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1956 Washington Redskins

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Record: 6-6-0, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 183 points (15.2/g), 10th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 225 points (18.8/g), 6th.
 Differential of -42 points (-3.5/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 4.6-7.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 8th.

Coached by Joe Kuharich (6-6-0)

1956 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 30 box L 0-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 13 30 10 192 117 75 4 17 225 83 142 1
2 Sat October 6 box L 0-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 9 13 13 194 48 146 3 13 207 99 108 2
3 Sun October 14 box L 0-3 Chicago Cardinals 3 31 15 236 100 136 3 13 280 55 225 2
4 Sun October 21 box W 1-3 Cleveland Browns 20 9 18 235 35 200 3 13 216 105 111 4
5 Sun October 28 box W 2-3 @ Chicago Cardinals 17 14 17 334 141 193 2 19 299 161 138 5
6 Sun November 11 box W 3-3 Detroit Lions 18 17 15 286 83 203 2 16 312 260 52 4
7 Sun November 18 box W 4-3 New York Giants 33 7 23 391 160 231 1 15 249 175 74 5
8 Sun November 25 box W 5-3 @ Cleveland Browns 20 17 14 237 140 97 2 13 184 48 136 2
9 Sun December 2 box L 5-4 @ New York Giants 14 28 13 219 75 144 7 22 367 174 193 4
10 Sun December 9 box W 6-4 Philadelphia Eagles 19 17 21 332 196 136 12 239 109 130
11 Sun December 16 box L 6-5 Pittsburgh Steelers 0 23 5 85 15 70 6 11 253 177 76 1
12 Sun December 23 box L 6-6 @ Baltimore Colts 17 19 12 220 108 112 2 24 368 183 185 4

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 183 2961 731 4.1 176 104 215 1218 11 18 5.3 71 501 1743 5 3.5 91 35 17 14
Team Defense 225 3199 700 4.6 279 120 240 1629 11 18 6.4 83 446 1570 15 3.5 188 34 16 8
Lg Rank Offense 10 11 10 10 11 9 3 9 4 9 12 10 9 10
Lg Rank Defense 6 4 3 3 5 3 5 8 4 4 8 2 5 3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Al Dorow* 27 QB 12 7 55 112 49.1 730 8 7.1 8 7.1 51 6.5 4.0 13.3 60.8 64.2
Eddie LeBaron 26 qb 10 5 47 98 48.0 554 3 3.1 10 10.2 33 5.7 1.4 11.8 55.4 36.2
Tommy Runnels 22 LH 11 0 1 3 33.3 34 0 0.0 0 0.0 34 11.3 11.3 34.0 3.1 77.1
Fred Wyant 22 10 0 1 2 50.0 17 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 8.5 8.5 17.0 1.7 79.2
Team Total 25.8 12 104 215 48.4 1335 11 5.1 18 8.4 51 6.2 3.0 12.8 111.3 50.4
Opp Total 12 120 240 50.0 1629 11 4.6 18 7.5 6.8 3.9 13.6 135.8 56.1 14 110 6.4 3.2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Leo Elter* 27 FB 12 0 145 544 2 48 3.8 45.3 12.1 11 99 9.0 0 17 0.9 8.3 643 2 7
Tommy Runnels 22 LH 11 0 96 334 0 17 3.5 30.4 8.7 6 56 9.3 1 22 0.5 5.1 390 1 4
Billy Wells 25 RH 7 0 69 185 1 17 2.7 26.4 9.9 6 86 14.3 0 34 0.9 12.3 271 1 2
Dale Atkeson 26 5 0 63 163 1 12 2.6 32.6 12.6 6 28 4.7 0 26 1.2 5.6 191 1 1
Dick James 22 10 0 58 280 1 41 4.8 28.0 5.8 7 127 18.1 2 34 0.7 12.7 407 3 0
Al Dorow* 27 QB 12 7 30 105 0 30 3.5 8.8 2.5 105 0 4
Sam Baker* 27 P 12 0 25 117 0 32 4.7 9.8 2.1 4 35 8.8 0 17 0.3 2.9 152 0 3
Eddie LeBaron 26 qb 10 5 11 6 0 9 0.5 0.6 1.1 6 0 4
Jerry Planutis 26 3 0 2 6 0 3 3.0 2.0 0.7 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.3 1.7 11 0 0
Joe Scudero 26 RS 11 0 2 3 0 2 1.5 0.3 0.2 3 0 3
John Carson 26 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 39 504 12.9 3 26 3.3 42.0 504 3 0
Steve Meilinger 26 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 395 16.5 5 51 2.0 32.9 395 5 1
Team Total 25.8 12 501 1743 5 48 3.5 145.3 41.8 104 1335 12.8 11 51 8.7 111.3 3078 16 29
Opp Total 12 446 1570 15 3.5 130.8 37.2 120 1629 13.6 11 10.0 135.8 3199 26 25

