1956 Baltimore Colts (NFL)

4th place Western Conference 5-7-0 .417

Herman Ball	Centers/Guards
Frank Cumiskey	Ends
Frank Lauterbur	Tackles
Charley Winner	Backfield

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/11/1956	A	Philadelphia Eagles	24-23	W	Hershey, PA	Hershey Stadium	17575
Mon	8/20/1956	N	New York Giants	10-28	L	Boston, MA	Nickerson Field	21000
Sat	8/25/1956	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	37-16	W	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	12500
Sun	9/9/1956	N	Philadelphia Eagles	14-19	L	Louisville, KY	Fairgrounds Stadium	21876
Sun	9/16/1956	H	Washington Redskins	27-13	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	28471
Sun	9/30/1956	H	Chicago Bears	28-21	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	45221
Sat	10/6/1956	H	Detroit Lions	14-31	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	42622
Sun	10/14/1956	A	Green Bay Packers	33-38	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	24214
Sun	10/21/1956	A	Chicago Bears	27-58	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	48364
Sun	10/28/1956	H	Green Bay Packers	28-21	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	40086
Sun	11/11/1956	A	Cleveland Browns	21-7	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	42404
Sun	11/18/1956	A	Detroit Lions	3-27	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	55788
Sun	11/25/1956	H	Los Angeles Rams	56-21	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	40321
Sun	12/2/1956	H	San Francisco 49ers	17-20	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	37227
Sun	12/9/1956	A	Los Angeles Rams	7-31	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	51037
Sun	12/16/1956	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-30	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	43791
Sun	12/23/1956	H	Washington Redskins	19-17	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	32994

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
35	Alan Ameche	FB	6-1	218	23	Wisconsin	12	11
82	Raymond Berry	LOE	6-2	189	23	Schreiner Institute JC; Southern Methodist	12	9
73	Joe Campanella	MG	6-1	242	26	Ohio State	10	5
78	Dick Chorovich	ROT	6-4	260	24	Miami (Ohio)	3	2
87	Lloyd Colteryahn	LOE	6-2	220	25	Maryland	3	1
70	Art Donovan	LDT	6-2	263	32	Notre Dame; Boston College	11	11
45	L.G. Dupre	LOH-P-OE	5-11	190	24	Baylor	11	4
67	Doug Eggers	RLB	6-0	213	26	South Dakota State	12	12
79	Tom Feamster	ROT-LOT-DE-K	6-7	260	26	William & Mary; Florida State	12	5
77	Tom Finnin	RDT	6-2	262	29	Detroit Mercy	10	7
81	Bernie Flowers	LOE	6-2	210	26	Purdue	1	1
20	Jim Harness	DB	5-11	180	22	Mississippi State	1	0
20	Johnny Hermann	RS	6-1	180	23	UCLA	8	1
74	Ken Jackson	ROT-LOT-LOG	6-2	236	27	Texas	12	8
20	Tommy James	LDH-RS	5-10	184	33	Ohio State	2	2
83	Don Joyce	RDE	6-3	253	27	Tulane	12	12
18	Gary Kerkorian	QB-K	5-11	185	26	Stanford	3	1
65	Bill Koman	ROG-C-ROT	6-2	229	22	North Carolina	12	1
76	Gene Lipscomb	RDT-LDT	6-6	284	25	none	11	6
89	Gino Marchetti	LDE	6-4	244	30	Modesto JC; San Francisco	12	12
24	Lenny Moore	ROH	6-1	191	23	Penn State	12	12
84	Jim Mutscheller	ROE	6-1	213	26	Notre Dame	12	12
50	Buzz Nutter	C	6-4	230	25	Virginia Tech	12	12
18	Dick Nyers	RS	5-11	177	22	Indianapolis	5	0
61	Jack Patera	MG	6-1	234	23	Oregon	12	7
36	Bill Pellington	LLB	6-2	234	29	Defiance; Rutgers	12	12
76	Jerry Peterson	DT	6-3	285	22	Wharton County JC; Texas	1	0
60	George Preas	LOT	6-2	244	23	Virginia Tech	12	10
53	George Radosevich	C-T	6-2	238	28	Pittsburgh	8	0
44	Bert Rechichar	RS-P-K	6-1	209	26	Tennessee	10	10
68	Alex Sandusky	ROG	6-1	235	24	Clarion	11	11
14	George Shaw	QB	6-1	183	23	Oregon	5	5
25	Don Shula	RDH-LDH	5-11	190	26	John Carroll	12	10
63	Art Spinney	LOG	6-0	230	29	Boston College	11	11
23	Carl Taseff	RDH-LDH	5-11	182	28	John Carroll	12	12
40	Jesse Thomas	LS	5-10	180	28	Michigan State	12	12
19	Johnny Unitas	QB	6-1	194	23	Louisville	12	6
21	Billy Vessels	LOH-LDH	6-0	190	25	Oklahoma	12	8
26	Royce Womble	LOH-ROH-LOE	6-0	185	25	North Texas	12	2
31	Dick Young	FB	5-11	210	26	Tennessee-Chattanooga	12	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	9	Lenny Moore	B	Penn State
2	21	Dick Donlin	E	Hamline
3	33	Bob Pascal	B	Duke
4	43	B.C. Inabinet	T	Clemson
5	55	Herb Gray	E	Texas
6	67	Don Schmidt	B	Texas Tech
7	79	Bill Waters	T	Austin
8	91	Bill Koman	G	North Carolina
9	103	John Lewis	E	Michigan State
10	115	Gene Scott	B	Centre
11	127	Dennis Shaw	E	North Texas
12	139	Steve Myhra	G	North Dakota
13	151	Jack Hill	B	Utah State
14	163	Ted Schwanger	B	Tennessee Tech
15	175	John Polzer	LB	Virginia
16	187	Gene Hendrix	B	Drake
17	199	Bill Danenhauer	E	College of Emporia
18	211	Earl Looman	G	Stetson
19	223	Bob Fyvie	T	Lafayette
20	235	Bob Hill	B	Jackson State
21	247	Jim Harness	B	Mississippi State
22	259	Pat Del Vicario	G	Southern Mississippi
23	271	Al Stephenson	T	Idaho State
24	283	Bobby Fox	QB	Texas A&M-Commerce
25	295	Brad Mills	B	Kentucky
26	307	Jim Lohr	T	Southeast Missouri State
27	319	Herb Hartwell	B	Virginia
28	331	John Shearer	QB	Shepherd
29	343	Jim Rusher	E	Kansas State
30	354	Terry Sweeney	B	Middle Tennessee State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	55	103	51	61
Opponents Totals	80	64	83	95

