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1956 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-8-0, 5th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lisle Blackbourn (4-8-0)

Points For: 264 (22.0/g) 5th of 12

Points Against: 342 (28.5/g) 12th of 12

Expected W-L: 4.2-7.8

SRS: -4.36 (11th of 12), SOS: 2.14

Other Notable Asst.: Ray McLean (Backfield Coach) and Lou Rymkus (Line Coach)

Stadium: City Stadium

President: Russ Bogda (GNB is operated by Packers Board of Directors; Bogda was president of its Executive Committee)

General Manager: Verne Lewellen

Training Camp: UW Stevens Point (Stevens Point, Wisconsin)

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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	264	3819	690	5.5	29	11	212	171	353	2398	21	18	6.8	112	337	1421	13	4.2	86	42	393	14
Opp. Stats	342	4710	772	6.1	29	8	246	144	260	2091	17	21	8.0	104	512	2619	20	5.1	129	52	493	13
Lg Rank Offense	5	5			2	3	7		1	2	1	3	4		12	10	9	6
Lg Rank Defense	12	12			8	10	12		5	9	10	4	12		11	12	10	12

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	L		0-1		Detroit Lions	16	20	10	160	88	72	2	23	375	200	175	2
2	Sun	October 7		boxscore	L		0-2		Chicago Bears	21	37	20	267	140	127		25	462	184	278	1
3	Sun	October 14		boxscore	W		1-2		Baltimore Colts	38	33	19	371	187	184	1	17	330	124	206	4
4	Sun	October 21		boxscore	W		2-2		Los Angeles Rams	42	17	27	492	334	158		18	385	232	153	5
5	Sun	October 28		boxscore	L		2-3	@	Baltimore Colts	21	28	14	273	253	20	3	16	418	100	318	3
6	Sun	November 4		boxscore	L		2-4		Cleveland Browns	7	24	13	272	145	127	2	15	272	50	222	1
7	Sun	November 11		boxscore	L		2-5	@	Chicago Bears	14	38	12	311	249	62	5	21	494	299	195	3
8	Sun	November 18		boxscore	L		2-6		San Francisco 49ers	16	17	16	319	181	138	4	24	375	149	226	2
9	Thu	November 22		boxscore	W		3-6	@	Detroit Lions	24	20	21	373	289	84	3	17	352	146	206	3
10	Sun	December 2		boxscore	W		4-6	@	Chicago Cardinals	24	21	25	351	157	194	4	14	209	129	80	2
11	Sat	December 8		boxscore	L		4-7	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	38	16	275	201	74	3	23	427	181	246	1
12	Sun	December 16		boxscore	L		4-8	@	Los Angeles Rams	21	49	19	355	174	181	2	33	611	297	314	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	Tobin Rote	28	QB	12	11	4-7-0	146	308	47.4	2203	18	5.8	15	4.9	69	7.2	6.13	15.1	183.6	70.6	177	2	2	PB,AP-2
2	Bart Starr	22	QB	9	1	0-1-0	24	44	54.5	325	2	4.5	3	6.8	39	7.4	5.23	13.5	36.1	65.1	16	0	0
3	Jack Losch	22	HB	12	5		1	1	100.0	63	1	100.0	0	0.0	63	63.0	83.00	63.0	5.3	158.3		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	4-8-0	171	353	48.4	2398	21	5.9	18	5.1	69	7.3	6.24	15.2	199.8	71.6	193	2	2

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	Billy Howton	26	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	55	1188	21.6	12	66	4.6	99.0	55	21.6	1188	12	0	PB,AP-1
2	Howie Ferguson	26	FB	11	11	99	367	0	24	3.7	33.4	9.0	22	214	9.7	0	25	2.0	19.5	121	4.8	581	0	6
3	Fred Cone	30	FB	12	2	49	211	2	21	4.3	17.6	4.1	12	218	18.2	2	69	1.0	18.2	61	7.0	429	4	2
4	Gary Knafelc	24	LE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	418	13.9	6	38	2.5	34.8	30	13.9	418	6	0
5	Tobin Rote	28	QB	12	11	84	398	11	39	4.7	33.2	7.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	84	4.7	398	11	5	PB,AP-2
6	Joe Johnson	27	LH	11	3	35	129	0	14	3.7	11.7	3.2	28	258	9.2	0	20	2.5	23.5	63	6.1	387	0	1
7	Al Carmichael	28	RH	12	8	32	199	0	35	6.2	16.6	2.7	13	180	13.8	1	63	1.1	15.0	45	8.4	379	1	6
8	Jack Losch	22	HB	12	5	19	43	0	8	2.3	3.6	1.6	7	85	12.1	0	43	0.6	7.1	26	4.9	128	0	3
9	Breezy Reid	29	LH	7	5	14	39	0	11	2.8	5.6	2.0	3	16	5.3	0	12	0.4	2.3	17	3.2	55	0	1
10	Bart Starr	22	QB	9	1	5	35	0	14	7.0	3.9	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	7.0	35	0	0
11	Bill Roberts	27	HB	4	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.3	3.5	1	14.0	14	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	337	1421	13	39	4.2	118.4	28.1	171	2591	15.2	21	69	14.3	215.9	508	7.9	4012	34	24

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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	Bobby Dillon	26	FS	12	12	7	244	1	45	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
2	Bill Forester	24	MG	12	12	4	35	0	13	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Hank Gremminger	23	LDH	12	12	2	36	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Dave Hanner	26	RDT/LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	John Martinkovic	29	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Jim Ringo	25	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
7	Val Joe Walker	26	SS	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Roger Zatkoff	25	RLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Howie Ferguson	26	FB	11	11	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0.0	0
10	Tobin Rote	28	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
11	Al Carmichael	28	RH	12	8	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Billy Bookout	24	RDH	7	6	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jack Losch	22	HB	12	5	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	0
14	Breezy Reid	29	LH	7	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Len Szafaryn	28	G	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Ken Gorgal	27	RDH	5	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Deral Teteak	27	LLB	12	4	2	20	0	18	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
18	Joe Johnson	27	LH	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Fred Cone	30	FB	12	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Jim Capuzzi	24	DB	7	0	2	65	0	65	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	21	406	1	65	24	21	0	0	0.0	0

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