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1956 Philadelphia Eagles Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-8-1, 6th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Hugh Devore (3-8-1)

Points For: 143 (11.9/g) 12th of 12

Points Against: 215 (17.9/g) 5th of 12

Expected W-L: 3.3-8.7

SRS: -6.53 (12th of 12), SOS: -0.53

Other Notable Asst.: Steve Owen (Defensive Assistant)

Stadium: Connie Mack Stadium

Majority Owner: James P. Clark (Led group of investors known as the Happy Hundred)

General Manager: Vince McNally

Training Camp: (Hershey, Pennsylvania)

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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	143	2654	667	4.0	38	11	160	122	249	1277	6	27	5.1	74	418	1377	11	3.3	73	59	542	13
Opp. Stats	215	3226	756	4.3	27	11	200	114	243	1333	15	16	5.5	69	513	1893	10	3.7	110	76	686	21
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

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	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
11	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

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	Bobby Thomason	28	QB	12	11	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	175	1	1	PB
2	Adrian Burk	29	QB	12	1	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	139	0	0
3	Don Schaefer	22	FB	12	8		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 Totals			12	12	3-8-1	122	249	49.0	1277	6	2.4	27	10.8	52	5.1	0.73	10.5	106.4	32.7	314	1	1

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	Bobby Walston	28	LE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	39	590	15.1	3	51	3.3	49.2	39	15.1	590	3	0
2	Ken Keller	22	LH	11	7	112	433	4	51	3.9	39.4	10.2	7	36	5.1	0	13	0.6	3.3	119	3.9	469	4	7
3	Don Schaefer	22	FB	12	8	102	320	2	11	3.1	26.7	8.5	13	117	9.0	0	27	1.1	9.8	115	3.8	437	2	3
4	Hal Giancanelli	27	RH	7	3	42	148	1	21	3.5	21.1	6.0	10	104	10.4	0	18	1.4	14.9	52	4.8	252	1	2
5	Dick Bielski	24	FB	12	4	52	162	1	15	3.1	13.5	4.3	8	63	7.9	0	17	0.7	5.3	60	3.8	225	1	1
6	Hank Burnine	24	RE	7	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	208	20.8	2	52	1.4	29.7	10	20.8	208	2	0
7	Ted Wegert	24	HB	7	2	47	127	1	19	2.7	18.1	6.7	6	46	7.7	0	19	0.9	6.6	53	3.3	173	1	3
8	Pete Retzlaff	25	FL	10	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	159	13.3	0	20	1.2	15.9	12	13.3	159	0	0
9	John Bredice	22	RE	12	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	146	14.6	1	40	0.8	12.2	10	14.6	146	1	0
10	Will Berzinski	22	HB	4	3	15	72	0	20	4.8	18.0	3.8	3	35	11.7	0	17	0.8	8.8	18	5.9	107	0	1
11	Adrian Burk	29	QB	12	1	17	61	0	11	3.6	5.1	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	17	3.6	61	0	2
12	Bobby Thomason	28	QB	12	11	21	48	2	19	2.3	4.0	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	21	2.3	48	2	2	PB
13	Rocky Ryan	24	E	12	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	31	31.0	0	31	0.1	2.6	1	31.0	31	0	0
14	Bill Stribling	29	E	2	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	11	5.5	0	7	1.0	5.5	2	5.5	11	0	0
15	Lee Riley	24	FS	9	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	1.1	1	10.0	10	0	2
16	Bob Smith	23	HB	4	0	9	8	0	5	0.9	2.0	2.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	0.9	8	0	0
17	Jim Parmer	29	HB	4	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.5	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	418	1377	11	51	3.3	114.8	34.8	122	1556	12.8	6	52	10.2	129.7	540	5.4	2933	17	23

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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	Bibbles Bawel	26	SS	12	12	1	33	0	33	0	1	15	0	0.0	0
2	Chuck Bednarik	31	LLB	12	12	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
3	Eddie Bell	25	LDH	12	12	4	61	1	33	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
4	Marion Campbell	27	MG	12	12	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Bob Kelley	26	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Tom Scott	26	LDE	12	12	1	12	0	12	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Jim Weatherall	27	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	0	0.0	0	PB
8	Frank Wydo	32	LT/RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	-10	0	0.0	0
9	Tom Brookshier	25	RDH	11	11	1	31	0	31	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Bobby Thomason	28	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Don Schaefer	22	FB	12	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Ken Keller	22	LH	11	7	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Lee Riley	24	FS	9	7	3	57	0	31	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Jerry Norton	25	DB	6	6	2	34	0	23	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bob Pellegrini	22	RG	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Dick Bielski	24	FB	12	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Will Berzinski	22	HB	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Hal Giancanelli	27	RH	7	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Rocky Ryan	24	E	12	2	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Ted Wegert	24	HB	7	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Adrian Burk	29	QB	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Don King	27	DT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	16	246	1	33	25	25	28	0	0.0	0

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