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		216	106	99	11	/ %	/ %	53	507
Opponents Totals		238	109	115	14	/ %	/ %	62	486

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Lenny Moore	9	0	0		0	0		54
Alan Ameche	8	0	0		0	0		48
Jim Mutscheller	6	0	0		0	0		36
L.G. Dupre	4	0	0		0	0		24
Tom Feamster	0	24	26	92.3	0	3	0.0	24
Billy Vessels	3	0	0		0	0		18
Bert Rechichar	0	8	10	80.0	3	13	23.1	17
Raymond Berry	2	0	0		0	0		12
Carl Taseff	2	0	0		0	0		12
Royce Womble	2	0	0		0	0		12
Jesse Thomas	1	0	0		0	0		6
Johnny Unitas	1	0	0		0	0		6
Gary Kerkorian	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		1
Team Totals	38	33	38	86.8	3	16	18.8	270
Opponents Totals	43	40	43	93.0	8	19	42.1	322

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Tom Feamster	0	3	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Bert Rechichar	3	13	23.1	0/	0/	1/	2/	0/
Team Totals	3	16	18.8	0/	0/	1/	2/	0/
Opponents Totals	8	19	42.1	5/	1/	2/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Alan Ameche	178	858	4.8	43	8
Lenny Moore	86	649	7.5	79t	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
Team Totals	432	2202	5.1	79t	21
Opponents Totals	447	1916	4.3	33	16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Johnny Unitas	198	110	55.6	78	1498	7.6	13.6	54	9	4.5	10	5.1	202	1296	74.0
George Shaw	75	45	60.0	23	645	8.6	14.3	49t	3	4.0	7	9.3	87	558	62.4
Gary Kerkorian	2	2	100.0	0	59	29.5	29.5	40	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	59	158.3
Lenny Moore	4	1	25.0	2	8	2.0	8.0	8t	1	25.0	1	25.0	0	8	39.6
Team Totals	279	158	56.6	103	2210	7.9	14.0	54	14	5.0	18	6.5	289	1921	72.1
Opponents Totals	297	165	55.6	119	2463	8.3	14.9	77t	22	7.4	13	4.4	203	2260	89.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Mutscheller	44	715	16.3	53t	6
Raymond Berry	37	601	16.2	54	2
Alan Ameche	26	189	7.3	22	0
L.G. Dupre	16	216	13.5	49t	2
Billy Vessels	11	177	16.1	30	1
Lenny Moore	11	102	9.3	27	1
Royce Womble	9	180	20.0	43t	2
Lloyd Colteryahn	3	29	9.7	16	0
Johnny Unitas	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	158	2210	14.0	54	14
Opponents Totals	165	2463	14.9	77t	22

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
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
Team Totals	13	134	10.3	42	0
Opponents Totals	18	275	15.3	59t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Bert Rechichar	33	1277	38.7	56	0
L.G. Dupre	25	952	38.1	54	1
Team Totals	58	2229	38.4	56	1	153	2056	35.4
Opponents Totals	58	2489	42.9	70		297

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Carl Taseff	27	233	8.6	90t	1
Lenny Moore	8	38	4.8	15	0
Bert Rechichar	5	10	2.0	7	0
Dick Nyers	2	16	8.0	16	0
Team Totals	42	297	7.1	90t	1
Opponents Totals	39	153	3.9	67t	2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Vessels	16	379	23.7	42	0
Lenny Moore	10	129	12.9	21	0
Carl Taseff	9	206	22.9	34	0
L.G. Dupre	7	148	21.1	35	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
Bill Pellington	1	0	0.0	0	0
Don Shula	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	54	1043	19.3	42	0
Opponents Totals	43	1015	23.6	103t	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Alan Ameche	3		0	0	0	0	0
L.G. Dupre	4		0	0	0	0	0
Doug Eggers	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bill Koman	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Gino Marchetti	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lenny Moore	5		1	0	1	0	0
Jim Mutscheller	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dick Nyers	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Patera	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Pellington	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
George Radosevich	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bert Rechichar	1		1	1	2	17	0
Don Shula	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Carl Taseff	0	0	0	2	2	15	0
Jesse Thomas	0	0	0	1	1	25	1
Johnny Unitas	4		2	0	2	0	0
Dick Young	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	18	14	4	15	19	63	1
Opponents Totals	23	15	8	14	22		0