1956 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/19/1956	H	Cleveland Browns	28	17	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	38741
Sun	8/26/1956	H	Washington Redskins	20	0	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	27812
Sun	9/2/1956	H	Chicago Cardinals	14	13	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	28758
Sun	9/9/1956	N	New York Giants	14	21	L	Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	28448
Fri	9/14/1956	A	Los Angeles Rams	24	33	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	57688
Sun	9/23/1956	N	Philadelphia Eagles	14	21	L	Sacramento, CA	Hughes Stadium	20989
Sun	9/30/1956	H	New York Giants	21	38	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	41751
Sun	10/7/1956	H	Los Angeles Rams	33	30	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	56489
Sun	10/14/1956	A	Chicago Bears	7	31	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	47526
Sun	10/21/1956	A	Detroit Lions	17	20	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	55662
Sun	10/28/1956	H	Chicago Bears	21	38	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	53612
Sun	11/4/1956	H	Detroit Lions	13	17	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	46708
Sun	11/11/1956	A	Los Angeles Rams	6	30	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	69828
Sun	11/18/1956	A	Green Bay Packers	17	16	W	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	17986
Sun	11/25/1956	A	Philadelphia Eagles	10	10	T	Philadelphia, PA	Connie Mack Stadium	19326
Sun	12/2/1956	A	Baltimore Colts	20	17	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	37227
Sat	12/8/1956	H	Green Bay Packers	38	20	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	32436
Sun	12/16/1956	H	Baltimore Colts	30	17	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	43791

