1956 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 8-3-1 .727 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Jim Lee Howell |
| Ken Kavanaugh | Offensive Ends |
| Ed Kolman | Line |
| Tom Landry | Defense |
| Vince Lombardi | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 8/20/1956 | N | Baltimore Colts | 28-10 | W | Boston, MA | Nickerson Field | 21000 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1956 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-17 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 16448 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1956 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 20-10 | W | Seattle, WA | Husly Stadium | 25500 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1956 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 21-14 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 28448 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1956 | N | Chicago Bears | 16-21 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 25000 | |
| Fri | 9/21/1956 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 42-7 | W | Memphis, TN | Crump Stadium | ||
| Sun | 9/30/1956 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 38-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 41751 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1956 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 27-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 21799 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1956 | A | Cleveland Browns | 21-9 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 60042 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1956 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 38-10 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 48108 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1956 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-3 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 40960 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1956 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 31240 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1956 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 23-10 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62410 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1956 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-33 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26261 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1956 | H | Chicago Bears | 17-17 | T | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 55191 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1956 | H | Washington Redskins | 28-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 46351 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1956 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7-24 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 27707 | |
| Sat | 12/15/1956 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 16562 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/30/1956 | H | Chicago Bears | 47-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 56836 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ben Agajanian | 8 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 37 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Austin | 60 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 223 | 28 | Oregon State | 8 | 4 |
| Ray Beck | 61 | MLB-LOG | 6-2 | 224 | 25 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 2 |
| Rosey Brown | 79 | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 24 | Morgan State | 12 | 12 |
| Hank Burnine | 83 | ROE | 6-2 | 186 | 24 | Missouri | 2 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 34 | P-K | 6-2 | 208 | 22 | Bacone Indian JC; Florida | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 12 | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | San Angelo JC; Houston | 2 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 42 | QB-P | 6-1 | 185 | 35 | Mississippi | 12 | 0 |
| Gene Filipski | 40 | LOH | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Army; Villanova | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 16 | LOH-K | 6-1 | 197 | 26 | Bakersfield CC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Rosey Grier | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 284 | 24 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| Don Heinrich | 11 | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 26 | Washington | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Hermann | 41 | RS | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | UCLA | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 70 | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | West Virginia | 12 | 10 |
| Ed Hughes | 48 | LDH | 6-1 | 184 | 29 | Canisius; North Carolina State; Cameron JC; Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| Gerry Huth | 65 | LOG | 5-11 | 226 | 23 | Wake Forest | 11 | 8 |
| Jim Katcavage | 82 | LDE-RDE-LDT | 6-3 | 237 | 22 | Dayton | 12 | 4 |
| Cliff Livingston | 89 | LLB-RLB-RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 212 | 26 | Orange Coast JC; UCLA | 12 | 2 |
| Ken MacAfee | 80 | ROE | 6-2 | 212 | 27 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 77 | LDT | 6-0 | 258 | 25 | Maryland | 12 | 11 |
| Henry Moore | 32 | ROH-FB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Arkansas | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 25 | RDH | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Jimmy Patton | 20 | RS-ROH | 5-11 | 183 | 23 | Mississippi | 12 | 7 |
| Herb Rich | 27 | RS | 5-11 | 181 | 28 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 5 |
| Andy Robustelli | 81 | RDE | 6-1 | 230 | 31 | Arnold | 12 | 12 |
| Kyle Rote | 44 | LOE-ROH | 6-0 | 199 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 8 |
| Bob Schnelker | 85 | LOE | 6-3 | 214 | 28 | Bowling Green State | 12 | 4 |
| Jack Spinks | 62 | LOG | 6-0 | 236 | 26 | Alcorn State | 3 | 1 |
| Jack Stroud | 66 | ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 28 | Tennessee | 11 | 11 |
| Harland Svare | 84 | RLB | 6-0 | 214 | 26 | Washington State | 11 | 11 |
| Bill Svoboda | 30 | LLB | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | Tulane | 11 | 11 |
| Mel Triplett | 33 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Toledo | 12 | 12 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 45 | LS | 6-1 | 193 | 32 | Toledo; Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| Alex Webster | 29 | ROH | 6-3 | 218 | 25 | North Carolina State | 12 | 12 |
