1956 New York Giants (NFL)

1st place Eastern Conference 8-3-1 .727

Ken Kavanaugh	Offensive Ends
Ed Kolman	Line
Tom Landry	Defense
Vince Lombardi	Backfield

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	8/20/1956	N	Baltimore Colts	28-10	W	Boston, MA	Nickerson Field	21000
Sat	8/25/1956	A	Green Bay Packers	13-17	L	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	16448
Sat	9/1/1956	N	Los Angeles Rams	20-10	W	Seattle, WA	Husly Stadium	25500
Sun	9/9/1956	N	San Francisco 49ers	21-14	W	Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	28448
Sat	9/15/1956	N	Chicago Bears	16-21	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	25000
Fri	9/21/1956	N	Chicago Cardinals	42-7	W	Memphis, TN	Crump Stadium
Sun	9/30/1956	A	San Francisco 49ers	38-21	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	41751
Sun	10/7/1956	A	Chicago Cardinals	27-35	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	21799
Sun	10/14/1956	A	Cleveland Browns	21-9	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	60042
Sun	10/21/1956	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	38-10	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	48108
Sun	10/28/1956	H	Philadelphia Eagles	20-3	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	40960
Sun	11/4/1956	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-14	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	31240
Sun	11/11/1956	H	Chicago Cardinals	23-10	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62410
Sun	11/18/1956	A	Washington Redskins	7-33	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	26261
Sun	11/25/1956	H	Chicago Bears	17-17	T	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	55191
Sun	12/2/1956	H	Washington Redskins	28-14	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	46351
Sun	12/9/1956	H	Cleveland Browns	7-24	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	27707
Sat	12/15/1956	A	Philadelphia Eagles	21-7	W	Philadelphia, PA	Connie Mack Stadium	16562
League Championship
Sun	12/30/1956	H	Chicago Bears	47-7	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	56836

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
8	Ben Agajanian	K	6-0	195	37	Compton JC; New Mexico	10	0
60	Bill Austin	LOG-ROG	6-1	223	28	Oregon State	8	4
61	Ray Beck	LOG-MG	6-2	224	25	Georgia Tech	10	2
79	Rosey Brown	LOT	6-3	249	24	Morgan State	12	12
83	Hank Burnine	ROE	6-2	186	24	Missouri	3	0
34	Don Chandler	P-K	6-2	208	22	Bacone Indian JC; Florida	12	0
12	Bobby Clatterbuck	QB	6-3	195	24	San Angelo JC; Houston	2	0
42	Charley Conerly	QB-P	6-1	185	35	Mississippi	12	0
40	Gene Filipski	LOH	5-11	185	25	Army; Villanova	12	0
16	Frank Gifford	LOH-K	6-1	197	26	Bakersfield CC; Southern California	12	12
76	Rosey Grier	RDT	6-5	284	24	Penn State	12	12
11	Don Heinrich	QB	6-0	182	26	Washington	12	12
41	Johnny Hermann	RS	6-1	180	23	UCLA	2	0
70	Sam Huff	MG	6-1	230	22	West Virginia	12	10
48	Ed Hughes	LDH	6-1	184	29	Canisius; North Carolina State; Cameron JC; Tulsa	12	12
65	Gerry Huth	LOG	5-11	226	23	Wake Forest	11	8
82	Jim Katcavage	LDE-RDE-LDT	6-3	237	22	Dayton	12	4
89	Cliff Livingston	LLB-RLB-RDE-LDE	6-3	212	26	Orange Coast JC; UCLA	12	2
80	Ken MacAfee	ROE	6-2	212	27	Alabama	12	12
77	Dick Modzelewski	LDT	6-0	258	25	Maryland	12	11
32	Henry Moore	ROH-FB	6-1	195	22	Arkansas	5	0
25	Dick Nolan	RDH	6-1	185	24	Maryland	12	12
20	Jimmy Patton	RS-ROH	5-11	183	23	Mississippi	12	7
27	Herb Rich	RS	5-11	181	28	Vanderbilt	5	5
81	Andy Robustelli	RDE	6-1	230	31	Arnold	12	12
44	Kyle Rote	LOE-ROH	6-0	199	28	Southern Methodist	12	8
85	Bob Schnelker	LOE	6-3	214	28	Bowling Green State	12	4
62	Jack Spinks	LOG	6-0	236	26	Alcorn State	3	1
66	Jack Stroud	ROG	6-1	235	28	Tennessee	11	11
84	Harland Svare	RLB	6-0	214	26	Washington State	11	11
30	Bill Svoboda	LLB	6-0	210	28	Tulane	11	11
33	Mel Triplett	FB	6-1	215	26	Toledo	12	12
45	Emlen Tunnell	LS	6-1	193	32	Toledo; Iowa	12	12
29	Alex Webster	ROH	6-3	218	25	North Carolina State	12	12
55	Ray Wietecha	C	6-1	225	28	Michigan State; Northwestern	12	12
72	Dick Yelvington	ROT	6-2	232	28	Georgia	12	12
78	Walt Yowarsky	LDE	6-2	234	28	Kentucky	11	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	19	Henry Moore	B	Arkansas
3	30	Sam Huff	T	West Virginia
4	45	Jim Katcavage	E	Dayton
5	57	Don Chandler	B	Florida
6	69	Fred Cason	B	Tampa
7	81	Ron Nery	T	Kansas State
8	93	Don Holleder	E	Army
9	105	Ken Braden	C	Texas A&M-Commerce
10	117	Johnny Hermann	B	UCLA
11	129	Dick Moloney	B	Kentucky
13	153	Eddie Crawford	B	Mississippi
14	165	John McMullan	G	Notre Dame
15	177	Ron Melnik	T	Army
16	189	Al Portney	T	Missouri
17	201	Tom Mooney	T	Miami (Ohio)
18	213	Matt Boone	B	North Carolina Central
19	225	Ray Detring	B	Missouri
20	237	Mike Falls	G	Minnesota
21	249	Don McComb	E	Villanova
22	261	Jerry Harkrader	B	Ohio State
23	273	Bob McCool	B	Mississippi
24	285	Gerry Huth	G	Wake Forest
25	297	Harry Spears	B	Florida
26	309	John Buller	B	Kansas
27	321	Gerry Nesbitt	B	Arkansas
28	333	Bill Fuller	T	Arkansas
29	345	Jim Nelson	G	Duke
30	356	Wayne Williams	E	Southern Illinois

