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1956 Chicago Cardinals Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1956 Chicago Cardinals.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Lamar McHanL. McHan	152	72	47.4	1,159	7.6	10	6.6	8	5.3	75	--	--	73.3
Jim RootJ. Root	57	28	49.1	333	5.8	3	5.3	5	8.8	34	--	--	48.4
Dave MannD. Mann	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	--	--	0.0
Ollie MatsonO. Matson	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	--	--	39.6
Chi. Cardinals	214	100	46.7	1,492	7.0	13	6.1	14	6.5	75	--	--	63.1

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Ollie MatsonO. Matson	--	192	924	4.81	--	79	5
Johnny OlszewskiJ. Olszewski	--	157	598	3.81	--	34	2
Joe ChildressJ. Childress	--	43	203	4.72	--	30	0
Lamar McHanL. McHan	--	58	161	2.78	--	17	5
Dave MannD. Mann	--	45	116	2.58	--	15	0
Jim RootJ. Root	--	17	45	2.65	--	18	2
Frank BernardiF. Bernardi	--	14	4	0.29	--	7	0
Alex BurlA. Burl	--	1	2	2.00	--	2	0
Chi. Cardinals	--	527	2,053	3.90	--	79	14

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Don StonesiferD. Stonesifer	--	22	320	14.55	--	58	2
Johnny OlszewskiJ. Olszewski	--	17	182	10.71	--	31	0
Ollie MatsonO. Matson	--	15	199	13.27	--	45	2
Gern NaglerG. Nagler	--	14	268	19.14	--	49	4
Dave MannD. Mann	--	13	170	13.08	--	23	1
Max BoydstonM. Boydston	--	6	116	19.33	--	39	2
Joe ChildressJ. Childress	--	6	82	13.67	--	34	1
Frank BernardiF. Bernardi	--	4	56	14.00	--	19	0
Alex BurlA. Burl	--	2	24	12.00	--	19	1
Dick LaneD. Lane	--	1	75	75.00	--	75	0
Chi. Cardinals	--	100	1,492	14.92	--	75	13

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Ollie MatsonO. Matson	13	362	27.85	--	1
Dave MannD. Mann	7	131	18.71	--	0
Frank BernardiF. Bernardi	4	101	25.25	--	0
Alex BurlA. Burl	3	59	19.67	--	0
Johnny OlszewskiJ. Olszewski	3	25	8.33	--	0
Woodley LewisW. Lewis	1	22	22.00	--	0
Joe ChildressJ. Childress	1	0	0.00	--	0
Chuck WeberC. Weber	1	0	0.00	--	0
Chi. Cardinals	33	700	21.21	--	1

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Frank BernardiF. Bernardi	18	217	12.06	--	1
Ollie MatsonO. Matson	5	39	7.80	--	0
Woodley LewisW. Lewis	5	22	4.40	--	0
Lindon CrowL. Crow	1	21	21.00	--	0
Leo SanfordL. Sanford	1	6	6.00	--	0
Dick LaneD. Lane	2	0	0.00	--	0
Chi. Cardinals	32	305	9.53	--	1

Punting

	Punting					Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds	TD
Dave MannD. Mann	36	1,346	37.4	--	0	--	--	--
John RoachJ. Roach	11	449	40.8	--	0	--	--	--
Lamar McHanL. McHan	8	285	35.6	--	0	--	--	--
Chi. Cardinals	55	2,080	37.8	--	0	--	--	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Pat SummerallP. Summerall	30/30	10/22	--	--	--	--	--	0	60
Chi. Cardinals	30/30	10/22	--	--	--	--	--	0	60

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Frank BernardiF. Bernardi	1	2	2.00	--	0	--	--
Tom BienemannT. Bienemann	1	2	2.00	--	0	--	--
Lindon CrowL. Crow	11	170	15.45	--	0	--	--
Jimmy HillJ. Hill	5	21	4.20	--	0	--	--
Dick LaneD. Lane	7	206	29.43	--	1	--	--
Woodley LewisW. Lewis	1	0	0.00	--	0	--	--
Leo SanfordL. Sanford	5	24	4.80	--	0	--	--
Julian SpenceJ. Spence	1	7	7.00	--	0	--	--
Chuck WeberC. Weber	1	19	19.00	--	0	--	--
Chi. Cardinals	33	451	13.67	--	1	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
Pat SummerallP. Summerall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30/30	10/22	0	0	60
Ollie MatsonO. Matson	8	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	48
Lamar McHanL. McHan	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	30
Gern NaglerG. Nagler	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Max BoydstonM. Boydston	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Johnny OlszewskiJ. Olszewski	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Jim RootJ. Root	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Don StonesiferD. Stonesifer	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Frank BernardiF. Bernardi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Alex BurlA. Burl	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Joe ChildressJ. Childress	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Dick LaneD. Lane	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Dave MannD. Mann	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Chi. Cardinals	30	14	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	30/30	10/22	0	0	240

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