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1956 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 5-7-0, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 217 points (18.1/g), 9th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 250 points (20.8/g), 8th.
 Differential of -33 points (-2.8/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 5.0-7.0.

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

Coached by Walt Kiesling (5-7-0)

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 Washington Redskins 30 13 17 225 83 142 1 10 192 117 75 4
2 Sat October 6 box L 1-1 Cleveland Browns 10 14 14 245 153 92 17 336 122 214
3 Sun October 14 box L 1-2 Philadelphia Eagles 21 35 17 324 247 77 3 12 265 168 97 2
4 Sun October 21 box L 1-3 @ New York Giants 10 38 10 182 91 91 1 25 460 213 247
5 Sun October 28 box W 2-3 @ Cleveland Browns 24 16 18 358 219 139 3 11 284 108 176 4
6 Sun November 4 box L 2-4 New York Giants 14 17 18 255 118 137 3 18 229 110 119 2
7 Sun November 11 box L 2-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 14 14 149 95 54 3 13 252 130 122 4
8 Sun November 18 box W 3-5 Chicago Cardinals 14 7 15 280 39 241 4 15 254 103 151 6
9 Sun November 25 box L 3-6 @ Chicago Cardinals 27 38 25 352 206 146 6 19 370 128 242 4
10 Sun December 2 box W 4-6 Los Angeles Rams 30 13 16 264 134 130 3 7 163 63 100 2
11 Sun December 9 box L 4-7 @ Detroit Lions 7 45 9 129 104 25 6 15 296 166 130 6
12 Sun December 16 box W 5-7 @ Washington Redskins 23 0 11 253 177 76 1 5 85 15 70 6

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 217 3016 747 4.0 184 136 318 1666 14 24 5.0 83 413 1350 14 3.3 83 34 10 18
Team Defense 250 3186 727 4.4 241 128 234 1443 14 18 5.6 66 468 1743 14 3.7 167 40 22 8
Lg Rank Offense 9 10 9 3 7 5 10 10 10 12 7 12 7 1
Lg Rank Defense 8 3 1 2 3 7 5 5 7 5 5 4 2 1

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%
Ted Marchibroda 25 QB 12 11 4-7-0 124 275 45.1 1585 12 4.4 19 6.9 75 5.8 3.1 12.8 132.1 49.4
Jack Scarbath 26 7 1 1-0-0 12 41 29.3 208 2 4.9 5 12.2 47 5.1 0.1 17.3 29.7 24.9
Lou Baldacci 22 P 10 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Lynn Chandnois 31 rh 5 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.6 12 5-7-0 136 318 42.8 1793 14 4.4 24 7.5 75 5.6 2.7 13.2 149.4 44.4
Opp Total 12 128 234 54.7 1443 14 6.0 18 7.7 6.2 3.3 11.3 120.3 61.3 25 203 5.6 2.2

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
Fran Rogel* 29 FB 12 0 131 476 2 40 3.6 39.7 10.9 23 88 3.8 0 13 1.9 7.3 564 2 4
Sid Watson 24 RH 12 0 112 298 4 18 2.7 24.8 9.3 12 138 11.5 0 37 1.0 11.5 436 4 4
Lynn Chandnois 31 rh 5 0 44 118 4 28 2.7 23.6 8.8 7 71 10.1 1 17 1.4 14.2 189 5 0
Ted Marchibroda 25 QB 12 11 39 152 2 26 3.9 12.7 3.3 152 2 3
Lou Baldacci 22 P 10 0 31 140 0 29 4.5 14.0 3.1 5 62 12.4 0 22 0.5 6.2 202 0 1
Charlie Shepard 23 12 0 30 91 0 14 3.0 7.6 2.5 1 31 31.0 0 31 0.1 2.6 122 0 1
Henry Ford 25 LS 12 0 12 26 2 16 2.2 2.2 1.0 3 7 2.3 0 8 0.3 0.6 33 2 1
Art Davis 22 9 0 5 6 0 9 1.2 0.7 0.6 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 1.0 15 0 0
Jack Scarbath 26 7 1 4 19 0 21 4.8 2.7 0.6 19 0 1
Ray Mathews 27 RE 12 0 3 -11 0 2 -3.7 -0.9 0.3 31 540 17.4 5 64 2.6 45.0 529 5 0
Lowell Perry 25 LE 6 0 2 37 0 23 18.5 6.2 0.3 14 334 23.9 2 75 2.3 55.7 371 2 0
Elbie Nickel* 34 LH 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 376 13.9 5 47 2.3 31.3 376 5 0
Jack O'Brien 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 71 11.8 0 25 0.5 5.9 71 0 0
Jack McClairen 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 56 11.2 0 18 0.7 8.0 56 0 0
Jack Butler* 29 RS 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 10 10.0 1 10 0.1 0.8 10 1 0
Team Total 25.6 12 413 1350 14 40 3.3 112.5 34.4 136 1793 13.2 14 75 11.3 149.4 3143 28 16
Opp Total 12 468 1743 14 3.7 145.3 39.0 128 1443 11.3 14 10.7 120.3 3186 28 39