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Joe Arenas	22	ROH-LOH	5-11	180	31	Nebraska-Omaha	12	9
Ed Beatty	54	MLB-C	6-3	229	24	Mississippi	12	10
Rex Berry	23	LS-LDH	5-11	181	32	Carbon JC; Brigham Young	12	9
Bruce Bosley	77	LDE	6-2	241	23	West Virginia	12	12
Fred Bruney	45	RS	5-10	184	25	Ohio State	4	1
Paul Carr	57	RDH	6-0	205	25	Citrus JC; Houston	12	11
Clyde Conner	86	LOE	6-2	193	23	Pacific	10	3
Ted Connolly	64	ROG-LOG	6-3	242	25	Santa Clara; Tulsa	5	5
Bobby Cross	78	LOT	6-4	248	25	Kilgore JC; Stephen F. Austin State	12	11
Paul Goad	36	FB	6-0	195	22	Tulane; Abilene Christian	4	0
John Gonzaga	76	MLB	6-3	247	23	none	9	0
Matt Hazeltine	55	RLB	6-1	220	23	California	12	12
Ed Henke	75	ROG-RDE-LOT	6-3	227	29	Ventura JC; Southern California	12	12
Bill Herchman	72	RDT	6-2	246	23	Tyler JC; Texas Tech	12	11
Bobby Holladay	27	LS	5-11	177	24	Tulsa	7	5
Billy Jessup	85	ROH-P-OE	6-1	195	27	Long Beach CC; Southern California	3	1
Bill Johnson	53	C	6-3	228	30	Texas A&M; Tyler JC	7	7
John Henry Johnson	35	FB-ROH-LOH	6-2	210	27	St. Mary's (California); Arizona State	12	6
George Maderos	40	LDH	6-1	187	23	Chico State	12	7
Tom McCormick	43	LOH-ROH	5-11	185	26	Menlo; Pacific	6	0
Hugh McElhenny	39	LOH	6-1	197	28	Compton JC; Washington	12	11
Dicky Moegle	47	RS-LOH	6-0	190	22	Rice	12	12
Earl Morrall	11	QB-P	6-2	205	22	Michigan State	12	4
George Morris	52	C	6-3	220	25	Georgia Tech	10	4
Leo Nomellini	73	LDT	6-3	259	32	Minnesota	12	12
Lou Palatella	68	ROG-LOG	6-2	230	23	Pittsburgh	10	2
Joe Perry	34	FB	6-0	203	29	Compton JC	11	8
Charley Powell	87	RDE-MLB	6-2	226	24	none	12	8
Leo Rucka	50	LLB	6-3	212	25	Rice	5	3
Floyd Sagely	42	DB	6-1	192	24	Arkansas	3	0
Bob St. Clair	79	ROT	6-8	263	25	San Francisco; Tulsa	12	12
Tony Sardisco	65	MLB	6-2	226	24	Tulane	3	1
Ed Sharkey	64	LLB-LOG	6-3	229	29	Duke; Nevada-Reno	7	6
Stan Sheriff	50	LLB	6-1	224	24	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	7	6
Charley Smith	80	RDE-LDE	6-2	205	23	Abilene Christian	12	0
Ernie Smith	42	RDH	6-3	190	26	San Diego CC; Compton JC	3	1
J.D. Smith	24	DB	6-1	205	24	North Carolina A&T State	5	0
Jerry Smith	69	ROG	6-1	230	26	Wisconsin	2	0
Gordy Soltau	82	LOE-K	6-2	195	31	Minnesota	12	9
Y.A. Tittle	14	QB	6-0	182	30	Louisiana State	11	8
Bob Toneff	74	LOG-ROG-RDT	6-2	260	26	Notre Dame	12	9
Billy Wilson	84	ROE	6-3	191	29	San Jose State	12	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Earl Morrall	QB	Michigan State
2	15	Bruce Bosley	T	West Virginia
3	26	Bill Herchman	T	Texas Tech
4	40	Frank Pajaczkowski	B	Richmond
6	64	Tony Sardisco	LB	Tulane
7	75	Larry Barnes	B	Colorado State
8	88	Charley Smith	E	Abilene Christian
9	99	Jim Cox	E	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
10	112	Jerry Zaleski	B	Colorado State
11	123	Stew Pell	T	North Carolina
12	136	Rodger Swedberg	T	Iowa
13	147	Ralph Moody	B	Kansas
14	160	R.C. Owens	E	College of Idaho
15	171	Reed Henderson	T	Utah State
15	172	Gene Boyd	B	Abilene Christian
16	184	George Herring	QB	Southern Mississippi
17	195	Dick Weiss	T	Mississippi
18	208	Billy Yelverton	T	Mississippi
19	219	Pete Arrigoni	B	Arizona
20	232	Bob Scarbrough	C	Auburn
21	243	L.C. Joyner	E	Diablo Valley JC
22	256	Clarence Wessman	E	San Jose State
23	267	Mike Monroe	B	Washington
24	280	Ed Wallace	T	San Diego JC
25	291	Paul Goad	B	Abilene Christian
26	304	Rommie Loudd	E	UCLA
27	315	Jerry Gustafson	QB	Stanford
28	328	Jerry Drew	B	California
29	339	Dean Benson	G	Willamette
30	351	Bob Mitchell	T	Puget Sound

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	37	67	41	88	233
Opponents Totals	71	77	82	54	284

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		221	101	107	13	/ %	/ %	57	562
Opponents Totals		236	124	103	9	/ %	/ %	37	321

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Gordy Soltau	1	26	28	92.9	13	20	65.0	71
Hugh McElhenny	8	0	0		0	0		48
Billy Wilson	5	0	0		0	0		30
Y.A. Tittle	4	0	0		0	0		24
Joe Arenas	3	0	0		0	0		18
Joe Perry	3	0	0		0	0		18
John Henry Johnson	2	0	0		0	0		12
Clyde Conner	1	0	0		0	0		6
Dicky Moegle	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	28	26	28	92.9	13	20	65.0	233
Opponents Totals	35	32	35	91.4	14	25	56.0	284

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gordy Soltau	13	20	65.0	2	40	4/5	3/5	5/8	1/2	0/0
Team Totals	13	20	65.0	2	40	4/5	3/5	5/8	1/2	0/0
Opponents Totals	14	25	56.0			7/	3/	2/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Hugh McElhenny	185	916	5.0	86t	8
Joe Perry	115	520	4.5	39	3
John Henry Johnson	80	301	3.8	54	2
Y.A. Tittle	24	67	2.8	13	4
Dicky Moegle	7	18	2.6	12	0
Earl Morrall	6	10	1.7	8	0
Tom McCormick	2	4	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	419	1836	4.4	86t	17
Opponents Totals	481	2192	4.6	59t	23

