1956 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Conference • 6-6-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Joe Kuharich |
| Dick Evans | Line |
| Mike Nixon | Backfield |
| Joe Tereshinski | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/17/1956 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 39-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 82788 | |
| Sun | 8/26/1956 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 0-20 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27812 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1956 | N | Chicago Bears | 3-17 | L | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1956 | N | Green Bay Packers | 17-10 | W | Winston-Salem, NC | Bowman Gray Stadium | 13500 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1956 | A | Baltimore Colts | 13-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 28471 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1956 | N | Detroit Lions | 19-17 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 23812 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1956 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27718 | |
| Sat | 10/6/1956 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 9-13 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 26607 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1956 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 3-31 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 25794 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1956 | H | Cleveland Browns | 20-9 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 23332 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1956 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 17-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 30553 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1956 | H | Detroit Lions | 18-17 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 28003 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1956 | H | New York Giants | 33-7 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26261 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1956 | A | Cleveland Browns | 20-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 22878 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1956 | A | New York Giants | 14-28 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 46351 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1956 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 19-17 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22333 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1956 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-23 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 21097 | |
| Sun | 12/23/1956 | A | Baltimore Colts | 17-19 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 32994 | |
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 |
| Johnny Allen | 52 | C | 6-2 | 224 | 23 | Purdue | 12 | 11 |
| Dale Atkeson | 46 | FB | 6-2 | 211 | 26 | none | 5 | 5 |
| Sam Baker | 49 | K-P-FB | 6-2 | 217 | 27 | Oregon State | 12 | 0 |
| Roy Barni | 21 | LDH | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Don Boll | 62 | LOT | 6-2 | 270 | 29 | Nebraska | 12 | 12 |
| Gene Brito | 80 | LDE | 6-1 | 226 | 31 | Loyola Marymount | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Carson | 82 | LOE | 6-2 | 202 | 26 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Erik Christensen | 72 | ROT | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Richmond | 2 | 0 |
| Art DeCarlo | 27 | RDH | 6-2 | 196 | 25 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Al Dorow | 16 | QB | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | Michigan State | 12 | 9 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 36 | MLB | 6-1 | 225 | 29 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| Leo Elter | 32 | FB-LOH | 5-10 | 201 | 27 | Duquesne; Villanova | 12 | 11 |
| Ralph Felton | 45 | LLB | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | Maryland | 7 | 5 |
| Bill Fulcher | 64 | LLB | 6-0 | 191 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 7 |
| Norb Hecker | 48 | LS | 6-2 | 193 | 29 | Baldwin-Wallace | 12 | 12 |
| Harry Jagielski | 75 | ROT | 6-0 | 257 | 25 | Indiana | 5 | 5 |
| Dick James | 47 | ROH | 5-9 | 179 | 22 | Oregon | 7 | 5 |
| J.D. Kimmel | 76 | RDT | 6-4 | 246 | 27 | Army; Houston | 12 | 12 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 14 | QB-P | 5-8 | 166 | 26 | Pacific | 10 | 3 |
| Gary Lowe | 40 | RS | 5-11 | 196 | 22 | Michigan State | 11 | 3 |
| Steve Meilinger | 86 | ROE | 6-2 | 227 | 26 | Kentucky | 12 | 11 |
| Johnny Miller | 73 | ROT-LOT-ROG | 6-5 | 253 | 22 | Boston College | 12 | 7 |
| Hal Norris | 20 | LLB | 5-11 | 194 | 25 | California | 1 | 0 |
| Chet Ostrowski | 88 | RDE | 6-1 | 232 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| John Paluck | 72 | RDE-LDE-LDT | 6-2 | 241 | 21 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 1 |
| Volney Peters | 79 | LDT | 6-4 | 237 | 28 | Compton JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Jerry Planutis | 42 | ROH | 5-9 | 175 | 26 | Michigan State | 3 | 1 |
| Tommy Runnels | 25 | LOH | 5-10 | 187 | 22 | North Texas | 11 | 8 |
| Tony Sardisco | 70 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 226 | 24 | Tulane | 7 | 1 |
| Jim Schrader | 51 | C-LOT | 6-2 | 244 | 24 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 28 | RS-ROH | 5-10 | 173 | 26 | San Francisco | 10 | 9 |
| Dick Stanfel | 60 | ROG | 6-3 | 236 | 29 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | 11 | 11 |
| Red Stephens | 67 | LOG | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | San Francisco | 11 | 11 |
| Ralph Thomas | 87 | RDE-LDE-ROE | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | San Francisco | 12 | 1 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 53 | RLB | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| Harry Ulinski | 50 | C | 6-4 | 229 | 31 | Kentucky | 12 | 1 |
| Billy Wells | 41 | ROH | 5-9 | 176 | 25 | Michigan State | 7 | 6 |
| Cas Witucki | 63 | LOG-ROT | 5-11 | 245 | 28 | Indiana | 5 | 1 |
| Fred Wyant | 11 | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | West Virginia | 10 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 12 | Ed Vereb | B | Maryland |
| 2 | 24 | John Paluck | E | Pittsburgh |
| 3 | 36 | Fred Wyant | B | West Virginia |
| 4 | 41 | Fran Machinsky | T | Ohio State |
| 5 | 59 | Gary Lowe | B | Michigan State |
| 7 | 83 | Donnie Caraway | B | Houston |
| 8 | 94 | Dick James | B | Oregon |
| 9 | 107 | Whitey Rouviere | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 11 | 131 | Tom Powell | G | Colgate |
| 12 | 141 | Jerry Planutis | B | Michigan State |
| 12 | 142 | Gil Moreno | T | UCLA |
| 13 | 155 | Jerry Ward | G | Dayton |
| 14 | 166 | Pat Uebel | B | Army |
| 16 | 190 | Wells Gray | G | Wisconsin |
| 17 | 203 | Eagle Day | QB | Mississippi |
| 18 | 214 | Jim Pyburn | E | Auburn |
| 19 | 227 | Ray Lemek | G | Notre Dame |
| 20 | 238 | Vince Gonzales | B | Louisiana State |
