
1956 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Ray Richards (7-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1956 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division. Ray Richards coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Lamar McHan | 152 | 72 | 47.4 | 1159 | 7.6 | 10 | 6.6 | 8 | 5.3 | 75 | 73.3 | Jim Root | 57 | 28 | 49.1 | 333 | 5.8 | 3 | 5.3 | 5 | 8.8 | 34 | 48.4 | Ollie Matson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Dave Mann | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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Totals | 214 | 100 | 46.7 | 1492 | 7.0 | 13 | 6.1 | 14 | 6.5 | 75 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ollie Matson | 192 | 924 | 4.8 | 79 | 5 | Johnny Olszewski | 157 | 598 | 3.8 | 34 | 2 | Joe Childress | 43 | 203 | 4.7 | 30 | 0 | Lamar McHan | 58 | 161 | 2.8 | 17 | 5 | Dave Mann | 45 | 116 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 | Jim Root | 17 | 45 | 2.6 | 18 | 2 | Frank Bernardi | 14 | 4 | 0.3 | 7 | 0 | Alex Burl | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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Totals | 527 | 2053 | 3.9 | 79 | 14 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Stonesifer | 22 | 320 | 14.5 | 58 | 2 | Johnny Olszewski | 17 | 182 | 10.7 | 31 | 0 | Ollie Matson | 15 | 199 | 13.3 | 45 | 2 | Gern Nagler | 14 | 268 | 19.1 | 49 | 4 | Dave Mann | 13 | 170 | 13.1 | 23 | 1 | Max Boydston | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 39 | 2 | Joe Childress | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 34 | 1 | Frank Bernardi | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 | Alex Burl | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 1 | Night Train Lane | 1 | 75 | 75.0 | 75 | 0 |
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Totals | 100 | 1492 | 14.9 | 75 | 13 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Pat Summerall | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 60 |
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Totals | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 60 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Dave Mann | 36 | 1346 | 37.4 | 53 | John Roach | 11 | 449 | 40.8 | 54 | Lamar McHan | 8 | 285 | 35.6 | 42 |
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Totals | 55 | 2080 | 37.8 | 54 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Frank Bernardi | 18 | 217 | 12.1 | 95 | 1 | Ollie Matson | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 | Woodley Lewis | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 7 | 0 | Lindon Crow | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Leo Sanford | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Night Train Lane | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 32 | 305 | 9.5 | 95 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ollie Matson | 13 | 362 | 27.8 | 105 | 1 | Dave Mann | 7 | 131 | 18.7 | 27 | 0 | Frank Bernardi | 4 | 101 | 25.2 | 30 | 0 | Alex Burl | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 | Johnny Olszewski | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 20 | 0 | Woodley Lewis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Joe Childress | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Weber | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 33 | 700 | 21.2 | 105 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lindon Crow | 11 | 170 | 15.5 | 42 | 0 | Night Train Lane | 7 | 206 | 29.4 | 66 | 1 | Leo Sanford | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 | Jimmy Hill | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 | Chuck Weber | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Julian Spence | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Tom Bienemann | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Frank Bernardi | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Woodley Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 33 | 451 | 13.7 | 66 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Night Train Lane | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | Jim Root | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Jack Simmons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Len Teeuws | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Weber | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Woodley Lewis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Olszewski | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Frank Bernardi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | John Dittrich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leo Sugar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leo Sanford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Dahms | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Brettschneider | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Summerall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Stan West | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Childress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ollie Matson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lamar McHan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gern Nagler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Mann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 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 | Pat Summerall | 10 | 30 | 0 | 60 | Ollie Matson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Lamar McHan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Gern Nagler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Don Stonesifer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Root | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Max Boydston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Joe Childress | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Alex Burl | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Night Train Lane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Frank Bernardi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dave Mann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Totals | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 |