1956 Edmonton Eskimos Statistics
Team Record: 11-5 22
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 3-1 Won Grey Cup
Coach: Pop Ivy (11-5)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1956 Edmonton Eskimos Results
The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses for 22 points, finishing first in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-1.
Edmonton netted 358 points, while the solid defense yielded 235. Normie Kwong ran for a team-best 1,437 yards for the Eskimos.
Jackie Parker threw for 1,889 yards. Rollie Miles snagged 29 passes for 410 yards. Bill Walker was targeted regularly, too.
Oscar Kruger picked off 7 errant tosses from the opposition.
Pop Ivy coached the team. The 1956 Edmonton Eskimos won the Grey Cup.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jackie Parker | 226 | 117 | 51.8 | 1889 | 8.4 | 11 | 4.9 | 16 | 7.1 | 55 | 66.8 |
Don Getty | 44 | 18 | 40.9 | 256 | 5.8 | 3 | 6.8 | 3 | 6.8 | 28 | 54.7 |
Rollie Miles | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 30 | 5.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 17 | 50.7 |
Earl Lindley | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 17 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 44.8 |
Oscar Kruger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 281 | 138 | 49.1 | 2192 | 7.8 | 15 | 5.3 | 21 | 7.5 | 55 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normie Kwong | 232 | 1437 | 6.2 | 26 | 5 |
Jackie Parker | 92 | 583 | 6.3 | 39 | 10 |
Johnny Bright | 93 | 573 | 6.2 | 22 | 4 |
Earl Lindley | 57 | 357 | 6.3 | 24 | 2 |
Rollie Miles | 38 | 226 | 5.9 | 30 | 2 |
Jim Shipka | 38 | 160 | 4.2 | 13 | 2 |
Bob Kimoff | 27 | 115 | 4.3 | 13 | 2 |
Con Kelly | 12 | 22 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
Don Simon | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
Bill Rowekamp | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 |
Oscar Kruger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Leigh McMillan | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Getty | 11 | -24 | -2.2 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 612 | 3482 | 5.7 | 39 | 27 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rollie Miles | 29 | 410 | 14.1 | 37 | 3 |
Bill Walker | 25 | 356 | 14.2 | 37 | 2 |
Earl Lindley | 17 | 312 | 18.4 | 51 | 4 |
Joe Mobra | 15 | 317 | 21.1 | 55 | 1 |
Bill Rowekamp | 15 | 262 | 17.5 | 44 | 2 |
Johnny Bright | 9 | 151 | 16.8 | 28 | 1 |
Normie Kwong | 9 | 106 | 11.8 | 35 | 1 |
Steve Bendiak | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 26 | 1 |
Jim Shipka | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
Jackie Parker | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
Oscar Kruger | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Con Kelly | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Bob Kimoff | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
John Woyat | 0 | 26 | 26 | 0 | |
Totals | 138 | 2192 | 15.9 | 55 | 15 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Dean | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 4 | 26 | 1404 | 54.0 | 80 | 1 | 37 |
Joe Mobra | 27 | 22 | 81.5 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 40 | 2166 | 54.2 | 75 | 0 | 25 |
Totals | 48 | 36 | 75.0 | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 4 | 66 | 3570 | 54.1 | 80 | 1 | 62 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jackie Parker | 86 | 3575 | 41.6 | 66 | 6 |
Bill Walker | 27 | 1034 | 38.3 | 51 | 0 |
Jim Shipka | 4 | 119 | 29.8 | 40 | 0 |
Totals | 117 | 4728 | 40.4 | 66 | 6 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leigh McMillan | 66 | 359 | 5.4 | 25 | 0 |
Oscar Kruger | 25 | 140 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 |
John Woyat | 24 | 128 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
Don Simon | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 7 | 0 |
Rollie Miles | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Earl Lindley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Bill Rowekamp | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Art Walker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Con Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 128 | 703 | 5.5 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rollie Miles | 15 | 403 | 26.9 | 52 | 0 |
Earl Lindley | 14 | 284 | 20.3 | 43 | 0 |
Oscar Kruger | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 34 | 0 |
Don Simon | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 31 | 0 |
Bill Rowekamp | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 |
Johnny Bright | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Con Kelly | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Joe Mobra | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
John Woyat | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 42 | 904 | 21.5 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oscar Kruger | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
Rollie Miles | 4 | 145 | 36.2 | 69 | 1 |
Bill Rowekamp | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 29 | 0 |
Earl Lindley | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 66 | 2 |
Steve Mendryk | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 |
Joe Mobra | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
Bill Briggs | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
John Tatum | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
Ted Tully | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Leigh McMillan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Reed Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 30 | 361 | 12.0 | 69 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oscar Kruger | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Frank Anderson | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joe Mobra | 3 | 25 | 1 | ||||
Bill Rowekamp | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Con Kelly | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rollie Miles | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Walker | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Ted Tully | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Briggs | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Tatum | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Frankie Morris | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Jackie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Volcan | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 32 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Jackie Parker | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66 | |||||||
Earl Lindley | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||
Joe Mobra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 37 | ||||||
Bob Dean | 6 | 14 | 5 | 37 | ||||||||||
Normie Kwong | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Rollie Miles | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
Johnny Bright | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
Bill Walker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Bob Kimoff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Jim Shipka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Bill Rowekamp | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
Steve Bendiak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 27 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 350 |