| 21 | 251 | Howard Schnellenberger | E | Kentucky |
| 22 | 262 | George Nicula | T | Notre Dame |
| 23 | 275 | Don St. John | B | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 24 | 286 | Johnny Tatum | C | Texas |
| 25 | 299 | Frank Brooks | G | Georgia Tech |
| 26 | 310 | Dave Burnham | B | Wheaton |
| 27 | 323 | Royce Flippin | B | Princeton |
| 28 | 334 | Billy Hicks | B | Jacksonville State |
| 29 | 347 | Pat Bisceglia | G | Notre Dame |
| 30 | 357 | Buck Nystrom | G | Michigan State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 59 | 50 | 47 | 183 |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 50 | 44 | 69 | 225 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 176 | 91 | 71 | 14 | / % | / % | 44 | 383 | |
| Opponents Totals | 188 | 97 | 83 | 8 | / % | / % | 58 | 548 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Baker | 0 | 16 | 19 | 84.2 | 17 | 25 | 68.0 | 0 | 67 |
| Steve Meilinger | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Johnny Carson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dick James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Leo Elter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Wells | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dale Atkeson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Paluck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Runnels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 19 | 16 | 19 | 84.2 | 17 | 25 | 68.0 | 1 | 183 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 25 | 29 | 86.2 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 1 | 225 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Baker | 17 | 25 | 68.0 | 0 | 49 | 6/11 | 5/6 | 2/2 | 4/6 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 25 | 68.0 | 0 | 49 | 6/11 | 5/6 | 2/2 | 4/6 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 2/ | 3/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Elter | 145 | 544 | 3.8 | 48 | 2 |
| Tommy Runnels | 96 | 334 | 3.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick James | 58 | 280 | 4.8 | 41t | 1 |
| Billy Wells | 69 | 185 | 2.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Dale Atkeson | 63 | 163 | 2.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Sam Baker | 25 | 117 | 4.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 30 | 105 | 3.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Jerry Planutis | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 501 | 1743 | 3.5 | 48 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 446 | 1570 | 3.5 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Dorow | 112 | 55 | 49.1 | 49 | 730 | 6.5 | 13.3 | 51t | 8 | 7.1 | 8 | 7.1 | 80 | 650 | 64.2 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 98 | 47 | 48.0 | 41 | 554 | 5.7 | 11.8 | 33 | 3 | 3.1 | 10 | 10.2 | 37 | 517 | 36.2 | |
| Tommy Runnels | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 34 | 11.3 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 77.1 |
| Fred Wyant | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 17 | 8.5 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 79.2 |
| Team Totals | 215 | 104 | 48.4 | 93 | 1335 | 6.2 | 12.8 | 51t | 11 | 5.1 | 18 | 8.4 | 117 | 1218 | 50.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 240 | 120 | 50.0 | 102 | 1739 | 7.2 | 14.5 | 11 | 4.6 | 18 | 7.5 | 110 | 1629 | 58.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Carson | 39 | 504 | 12.9 | 26t | 3 |
| Steve Meilinger | 24 | 395 | 16.5 | 51t | 5 |
| Leo Elter | 11 | 99 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick James | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 34t | 2 |
| Billy Wells | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Tommy Runnels | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Dale Atkeson | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Jerry Planutis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 104 | 1335 | 12.8 | 51t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 120 | 1739 | 14.5 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norb Hecker | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Roy Barni | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Art DeCarlo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gene Brito | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chet Ostrowski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Fulcher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| LaVern Torgeson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 148 | 8.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 153 | 8.5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Baker | 59 | 2510 | 42.5 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 63 | 2671 | 42.4 | 56 | 0 | 296 | 37.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 2483 | 40.7 | 273 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Scudero | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Tommy Runnels | 8 | 91 | 11.4 | 59 | 0 | |
| Dick James | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Billy Wells | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Dale Atkeson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Sam Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 273 | 9.4 | 59 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 296 | 6.7 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Runnels | 17 | 375 | 22.1 | 37 | 0 | |
| Dick James | 9 | 181 | 20.1 | 27 | 0 | |
| Joe Scudero | 9 | 157 | 17.4 | 33 | 0 | |
| Leo Elter | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 29 | 0 | |
| Dale Atkeson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Tony Sardisco | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| J.D. Kimmel | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Billy Wells | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Ralph Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 864 | 19.6 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 989 | 24.7 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Atkeson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Baker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Boll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Brito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art DeCarlo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Felton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norb Hecker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| J.D. Kimmel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Meilinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chet Ostrowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Paluck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 76 | 1 |
| Volney Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Runnels | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Scudero | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Stanfel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Wells | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 93 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0 |
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