1956 Cleveland Browns (NFL)

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

Head Coach: Paul Brown

Paul Bixler	Ends
Howard Brinker	Backfield
Dick Gallagher	Assistant Coach
Fritz Heisler	Guards
Eddie Ulinski	Tackles

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/10/1956	A	College All-Stars	26-0	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	75000
Sun	8/19/1956	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-28	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	38741
Fri	8/24/1956	A	Los Angeles Rams	6-17	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	40175
Sat	9/1/1956	H	Green Bay Packers	20-21	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	15456
Fri	9/7/1956	A	Detroit Lions	0-17	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	48105
Sat	9/15/1956	H	Detroit Lions	14-31	L	Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	28201
Fri	9/21/1956	A	Chicago Bears	24-14	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	56543
Sun	9/30/1956	A	Chicago Cardinals	7-9	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	20966
Sat	10/6/1956	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	14-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	35398
Sun	10/14/1956	H	New York Giants	9-21	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	60042
Sun	10/21/1956	A	Washington Redskins	9-20	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	23332
Sun	10/28/1956	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	16-24	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	50358
Sun	11/4/1956	A	Green Bay Packers	24-7	W	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	28590
Sun	11/11/1956	H	Baltimore Colts	7-21	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	42404
Sun	11/18/1956	A	Philadelphia Eagles	16-0	W	Philadelphia, PA	Connie Mack Stadium	25894
Sun	11/25/1956	H	Washington Redskins	17-20	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	22878
Sun	12/2/1956	H	Philadelphia Eagles	17-14	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	20654
Sun	12/9/1956	A	New York Giants	24-7	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	27707
Sun	12/16/1956	H	Chicago Cardinals	7-24	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	25312

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
30	Mo Bassett	FB	6-1	231	25	Langston	12	3
60	Hal Bradley	ROG	6-2	230	27	Iowa	11	7
88	Darrel Brewster	LOE	6-3	210	26	Purdue	12	12
48	Preston Carpenter	ROH-LOH	6-2	197	22	Arkansas	12	8
70	Don Colo	LDT-RDT	6-3	252	31	Brown	12	9
35	Galen Fiss	RLB	6-0	226	25	Kansas	12	12
80	Len Ford	RDE	6-4	245	30	Morgan State; Michigan	12	11
62	Herschel Forester	LOG-ROG	6-0	230	25	Southern Methodist	12	11
56	Jim Furey	LB	6-0	230	23	Kansas State	1	0
79	Bob Gain	LDE-LDT-MG	6-3	256	27	Kentucky	12	12
52	Frank Gatski	C	6-2	233	35	Marshall; Auburn	12	12
64	Abe Gibron	LOG	5-11	243	31	Valparaiso; Purdue	7	5
84	Horace Gillom	P	6-1	221	35	Ohio State; Nevada-Reno	5	0
64/78	Don Goss	LOT-LOG-ROG	6-5	260	23	Southern Methodist	6	0
76	Lou Groza	LOT-K	6-3	240	32	Ohio State	12	12
78	Art Hunter	C-ROT	6-4	243	23	Notre Dame	8	0
36	Billy Kinard	LOH-ROH	6-0	189	23	Mississippi	7	0
72	John Kissell	RDT	6-2	245	33	Boston College	12	12
22	Kenny Konz	LS	5-10	184	28	Louisiana State	12	12
24	Warren Lahr	LDH	5-11	189	33	Western Reserve	12	12
86	Dante Lavelli	ROE	6-1	191	33	Ohio State	11	11
60	John Macerelli	OT-OG	6-2	220	26	St. Vincent	12	0
82	Carlton Massey	LDE-RDE	6-4	221	26	Southwestern (Texas); Texas	12	4
74	Mike McCormack	ROT	6-4	246	26	Kansas	12	12
34	Walt Michaels	MLB	6-0	231	27	Washington & Lee	12	11
36	Ed Modzelewski	FB	6-0	217	27	Maryland	8	7
32	Fred Morrison	ROH-FB-LOH	6-2	215	30	Ohio State	12	6
65	Chuck Noll	LLB	6-1	218	24	Dayton	12	12
17	Tommy O'Connell	QB	5-11	187	26	Notre Dame; Illinois	7	6
54	Sam Palumbo	LLB-C-MG	6-2	226	24	Notre Dame	12	0
18	Babe Parilli	QB	6-1	190	27	Kentucky	5	2
20	Don Paul	RDH	6-0	187	30	Washington State	12	12
44	Johnny Petitbon	RS	5-11	186	25	Notre Dame	12	3
43	Skeet Quinlan	LOH-ROH	5-11	173	28	Texas Christian; San Diego State	6	2
16	George Ratterman	QB	6-0	192	30	Notre Dame	4	4
26	Ray Renfro	LOH-ROH-ROE	6-1	190	27	North Texas	12	12
45	Bob Smith	LOH	5-10	195	23	Nebraska	2	0
71	Jim Ray Smith	RDE-LOG-LDE	6-3	241	24	Baylor	6	1
83	Chuck Weber	LDE	6-1	229	26	West Chester	4	0
15	Junior Wren	RS	6-0	192	27	Missouri	12	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	13	Preston Carpenter	B	Arkansas
2	25	Billy Kinard	B	Mississippi
3	34	Larry Ross	E	Denver
3	37	Bill Quinlan	E	Michigan State
4	49	Bobby Moss	B	West Virginia
5	61	Frank Clarke	E	Colorado
6	71	Sherman Plunkett	E	Maryland-Eastern Shore
6	73	Paul Wiggin	E	Stanford
7	85	Chuck Griffith	E	Southern California
8	97	Len Hellyer	B	Marshall
9	109	Jack Hecker	E	Bowling Green State
10	121	Eddie Rayburn	T	Rice
11	133	Bill Underdonk	T	West Virginia
12	145	Harry Javernick	T	Colorado
13	157	Jim Furey	C	Kansas State
14	169	Charlie Sidwell	B	William & Mary
15	181	Willie Davis	E	Grambling State
16	193	Thurlow Cooper	E	Maine
17	205	Eddie West	QB	North Carolina State
18	217	CandyCarroll	B	Case Western Reserve
19	229	John Sebest	E	Eastern Kentucky
20	241	Joe Mobra	E	Oklahoma
21	253	Gene Kapish	E	Notre Dame
22	265	Sam Brown	B	UCLA
23	277	Don Althouse	E	Syracuse
24	289	Jim Hughes	G	San Jose State
25	301	Bob Davenport	B	UCLA
26	313	Jack Kammerman	E	Utah
27	325	Ed Dwyer	E	Purdue
28	337	Ollie Sparks	G	Iowa State
29	349	John Battos	E	Vanderbilt
30	360	Bob Bartholomew	T	Wake Forest

