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1956 Chicago Cardinals Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-5-0, 2nd in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ray Richards (7-5-0)

Points For: 240 (20.0/g) 7th of 12

Points Against: 182 (15.2/g) 2nd of 12

Expected W-L: 7.9-4.1

SRS: 3.41 (4th of 12), SOS: -1.43

Other Notable Asst.: Chuck Drulis (Defensive Line) and Wally Lemm (Defensive Assistant)

Stadium: Comiskey Park

Principal Owner: Violet Bidwill Wolfner

Managing Director: Walter Wolfner

Training Camp: Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	240	3422	741	4.6	35	21	191	100	214	1369	13	14	6.4	63	527	2053	14	3.9	116	78	626	12
Opp. Stats	182	3599	765	4.7	45	12	211	129	287	1524	8	33	5.3	79	478	2075	14	4.3	117	60	543	15
Lg Rank Offense	7	8			9	12	8		11	9	7	1	6		2	4	7	8
Lg Rank Defense	2	7			1	7	8		7	4	2	1	3		9	10	5	9

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										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	W		1-0		Cleveland Browns	9	7	20	344	68	276	3	8	214	106	108	2
2	Sun	October 7		boxscore	W		2-0		New York Giants	35	27	18	359	136	223	5	17	333	176	157	3
3	Sun	October 14		boxscore	W		3-0	@	Washington Redskins	31	3	13	280	55	225	2	15	236	100	136	3
4	Sun	October 21		boxscore	W		4-0	@	Philadelphia Eagles	20	6	14	244	119	125	1	20	349	120	229	8
5	Sun	October 28		boxscore	L		4-1		Washington Redskins	14	17	19	299	161	138	5	17	334	141	193	2
6	Sun	November 4		boxscore	W		5-1		Philadelphia Eagles	28	17	17	262	108	154	1	18	235	109	126	2
7	Sun	November 11		boxscore	L		5-2	@	New York Giants	10	23	15	284	157	127		22	362	175	187	2
8	Sun	November 18		boxscore	L		5-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	14	15	254	103	151	6	15	280	39	241	4
9	Sun	November 25		boxscore	W		6-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	38	27	19	370	128	242	4	25	352	206	146	6
10	Sun	December 2		boxscore	L		6-4		Green Bay Packers	21	24	14	209	129	80	2	25	351	157	194	4
11	Sun	December 9		boxscore	L		6-5	@	Chicago Bears	3	10	11	265	174	91	4	16	302	44	258	5
12	Sun	December 16		boxscore	W		7-5	@	Cleveland Browns	24	7	16	252	31	221	2	13	251	151	100	4

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Lamar McHan	24	QB	12	11	6-4-0	72	152	47.4	1159	10	6.6	8	5.3	75	7.6	6.6	16.1	96.6	73.3	79	2	2
2	Jim Root	25	QB	9	1	1-1-0	28	57	49.1	333	3	5.3	5	8.8	34	5.8	2.9	11.9	37.0	48.4	38	0	0
3	Dave Mann	24	RH	12	9		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0		0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0		0	0
4	Ollie Matson	26	LH	12	12		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	6	0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			12	12	7-5-0	100	214	46.7	1369	13	6.1	14	6.5	75	6.4	4.67	13.7	114.1	60.7	123	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Ollie Matson	26	LH	12	12	192	924	5	79	4.8	77.0	16.0	15	199	13.3	2	45	1.3	16.6	207	5.4	1123	7	6	PB,AP-1
2	Johnny Olszewski	26	FB	11	11	157	598	2	34	3.8	54.4	14.3	17	182	10.7	0	31	1.5	16.5	174	4.5	780	2	13
3	Don Stonesifer	29	LE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	320	14.5	2	58	1.8	26.7	22	14.5	320	2	0
4	Dave Mann	24	RH	12	9	45	116	0	15	2.6	9.7	3.8	13	170	13.1	1	32	1.1	14.2	58	4.9	286	1	1
5	Joe Childress	23	HB	11	4	43	203	0	30	4.7	18.5	3.9	6	82	13.7	1	34	0.5	7.5	49	5.8	285	1	1
6	Gern Nagler	24	RE	8	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	268	19.1	4	49	1.8	33.5	14	19.1	268	4	1
7	Lamar McHan	24	QB	12	11	58	161	5	17	2.8	13.4	4.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	58	2.8	161	5	2
8	Max Boydston	24	RE	12	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	116	19.3	2	39	0.5	9.7	6	19.3	116	2	0
9	Night Train Lane	28	LDH	12	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	75	75.0	0	75	0.1	6.3	1	75.0	75	0	2	PB,AP-1
10	Frank Bernardi	23	LDH	12	3	14	4	0	7	0.3	0.3	1.2	4	56	14.0	0	19	0.3	4.7	18	3.3	60	0	0
11	Jim Root	25	QB	9	1	17	45	2	18	2.6	5.0	1.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	17	2.6	45	2	2
12	Alex Burl	25	HB	8	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.3	0.1	2	24	12.0	1	19	0.3	3.0	3	8.7	26	1	0
	Team Totals			12	12	527	2053	14	79	3.9	171.1	43.9	100	1492	14.9	13	75	8.3	124.3	627	5.7	3545	27	28

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Carl Brettschneider	25	RLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Lindon Crow	23	RDH	12	12	11	170	0	42	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
3	Tom Dahms	29	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	John Dittrich	23	RG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Jimmy Hill	28	FS	12	12	5	21	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Woodley Lewis	31	SS	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0
7	Ollie Matson	26	LH	12	12	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
8	Leo Sanford	27	LLB	12	12	5	24	0	19	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Jack Simmons	32	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
10	Stan West	30	MG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Lamar McHan	24	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Johnny Olszewski	26	FB	11	11	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Leo Sugar	27	LDE	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Len Teeuws	29	RDT	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Pat Summerall	26	RDE	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Night Train Lane	28	LDH	12	9	7	206	1	66	2	2	11	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
17	Dave Mann	24	RH	12	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Gern Nagler	24	RE	8	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Joe Childress	23	HB	11	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Frank Bernardi	23	LDH	12	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Tom Bienemann	28	DE	8	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Jim Root	25	QB	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Chuck Weber	26	DE	5	1	1	19	0	19	0	2	2	0	0.0	0
24	Julian Spence	27	DB	8	0	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	33	451	1	66	29	20	14	0	0.0	0

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