1956 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 4th place Eastern Conference 5-7-0 .417 |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| Paul Bixler | Ends |
| Howard Brinker | Backfield |
| Dick Gallagher | Assistant Coach |
| Fritz Heisler | Guards |
| Eddie Ulinski | Tackles |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/10/1956 | A | College All-Stars | 26-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 75000 | |
| Sun | 8/19/1956 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 17-28 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 38741 | |
| Fri | 8/24/1956 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 6-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40175 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1956 | H | Green Bay Packers | 20-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 15456 | |
| Fri | 9/7/1956 | A | Detroit Lions | 0-17 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 48105 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1956 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-31 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 28201 | |
| Fri | 9/21/1956 | A | Chicago Bears | 24-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 56543 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1956 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 7-9 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 20966 | |
| Sat | 10/6/1956 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35398 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1956 | H | New York Giants | 9-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 60042 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1956 | A | Washington Redskins | 9-20 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 23332 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1956 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 50358 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1956 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-7 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 28590 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1956 | H | Baltimore Colts | 7-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 42404 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1956 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 16-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 25894 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1956 | H | Washington Redskins | 17-20 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 22878 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1956 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 20654 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1956 | A | New York Giants | 24-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 27707 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1956 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 25312 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 30 | Mo Bassett | FB | 6-1 | 231 | 25 | Langston | 12 | 3 |
| 60 | Hal Bradley | ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Iowa | 11 | 7 |
| 88 | Pete Brewster | LOE | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| 48 | Preston Carpenter | ROH-LOH | 6-2 | 197 | 22 | Arkansas | 12 | 8 |
| 70 | Don Colo | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 252 | 31 | Brown | 12 | 9 |
| 35 | Galen Fiss | RLB | 6-0 | 226 | 25 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| 80 | Len Ford | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 30 | Morgan State; Michigan | 12 | 11 |
| 62 | Herschel Forester | LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 11 |
| 56 | Jim Furey | LB | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Kansas State | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | Bob Gain | LDE-LDT-MG | 6-3 | 256 | 27 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Frank Gatski | C | 6-2 | 233 | 35 | Marshall; Auburn | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Abe Gibron | LOG | 5-11 | 243 | 31 | Valparaiso; Purdue | 7 | 5 |
| 84 | Horace Gillom | P | 6-1 | 221 | 35 | Ohio State; Nevada-Reno | 5 | 0 |
| 64/78 | Don Goss | LOT-LOG-ROG | 6-5 | 260 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 6 | 0 |
| 76 | Lou Groza | LOT-K | 6-3 | 240 | 32 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 78 | Art Hunter | C-ROT | 6-4 | 243 | 23 | Notre Dame | 8 | 0 |
| 36 | Billy Kinard | LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 189 | 23 | Mississippi | 7 | 0 |
| 72 | John Kissell | RDT | 6-2 | 245 | 33 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Kenny Konz | LS | 5-10 | 184 | 28 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Warren Lahr | LDH | 5-11 | 189 | 33 | Western Reserve | 12 | 12 |
| 86 | Dante Lavelli | ROE | 6-1 | 191 | 33 | Ohio State | 11 | 11 |
| 60 | John Macerelli | OT-OG | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | St. Vincent | 12 | 0 |
| 82 | Carlton Massey | LDE-RDE | 6-4 | 221 | 26 | Southwestern (Texas); Texas | 12 | 4 |
| 74 | Mike McCormack | ROT | 6-4 | 246 | 26 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | Walt Michaels | MLB | 6-0 | 231 | 27 | Washington & Lee | 12 | 11 |
| 36 | Ed Modzelewski | FB | 6-0 | 217 | 27 | Maryland | 8 | 7 |
| 32 | Fred Morrison | ROH-FB-LOH | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | Ohio State | 12 | 6 |
| 65 | Chuck Noll | LLB | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Dayton | 12 | 12 |
| 17 | Tommy O'Connell | QB | 5-11 | 187 | 26 | Notre Dame; Illinois | 7 | 6 |
| 54 | Sam Palumbo | LLB-C-MG | 6-2 | 226 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 |
| 18 | Babe Parilli | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Kentucky | 5 | 2 |
| 20 | Don Paul | RDH | 6-0 | 187 | 30 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Johnny Petitbon | RS | 5-11 | 186 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 3 |
| 43 | Skeet Quinlan | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 173 | 28 | Texas Christian; San Diego State | 6 | 2 |
| 16 | George Ratterman | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 30 | Notre Dame | 4 | 4 |
| 26 | Ray Renfro | LOH-ROH-ROE | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | North Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | Bob Smith | LOH | 5-10 | 195 | 23 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Jim Ray Smith | RDE-LOG-LDE | 6-3 | 241 | 24 | Baylor | 6 | 1 |
| 83 | Chuck Weber | LDE | 6-1 | 229 | 26 | West Chester | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Junior Wren | RS | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | Missouri | 12 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | Preston Carpenter | B | Arkansas |