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	52	86	77	49
Opponents Totals	27	58	41	71

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		223	124	82	17	/ %	/ %	52	474
Opponents Totals		188	82	90	16	/ %	/ %	56	495

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Frank Gifford	9	8	9	88.9	1	2	50.0	0	65
Alex Webster	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Ben Agajanian	0	23	23	100.0	5	13	38.5	0	38
Mel Triplett	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Ken MacAfee	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Kyle Rote	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Gene Filipski	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Schnelker	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Chandler	0	3	3	100.0	0	0		0	3
Andy Robustelli	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	35	34	35	97.1	6	15	40.0	1	264
Opponents Totals	25	24	25	96.0	7	16	43.8	1	197

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Ben Agajanian	5	13	38.5	2/	1/	2/	0/	0/
Frank Gifford	1	2	50.0	1/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	6	15	40.0	3/	1/	2/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	7	16	43.8	1/	2/	2/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Gifford	159	819	5.2	69	5
Alex Webster	178	694	3.9	34t	7
Mel Triplett	125	515	4.1	25	5
Gene Filipski	13	85	6.5	35t	1
Charley 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
Team Totals	499	2129	4.3	69	18
Opponents Totals	415	1443	3.5		10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Charley Conerly	174	90	51.7	77	1143	6.6	12.7	48	10	5.7	7	4.0		12	1131	75.0
Don Heinrich	88	37	42.0	46	369	4.2	10.0	43t	5	5.7	5	5.7		10	359	49.9
Bobby Clatterbuck	7	4	57.1	2	54	7.7	13.5	21	0	0.0	1	14.3		12	42	42.3
Frank Gifford	5	2	40.0	2	35	7.0	17.5	29t	2	40.0	1	20.0	0	0	35	64.6
Kyle Rote	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	275	133	48.4	128	1601	5.8	12.0	48	17	6.2	14	5.1		34	1567	66.0
Opponents Totals	297	149	50.2	131	1890	6.4	12.7		12	4.0	17	5.7		252	1638	60.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Gifford	51	603	11.8	48	4
Kyle Rote	28	405	14.5	31	4
Alex Webster	21	197	9.4	43t	3
Ken MacAfee	14	184	13.1	29t	4
Bob Schnelker	9	122	13.6	19	1
Mel Triplett	6	48	8.0	35t	1
Gene Filipski	3	37	12.3	21	0
Don Chandler	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	133	1601	12.0	48	17
Opponents Totals	149	1890	12.7		12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
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
Ray Beck	1	2	2.0	2	0
Jimmy Patton	1	2	2.0	2	0
Herb Rich	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	17	198	11.6	38	0
Opponents Totals	14	235	16.8		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Don Chandler	59	2473	41.9	63	0
Charley Conerly	1	33	33.0	33	0
Team Totals	60	2506	41.8	63	0	337	36.2
Opponents Totals	62	2263	36.5			162

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Emlen Tunnell	22	120	5.5	14
Jimmy Patton	12	17	1.4	6
Gene Filipski	1	25	25.0	25
Johnny Hermann	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	36	162	4.5	25
Opponents Totals	34	337	9.9

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jimmy Patton	13	283	21.8	31
Gene Filipski	19	390	20.5	30
Ed Hughes	1	27	27.0	27
Johnny Hermann	1	17	17.0	17
Mel Triplett	1	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	35	719	20.5	31
Opponents Totals	46	1033	22.5

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ray Beck	1		2	0	2	0	0
Rosey Brown	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Gene Filipski	3		0	0	0	0	0
Frank Gifford	5		1	0	1	0	0
Rosey Grier	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Don Heinrich	2		2	0	2	0	0
Sam Huff	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ed Hughes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gerry Huth	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Jim Katcavage	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Cliff Livingston	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Dick Modzelewski	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jimmy Patton	2		1	1	2	0	0
Herb Rich	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Andy Robustelli	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Schnelker	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bill Svoboda	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mel Triplett	10		2	0	2	0	0
Emlen Tunnell	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Alex Webster	4		0	0	0	0	0
Dick Yelvington	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Walt Yowarsky	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	27	13	14	16	30	6	0
Opponents Totals	32	16	16	13	29		2