10.4	0	18	1.4	14.9	252	1	2
Bobby Thomason*	28	QB	12	9	21	48	2	19	2.3	4.0	1.8								48	2	2
Adrian Burk	29	P	12	3	17	61	0	11	3.6	5.1	1.4								61	0	2
Will Berzinski	22		4	0	15	72	0	20	4.8	18.0	3.8	3	35	11.7	0	17	0.8	8.8	107	0	1
Bob G. Smith	23		4	0	9	8	0	5	0.9	2.0	2.3								8	0	0
Jim Parmer	30		4	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.5	0.3								-2	0	0
Bobby Walston	28	LE	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	39	590	15.1	3	51	3.3	49.2	590	3	0
Pete Retzlaff	25	RH	10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	12	159	13.3	0	20	1.2	15.9	159	0	0
John Bredice	22		12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	10	146	14.6	1	40	0.8	12.2	146	1	0
Hank Burnine	24	RE	7	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	10	208	20.8	2	52	1.4	29.7	208	2	0
Bill Stribling	29		2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	11	5.5	0	7	1.0	5.5	11	0	0
Lee Riley	24	LS	9	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	1.1	10	0	2
Rocky Ryan	24		12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	31	31.0	0	31	0.1	2.6	31	0	0
Team Total	25.8		12		418	1377	11	51	3.3	114.8	34.8	122	1556	12.8	6	52	10.2	129.7	2933	17	25
Opp Total			12		513	1893	10		3.7	157.8	42.8	114	1333	11.7	15		9.5	111.1	3226	25	17

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Lee Riley	24	LS	9	0	17	73	0	35	4.3	15	381	0	59	25.4	464
Ken Keller	22	LH	11	0	15	146	0	40	9.7	15	353	0	32	23.5	968
Hal Giancanelli	27		7	0	4	22	0	18	5.5	8	187	0	31	23.4	461
Bob Pellegrini	22	RG	12	0						2	47	0	26	23.5	47
Norm Willey	29	RDE	9	0						2	32	0	20	16.0	32
Bibbles Bawel	26	RS	12	0						1	25	0	25	25.0	25
Chuck Bednarik*	31	LLB	12	0						1	17	0	17	17.0	17
Jerry Norton	25	lcb	6	0						1	31	0	31	31.0	31
Team Total	25.8		12		36	241	0	40	6.7	45	1073	0	59	23.8	4247
Opp Total			12		50		0			27	666	0		24.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Adrian Burk	29	P	12	3																	68	2843	62	1	41.8
Bobby Walston	28	LE	12	0											13	6	46.2%	18	17	94.4%
Dick Bielski	24		12	0											1		0.0%
Team Total	25.8		12												14	6	42.9%	18	17	94.4%	68	2843	62	1	41.8
Opp Total			12												21	14	66.7%	25	23	92.0%	68	2788			41.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Bibbles Bawel	26	RS	12	0		1	33	0	33			0	1	15	0
Chuck Bednarik*	31	LLB	12	0		2	0	0	0			0	2	4	0
Eddie Bell	25	LDH	12	0		4	61	1	33			0	3	0	0
Will Berzinski	22		4	0								1	0	0	0
Dick Bielski	24		12	0								1	1	0	0
Tom Brookshier	25	RDH	11	0		1	31	0	31			0	1	0	0
Adrian Burk	29	P	12	3								2	2	0	0
Marion Campbell	27	MG	12	0		1	1	0	1			1	0	0	0
Hal Giancanelli	27		7	0								2	1	0	0
Ken Keller	22	LH	11	0								7	1	0	0
Bob Kelley	26	C	12	0								0	2	0	0
Don King	27		3	0								0	2	0	0
Jerry Norton	25	lcb	6	0		2	34	0	23
Bob Pellegrini	22	RG	12	0								0	2	0	0
Lee Riley	24	LS	9	0		3	57	0	31			2	1	0	0
Rocky Ryan	24		12	0		1	17	0	17
Don Schaefer	22	FB	12	0								3	0	0	0
Tom Scott	26	LDE	12	0		1	12	0	12			0	1	0	0
Bobby Thomason*	28	QB	12	9								2	1	0	0
Jim Weatherall*	27	LDT	12	12								0	1	19	0
Ted Wegert	24		7	0								3	1	0	0
Frank Wydo	32	LT/rt	12	0								1	2	-10	0
Team Total	25.8		12			16	246	1	33			25	25	28	0
Opp Total			12		35							17	6

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Bobby Walston	28	LE	12	0		3		17	6	53
Ken Keller	22	LH	11	0	4					24
Hank Burnine	24	RE	7	0		2				12
Don Schaefer	22	FB	12	0	2					12
Bobby Thomason*	28	QB	12	9	2					12
Eddie Bell	25	LDH	12	0			1			6
Dick Bielski	24		12	0	1					6
John Bredice	22		12	0		1				6
Hal Giancanelli	27		7	0	1					6
Ted Wegert	24		7	0	1					6
Team Total	25.8		12		11	6	1	17	6	143
Opp Total			12		10	15		23	14	215

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