1956 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 6th place • Eastern Conference • 3-8-1 .273 |
| Head Coach: Hugh Devore |
| Ed Doherty | Offense |
| Frank Kilroy | Line |
| Steve Owen | Defense |
| Steve Van Buren | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/11/1956 | H | Baltimore Colts | 23-24 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 17575 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1956 | A | Green Bay Packers | 6-27 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 12138 | |
| Fri | 8/24/1956 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 30011 | |
| Fri | 8/31/1956 | N | Detroit Lions | 14-30 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 21997 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1956 | N | Baltimore Colts | 19-14 | W | Louisville, KY | Fairgrounds Stadium | 21876 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1956 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12-14 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 14742 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1956 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 21-14 | W | Sacramento, CA | Hughes Stadium | 20989 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1956 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54412 | |
| Sat | 10/6/1956 | H | Washington Redskins | 13-9 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 26607 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1956 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 35-21 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 31375 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1956 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 6-20 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 36545 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1956 | A | New York Giants | 3-20 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 40960 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1956 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 17-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 22609 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1956 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 22652 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1956 | H | Cleveland Browns | 0-16 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 25894 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1956 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 10-10 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 19326 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1956 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-17 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 20654 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1956 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-19 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22333 | |
| Sat | 12/15/1956 | H | New York Giants | 7-21 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 16562 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bibbles Bawel | 20 | LS | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Evansville | 12 | 12 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 60 | LLB | 6-3 | 233 | 31 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 12 |
| Eddie Bell | 81 | DB | 6-1 | 212 | 25 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 12 |
| Willie Berzinski | 33 | LOH | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 4 | 3 |
| Dick Bielski | 36 | FB-K | 6-1 | 224 | 24 | Maryland | 12 | 4 |
| John Bredice | 89 | ROE | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Boston University | 12 | 5 |
| Tom Brookshier | 40 | RDH | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | Colorado | 11 | 11 |
| Adrian Burk | 10 | QB-P | 6-2 | 190 | 29 | Kilgore JC; Baylor | 12 | 1 |
| Hank Burnine | 84 | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 186 | 24 | Missouri | 7 | 6 |
| Marion Campbell | 78 | MG-RDT | 6-3 | 250 | 27 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Frank D'Agostino | 66 | ROG-LOT | 6-1 | 245 | 22 | Auburn | 12 | 3 |
| Tom Dimmick | 65 | ROT-LOT-LOG | 6-6 | 253 | 25 | Houston | 12 | 7 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 27 | ROH-LOH | 5-10 | 177 | 27 | Loyola Marymount | 7 | 3 |
| Abe Gibron | 64 | LOG | 5-11 | 243 | 31 | Valparaiso; Purdue | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Huxhold | 63 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 226 | 27 | Wisconsin | 12 | 11 |
| Kenny Keller | 23 | LOH | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | North Carolina | 11 | 7 |
| Bob Kelley | 50 | C | 6-2 | 232 | 26 | West Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
| Don King | 71 | DT | 6-3 | 260 | 27 | Kentucky | 3 | 0 |
| Buck Lansford | 79 | LOT-LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 232 | 23 | Texas | 12 | 8 |
| Dick Murley | 68 | RDE-MG-RDT | 6-0 | 247 | 23 | Purdue | 5 | 3 |
| Maury Nipp | 68 | ROG | 6-0 | 219 | 26 | Loyola Marymount | 3 | 2 |
| Jerry Norton | 42 | RS | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 6 | 6 |
| Jim Parmer | 43 | ROH | 6-0 | 193 | 29 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Pellegrini | 53 | ROG-LOG-LLB | 6-2 | 233 | 22 | Maryland | 12 | 6 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 25 | ROH-ROE-LOH | 6-1 | 211 | 25 | North Dakota-Ellendale; South Dakota State | 10 | 7 |
| Jim Ricca | 71 | LDT | 6-4 | 270 | 29 | Georgetown (DC) | 2 | 0 |
| Jesse Richardson | 72 | RDT-LDT | 6-2 | 261 | 26 | Alabama | 11 | 2 |
| Lee Riley | 22 | RS-ROH | 6-1 | 192 | 24 | St. Bonaventure; Detroit Mercy | 9 | 7 |
| Wayne Robinson | 52 | RLB | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Minnesota | 11 | 11 |
| Rocky Ryan | 45 | RDH-ROH | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | Illinois | 12 | 1 |
| Don Schaefer | 24 | FB-LOH | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 |
| Tom Scott | 82 | LDE | 6-2 | 219 | 26 | Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Smith | 43 | ROH-LOH | 5-10 | 195 | 23 | Nebraska | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 80 | ROE | 6-1 | 206 | 29 | Mississippi | 2 | 1 |
| Bobby Thomason | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | Virginia Military Institute | 12 | 11 |
| Bobby Walston | 83 | LOE-K | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Weatherall | 77 | LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| Ted Wegert | 46 | LOH | 5-11 | 202 | 24 | none | 7 | 2 |
| Norm Willey | 86 | RDE | 6-2 | 224 | 29 | Marshall | 9 | 9 |
| Frank Wydo | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 225 | 32 | Duquesne; Cornell | 12 | 12 |
| Sid Youngelman | 73 | RDT | 6-3 | 257 | 25 | Alabama | 12 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Bob Pellegrini | C | Maryland |
| 2 | 16 | Frank D'Agostino | T | Auburn |
| 3 | 28 | Don Schaefer | B | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 54 | Fred Thurston | G | Valparaiso |
| 6 | 65 | Tirrel Burton | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 7 | 78 | John Waedekin | T | Hardin-Simmons |
| 8 | 89 | Elroy Payne | B | McMurry |
| 9 | 102 | John Bredice | E | Boston University |
| 10 | 113 | Tom Dimmick | C | Houston |
| 11 | 126 | Kenny Keller | B | North Carolina |
| 12 | 137 | Tommy Harkins | E | Vanderbilt |
| 13 | 150 | Jim Sides | B | Texas Tech |
