1956 NFL Weekly League Schedule

Passing Leader: Tobin Rote, 2203 Yds

Rushing Leader: Rick Casares, 1126 Yds

Receiving Leader: Billy Howton, 1188 Yds

Week-by-Week Games

Week-by-Week Games Table
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
1	Sun	1956-09-30		Baltimore Colts		Chicago Bears	boxscore	28	21	359	1	291	1
1	Sun	1956-09-30		Pittsburgh Steelers		Washington Redskins	boxscore	30	13	225	1	192	4
1	Sun	1956-09-30		Detroit Lions	@	Green Bay Packers	boxscore	20	16	375	2	160	2
1	Sun	1956-09-30		Los Angeles Rams		Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	27	7	294	3	188	5
1	Sun	1956-09-30		New York Giants	@	San Francisco 49ers	boxscore	38	21	300	0	408	4
1	Sun	1956-09-30		Chicago Cardinals		Cleveland Browns	boxscore	9	7	344	3	214	2
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
2	Sat	1956-10-06		Detroit Lions	@	Baltimore Colts	boxscore	31	14	465	2	206	4
2	Sat	1956-10-06		Philadelphia Eagles		Washington Redskins	boxscore	13	9	207	2	194	3
2	Sat	1956-10-06		Cleveland Browns	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	14	10	336	0	245	0
2	Sun	1956-10-07		Chicago Bears	@	Green Bay Packers	boxscore	37	21	462	1	267	0
2	Sun	1956-10-07		Chicago Cardinals		New York Giants	boxscore	35	27	359	5	333	3
2	Sun	1956-10-07		San Francisco 49ers		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	33	30	219	1	432	7
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
3	Sun	1956-10-14		Detroit Lions		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	24	21	368	2	381	3
3	Sun	1956-10-14		New York Giants	@	Cleveland Browns	boxscore	21	9	330	2	134	2
3	Sun	1956-10-14		Philadelphia Eagles	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	35	21	265	2	324	3
3	Sun	1956-10-14		Chicago Cardinals	@	Washington Redskins	boxscore	31	3	280	2	236	3
3	Sun	1956-10-14		Chicago Bears		San Francisco 49ers	boxscore	31	7	394	2	268	4
3	Sun	1956-10-14		Green Bay Packers		Baltimore Colts	boxscore	38	33	371	1	330	4
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
4	Sun	1956-10-21		Detroit Lions		San Francisco 49ers	boxscore	20	17	393	1	257	2
4	Sun	1956-10-21		Green Bay Packers		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	42	17	492	0	385	5
4	Sun	1956-10-21		New York Giants		Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	38	10	460	0	182	1
4	Sun	1956-10-21		Chicago Cardinals	@	Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	20	6	244	1	349	8
4	Sun	1956-10-21		Chicago Bears		Baltimore Colts	boxscore	58	27	477	2	278	5
4	Sun	1956-10-21		Washington Redskins		Cleveland Browns	boxscore	20	9	235	3	216	4
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
5	Sun	1956-10-28		New York Giants		Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	20	3	244	2	132	2
5	Sun	1956-10-28		Washington Redskins	@	Chicago Cardinals	boxscore	17	14	334	2	299	5
5	Sun	1956-10-28		Pittsburgh Steelers	@	Cleveland Browns	boxscore	24	16	358	3	284	4
5	Sun	1956-10-28		Detroit Lions	@	Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	16	7	293	2	384	6
5	Sun	1956-10-28		Baltimore Colts		Green Bay Packers	boxscore	28	21	418	3	273	3
5	Sun	1956-10-28		Chicago Bears	@	San Francisco 49ers	boxscore	38	21	440	1	401	1
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
6	Sun	1956-11-04		New York Giants	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	17	14	229	2	255	3
6	Sun	1956-11-04		Detroit Lions	@	San Francisco 49ers	boxscore	17	13	283	3	246	3
6	Sun	1956-11-04		Chicago Bears	@	Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	35	24	370	1	264	5
6	Sun	1956-11-04		Cleveland Browns	@	Green Bay Packers	boxscore	24	7	272	1	272	2
6	Sun	1956-11-04		Chicago Cardinals		Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	28	17	262	1	235	2
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
