1956 Cleveland Browns Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Paul Brown (5-7)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1956 Cleveland Browns RosterTeam Record: 5-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Paul Brown (5-7)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1956 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 5 wins and 7 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Browns conceded 177 points, the lowest total in the circuit. Cleveland labored to change the scoreboard with just 167 points. Preston Carpenter ran for a team-leading 756 yards.
Tommy O'Connell tossed for 551 yards, while Babe Parilli and George Ratterman took a significant amount of snaps, too. Pete Brewster snagged 28 passes for 417 yards. Dante Lavelli was targeted regularly also.
Don Paul seized 7 opponent throws.
Paul Brown coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy O'Connell | 96 | 42 | 43.8 | 551 | 5.7 | 4 | 4.2 | 8 | 8.3 | 46 | 41.6 |
| Babe Parilli | 49 | 24 | 49.0 | 409 | 8.3 | 3 | 6.1 | 7 | 14.3 | 68 | 58.5 |
| George Ratterman | 57 | 39 | 68.4 | 398 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.8 | 3 | 5.3 | 46 | 72.1 |
| Totals | 202 | 105 | 52.0 | 1358 | 6.7 | 8 | 4.0 | 18 | 8.9 | 68 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Carpenter | 188 | 756 | 4.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 107 | 431 | 4.0 | 23 | 2 |
| Fred Morrison | 83 | 340 | 4.1 | 41 | 1 |
| Maurice Bassett | 41 | 129 | 3.1 | 12 | 1 |
| Babe Parilli | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 24 | 40 | 1.7 | 11 | 2 |
| Billy Kinard | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Bob Smith | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 480 | 1845 | 3.8 | 41 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Brewster | 28 | 417 | 14.9 | 41 | 1 |
| Dante Lavelli | 20 | 344 | 17.2 | 68 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 17 | 325 | 19.1 | 46 | 4 |
| Preston Carpenter | 16 | 124 | 7.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Maurice Bassett | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 31 | 1 |
| Totals | 105 | 1358 | 12.9 | 68 | 8 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Morrison | 38 | 1561 | 41.1 | 70 |
| Horace Gillom | 12 | 536 | 44.7 | 53 |
| Totals | 50 | 2097 | 41.9 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Konz | 13 | 187 | 14.4 | 65 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 17 | 103 | 6.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 317 | 7.7 | 65 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Carpenter | 15 | 381 | 25.4 | 42 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 9 | 219 | 24.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Billy Kinard | 7 | 196 | 28.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Weber | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 830 | 24.4 | 56 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Paul | 7 | 190 | 27.1 | 42 | 1 |
| Ken Konz | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chuck Noll | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Galen Fiss | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Colo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Wren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 274 | 15.2 | 42 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Carpenter | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Paul | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Babe Parilli | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Junior Wren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Colo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Noll | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Gatski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeet Quinlan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy O'Connell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Lou Groza | 11 | 18 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Ray Renfro | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Tommy O'Connell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Maurice Bassett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Fred Morrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Ed Modzelewski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Billy Kinard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Chuck Noll | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ken Konz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Don Paul | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Junior Wren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 167 |