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	65	54	14	34
Opponents Totals	24	69	30	51

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		173	94	63	16	/ %	/ %	52	457
Opponents Totals		188	108	62	18	/ %	/ %	61	529

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Lou Groza	0	18	18	100.0	11	20	55.0	0	51
Ray Renfro	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Mo Bassett	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ed Modzelewski	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Fred Morrison	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tommy O'Connell	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Darrel Brewster	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Billy Kinard	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Kenny Konz	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dante Lavelli	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Chuck Noll	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Paul	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Ratterman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Junior Wren	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	19	18	19	94.7	11	20	55.0	1	167
Opponents Totals	21	21	21	100.0	10	17	58.8	0	177

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Lou Groza	11	20	55.0	3/	2/	2/	4/	0/
Team Totals	11	20	55.0	3/	2/	2/	4/	0/
Opponents Totals	10	17	58.8	7/	0/	3/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Preston Carpenter	188	756	4.0	30	0
Ed Modzelewski	107	431	4.0	23	2
Fred Morrison	83	340	4.1	41	1
Mo 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	27t	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
Team Totals	480	1845	3.8	41	8
Opponents Totals	463	2032	4.4	70t	13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Tommy O'Connell	96	42	43.8	46	551	5.7	13.1	46t	4	4.2	8	8.3	41	510	41.6
George Ratterman	57	39	68.4	15	398	7.0	10.2	46t	1	1.8	3	5.3	79	319	72.1
Babe Parilli	49	24	49.0	18	409	8.3	17.0	68t	3	6.1	7	14.3	63	346	58.5
Team Totals	202	105	52.0	79	1358	6.7	12.9	68t	8	4.0	18	8.9	183	1175	49.5
Opponents Totals	226	107	47.3	101	1215	5.4	11.4	75t	7	3.1	18	8.0	112	1103	41.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Darrel Brewster	28	417	14.9	41	1
Dante Lavelli	20	344	17.2	68t	1
Ray Renfro	17	325	19.1	46t	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
Mo Bassett	4	29	7.3	31t	1
Team Totals	105	1358	12.9	68t	8
Opponents Totals	107	1215	11.4	75t	7

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Paul	7	190	27.1	42	1
Kenny 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
Team Totals	18	274	15.2	42	1
Opponents Totals	18	279	15.5	38	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Fred Morrison	38	1560	41.1	70	7
Horace Gillom	12	537	44.8	53	0
Team Totals	50	2097	41.9	70	7	137	1820	36.4
Opponents Totals	59	2400	40.7	57	4	317	2003	33.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Kenny Konz	13	187	14.4	65t	1
Don Paul	17	103	6.1	17	0
Skeet Quinlan	10	9	.9.0	5	0
Preston Carpenter	1	18	18.0	18	0
Team Totals	41	317	7.7	65t	1
Opponents Totals	26	137	5.3	31	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Preston Carpenter	15	381	25.4	42
Skeet Quinlan	9	219	24.3	50
Billy Kinard	7	196	28.0	56
Fred Morrison	1	17	17.0	17
Bob Smith	1	14	14.0	14
Chuck Weber	1	3	3.0	3
Team Totals	34	830	24.4	56
Opponents Totals	33	819	24.8	57

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Preston Carpenter	5		2	0	2	0	0
Don Colo	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Len Ford	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bob Gain	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Gatski	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dante Lavelli	1		0	0	0	0	0
Fred Morrison	2		0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Noll	0	0	0	1	1	39	1
Tommy O'Connell	1		0	0	0	0	0
Babe Parilli	4		2	0	2	0	0
Don Paul	2		0	2	2	0	0
Skeet Quinlan	2		1	0	1	0	0
George Ratterman	1		0	0	0	0	0
Junior Wren	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	18	12	6	8	14	39	1
Opponents Totals	11	8	3	12	15		1