1956 Cleveland Browns Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Paul Brown (5-7)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1956 Cleveland Browns RosterTeam Record: 5-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Paul Brown (5-7)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1956 Cleveland Browns Results
The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 5 wins and 7 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
Defensively, the Browns conceded 177 points, the lowest total in the circuit. Cleveland labored to change the scoreboard with just 167 points. Preston Carpenter ran for a team-leading 756 yards.
Tommy O'Connell tossed for 551 yards, while Babe Parilli and George Ratterman took a significant amount of snaps, too. Pete Brewster snagged 28 passes for 417 yards, while Dante Lavelli contributed to the receiving game also.
Don Paul seized 7 opponent throws.
Paul Brown coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy O'Connell | 96 | 42 | 43.8 | 551 | 5.7 | 4 | 4.2 | 8 | 8.3 | 46 | 41.6 |
| Babe Parilli | 49 | 24 | 49.0 | 409 | 8.3 | 3 | 6.1 | 7 | 14.3 | 68 | 58.5 |
| George Ratterman | 57 | 39 | 68.4 | 398 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.8 | 3 | 5.3 | 46 | 72.1 |
| Totals | 202 | 105 | 52.0 | 1358 | 6.7 | 8 | 4.0 | 18 | 8.9 | 68 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Carpenter | 188 | 756 | 4.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 107 | 431 | 4.0 | 23 | 2 |
| Fred Morrison | 83 | 340 | 4.1 | 41 | 1 |
| Maurice Bassett | 41 | 129 | 3.1 | 12 | 1 |
| Babe Parilli | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Tommy O'Connell | 24 | 40 | 1.7 | 11 | 2 |
| Billy Kinard | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Bob Smith | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 480 | 1845 | 3.8 | 41 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Brewster | 28 | 417 | 14.9 | 41 | 1 |
| Dante Lavelli | 20 | 344 | 17.2 | 68 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 17 | 325 | 19.1 | 46 | 4 |
| Preston Carpenter | 16 | 124 | 7.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Maurice Bassett | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 31 | 1 |
| Totals | 105 | 1358 | 12.9 | 68 | 8 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Morrison | 38 | 1561 | 41.1 | 70 |
| Horace Gillom | 12 | 536 | 44.7 | 53 |
| Totals | 50 | 2097 | 41.9 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Konz | 13 | 187 | 14.4 | 65 | 1 |
| Don Paul | 17 | 103 | 6.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 317 | 7.7 | 65 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Carpenter | 15 | 381 | 25.4 | 42 | 0 |
| Skeet Quinlan | 9 | 219 | 24.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Billy Kinard | 7 | 196 | 28.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Weber | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 830 | 24.4 | 56 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Paul | 7 | 190 | 27.1 | 42 | 1 |
| Ken Konz | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chuck Noll | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Galen Fiss | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Colo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Wren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 274 | 15.2 | 42 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Carpenter | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Paul | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Babe Parilli | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Junior Wren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Colo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Noll | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Gatski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeet Quinlan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy O'Connell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Lou Groza | 11 | 18 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Ray Renfro | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Tommy O'Connell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Maurice Bassett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Fred Morrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Ed Modzelewski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Billy Kinard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Chuck Noll | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ken Konz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Don Paul | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Pete Brewster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dante Lavelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Junior Wren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 167 |