7	Sun	1956-11-11		Chicago Bears		Green Bay Packers	boxscore	38	14	494	3	311	5
7	Sun	1956-11-11		Los Angeles Rams		San Francisco 49ers	boxscore	30	6	398	3	264	5
7	Sun	1956-11-11		Washington Redskins		Detroit Lions	boxscore	18	17	286	2	312	4
7	Sun	1956-11-11		Philadelphia Eagles		Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	14	7	252	4	149	3
7	Sun	1956-11-11		Baltimore Colts	@	Cleveland Browns	boxscore	21	7	310	0	264	4
7	Sun	1956-11-11		New York Giants		Chicago Cardinals	boxscore	23	10	362	2	284	0
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
8	Sun	1956-11-18		Detroit Lions		Baltimore Colts	boxscore	27	3	393	1	356	2
8	Sun	1956-11-18		Pittsburgh Steelers		Chicago Cardinals	boxscore	14	7	280	4	254	6
8	Sun	1956-11-18		Cleveland Browns	@	Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	16	0	274	0	71	3
8	Sun	1956-11-18		Chicago Bears		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	30	21	433	2	326	2
8	Sun	1956-11-18		Washington Redskins		New York Giants	boxscore	33	7	391	1	249	5
8	Sun	1956-11-18		San Francisco 49ers	@	Green Bay Packers	boxscore	17	16	375	2	319	4
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
9	Thu	1956-11-22		Green Bay Packers	@	Detroit Lions	boxscore	24	20	373	3	352	3
9	Sun	1956-11-25		Baltimore Colts		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	56	21	574	2	423	7
9	Sun	1956-11-25		New York Giants		Chicago Bears	boxscore	17	17	261	3	244	4
9	Sun	1956-11-25		San Francisco 49ers	@	Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	10	10	285	4	290	4
9	Sun	1956-11-25		Washington Redskins	@	Cleveland Browns	boxscore	20	17	237	2	184	2
9	Sun	1956-11-25		Chicago Cardinals		Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	38	27	370	4	352	6
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
10	Sun	1956-12-02		San Francisco 49ers	@	Baltimore Colts	boxscore	20	17	360	2	302	4
10	Sun	1956-12-02		Cleveland Browns		Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	17	14	292	5	252	4
10	Sun	1956-12-02		Pittsburgh Steelers		Los Angeles Rams	boxscore	30	13	264	3	163	2
10	Sun	1956-12-02		Detroit Lions		Chicago Bears	boxscore	42	10	468	6	184	5
10	Sun	1956-12-02		Green Bay Packers	@	Chicago Cardinals	boxscore	24	21	351	4	209	2
10	Sun	1956-12-02		New York Giants		Washington Redskins	boxscore	28	14	367	4	219	7
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
11	Sat	1956-12-08		San Francisco 49ers		Green Bay Packers	boxscore	38	20	427	1	275	3
11	Sun	1956-12-09		Los Angeles Rams		Baltimore Colts	boxscore	31	7	336	1	286	1
11	Sun	1956-12-09		Detroit Lions		Pittsburgh Steelers	boxscore	45	7	296	6	129	6
11	Sun	1956-12-09		Washington Redskins		Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	19	17	332	0	239	0
11	Sun	1956-12-09		Cleveland Browns	@	New York Giants	boxscore	24	7	299	2	229	2
11	Sun	1956-12-09		Chicago Bears		Chicago Cardinals	boxscore	10	3	302	5	265	4
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
12	Sat	1956-12-15		New York Giants	@	Philadelphia Eagles	boxscore	21	7	332	2	174	2
12	Sun	1956-12-16		San Francisco 49ers		Baltimore Colts	boxscore	30	17	303	2	336	2
12	Sun	1956-12-16		Chicago Bears		Detroit Lions	boxscore	38	21	446	2	208	2
12	Sun	1956-12-16		Chicago Cardinals	@	Cleveland Browns	boxscore	24	7	252	2	251	4
12	Sun	1956-12-16		Los Angeles Rams		Green Bay Packers	boxscore	49	21	611	2	355	2
12	Sun	1956-12-16		Pittsburgh Steelers	@	Washington Redskins	boxscore	23	0	253	1	85	6
Week	Day	Date	Time	Winner/tie		Loser/tie		Pts	Pts	YdsW	TOW	YdsL	TOL
13	Sun	1956-12-23		Baltimore Colts		Washington Redskins	boxscore	19	17	368	4	220	2
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Champ	Sun	1956-12-30		New York Giants		Chicago Bears	boxscore	47	7	348	2	270	3

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