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1956 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-3-0, 2nd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Buddy Parker (9-3-0)

Points For: 300 (25.0/g) 2nd of 12

Points Against: 188 (15.7/g) 3rd of 12

Expected W-L: 9.0-3.0

SRS: 8.67 (2nd of 12), SOS: -0.67

Defensive Coordinator: Buster Ramsey

Other Notable Asst.: George Wilson (Offensive Coach)

Stadium: Briggs Stadium

Partial Owner/President: Edwin Anderson

Partial Owner: Lyle Fife

General Manager: Nick Kerbawy

Training Camp: Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	300	4206	808	5.2	34	11	247	160	301	2195	13	23	7.3	111	507	2011	21	4.0	122	66	668	14
Opp. Stats	188	3408	670	5.1	40	12	181	138	297	1905	11	28	6.4	84	373	1503	9	4.0	81	48	519	16
Lg Rank Offense	2	3			7	3	1		4	3	7	9	2		3	5	2	7
Lg Rank Defense	3	6			2	7	2		9	7	3	2	6		1	3	1	6

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 30		boxscore	W		1-0	@	Green Bay Packers	20	16	23	375	200	175	2	10	160	88	72	2
2	Sat	October 6		boxscore	W		2-0	@	Baltimore Colts	31	14	25	465	247	218	2	10	206	138	68	4
3	Sun	October 14		boxscore	W		3-0		Los Angeles Rams	24	21	23	368	193	175	2	14	381	253	128	3
4	Sun	October 21		boxscore	W		4-0		San Francisco 49ers	20	17	25	393	149	244	1	15	257	67	190	2
5	Sun	October 28		boxscore	W		5-0	@	Los Angeles Rams	16	7	16	293	177	116	2	18	384	225	159	6
6	Sun	November 4		boxscore	W		6-0	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	13	19	283	89	194	3	15	246	153	93	3
7	Sun	November 11		boxscore	L		6-1	@	Washington Redskins	17	18	16	312	260	52	4	15	286	83	203	2
8	Sun	November 18		boxscore	W		7-1		Baltimore Colts	27	3	26	393	153	240	1	15	356	298	58	2
9	Thu	November 22		boxscore	L		7-2		Green Bay Packers	20	24	17	352	146	206	3	21	373	289	84	3
10	Sun	December 2		boxscore	W		8-2		Chicago Bears	42	10	25	468	254	214	6	15	184	70	114	5
11	Sun	December 9		boxscore	W		9-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	45	7	15	296	166	130	6	9	129	104	25	6
12	Sun	December 16		boxscore	L		9-3	@	Chicago Bears	21	38	17	208	161	47	2	24	446	137	309	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bobby Layne	30	QB	12	12	9-3-0	129	244	52.9	1909	9	3.7	17	7.0	70	7.8	5.43	14.8	159.1	62.0	44	0	1	PB,AP-1
2	Harry Gilmer	30	QB	11	0		27	46	58.7	303	4	8.7	3	6.5	41	6.6	5.39	11.2	27.5	80.3	11	0	0
3	Jug Girard	29	HB	10	2		1	1	100.0	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	19.0	19.00	19.0	1.9	118.7		0	0
4	Jerry Reichow	22	QB	8	0		3	6	50.0	19	0	0.0	1	16.7	14	3.2	-4.33	6.3	2.4	17.4		0	0
5	Howard Cassady	22	LH	12	4		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0		0.0	-22.50		0.0	0.0		0	0
6	Don McIlhenny	22	RH	9	5		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6		0	0
7	Bill Stits	25	HB	12	2		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	9-3-0	160	301	53.2	2195	13	4.3	23	7.6	70	7.5	4.90	14.1	182.9	60.1	55	0	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Gene Gedman	24	RH/FB	12	10	135	479	7	33	3.5	39.9	11.3	15	142	9.5	1	43	1.3	11.8	150	4.1	621	8	3
2	Dave Middleton	23	RE	12	10	3	9	0	10	3.0	0.8	0.3	39	606	15.5	5	56	3.3	50.5	42	14.6	615	5	0
3	Dorne Dibble	27	LE	12	12	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.7	0.1	32	597	18.7	2	56	2.7	49.8	33	18.3	605	2	0
4	Howard Cassady	22	LH	12	4	97	413	0	33	4.3	34.4	8.1	9	83	9.2	0	21	0.8	6.9	106	4.7	496	0	2
5	Leon Hart	28	FB	11	7	76	348	5	46	4.6	31.6	6.9	14	116	8.3	1	29	1.3	10.5	90	5.2	464	6	3
6	Jim Doran	29	FL	11	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	25	448	17.9	0	70	2.3	40.7	25	17.9	448	0	1
7	Don McIlhenny	22	RH	9	5	87	372	3	30	4.3	41.3	9.7	8	70	8.8	2	21	0.9	7.8	95	4.7	442	5	0
8	Bobby Layne	30	QB	12	12	46	169	5	20	3.7	14.1	3.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	46	3.7	169	5	3	PB,AP-1
9	Bill Bowman	25	FB	6	1	20	84	1	13	4.2	14.0	3.3	5	34	6.8	1	18	0.8	5.7	25	4.7	118	2	0
10	Jug Girard	29	HB	10	2	17	67	0	11	3.9	6.7	1.7	3	33	11.0	0	16	0.3	3.3	20	5.0	100	0	0
11	Jerry Reichow	22	QB	8	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	4	63	15.8	1	41	0.5	7.9	5	12.8	64	1	0
12	Bill Stits	25	HB	12	2	3	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.3	3	52	17.3	0	27	0.3	4.3	6	8.7	52	0	0
13	Tom Tracy	22	FB	4	1	12	32	0	9	2.7	8.0	3.0	3	6	2.0	0	5	0.8	1.5	15	2.5	38	0	1
14	Harry Gilmer	30	QB	11	0	8	19	0	6	2.4	1.7	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	2.4	19	0	1
15	Yale Lary	26	FS	12	12	1	10	0	10	10.0	0.8	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	10.0	10	0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			12	12	507	2011	21	46	4.0	167.6	42.3	160	2250	14.1	13	70	13.3	187.5	667	6.4	4261	34	14

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Jack Christiansen	28	SS	12	12	8	109	0	33	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Sonny Gandee	27	LLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Ray Krouse	29	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Yale Lary	26	FS	12	12	8	182	1	73	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Bobby Layne	30	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
6	Joe Schmidt	24	MLB	12	12	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
7	Jim David	29	LDH	12	11	7	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
8	Carl Karilivacz	26	RDH	11	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Bob Miller	27	RDT	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	0	0.0	0
10	Gene Gedman	24	RH/FB	12	10	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	Bob Long	22	RLB	12	10	2	47	0	40	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
12	Jim Doran	29	FL	11	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Leon Hart	28	FB	11	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Gil Mains	27	RDE	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Howard Cassady	22	LH	12	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Bill Stits	25	HB	12	2	1	11	0	11	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Tom Tracy	22	FB	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Harry Gilmer	30	QB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	28	360	1	73	14	15	23	0	0.0	0

Touchdown Log

Opponent Touchdown Log

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