| 14 | 161 | Frank Reich | C | Penn State |
| 15 | 174 | Don Brant | B | Montana |
| 16 | 185 | Billy Hix | T | Middle Tennessee State |
| 17 | 198 | Joe Mastrogiovanni | B | Wyoming |
| 18 | 209 | Nick Consoles | QB | Wake Forest |
| 19 | 222 | Delano Womack | B | Texas |
| 20 | 233 | Darrell Glover | T | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 21 | 246 | Jack Adams | T | San Jose State |
| 22 | 257 | Joe Miller | B | Cincinnati |
| 23 | 270 | Chet Spencer | E | Oklahoma State |
| 24 | 281 | John Parham | B | Wake Forest |
| 25 | 294 | Johnny Grogan | T | Dayton |
| 26 | 305 | Earl Lunsford | B | Oklahoma State |
| 27 | 318 | Alvin Ellett | T | Alabama |
| 28 | 329 | Bill Strawn | LB | Western Kentucky |
| 29 | 342 | Bobby Hughes | B | Southern Mississippi |
| 30 | 352 | Joe Ulm | B | San Jose State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 143 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 56 | 59 | 69 | 215 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 160 | 73 | 74 | 13 | / % | / % | 59 | 542 | |
| Opponents Totals | 200 | 110 | 69 | 21 | / % | / % | 76 | 686 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 3 | 17 | 18 | 94.4 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 53 |
| Kenny Keller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Hank Burnine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Schaefer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Thomason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| John Bredice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hal Giancanelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ted Wegert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 18 | 17 | 18 | 94.4 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 143 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 23 | 25 | 92.0 | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 0 | 215 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 3 | 39 | 5/5 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 |
| Dick Bielski | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 4 | 39 | 5/5 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 3/ | 5/ | 5/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Keller | 112 | 433 | 3.9 | 51t | 4 |
| Don Schaefer | 102 | 320 | 3.1 | 11 | 2 |
| Dick Bielski | 52 | 162 | 3.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 42 | 148 | 3.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Ted Wegert | 47 | 127 | 2.7 | 19 | 1 |
| Willie Berzinski | 15 | 72 | 4.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Adrian Burk | 17 | 61 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 21 | 48 | 2.3 | 19 | 2 |
| Bob Smith | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 418 | 1377 | 3.3 | 51t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 513 | 1893 | 3.7 | 46 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Thomason | 164 | 82 | 50.0 | 61 | 1119 | 6.8 | 13.6 | 52 | 4 | 2.4 | 21 | 12.8 | 166 | 953 | 40.7 | |
| Adrian Burk | 82 | 39 | 47.6 | 37 | 426 | 5.2 | 10.9 | 40 | 1 | 1.2 | 6 | 7.3 | 113 | 313 | 36.9 | |
| Don Schaefer | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 11 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 84.7 |
| Team Totals | 249 | 122 | 49.0 | 100 | 1556 | 6.2 | 12.8 | 52 | 6 | 2.4 | 27 | 10.8 | 279 | 1277 | 37.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 243 | 114 | 46.9 | 113 | 1506 | 6.2 | 13.2 | 64t | 15 | 6.2 | 16 | 6.6 | 173 | 1333 | 60.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 39 | 590 | 15.1 | 51t | 3 |
| Don Schaefer | 13 | 117 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 12 | 159 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Hank Burnine | 10 | 208 | 20.8 | 52 | 2 |
| John Bredice | 10 | 146 | 14.6 | 40 | 1 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 10 | 104 | 10.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Dick Bielski | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Kenny Keller | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Ted Wegert | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Willie Berzinski | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Rocky Ryan | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Lee Riley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 122 | 1556 | 12.8 | 52 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 114 | 1506 | 13.2 | 64t | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Bell | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 33 | 1 |
| Lee Riley | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jerry Norton | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bibbles Bawel | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Brookshier | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Rocky Ryan | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Marion Campbell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 246 | 15.4 | 33 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 365 | 13.5 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Burk | 68 | 2843 | 41.8 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 283 | 2560 | 37.6 | |
| Team Totals | 68 | 2843 | 41.8 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 283 | 2560 | 38.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 2787 | 41.0 | 64 | 0 | 5 | 241 | 2446 | 36.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Keller | 15 | 146 | 9.7 | 40 | 0 | |
| Lee Riley | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 35 | 0 | |
| Hal Giancanelli | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 241 | 6.7 | 40 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 283 | 5.7 | 29 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Riley | 15 | 381 | 25.4 | 59 | 0 | |
| Kenny Keller | 15 | 353 | 23.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Hal Giancanelli | 8 | 187 | 23.4 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bob Pellegrini | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Norm Willey | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jerry Norton | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bibbles Bawel | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Chuck Bednarik | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 1073 | 23.8 | 59 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 666 | 24.7 | 56 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibbles Bawel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Berzinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Brookshier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Burk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marion Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hal Giancanelli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Keller | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Kelley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Pellegrini | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Riley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Schaefer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Weatherall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Ted Wegert | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Wydo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 |
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