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 Roster
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
Billy Vessels	16	379	23.7	42
Carl Taseff	9	206	22.9	34
L.G. Dupre	7	148	21.1	35
Lenny Moore	10	129	12.9	21
Dick Nyers	3	69	23.0	35
Dick Young	3	40	13.3	18
Alan Ameche	2	38	19.0	25
Alex Sandusky	1	24	24.0	24
Art Spinney	1	10	10.0	10
Don Shula	1	0	0.0	0
Bill Pellington	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	54	1043	19.3	42

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bert Rechichar	4	63	15.8	42
Jesse Thomas	2	36	18.0	23
Carl Taseff	2	13	6.5	8
Jack Patera	2	10	5.0	10
Doug Eggers	1	6	6.0	6
Bill Pellington	1	4	4.0	4
Don Shula	1	2	2.0	2
Totals	13	134	10.3	42

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Carl Taseff		0	0	2	15
Johnny Unitas			4	2	0
Bert Rechichar		0	1	2	17
Doug Eggers		0	0	2	0	0
Bill Koman			0	2	0	0
Don Shula		0	0	1	6	0
Gino Marchetti			0	1	0	0
Dick Young			0	1	0	0
Bill Pellington		0	0	1	0	0
Dick Nyers			0	1	0	0
Jack Patera		0	0	1	0	0
Jesse Thomas		0	0	1	25	1
Lenny Moore			5	1	0
George Radosevich			0	1	0	0
Alan Ameche			3	0	0
Raymond Berry			1	0	0
L.G. Dupre			4	0	0
Totals	0	0	18	19	63	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
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