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1956 San Francisco 49ers
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Record: 5-6-1, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 233 points (19.4/g), 8th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 284 points (23.7/g), 9th.
Differential of -51 points (-4.2/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 4.6-7.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 6th.
Coached by Frankie Albert (5-6-1)
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1956 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1956 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 2 | SFO | Earl Morrall | QB | 21 | 1956 | 1976 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 255 | 1379 | 2689 | 20809 | 161 | 148 | 235 | 878 | 8 | Michigan State | |||
| 2 | 15 | SFO | Bruce Bosley | C | 14 | 1956 | 1969 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 175 | West Virginia | |||||||||||
| 3 | 26 | SFO | Bill Herchman | DT | 7 | 1956 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 85 | Texas Tech | |||||||||||
| 4 | 40 | SFO | Frank Pajaczkowski | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richmond | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 64 | SFO | Tony Sardisco | G | 4 | 1956 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | Tulane | |||||||||||
| 7 | 75 | SFO | Larry Barnes | FB | 2 | 1957 | 1960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Colorado State |
| 8 | 88 | SFO | Charlie Smith | DE | 1 | 1956 | 1956 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | Abilene Christian | ||||||||
| 9 | 99 | SFO | Jim Cox | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 112 | SFO | Jerry Zaleski | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Colorado State | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 123 | SFO | Stew Pell | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 136 | SFO | Roger Swedberg | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Iowa | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 147 | SFO | Ralph Moody | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kansas | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | 160 | SFO | R.C. Owens | HB | 8 | 1957 | 1964 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 206 | 3285 | 22 | College of Idaho | |||||
| 15 | 171 | SFO | Reed Henderson | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Utah State | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 172 | SFO | Gene Boyd | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Abilene Christian | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | 184 | SFO | George Herring | QB | 2 | 1960 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 102 | 233 | 1297 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 74 | 2 | Southern Miss | |||
| 17 | 195 | SFO | Dick Weiss | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mississippi | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | 208 | SFO | Bill Yelverton | DE | 1 | 1960 | 1960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Mississippi | |||||||||||
| 19 | 219 | SFO | Pete Arrigoni | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arizona | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | 232 | SFO | Bob Scarbrough | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Auburn | |||||||||||||||
| 21 | 243 | SFO | L.C. Joyner | HB | 1 | 1960 | 1960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Contra Costa Junior College | |||||||||||
| 22 | 256 | SFO | Clarence Wessman | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | San Jose State | |||||||||||||||
| 23 | 267 | SFO | Mike Monroe | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Washington | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | 280 | SFO | Ed Wallace | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | San Diego JC | |||||||||||||||
| 25 | 291 | SFO | Paul Goad | FB | 1 | 1956 | 1956 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Abilene Christian | |||||||||||
| 26 | 304 | SFO | Rommie Loudd | LB | 3 | 1960 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | UCLA | |||||||||||
| 27 | 315 | SFO | Jerry Gustafson | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stanford | |||||||||||||||
| 28 | 328 | SFO | Jerry Drew | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | California | |||||||||||||||
| 29 | 339 | SFO | Dean Benson | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willamette | |||||||||||||||
| 30 | 351 | SFO | Bob Mitchell | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Puget Sound | |||||||||||||||