| Ray Wietecha | 55 | C | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Michigan State; Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Yelvington | 72 | ROT | 6-2 | 232 | 28 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Walt Yowarsky | 78 | LDE | 6-2 | 234 | 28 | Kentucky | 12 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 19 | Henry Moore | B | Arkansas |
| 3 | 30 | Sam Huff | T | West Virginia |
| 4 | 45 | Jim Katcavage | E | Dayton |
| 5 | 57 | Don Chandler | B | Florida |
| 6 | 69 | Fred Cason | B | Tampa |
| 7 | 81 | Ron Nery | T | Kansas State |
| 8 | 93 | Don Holleder | E | Army |
| 9 | 105 | Ken Braden | C | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 10 | 117 | Johnny Hermann | B | UCLA |
| 11 | 129 | Dick Moloney | B | Kentucky |
| 13 | 153 | Eddie Crawford | B | Mississippi |
| 14 | 165 | John McMullan | G | Notre Dame |
| 15 | 177 | Ron Melnik | T | Army |
| 16 | 189 | Al Portney | T | Missouri |
| 17 | 201 | Tom Mooney | T | Miami (Ohio) |
| 18 | 213 | Matt Boone | B | North Carolina Central |
| 19 | 225 | Ray Detring | B | Missouri |
| 20 | 237 | Mike Falls | G | Minnesota |
| 21 | 249 | Don McComb | E | Villanova |
| 22 | 261 | Jerry Harkrader | B | Ohio State |
| 23 | 273 | Bob McCool | B | Mississippi |
| 24 | 285 | Gerry Huth | G | Wake Forest |
| 25 | 297 | Harry Spears | B | Florida |
| 26 | 309 | John Buller | B | Kansas |
| 27 | 321 | Gerry Nesbitt | B | Arkansas |
| 28 | 333 | Bill Fuller | T | Arkansas |
| 29 | 345 | Jim Nelson | G | Duke |
| 30 | 356 | Wayne Williams | E | Southern Illinois |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 52 | 86 | 77 | 49 | 264 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 58 | 41 | 71 | 197 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 223 | 124 | 82 | 17 | / % | / % | 52 | 474 | |
| Opponents Totals | 188 | 82 | 90 | 16 | / % | / % | 56 | 495 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 9 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 65 |
| Alex Webster | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Ben Agajanian | 0 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 0 | 38 |
| Mel Triplett | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Ken MacAfee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Kyle Rote | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gene Filipski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Schnelker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Chandler | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 6 | 15 | 40.0 | 1 | 264 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 24 | 25 | 96.0 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 1 | 197 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 0 | 39 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 17 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 15 | 40.0 | 1 | 39 | 3/5 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 1/ | 2/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 159 | 819 | 5.2 | 69 | 5 |
| Alex Webster | 178 | 694 | 3.9 | 34t | 7 |
| Mel Triplett | 125 | 515 | 4.1 | 25 | 5 |
| Gene Filipski | 13 | 85 | 6.5 | 35t | 1 |
| Charley Conerly | 11 | 11 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Moore | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Heinrich | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 499 | 2129 | 4.3 | 69 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 415 | 1443 | 3.5 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Conerly | 174 | 90 | 51.7 | 77 | 1143 | 6.6 | 12.7 | 48 | 10 | 5.7 | 7 | 4.0 | 12 | 1131 | 75.0 | |
| Don Heinrich | 88 | 37 | 42.0 | 46 | 369 | 4.2 | 10.0 | 43t | 5 | 5.7 | 5 | 5.7 | 10 | 359 | 49.9 | |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 2 | 54 | 7.7 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 12 | 42 | 42.3 | |
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 35 | 7.0 | 17.5 | 29t | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 64.6 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 275 | 133 | 48.4 | 128 | 1601 | 5.8 | 12.0 | 48 | 17 | 6.2 | 14 | 5.1 | 34 | 1567 | 66.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 297 | 149 | 50.2 | 131 | 1890 | 6.4 | 12.7 | 12 | 4.0 | 17 | 5.7 | 252 | 1638 | 60.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 51 | 603 | 11.8 | 48 | 4 |
| Kyle Rote | 28 | 405 | 14.5 | 31 | 4 |
| Alex Webster | 21 | 197 | 9.4 | 43t | 3 |
| Ken MacAfee | 14 | 184 | 13.1 | 29t | 4 |
| Bob Schnelker | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Mel Triplett | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Gene Filipski | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 133 | 1601 | 12.0 | 48 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 149 | 1890 | 12.7 | 79t | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Hughes | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Ray Beck | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 198 | 11.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 235 | 16.8 | 79t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 59 | 2473 | 41.9 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2506 | 41.8 | 63 | 0 | 337 | 36.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 2263 | 36.5 | 162 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 22 | 120 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 12 | 17 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 | |
| Gene Filipski | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Johnny Hermann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 162 | 4.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 337 | 9.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Patton | 13 | 283 | 21.8 | 31 | 0 | |
| Gene Filipski | 19 | 390 | 20.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Ed Hughes | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Johnny Hermann | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 719 | 20.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 1033 | 22.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Beck | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosey Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Filipski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosey Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Heinrich | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Huth | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Rich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Schnelker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Yelvington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Yowarsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 2 |
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