
1956 New York Giants Statistics
Team Record: 8-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Jim Howell (8-3-1)
Location: New York, New York
1956 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 8 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0. Jim Howell coached the team. The 1956 New York Giants won the Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Charlie Conerly | 174 | 90 | 51.7 | 1143 | 6.6 | 10 | 5.7 | 7 | 4.0 | 48 | 75.0 | Don Heinrich | 88 | 37 | 42.0 | 369 | 4.2 | 5 | 5.7 | 5 | 5.7 | 43 | 49.9 | Bob Clatterbuck | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 54 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 21 | 42.3 | Frank Gifford | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 35 | 7.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 29 | 64.6 | Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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Totals | 275 | 133 | 48.4 | 1601 | 5.8 | 17 | 6.2 | 14 | 5.1 | 48 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Frank Gifford | 159 | 819 | 5.2 | 69 | 5 | Alex Webster | 178 | 694 | 3.9 | 34 | 7 | Mel Triplett | 125 | 515 | 4.1 | 25 | 5 | Gene Filipski | 13 | 85 | 6.5 | 35 | 1 | Charlie Conerly | 11 | 11 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 | Don Chandler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Kyle Rote | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | Jimmy Patton | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | Henry Moore | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | Don Heinrich | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 2 | 0 |
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Totals | 499 | 2129 | 4.3 | 69 | 18 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Frank Gifford | 51 | 603 | 11.8 | 48 | 4 | Kyle Rote | 28 | 405 | 14.5 | 31 | 4 | Alex Webster | 21 | 197 | 9.4 | 43 | 3 | Ken MacAfee | 14 | 184 | 13.1 | 29 | 4 | Bob Schnelker | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 19 | 1 | Mel Triplett | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 35 | 1 | Gene Filipski | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 21 | 0 | Don Chandler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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Totals | 133 | 1601 | 12.0 | 48 | 17 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Ben Agajanian | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 38 | Frank Gifford | 9 | 8 | 88.9 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 11 | Don Chandler | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 3 |
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Totals | 35 | 34 | 97.1 | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 52 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Don Chandler | 59 | 2473 | 41.9 | 63 | Charlie Conerly | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 |
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Totals | 60 | 2506 | 41.8 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Emlen Tunnell | 22 | 120 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 | Gene Filipski | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | Jimmy Patton | 12 | 17 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 | Johnny Hermann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 36 | 162 | 4.5 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gene Filipski | 19 | 390 | 20.5 | 30 | 0 | Jimmy Patton | 13 | 283 | 21.8 | 31 | 0 | Ed Hughes | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | Johnny Hermann | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Mel Triplett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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Totals | 35 | 719 | 20.5 | 31 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Emlen Tunnell | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 23 | 0 | Sam Huff | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 27 | 0 | Dick Nolan | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 | Bill Svoboda | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Ed Hughes | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | Jimmy Patton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Ray Beck | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Herb Rich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 17 | 198 | 11.6 | 38 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Rosey Grier | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Huth | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Beck | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Heinrich | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mel Triplett | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Patton | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cliff Livingston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Yelvington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Emlen Tunnell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Herb Rich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Bob Schnelker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Frank Gifford | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Andy Robustelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Ed Hughes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walt Yowarsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rosey Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Katcavage | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Filipski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alex Webster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 30 | 6 | 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 | Frank Gifford | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 65 | Alex Webster | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Ben Agajanian | 5 | 23 | 0 | 38 | Mel Triplett | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Kyle Rote | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Ken MacAfee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Gene Filipski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Schnelker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Don Chandler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Totals | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 264 |