1956 Chicago Cardinals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Ray Richards (7-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1956 Chicago Cardinals RosterTeam 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.
The Cardinals scored 240 points, and the stingy defense allowed 182. Ollie Matson carried the ball for a team-best 924 yards for Chicago.
Lamar McHan threw for 1,159 yards. Don Stonesifer paced pass catchers, snagging 22 passes for 320 yards.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 45 turnovers, topping in the league. Lindon Crow picked off 11 opponent throws.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | Jim Root | 2 | 2 | 0 | 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 | 0 | Frank Bernardi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | Stan West | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Childress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ollie Matson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lamar McHan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gern Nagler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Mann | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 60 | Ollie Matson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Lamar McHan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Gern Nagler | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Don Stonesifer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Root | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Max Boydston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Joe Childress | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Alex Burl | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Night Train Lane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Frank Bernardi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dave Mann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 |
