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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.

Simple Rating System: Total -6.5, Offense: -7.7, Defense: 1.2, SoS: -0.5, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Hugh Devore

Training Camp: (Hershey, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD
Team Offense 143 2654 702 3.8 38 11 13 160 122 249 1277 6 27 4.5 74 418 1377 11 3.3 73
Team Defense 215 3226 778 4.1 27 11 21 200 114 243 1333 15 16 5.0 69 513 1893 10 3.7 110
Lg Rank Offense 12 12 11 3 12 9 10 12 11 12 9 11 10 11
Lg Rank Defense 5 5 10 9 6 4 2 8 11 4 12 6 2 3

Team Games & Schedule

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

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
11 Bobby Thomason* 28 QB 12 9 3-6-1 82 164 50.0 1119 4 2.4 21 12.8 52 6.8 1.5 13.6 93.3 40.7 0 0
10 Adrian Burk 29 P 12 3 0-2-0 39 82 47.6 426 1 1.2 6 7.3 40 5.2 2.1 10.9 35.5 36.9 0 0
24 Don Schaefer 22 FB 12 0 1 3 33.3 11 1 33.3 0 0.0 11 3.7 10.3 11.0 0.9 84.7 0 0
Team Total 25.8 12 3-8-1 122 249 49.0 1556 6 2.4 27 10.8 52 6.2 1.9 12.8 129.7 37.4 0 0
Opp Total 12 114 243 46.9 1506 15 6.2 16 6.6 6.2 4.47 13.2 125.5 60.1 22 173 5.0 3.4 8.3

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
23 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
24 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
36 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
46 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
27 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
11 Bobby Thomason* 28 QB 12 9 21 48 2 19 2.3 4.0 1.8 48 2 2
10 Adrian Burk 29 P 12 3 17 61 0 11 3.6 5.1 1.4 61 0 2
33 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
43 Bob G. Smith 23 4 0 9 8 0 5 0.9 2.0 2.3 8 0 0
43 Jim Parmer 30 4 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.5 0.3 -2 0 0
83 Bobby Walston 28 K/LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 39 590 15.1 3 51 3.3 49.2 590 3 0
25 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
89 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
84 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
80 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
22 Lee Riley 24 KR/LS/PR 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 1.1 10 0 2
45 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
22 Lee Riley 24 KR/LS/PR 9 0 17 73 0 35 4.3 15 381 0 59 25.4 464
23 Ken Keller 22 LH 11 0 15 146 0 40 9.7 15 353 0 32 23.5 968
27 Hal Giancanelli 27 7 0 4 22 0 18 5.5 8 187 0 31 23.4 461
53 Bob Pellegrini 22 RG 12 0 2 47 0 26 23.5 47
86 Norm Willey 29 RDE 9 0 2 32 0 20 16.0 32
20 Bibbles Bawel 26 RS 12 0 1 25 0 25 25.0 25
60 Chuck Bednarik* 31 LLB 12 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
41 Jerry Norton 25 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
10 Adrian Burk 29 P 12 3 68 2843 62 1 41.8
83 Bobby Walston 28 K/LE 12 0 13 6 46.2% 18 17 94.4%
36 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
23 Ken Keller 22 LH 11 0 0 7 1 0 0
81 Eddie Bell 25 LDH 12 0 4 61 1 33 0 0 0 3 0 0
22 Lee Riley 24 KR/LS/PR 9 0 3 57 0 31 0 0 2 1 0 0
60 Chuck Bednarik* 31 LLB 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
10 Adrian Burk 29 P 12 3 0 2 2 0 0
46 Ted Wegert 24 7 0 0 3 1 0 0
27 Hal Giancanelli 27 7 0 0 2 1 0 0
24 Don Schaefer 22 FB 12 0 0 3 0 0 0
11 Bobby Thomason* 28 QB 12 9 0 2 1 0 0
75 Frank Wydo 32 LT 12 0 0 1 2 -10 0
20 Bibbles Bawel 26 RS 12 0 1 33 0 33 0 0 0 1 15 0
36 Dick Bielski 24 12 0 0 1 1 0 0
40 Tom Brookshier 25 RDH 11 0 1 31 0 31 0 0 0 1 0 0
78 Marion Campbell 27 MG 12 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
50 Bob Kelley 26 C 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
71 Don King 27 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
41 Jerry Norton 25 6 0 2 34 0 23 0
53 Bob Pellegrini 22 RG 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
82 Tom Scott 26 LDE 12 0 1 12 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
33 Will Berzinski 22 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
45 Rocky Ryan 24 12 0 1 17 0 17 0
77 Jim Weatherall* 27 LDT 12 12 0 0 1 19 0
Team Total 25.8 12 16 246 1 33 0 0 25 25 28 0
Opp Total 12 35 17 6

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
83 Bobby Walston 28 K/LE 12 0 3 3 17 6 53
23 Ken Keller 22 LH 11 0 4 4 24
84 Hank Burnine 24 RE 7 0 2 2 12
24 Don Schaefer 22 FB 12 0 2 2 12
11 Bobby Thomason* 28 QB 12 9 2 2 12
81 Eddie Bell 25 LDH 12 0 1 1 6
36 Dick Bielski 24 12 0 1 1 6
89 John Bredice 22 12 0 1 1 6
27 Hal Giancanelli 27 7 0 1 1 6
46 Ted Wegert 24 7 0 1 1 6
Team Total 25.8 12 11 6 1 18 17 6 143
Opp Total 12 10 15 23 14 215