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1956 San Francisco 49ers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-6-1, 3rd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Frankie Albert (5-6-1)

Points For: 233 (19.4/g) 8th of 12

Points Against: 284 (23.7/g) 9th of 12

Expected W-L: 4.6-7.4

SRS: -2.67 (7th of 12), SOS: 1.58

Other Notable Asst.: Phil Bengtson (Defensive Assistant) and Red Hickey (Offensive Assistant)

Stadium: Kezar Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Tony Morabito

General Manager: Louis Spadia

Training Camp: St. Mary's College (Moraga, California)

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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	233	3813	716	5.3	31	12	221	162	297	1977	8	19	6.7	107	419	1836	17	4.4	101	57	562	13
Opp. Stats	284	4162	760	5.5	34	17	236	147	279	1970	12	17	7.1	103	481	2192	23	4.6	124	37	321	9
Lg Rank Offense	8	6			5	6	5		5	5	10	7	7		8	8	5	4
Lg Rank Defense	9	10			5	2	10		6	8	5	9	9		10	11	12	11

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		New York Giants	21	38	27	408	301	107	4	15	300	133	167
2	Sun	October 7		boxscore	W		1-1		Los Angeles Rams	33	30	15	219	11	208	1	21	432	361	71	7
3	Sun	October 14		boxscore	L		1-2	@	Chicago Bears	7	31	13	268	172	96	4	23	394	86	308	2
4	Sun	October 21		boxscore	L		1-3	@	Detroit Lions	17	20	15	257	67	190	2	25	393	149	244	1
5	Sun	October 28		boxscore	L		1-4		Chicago Bears	21	38	20	401	190	211	1	27	440	207	233	1
6	Sun	November 4		boxscore	L		1-5		Detroit Lions	13	17	15	246	153	93	3	19	283	89	194	3
7	Sun	November 11		boxscore	L		1-6	@	Los Angeles Rams	6	30	14	264	197	67	5	17	398	139	259	3
8	Sun	November 18		boxscore	W		2-6	@	Green Bay Packers	17	16	24	375	149	226	2	16	319	181	138	4
9	Sun	November 25		boxscore	T		2-6-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	10	10	19	285	178	107	4	13	290	170	120	4
10	Sun	December 2		boxscore	W		3-6-1	@	Baltimore Colts	20	17	16	360	240	120	2	22	302	150	152	4
11	Sat	December 8		boxscore	W		4-6-1		Green Bay Packers	38	20	23	427	181	246	1	16	275	201	74	3
12	Sun	December 16		boxscore	W		5-6-1		Baltimore Colts	30	17	20	303	138	165	2	22	336	104	232	2

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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	Y.A. Tittle	30	QB	11	8	4-3-1	124	218	56.9	1641	7	3.2	12	5.5	77	7.5	5.69	13.2	149.2	68.6	249	4	2
2	Earl Morrall	22	QB	12	4	1-3-0	38	78	48.7	621	1	1.3	6	7.7	37	8.0	4.76	16.3	51.8	48.1	36	0	0
3	Hugh McElhenny	28	LH	12	11		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0		0	0	PB,AP-2
	Team Totals			12	12	5-6-1	162	297	54.5	1977	8	2.7	19	6.4	77	7.6	4.32	14.0	164.8	61.6	285	4	2

Rushing & Receiving

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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	Hugh McElhenny	28	LH	12	11	185	916	8	86	5.0	76.3	15.4	16	193	12.1	0	22	1.3	16.1	201	5.5	1109	8	4	PB,AP-2
2	Billy Wilson	29	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	60	889	14.8	5	77	5.0	74.1	60	14.8	889	5	1	PB,AP-2
3	Joe Perry	29	FB	11	8	115	520	3	39	4.5	47.3	10.5	18	104	5.8	0	20	1.6	9.5	133	4.7	624	3	3
4	John Henry Johnson	27	FB	12	6	80	301	2	54	3.8	25.1	6.7	8	90	11.3	0	28	0.7	7.5	88	4.4	391	2	1
5	Clyde Conner	23	E	12	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	362	16.5	1	49	1.8	30.2	22	16.5	362	1	1
6	Gordie Soltau	31	LE	12	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	299	16.6	1	33	1.5	24.9	18	16.6	299	1	0
7	Joe Arenas	31	FL	12	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	226	16.1	1	50	1.2	18.8	14	16.1	226	1	1
8	Dicky Moegle	22	FS	12	12	7	18	0	12	2.6	1.5	0.6	3	79	26.3	0	37	0.3	6.6	10	9.7	97	0	0
9	Y.A. Tittle	30	QB	11	8	24	67	4	13	2.8	6.1	2.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	24	2.8	67	4	3
10	Charlie Smith	23	DE	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	0.1	1.1	1	13.0	13	0	0
11	Earl Morrall	22	QB	12	4	6	10	0	8	1.7	0.8	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	1.7	10	0	1
12	Bill Jessup	27	HB	3	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	7	3.5	0	10	0.7	2.3	2	3.5	7	0	0
13	Tom McCormick	26	HB	6	0	2	4	0	2	2.0	0.7	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.0	4	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	419	1836	17	86	4.4	153.0	34.9	162	2262	14.0	8	77	13.5	188.5	581	7.1	4098	25	17

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bruce Bosley	23	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Matt Hazeltine	23	RLB	12	12	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	George Maderos	23	LDH	12	12	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Dicky Moegle	22	FS	12	12	6	75	1	31	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Leo Nomellini	32	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Billy Wilson	29	RE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
7	Paul Carr	25	RDH	12	11	2	18	0	11	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Bill Herchman	23	RDT	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Hugh McElhenny	28	LH	12	11	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
10	Joe Arenas	31	FL	12	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Rex Berry	32	SS	12	9	3	20	0	20	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Joe Perry	29	FB	11	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Y.A. Tittle	30	QB	11	8	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	John Henry Johnson	27	FB	12	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Ed Sharkey	29	G	7	6	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Stan Sheriff	24	LLB	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Ed Beatty	24	LLB	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.0	0
18	Bob Holladay	24	DB	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	0
19	Earl Morrall	22	QB	12	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	George Morris	25	C	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Clyde Conner	23	E	12	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Leo Rucka	25	LB	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Tony Sardisco	24	LB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Ernie Smith	26	DB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Jerry Smith	26	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	17	0	1		17	5	0	0	0	0

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