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Y.A. Tittle	218	124	56.9	82	1641	7.5	13.2	77t	7	3.2	12	5.5		249	1392	68.6
Earl Morrall	78	38	48.7	34	621	8.0	16.3	37	1	1.3	6	7.7		36	585	48.1
Hugh McElhenny	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	297	162	54.5	116	2262	7.6	14.0	77t	8	2.7	19	6.4		285	1977	61.6
Opponents Totals	279	147	52.7	115	2115	7.6	14.4	59t	12	4.3	17	6.1		145	1970	66.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Wilson	60	889	14.8	77t	5
Clyde Conner	22	362	16.5	49	1
Gordy Soltau	18	299	16.6	33	1
Joe Perry	18	104	5.8	20	0
Hugh McElhenny	16	193	12.1	22	0
Joe Arenas	14	226	16.1	50	1
John Henry Johnson	8	90	11.3	28	0
Dicky Moegle	3	79	26.3	37	0
Billy Jessup	2	7	3.5	10	0
Charley Smith	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	162	2262	14.0	77t	8
Opponents Totals	147	2115	14.4	59t	12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dicky Moegle	6	75	12.5	31t	1
Rex Berry	3	20	6.7	20	0
Paul Carr	2	18	9.0	11	0
George Maderos	2	2	1.0	2	0
Matt Hazeltine	1	7	7.0	7	0
Ed Sharkey	1	4	4.0	4	0
Bobby Holladay	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ernie Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	17	126	7.4	31t	1
Opponents Totals	19	330	17.4	35	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	RYDS	NET
Earl Morrall	45	1705	37.9	57
Billy Jessup	14	563	40.2	63
Team Totals	59	2268	38.4	63	123	36.4
Opponents Totals	42	1709	40.7	56	160

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Arenas	19	117	6.2	67t	1
Hugh McElhenny	15	38	2.5	12	0
Dicky Moegle	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	35	160	4.6	67t	1
Opponents Totals	35	123	3.5	16	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Arenas	27	801	29.7	96t	1
Hugh McElhenny	13	300	23.1	36	0
Dicky Moegle	2	39	19.5	22	0
George Maderos	2	21	10.5	12	0
John Henry Johnson	1	23	23.0	23	0
Paul Goad	1	18	18.0	18	0
Tom McCormick	1	18	18.0	18	0
Charley Smith	1	14	14.0	14	0
Paul Carr	1	11	11.0	11	0
John Gonzaga	1	6	6.0	6	0
Bill Herchman	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	51	1257	24.6	96t	1
Opponents Totals	42	988	23.5	45	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Joe Arenas	1		1	0	1	0
Ed Beatty	0	0	0	5	5	0
Rex Berry	1		0	1	1	0
Bruce Bosley	0	0	0	1	1	0
Clyde Conner	1		0	0	0	0
Bill Herchman	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bobby Holladay	0	0	0	4	4	0
John Henry Johnson	1		0	0	0	0
George Maderos	1		0	0	0	0
Hugh McElhenny	4		1	0	1	0
Earl Morrall	1		0	0	0	0
George Morris	0	0	1	0	1	0
Leo Nomellini	0	0	0	1	1	0
Joe Perry	3		0	0	0	0
Leo Rucka	0	0	0	1	1	0
Tony Sardisco	0	0	0	1	1	0
Stan Sheriff	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jerry Smith	0	0	1	1	2	0
Y.A. Tittle	3		1	0	1	0
Billy Wilson	1		0	0	0	0
Team Totals	17	12	5	17	22	0
Opponents Totals	27	17	10	12	22

Phil Bengston	Line
Mark Duncan	Defensive Backs
Red Hickey	Assistant Coach
Bill Johnson	Assistant Coach
Joe Vetrano	Assistant Coach