1956 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Ray Richards |
| Chuck Drulis | Line |
| John Kellison | Assistant Coach |
| Wally Lemm | Assistant Coach |
| Bob Nowaskey | Ends |
| Charley Trippi | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/18/1956 | N | Chicago Bears | 7-31 | L | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 22000 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1956 | N | Detroit Lions | 17-20 | L | Mobile, AL | Ladd Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sun | 9/2/1956 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 13-14 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 28758 | |
| Fri | 9/7/1956 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-69 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 35855 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1956 | N | Green Bay Packers | 21-29 | L | St. Louis, MO | Sportsman's Park | 31454 | |
| Fri | 9/21/1956 | N | New York Giants | 7-42 | L | Memphis, TN | Crump Stadium | ||
| Sun | 9/30/1956 | H | Cleveland Browns | 9-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 20966 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1956 | H | New York Giants | 35-27 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 21799 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1956 | A | Washington Redskins | 31-3 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 25794 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1956 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-6 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 36545 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1956 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 30553 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1956 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 22609 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1956 | A | New York Giants | 10-23 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62410 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1956 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-14 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 24086 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1956 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 38-27 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 17724 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1956 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 22620 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1956 | A | Chicago Bears | 3-10 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48606 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1956 | A | Cleveland Browns | 24-7 | W | 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Charlie Anderson | 87 | LDE | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 49 | ROH-DB | 5-9 | 181 | 23 | Colorado | 12 | 3 |
| Tom Bienemann | 82 | RDE | 6-3 | 221 | 28 | Drake | 8 | 2 |
| Max Boydston | 83 | ROE | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Oklahoma | 12 | 7 |
| Carl Brettschneider | 57 | RLB | 6-1 | 223 | 25 | Iowa State | 12 | 12 |
| Hardy Brown | 37 | LB | 6-0 | 193 | 32 | Southern Methodist; Tulsa | 8 | 0 |
| Alex Burl | 22 | LOH-ROH | 5-10 | 165 | 25 | Colorado State | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 35 | ROH-FB | 6-0 | 202 | 23 | Auburn | 11 | 4 |
| Lindon Crow | 40 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Dahms | 71 | LOT | 6-5 | 242 | 29 | San Diego State | 12 | 12 |
| Burt Delavan | 60 | G-T | 6-2 | 237 | 27 | Menlo; Pacific | 2 | 0 |
| John Dittrich | 62 | ROG | 6-1 | 236 | 23 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| Jimmy Hill | 41 | S | 6-2 | 192 | 28 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 12 |
| Doug Hogland | 64 | LOG | 6-3 | 239 | 25 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Husmann | 65 | MG-LDE | 6-0 | 235 | 25 | Nebraska | 12 | 0 |
| Harry Jagielski | 76 | ROT | 6-0 | 257 | 25 | Indiana | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Jennings | 70 | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 30 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Konovsky | 67 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 246 | 22 | Wisconsin | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 81 | CB | 6-1 | 194 | 27 | Western Nebraska CC | 12 | 9 |
| Woodley Lewis | 20 | S | 6-0 | 193 | 31 | Los Angeles CC; Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| Dave Mann | 44 | ROH-P | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Oregon State | 12 | 9 |
| Ollie Matson | 33 | LOH | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Lamar McHan | 8 | QB-P | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Arkansas | 12 | 11 |
| Gern Nagler | 86 | ROE | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Santa Clara | 8 | 5 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 36 | FB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | California | 11 | 11 |
| Tony Pasquesi | 75 | LDT-RDT-MG | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Notre Dame | 11 | 9 |
| John Roach | 12 | DB-P | 6-4 | 197 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 17 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 1 |
| Leo Sanford | 51 | LLB | 6-1 | 224 | 27 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Simmons | 50 | C | 6-4 | 236 | 32 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 12 |
| Julian Spence | 24 | DB | 5-11 | 170 | 27 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 0 |
| Don Stonesifer | 80 | LOE | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| Leo Sugar | 84 | LDE | 6-1 | 214 | 27 | Purdue | 12 | 11 |
| Pat Summerall | 85 | RDE-K | 6-4 | 228 | 26 | Arkansas | 12 | 10 |
| Len Teeuws | 74 | RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 242 | 29 | Michigan State; Tulane | 11 | 11 |
| Chuck Ulrich | 72 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 243 | 27 | Illinois | 8 | 4 |
| Chuck Weber | 89 | LDE | 6-1 | 229 | 26 | West Chester | 5 | 1 |
| Stan West | 55 | MG | 6-2 | 239 | 30 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Joe Childress | B | Auburn |
| 2 | 18 | Norm Masters | T | Michigan State |
| 3 | 31 | John Roach | QB | Southern Methodist |
| 4 | 42 | Sam Salerno | T | Colorado |
| 6 | 66 | Charlie Dupre | B | Baylor |
| 6 | 70 | John Dittrich | T | Wisconsin |
| 7 | 77 | Bob Konovsky | T | Wisconsin |
| 8 | 90 | Dave Lunceford | T | Baylor |
| 9 | 101 | Bob Lovely | T | Tampa |
| 10 | 114 | Willis Towne | E | Wichita State |
| 11 | 125 | Fob James | B | Auburn |
| 12 | 138 | Jerry Walker | T | Texas Tech |
| 13 | 149 | Bo Bolinger | G | Oklahoma |
| 14 | 162 | Carnell Neuman | B | Illinois-Navy Pier |
| 15 | 173 | Charlie Anderson | E | Louisiana Tech |
| 15 | 179 | Tommy Spiers | QB | Arkansas State |
| 16 | 186 | George Welsh | QB | Navy |
| 17 | 197 | Ron Beagle | E | Navy |
| 18 | 210 | Jim Brown | G | UCLA |
| 19 | 221 | Ray Zagar | B | Marquette |
| 20 | 234 | Dickie Mattison | B | Georgia Tech |