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Tommy Runnels 22 LH 11 0 8 91 0 59 11.4 17 375 0 37 22.1 856
Joe Scudero 26 RS 11 0 10 50 0 12 5.0 9 157 0 33 17.4 210
Dick James 22 10 0 6 84 0 24 14.0 9 181 0 27 20.1 672
Leo Elter* 27 FB 12 0 4 87 0 29 21.8 730
Billy Wells 25 RH 7 0 2 36 0 22 18.0 1 12 0 12 12.0 319
Dale Atkeson 26 5 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 1 25 0 25 25.0 228
Sam Baker* 27 P 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 152
J.D. Kimmel 27 RDT 12 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Gary Lowe 22 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Tony Sardisco 24 7 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Ralph Thomas 29 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.8 12 29 273 0 59 9.4 44 864 0 37 19.6 4215
Opp Total 12 44 2 40 989 1 24.7

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Sam Baker* 27 P 12 0 25 17 68.0% 19 16 84.2% 59 2510 56 0 42.5
Eddie LeBaron 26 qb 10 5 4 161 47 0 40.3
Team Total 25.8 12 25 17 68.0% 19 16 84.2% 63 2671 56 0 42.4
Opp Total 12 15 8 53.3% 29 25 86.2% 61 2483 40.7

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Dale Atkeson 26 5 0 1 1 0 0
Sam Baker* 27 P 12 0 3 0 0 0
Roy Barni 29 LDH 12 0 2 47 0 33
Don Boll 29 LT 12 12 0 1 0 0
Gene Brito*+ 31 LDE 12 0 1 6 0 6 0 1 0 0
Art DeCarlo 25 RDH 12 0 1 11 0 11 0 2 0 0
Al Dorow* 27 QB 12 7 4 0 0 0
Chuck Drazenovich* 29 LLB 12 12 0 1 0 0
Leo Elter* 27 FB 12 0 7 2 0 0
Ralph Felton 24 rlb 7 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Fulcher 22 MLB 9 0 1 0 0 0
Norb Hecker 29 LS 12 0 8 26 0 14 0 2 17 1
J.D. Kimmel 27 RDT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Eddie LeBaron 26 qb 10 5 4 3 0 0
Gary Lowe 22 11 0 1 30 0 30
Steve Meilinger 26 RE 12 0 1 0 0 0
Chet Ostrowski 26 RDE 12 12 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
John Paluck 21 12 0 0 3 76 1
Volney Peters 28 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Tommy Runnels 22 LH 11 0 4 1 0 0
Tony Sardisco 24 7 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Scudero 26 RS 11 0 2 26 0 24 3 2 0 0
Dick Stanfel*+ 29 RG 11 0 0 1 0 0
LaVern Torgeson* 27 RLB 12 0 1 0 0 0
Billy Wells 25 RH 7 0 2 3 0 1
Team Total 25.8 12 18 148 0 33 29 29 93 3 1
Opp Total 12 15 25 9 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Sam Baker* 27 P 12 0 16 17 67
Steve Meilinger 26 RE 12 0 5 30
John Carson 26 LE 12 0 3 18
Dick James 22 10 0 1 2 18
Leo Elter* 27 FB 12 0 2 12
Billy Wells 25 RH 7 0 1 1 12
Dale Atkeson 26 5 0 1 6
Norb Hecker 29 LS 12 0 1 6
John Paluck 21 12 0 1 6
Tommy Runnels 22 LH 11 0 1 6
Johnny Miller 22 rt 12 12 1 2
Team Total 25.8 12 5 11 3 16 17 1 183
Opp Total 12 15 11 2 1 25 8 1 225