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Henry Ford 25 LS 12 0 25 145 0 59 5.8 6 135 0 34 22.5 313
Lowell Perry 25 LE 6 0 11 127 0 46 11.5 9 219 0 38 24.3 717
Fred Bruney 25 RET 5 0 5 20 0 13 4.0 9 235 0 51 26.1 255
Lynn Chandnois 31 rh 5 0 8 291 0 91 36.4 480
Sid Watson 24 RH 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 4 110 0 35 27.5 548
Art Davis 22 9 0 3 5 0 5 1.7 20
Ray Mathews 27 RE 12 0 1 26 0 26 26.0 555
Marv Matuszak 25 9 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
John Reger 25 RLB 12 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Frank Varrichione 24 RT 12 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 6
Team Total 25.6 12 45 299 0 59 6.6 40 1042 0 91 26.1 4484
Opp Total 12 45 1 43 817 0 19.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Lou Baldacci 22 P 10 0 26 1010 64 0 38.8
Charlie Shepard 23 12 0 26 951 49 0 36.6
Fred Glatz 23 4 0 25 984 60 0 39.4
Gary Glick 26 LDH 8 0 7 4 57.1% 17 16 94.1%
Sid Watson 24 RH 12 0 1 1 100.0% 12 10 83.3%
Art Michalik 26 12 0 1 0.0%
Team Total 25.6 12 9 5 55.6% 29 26 89.7% 77 2945 64 0 38.2
Opp Total 12 16 7 43.8% 33 31 93.9% 65 2704 41.6

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
Dick Alban 27 RDH 12 0 2 21 0 21 0 2 0 0
Lou Baldacci 22 P 10 0 1 1 0 0
Fred Bruney 25 RET 5 0 1 39 0 39 0 1 0 0
Jack Butler* 29 RS 12 0 6 113 0 34 0 2 6 1
Lynn Chandnois 31 rh 5 0 0 1 0 0
Dale Dodrill 30 MG 12 0 1 1 0 1
Henry Ford 25 LS 12 0 1 17 0 17 1 1 0 0
Gary Glick 26 LDH 8 0 0 2 0 0
Joe Krupa 23 12 0 0 3 0 0
Ted Marchibroda 25 QB 12 11 3 0 0 0
Marv Matuszak 25 9 0 2 28 0 26 1 1 0 0
Jack McClairen 25 7 0 0 1 4 0
Willie McClung 26 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Marv McFadden 26 RG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Joe O'Malley 23 LDE 12 0 0 2 5 0
Bob O'Neil 25 lg 12 0 0 1 0 0
John Reger 25 RLB 12 0 2 33 0 33 0 1 0 0
Fran Rogel* 29 FB 12 0 4 0 0 0
Jack Scarbath 26 7 1 1 1 0 0
Charlie Shepard 23 12 0 1 0 0 0
Ernie Stautner* 31 RDT 12 0 0 2 0 0
George Tarasovic 26 LLB 12 0 3 60 0 31 0 1 0 0
Jim G. Taylor 22 C 12 0 0 1 3 0
Frank Varrichione 24 RT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Sid Watson 24 RH 12 0 4 1 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 18 312 0 39 16 28 18 1 1
Opp Total 12 16 39 17

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Sid Watson 24 RH 12 0 4 10 1 37
Lynn Chandnois 31 rh 5 0 4 1 30
Ray Mathews 27 RE 12 0 5 30
Elbie Nickel* 34 LH 12 0 5 30
Gary Glick 26 LDH 8 0 16 4 28
Jack Butler* 29 RS 12 0 1 1 12
Henry Ford 25 LS 12 0 2 12
Ted Marchibroda 25 QB 12 11 2 12
Lowell Perry 25 LE 6 0 2 12
Fran Rogel* 29 FB 12 0 2 12
Bill McPeak* 30 RDE 12 0 1 2
Team Total 25.6 12 14 14 1 26 5 1 217
Opp Total 12 14 14 1 31 7 250