1956 Baltimore Colts Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (5-7)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1956 Baltimore Colts RosterTeam Record: 5-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (5-7)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1956 Baltimore Colts Results
The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 5 wins and 7 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division. Weeb Ewbank coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Johnny Unitas | 198 | 110 | 55.6 | 1498 | 7.6 | 9 | 4.5 | 10 | 5.1 | 54 | 74.0 | George Shaw | 75 | 45 | 60.0 | 645 | 8.6 | 3 | 4.0 | 7 | 9.3 | 49 | 62.4 | Gary Kerkorian | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 59 | 29.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 158.3 | Lenny Moore | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 8 | 2.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 8 | 39.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 279 | 158 | 56.6 | 2210 | 7.9 | 14 | 5.0 | 18 | 6.5 | 54 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Alan Ameche | 178 | 858 | 4.8 | 43 | 8 | Lenny Moore | 86 | 649 | 7.5 | 79 | 8 | Billy Vessels | 44 | 215 | 4.9 | 31 | 2 | L.G. Dupre | 49 | 182 | 3.7 | 21 | 2 | Johnny Unitas | 28 | 155 | 5.5 | 34 | 1 | Royce Womble | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 | George Shaw | 20 | 63 | 3.2 | 19 | 0 | Dick Young | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | Carl Taseff | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Bert Rechichar | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 432 | 2202 | 5.1 | 79 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jim Mutscheller | 44 | 715 | 16.2 | 53 | 6 | Raymond Berry | 37 | 601 | 16.2 | 54 | 2 | Alan Ameche | 26 | 189 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 | L.G. Dupre | 16 | 216 | 13.5 | 49 | 2 | Billy Vessels | 11 | 177 | 16.1 | 30 | 1 | Lenny Moore | 11 | 102 | 9.3 | 27 | 1 | Royce Womble | 9 | 180 | 20.0 | 43 | 2 | Lloyd Colteryahn | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 | Johnny Unitas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 158 | 2210 | 14.0 | 54 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Bert Rechichar | 10 | 8 | 80.0 | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 17 | Tom Feamster | 26 | 24 | 92.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 24 | Gary Kerkorian | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 33 | 86.8 | 16 | 3 | 18.8 | 42 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bert Rechichar | 33 | 1276 | 38.7 | 56 | L.G. Dupre | 25 | 953 | 38.1 | 54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 58 | 2229 | 38.4 | 56 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Carl Taseff | 27 | 233 | 8.6 | 90 | 1 | Lenny Moore | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 | Dick Nyers | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | Bert Rechichar | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 42 | 297 | 7.1 | 90 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Vessels | 16 | 379 | 23.7 | 42 | 0 | Carl Taseff | 9 | 206 | 22.9 | 34 | 0 | L.G. Dupre | 7 | 148 | 21.1 | 35 | 0 | Lenny Moore | 10 | 129 | 12.9 | 21 | 0 | Dick Nyers | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 35 | 0 | Dick Young | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 18 | 0 | Alan Ameche | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 25 | 0 | Alex Sandusky | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Art Spinney | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Don Shula | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Pellington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 54 | 1043 | 19.3 | 42 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bert Rechichar | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 42 | 0 | Jesse Thomas | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 | Carl Taseff | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | Jack Patera | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | Doug Eggers | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Bill Pellington | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Don Shula | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 13 | 134 | 10.3 | 42 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Carl Taseff | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | Johnny Unitas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bert Rechichar | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | Doug Eggers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Koman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Shula | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Gino Marchetti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Pellington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Nyers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Patera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jesse Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | Lenny Moore | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | George Radosevich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alan Ameche | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Raymond Berry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | L.G. Dupre | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 63 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Lenny Moore | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Alan Ameche | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Jim Mutscheller | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | L.G. Dupre | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Tom Feamster | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 | Billy Vessels | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bert Rechichar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 17 | Royce Womble | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Raymond Berry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Carl Taseff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jesse Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Johnny Unitas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Gary Kerkorian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
