1956 NFL Passing

Passing Leader: Tobin Rote, 2203 Yds

Rushing Leader: Rick Casares, 1126 Yds

Receiving Leader: Billy Howton, 1188 Yds

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Tobin Rote*	GNB	28	QB	12	11	4-7-0	146	308	47.4	2203	18	5.8	15	4.9	69	7.2	6.1	15.1	183.6	70.6		177				2	2
2	Bobby Layne*+	DET	30	QB	12	12	9-3-0	129	244	52.9	1909	9	3.7	17	7.0	70	7.8	5.4	14.8	159.1	62.0		44				0	1
3	Ed Brown*	CHI	28	QB	12	12	9-2-1	96	168	57.1	1667	11	6.5	12	7.1	70	9.9	8.0	17.4	138.9	83.1		103				1	0
4	Y.A. Tittle	SFO	30	QB	11	8	4-3-1	124	218	56.9	1641	7	3.2	12	5.5	77	7.5	5.7	13.2	149.2	68.6		249				4	2
5	Ted Marchibroda	PIT	25	QB	12	11	4-7-0	124	275	45.1	1585	12	4.4	19	6.9	75	5.8	3.5	12.8	132.1	49.4		91
6	Johnny Unitas	BAL	23	QB	12	7	3-4-0	110	198	55.6	1498	9	4.5	10	5.1	54	7.6	6.2	13.6	124.8	74.0		202				1	3
7	Billy Wade	RAM	26	QB	12	8	2-6-0	91	178	51.1	1461	10	5.6	13	7.3	76	8.2	6.0	16.1	121.8	67.2		127
8	Lamar McHan	CRD	24	QB	12	10	6-4-0	72	152	47.4	1159	10	6.6	8	5.3	75	7.6	6.6	16.1	96.6	73.3		79				2	2
9	Charlie Conerly*	NYG	35	QB	12	0		90	174	51.7	1143	10	5.7	7	4.0	48	6.6	5.9	12.7	95.3	75.0		22
10	Bobby Thomason*	PHI	28	QB	12	10	3-6-1	82	164	50.0	1119	4	2.4	21	12.8	52	6.8	1.5	13.6	93.3	40.7		175				1	1
11	Norm Van Brocklin	RAM	30	QB	12	4	2-2-0	68	124	54.8	966	7	5.6	12	9.7	58	7.8	4.6	14.2	80.5	59.5		15
12	Al Dorow*	WAS	27	QB	12	7	3-4-0	55	112	49.1	730	8	7.1	8	7.1	51	6.5	4.7	13.3	60.8	64.2		80				1	1
13	George Shaw	BAL	23	QB	5	5	2-3-0	45	75	60.0	645	3	4.0	7	9.3	49	8.6	5.2	14.3	129.0	62.4		87
14	Earl Morrall	SFO	22	QB	12	4	1-3-0	38	78	48.7	621	1	1.3	6	7.7	37	8.0	4.8	16.3	51.8	48.1		36
15	Eddie LeBaron	WAS	26	QB	10	5	3-2-0	47	98	48.0	554	3	3.1	10	10.2	33	5.7	1.7	11.8	55.4	36.2		37				1	1
16	Tommy O'Connell	CLE	26	QB	7	5	3-2-0	42	96	43.8	551	4	4.2	8	8.3	46	5.7	2.8	13.1	78.7	41.6		41				0	1
17	George Blanda	CHI	29	QB	12	0		37	69	53.6	439	7	10.1	4	5.8	69	6.4	5.8	11.9	36.6	82.9		21
18	Adrian Burk	PHI	29	QB	12	2	0-2-0	39	82	47.6	426	1	1.2	6	7.3	40	5.2	2.1	10.9	35.5	36.9		139
19	Babe Parilli	CLE	26	QB	5	3	1-2-0	24	49	49.0	409	3	6.1	7	14.3	68	8.3	3.1	17.0	81.8	58.5		63
20	George Ratterman	CLE	30	QB	4	4	1-3-0	39	57	68.4	398	1	1.8	3	5.3	46	7.0	5.0	10.2	99.5	72.1		79				1	1
21	Don Heinrich	NYG	26	QB	12	12	8-3-1	37	88	42.0	369	5	5.7	5	5.7	43	4.2	2.8	10.0	30.8	49.9		20
22	Jim Root	CRD	25	QB	9	2	1-1-0	28	57	49.1	333	3	5.3	5	8.8	34	5.8	2.9	11.9	37.0	48.4		38
23	Bart Starr	GNB	22	QB	9	1	0-1-0	24	44	54.5	325	2	4.5	3	6.8	39	7.4	5.2	13.5	36.1	65.1		16
24	Harry Gilmer	DET	30	QB	11	0		27	46	58.7	303	4	8.7	3	6.5	41	6.6	5.4	11.2	27.5	80.3		11