| 21 | 245 | Ronnie Herr | B | Texas Tech |
| 22 | 258 | Jimmy Murphy | T | Stephen F. Austin State |
| 23 | 269 | Tony Branoff | B | Michigan |
| 24 | 282 | Orville Trask | T | Rice |
| 25 | 293 | Bill Wheeler | T | Kentucky |
| 26 | 306 | Chuck Zickefoose | E | Kansas State |
| 27 | 317 | Jack Hutchinson | T | Oklahoma State |
| 28 | 330 | Jim Miller | QB | Wisconsin |
| 29 | 341 | Jim Troglio | B | Northwestern |
| 30 | 353 | Bill Kucera | T | Colorado |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 38 | 78 | 45 | 79 | 240 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 26 | 55 | 62 | 182 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 191 | 116 | 63 | 12 | / % | / % | 78 | 626 | |
| Opponents Totals | 211 | 117 | 79 | 5 | / % | / % | 60 | 543 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 0 | 60 |
| Ollie Matson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Lamar McHan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Gern Nagler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Max Boydston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Root | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Stonesifer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Bernardi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Alex Burl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Childress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Mann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 30 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 0 | 240 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 1 | 182 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 2 | 42 | 4/6 | 2/5 | 3/4 | 1/7 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 2 | 42 | 4/6 | 2/5 | 3/4 | 1/7 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 3/ | 1/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 192 | 924 | 4.8 | 79t | 5 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 157 | 598 | 3.8 | 34 | 2 |
| Joe Childress | 43 | 203 | 4.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 58 | 161 | 2.8 | 17 | 5 |
| Dave Mann | 45 | 116 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 17 | 45 | 2.6 | 18 | 2 |
| Frank Bernardi | 14 | 4 | 0.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Alex Burl | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 527 | 2053 | 3.9 | 79t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 478 | 2075 | 4.3 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar McHan | 152 | 72 | 47.4 | 72 | 1159 | 7.6 | 16.1 | 75 | 10 | 6.6 | 8 | 5.3 | 79 | 1080 | 73.3 | |
| Jim Root | 57 | 28 | 49.1 | 24 | 333 | 5.8 | 11.9 | 34t | 3 | 5.3 | 5 | 8.8 | 38 | 295 | 48.4 | |
| Dave Mann | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Ollie Matson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | -6 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 214 | 100 | 46.7 | 100 | 1492 | 7.0 | 14.9 | 75 | 13 | 6.1 | 14 | 6.5 | 123 | 1369 | 63.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 287 | 129 | 44.9 | 125 | 1670 | 5.8 | 12.9 | 8 | 2.8 | 33 | 11.5 | 146 | 1524 | 33.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Stonesifer | 22 | 320 | 14.5 | 58t | 2 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 17 | 182 | 10.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Ollie Matson | 15 | 199 | 13.3 | 45t | 2 |
| Gern Nagler | 14 | 268 | 19.1 | 49 | 4 |
| Dave Mann | 13 | 170 | 13.1 | 23 | 1 |
| Max Boydston | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 39t | 2 |
| Joe Childress | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 34t | 1 |
| Frank Bernardi | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Alex Burl | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Dick Lane | 1 | 75 | 75.0 | 75 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 100 | 1492 | 14.9 | 75 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 129 | 1670 | 12.9 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindon Crow | 11 | 170 | 15.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 7 | 206 | 29.4 | 66t | 1 |
| Leo Sanford | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Chuck Weber | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Julian Spence | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7L | 0 |
| Frank Bernardi | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Bienemann | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 451 | 13.7 | 66t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 173 | 12.4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Mann | 36 | 1346 | 37.4 | 58 | 1 | |||||
| John Roach | 11 | 449 | 40.8 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Lamar McHan | 8 | 285 | 35.6 | 42 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 55 | 2080 | 37.8 | 58 | 1 | 132 | 35.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 2038 | 39.2 | 305 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Bernardi | 18 | 217 | 12.1 | 95t | 1 | |
| Ollie Matson | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 | |
| Woodley Lewis | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 7 | 0 | |
| Dick Lane | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lindon Crow | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Leo Sanford | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 305 | 9.5 | 95t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 132 | 4.7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Matson | 13 | 362 | 27.8 | 105t | 1 | |
| Dave Mann | 7 | 131 | 18.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Frank Bernardi | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Alex Burl | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Joe Childress | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Weber | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 700 | 21.2 | 105t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 889 | 22.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Bernardi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Brettschneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Childress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Dahms | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Dittrich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |
| Woodley Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Matson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lamar McHan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gern Nagler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Olszewski | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Root | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Sanford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Simmons | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Sugar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Teeuws | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Weber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Stan West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 1 |
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