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1956 NFL Weekly League Schedule
Week-by-Week Games
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Week | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||||
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| Sun | September 30 | box | W | Baltimore Colts | Chicago Bears | 28 | 21 | 359 | 1 | 291 | 1 | ||
| Sun | September 30 | box | W | Chicago Cardinals | Cleveland Browns | 9 | 7 | 344 | 3 | 214 | 2 | ||
| Sun | September 30 | box | W | Detroit Lions | @ | Green Bay Packers | 20 | 16 | 375 | 2 | 160 | 2 | |
| Sun | September 30 | box | W | New York Giants | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 38 | 21 | 300 | 0 | 408 | 4 | |
| Sun | September 30 | box | W | Los Angeles Rams | Philadelphia Eagles | 27 | 7 | 294 | 3 | 188 | 5 | ||
| Sun | September 30 | box | W | Pittsburgh Steelers | Washington Redskins | 30 | 13 | 225 | 1 | 192 | 4 | ||
| Week | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||||
| Sat | October 6 | box | W | Philadelphia Eagles | Washington Redskins | 13 | 9 | 207 | 2 | 194 | 3 | ||
| Sat | October 6 | box | W | Detroit Lions | @ | Baltimore Colts | 31 | 14 | 465 | 2 | 206 | 4 | |
| Sat | October 6 | box | W | Cleveland Browns | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 10 | 336 | 0 | 245 | 0 | |
| Sun | October 7 | box | W | Chicago Cardinals | New York Giants | 35 | 27 | 359 | 5 | 333 | 3 | ||
| Sun | October 7 | box | W | Chicago Bears | @ | Green Bay Packers | 37 | 21 | 462 | 1 | 267 | 0 | |
| Sun | October 7 | box | W | San Francisco 49ers | Los Angeles Rams | 33 | 30 | 219 | 1 | 432 | 7 | ||
| Week | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||||
| Sun | October 14 | box | W | Philadelphia Eagles | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 35 | 21 | 265 | 2 | 324 | 3 | |
| Sun | October 14 | box | W | Detroit Lions | Los Angeles Rams | 24 | 21 | 368 | 2 | 381 | 3 | ||
| Sun | October 14 | box | W | Chicago Cardinals | @ | Washington Redskins | 31 | 3 | 280 | 2 | 236 | 3 | |
| Sun | October 14 | box | W | Green Bay Packers | Baltimore Colts | 38 | 33 | 371 | 1 | 330 | 4 | ||
| Sun | October 14 | box | W | New York Giants | @ | Cleveland Browns | 21 | 9 | 330 | 2 | 134 | 2 | |
| Sun | October 14 | box | W | Chicago Bears | San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 7 | 394 | 2 | 268 | 4 | ||
| Week | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||||
| Sun | October 21 | box | W | New York Giants | Pittsburgh Steelers | 38 | 10 | 460 | 0 | 182 | 1 | ||
| Sun | October 21 | box | W | Green Bay Packers | Los Angeles Rams | 42 | 17 | 492 | 0 | 385 | 5 | ||
| Sun | October 21 | box | W | Detroit Lions | San Francisco 49ers | 20 | 17 | 393 | 1 | 257 | 2 | ||
| Sun | October 21 | box | W | Chicago Cardinals | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 20 | 6 | 244 | 1 | 349 | 8 | |
| Sun | October 21 | box | W | Washington Redskins | Cleveland Browns | 20 | 9 | 235 | 3 | 216 | 4 | ||
| Sun | October 21 | box | W | Chicago Bears | Baltimore Colts | 58 | 27 | 477 | 2 | 278 | 5 | ||
| Week | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||||
| Sun | October 28 | box | W | New York Giants | Philadelphia Eagles | 20 | 3 | 244 | 2 | 132 | 2 | ||
| Sun | October 28 | box | W | Detroit Lions | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 7 | 293 | 2 | 384 | 6 | |
| Sun | October 28 | box | W | Washington Redskins | @ | Chicago Cardinals | 17 | 14 | 334 | 2 | 299 | 5 | |
| Sun | October 28 | box | W | Baltimore Colts | Green Bay Packers | 28 | 21 | 418 | 3 | 273 | 3 | ||
| Sun | October 28 | box | W | Pittsburgh Steelers | @ | Cleveland Browns | 24 | 16 | 358 | 3 | 284 | 4 | |
| Sun | October 28 | box | W | Chicago Bears | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 38 | 21 | 440 | 1 | 401 | 1 | |
| Week | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||||
| Sun | November 4 | box | W | New York Giants | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 14 | 229 | 2 | 255 | 3 | |
| Sun | November 4 | box | W | Detroit Lions | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 17 | 13 | 283 | 3 | 246 | 3 | |
| Sun | November 4 | box | W | Chicago Cardinals | Philadelphia Eagles | 28 | 17 | 262 | 1 | 235 | 2 | ||
| Sun | November 4 | box | W | Cleveland Browns | @ | Green Bay Packers | 24 | 7 | 272 | 1 | 272 | 2 | |
| Sun | November 4 | box | W | Chicago Bears | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 35 | 24 | 370 | 1 | 264 | 5 | |