25	Jack Scarbath	PIT	26	QB	7	1	1-0-0	12	41	29.3	208	2	4.9	5	12.2	47	5.1	0.6	17.3	29.7	24.9		51
26	Rudy Bukich	RAM	26	QB	3	0		10	23	43.5	130	1	4.3	3	13.0	34	5.7	0.7	13.0	43.3	36.8		40
27	Bill McColl	CHI	26	RE/FL	12	9		1	4	25.0	79	1	25.0	2	50.0	79	19.8	2.3	79.0	6.6	79.2
28	Jack Losch	GNB	22	HB	12	5		1	1	100.0	63	1	100.0	0	0.0	63	63.0	83.0	63.0	5.3	158.3
29	Gary Kerkorian	BAL	26	QB	3	0		2	2	100.0	59	1	50.0	0	0.0	40	29.5	39.5	29.5	19.7	158.3
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
30	Bob Clatterbuck	NYG	24	QB	2	0		4	7	57.1	54	0	0.0	1	14.3	21	7.7	1.3	13.5	27.0	42.3		16
31	Ron Waller	RAM	23	LH	9	5		1	3	33.3	44	0	0.0	0	0.0	44	14.7	14.7	44.0	4.9	81.9
32	Frank Gifford*+	NYG	26	LH	12	12		2	5	40.0	35	2	40.0	1	20.0	29	7.0	6.0	17.5	2.9	64.6
33	Tommy Runnels	WAS	22	LH	11	8		1	3	33.3	34	0	0.0	0	0.0	34	11.3	11.3	34.0	3.1	77.1
34	Jug Girard	DET	29	HB	10	2		1	1	100.0	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	19.0	19.0	19.0	1.9	118.7
35	Jerry Reichow	DET	22	QB	8	0		3	6	50.0	19	0	0.0	1	16.7	14	3.2	-4.3	6.3	2.4	17.4
36	Fred Wyant	WAS	22	QB	10	0		1	2	50.0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	8.5	8.5	17.0	1.7	79.2
37	Don Schaefer	PHI	22	FB	12	8		1	3	33.3	11	1	33.3	0	0.0	11	3.7	10.3	11.0	0.9	84.7
38	Jim Haluska	CHI	24	QB	5	0		1	4	25.0	8	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	2.0	2.0	8.0	1.6	39.6
39	Lenny Moore*	BAL	23	RH	12	12		1	4	25.0	8	1	25.0	1	25.0	8	2.0	-4.3	8.0	0.7	39.6
40	Lou Baldacci	PIT	22	HB	10	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
41	Rick Casares*+	CHI	25	FB	12	12		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	33.3	0	0.0	-15.0		0.0	0.0
42	Howard Cassady	DET	22	LH	12	4		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0
43	Lynn Chandnois	PIT	31	HB	5	3		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
44	Harlon Hill*+	CHI	24	LE	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
45	Perry Jeter	CHI	25	HB	7	2		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
46	Dave Mann	CRD	24	RH	12	9		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0
47	Ollie Matson*+	CRD	26	LH	12	12		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		6
48	Hugh McElhenny*	SFO	28	LH	12	11		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
49	Don McIlhenny	DET	22	RH	9	5		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
50	Kyle Rote*	NYG	28	LE	12	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
51	Bill Stits	DET	25	HB	12	2		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
52	Tommy Wilson	RAM	24	LH	12	4		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6

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