| 2 | 25 | Billy Kinard | B | Mississippi |
| 3 | 34 | Larry Ross | E | Denver |
| 3 | 37 | Bill Quinlan | E | Michigan State |
| 4 | 49 | Bobby Moss | B | West Virginia |
| 5 | 61 | Frank Clarke | E | Colorado |
| 6 | 71 | Sherman Plunkett | E | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 6 | 73 | Paul Wiggin | E | Stanford |
| 7 | 85 | Chuck Griffith | E | Southern California |
| 8 | 97 | Len Hellyer | B | Marshall |
| 9 | 109 | Jack Hecker | E | Bowling Green State |
| 10 | 121 | Eddie Rayburn | T | Rice |
| 11 | 133 | Bill Underdonk | T | West Virginia |
| 12 | 145 | Harry Javernick | T | Colorado |
| 13 | 157 | Jim Furey | C | Kansas State |
| 14 | 169 | Charlie Sidwell | B | William & Mary |
| 15 | 181 | Willie Davis | E | Grambling State |
| 16 | 193 | Thurlow Cooper | E | Maine |
| 17 | 205 | Eddie West | QB | North Carolina State |
| 18 | 217 | CandyCarroll | B | Case Western Reserve |
| 19 | 229 | John Sebest | E | Eastern Kentucky |
| 20 | 241 | Joe Mobra | E | Oklahoma |
| 21 | 253 | Gene Kapish | E | Notre Dame |
| 22 | 265 | Sam Brown | B | UCLA |
| 23 | 277 | Don Althouse | E | Syracuse |
| 24 | 289 | Jim Hughes | G | San Jose State |
| 25 | 301 | Bob Davenport | B | UCLA |
| 26 | 313 | Jack Kammerman | E | Utah |
| 27 | 325 | Ed Dwyer | E | Purdue |
| 28 | 337 | Ollie Sparks | G | Iowa State |
| 29 | 349 | John Battos | E | Vanderbilt |
| 30 | 360 | Bob Bartholomew | T | Wake Forest |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 65 | 54 | 14 | 34 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 69 | 30 | 51 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 173 | 94 | 63 | 16 | / % | / % | 52 | 457 | |
| Opponents Totals | 188 | 108 | 62 | 18 | / % | / % | 61 | 529 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 0 | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 0 | 51 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Mo Bassett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ed Modzelewski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Fred Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tommy O'Connell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Kinard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Noll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Junior Wren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 19 | 18 | 19 | 94.7 | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 1 | 167 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 0 | 177 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 4 | 47 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 4/8 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 4 | 47 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 4/8 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 7/ | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Carpenter | 188 | 756 | 4.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 107 | 431 | 4.0 | 23 | 2 |
| Fred Morrison | 83 | 340 | 4.1 | 41 | 1 |
| Mo Bassett | 41 | 129 | 3.1 | 12 | 1 |
| Babe Parilli | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 24 | 40 | 1.7 | 11 | 2 |
| Billy Kinard | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Bob Smith | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 480 | 1845 | 3.8 | 41 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 463 | 2032 | 4.4 | 70t | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy O'Connell | 96 | 42 | 43.8 | 46 | 551 | 5.7 | 13.1 | 46t | 4 | 4.2 | 8 | 8.3 | 41 | 510 | 41.6 | |
| George Ratterman | 57 | 39 | 68.4 | 15 | 398 | 7.0 | 10.2 | 46t | 1 | 1.8 | 3 | 5.3 | 79 | 319 | 72.1 | |
| Babe Parilli | 49 | 24 | 49.0 | 18 | 409 | 8.3 | 17.0 | 68t | 3 | 6.1 | 7 | 14.3 | 63 | 346 | 58.5 | |
| Team Totals | 202 | 105 | 52.0 | 79 | 1358 | 6.7 | 12.9 | 68t | 8 | 4.0 | 18 | 8.9 | 183 | 1175 | 49.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 226 | 107 | 47.3 | 101 | 1215 | 5.4 | 11.4 | 75t | 7 | 3.1 | 18 | 8.0 | 112 | 1103 | 41.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Brewster | 28 | 417 | 14.9 | 41 | 1 |
| Dante Lavelli | 20 | 344 | 17.2 | 68t | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 17 | 325 | 19.1 | 46t | 4 |
| Preston Carpenter | 16 | 124 | 7.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Mo Bassett | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 31t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 105 | 1358 | 12.9 | 68t | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 107 | 1215 | 11.4 | 75t | 7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Paul | 7 | 190 | 27.1 | 42 | 1 |
| Kenny Konz | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chuck Noll | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Galen Fiss | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Colo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Wren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 274 | 15.2 | 42 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 279 | 15.5 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Morrison | 38 | 1560 | 41.1 | 70 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Horace Gillom | 12 | 537 | 44.8 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 50 | 2097 | 41.9 | 70 | 0 | 7 | 137 | 1820 | 36.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 2400 | 40.7 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 317 | 2003 | 33.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Konz | 13 | 187 | 14.4 | 65t | 1 | |
| Don Paul | 17 | 103 | 6.1 | 17 | 0 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 10 | 9 | .9.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 317 | 7.7 | 65t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 137 | 5.3 | 31 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Carpenter | 15 | 381 | 25.4 | 42 | 0 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 9 | 219 | 24.3 | 50 | 0 | |
| Billy Kinard | 7 | 196 | 28.0 | 56 | 0 | |
| Fred Morrison | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Chuck Weber | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 830 | 24.4 | 56 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 819 | 24.8 | 57 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Carpenter | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Colo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Gatski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Noll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 1 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Babe Parilli | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Skeet Quinlan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lowe Wren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1 |
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