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.
The Colts scored 270 points, but the porous defense allowed 322. Alan Ameche ran for a team-leading 858 yards for Baltimore, and Lenny Moore also aided the ground game.
Johnny Unitas threw for 1,498 yards. Jim Mutscheller topped pass catchers, hauling in 44 balls for 715 yards. Raymond Berry contributed to the receiving game, too.
Bert Rechichar intercepted 4 opponent throws.
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 | 0 | Johnny Unitas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bert Rechichar | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 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 | 0 | George Radosevich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alan Ameche | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Raymond Berry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | L.G. Dupre | 4 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Alan Ameche | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Jim Mutscheller | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | L.G. Dupre | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Tom Feamster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 | Billy Vessels | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bert Rechichar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 17 | Royce Womble | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Raymond Berry | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Carl Taseff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jesse Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Johnny Unitas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Gary Kerkorian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