| Week | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||||
| Sun | November 11 | box | W | Los Angeles Rams | San Francisco 49ers | 30 | 6 | 398 | 3 | 264 | 5 | ||
| Sun | November 11 | box | W | Philadelphia Eagles | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 7 | 252 | 4 | 149 | 3 | ||
| Sun | November 11 | box | W | Washington Redskins | Detroit Lions | 18 | 17 | 286 | 2 | 312 | 4 | ||
| Sun | November 11 | box | W | New York Giants | Chicago Cardinals | 23 | 10 | 362 | 2 | 284 | 0 | ||
| Sun | November 11 | box | W | Baltimore Colts | @ | Cleveland Browns | 21 | 7 | 310 | 0 | 264 | 4 | |
| Sun | November 11 | box | W | Chicago Bears | Green Bay Packers | 38 | 14 | 494 | 3 | 311 | 5 | ||
| Sun | November 18 | box | W | Detroit Lions | Baltimore Colts | 27 | 3 | 393 | 1 | 356 | 2 | ||
| Week | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||||
| Sun | November 18 | box | W | Washington Redskins | New York Giants | 33 | 7 | 391 | 1 | 249 | 5 | ||
| Sun | November 18 | box | W | San Francisco 49ers | @ | Green Bay Packers | 17 | 16 | 375 | 2 | 319 | 4 | |
| Sun | November 18 | box | W | Pittsburgh Steelers | Chicago Cardinals | 14 | 7 | 280 | 4 | 254 | 6 | ||
| Sun | November 18 | box | W | Cleveland Browns | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 0 | 274 | 0 | 71 | 3 | |
| Sun | November 18 | box | W | Chicago Bears | Los Angeles Rams | 30 | 21 | 433 | 2 | 326 | 2 | ||
| Week | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||||
| Thu | November 22 | box | W | Green Bay Packers | @ | Detroit Lions | 24 | 20 | 373 | 3 | 352 | 3 | |
| Sun | November 25 | box | W | Baltimore Colts | Los Angeles Rams | 56 | 21 | 574 | 2 | 423 | 7 | ||
| Sun | November 25 | box | T | San Francisco 49ers | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 10 | 10 | 285 | 4 | 290 | 4 | |
| Sun | November 25 | box | W | Chicago Cardinals | Pittsburgh Steelers | 38 | 27 | 370 | 4 | 352 | 6 | ||
| Sun | November 25 | box | W | Washington Redskins | @ | Cleveland Browns | 20 | 17 | 237 | 2 | 184 | 2 | |
| Sun | November 25 | box | T | New York Giants | Chicago Bears | 17 | 17 | 261 | 3 | 244 | 4 | ||
| Sun | December 2 | box | W | San Francisco 49ers | @ | Baltimore Colts | 20 | 17 | 360 | 2 | 302 | 4 | |
| Week | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||||
| Sun | December 2 | box | W | Detroit Lions | Chicago Bears | 42 | 10 | 468 | 6 | 184 | 5 | ||
| Sun | December 2 | box | W | Cleveland Browns | Philadelphia Eagles | 17 | 14 | 292 | 5 | 252 | 4 | ||
| Sun | December 2 | box | W | Green Bay Packers | @ | Chicago Cardinals | 24 | 21 | 351 | 4 | 209 | 2 | |
| Sun | December 2 | box | W | New York Giants | Washington Redskins | 28 | 14 | 367 | 4 | 219 | 7 | ||
| Sun | December 2 | box | W | Pittsburgh Steelers | Los Angeles Rams | 30 | 13 | 264 | 3 | 163 | 2 | ||
| Week | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||||
| Sat | December 8 | box | W | San Francisco 49ers | Green Bay Packers | 38 | 20 | 427 | 1 | 275 | 3 | ||
| Sun | December 9 | box | W | Los Angeles Rams | Baltimore Colts | 31 | 7 | 336 | 1 | 286 | 1 | ||
| Sun | December 9 | box | W | Chicago Bears | Chicago Cardinals | 10 | 3 | 302 | 5 | 265 | 4 | ||
| Sun | December 9 | box | W | Cleveland Browns | @ | New York Giants | 24 | 7 | 299 | 2 | 229 | 2 | |
| Sun | December 9 | box | W | Detroit Lions | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45 | 7 | 296 | 6 | 129 | 6 | ||
| Sun | December 9 | box | W | Washington Redskins | Philadelphia Eagles | 19 | 17 | 332 | 0 | 239 | 0 | ||
| Week | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||||
| Sat | December 15 | box | W | New York Giants | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 21 | 7 | 332 | 2 | 174 | 2 | |
| Sun | December 16 | box | W | San Francisco 49ers | Baltimore Colts | 30 | 17 | 303 | 2 | 336 | 2 | ||
| Sun | December 16 | box | W | Pittsburgh Steelers | @ | Washington Redskins | 23 | 0 | 253 | 1 | 85 | 6 | |
| Sun | December 16 | box | W | Los Angeles Rams | Green Bay Packers | 49 | 21 | 611 | 2 | 355 | 2 | ||
| Sun | December 16 | box | W | Chicago Cardinals | @ | Cleveland Browns | 24 | 7 | 252 | 2 | 251 | 4 | |
| Sun | December 16 | box | W | Chicago Bears | Detroit Lions | 38 | 21 | 446 | 2 | 208 | 2 | ||
| Sun | December 23 | box | W | Baltimore Colts | Washington Redskins | 19 | 17 | 368 | 4 | 220 | 2 | ||
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| ConfChamp | December 30 | box | W | New York Giants | Chicago Bears | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |