1956 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Jim Howell (8-3-1)
Location: New York, New York
1956 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 8-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Jim Howell (8-3-1)
Location: New York, New York
1956 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 8 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
The Giants chalked up 264 points, and the defensive squad conceded 197. Frank Gifford ran for a team-leading 819 yards for New York, and Alex Webster also aided the ground game.
Charlie Conerly passed for 1,143 yards. Frank Gifford topped the receiving corps, hauling in 51 passes for 603 yards.
Emlen Tunnell intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Jim Howell coached the team. The 1956 New York Giants won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Conerly | 174 | 90 | 51.7 | 1143 | 6.6 | 10 | 5.7 | 7 | 4.0 | 48 | 75.0 |
| Don Heinrich | 88 | 37 | 42.0 | 369 | 4.2 | 5 | 5.7 | 5 | 5.7 | 43 | 49.9 |
| Bob Clatterbuck | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 54 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 21 | 42.3 |
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 35 | 7.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 29 | 64.6 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 275 | 133 | 48.4 | 1601 | 5.8 | 17 | 6.2 | 14 | 5.1 | 48 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 159 | 819 | 5.2 | 69 | 5 |
| Alex Webster | 178 | 694 | 3.9 | 34 | 7 |
| Mel Triplett | 125 | 515 | 4.1 | 25 | 5 |
| Gene Filipski | 13 | 85 | 6.5 | 35 | 1 |
| Charlie Conerly | 11 | 11 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Moore | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Heinrich | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 499 | 2129 | 4.3 | 69 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 51 | 603 | 11.8 | 48 | 4 |
| Kyle Rote | 28 | 405 | 14.5 | 31 | 4 |
| Alex Webster | 21 | 197 | 9.4 | 43 | 3 |
| Ken MacAfee | 14 | 184 | 13.1 | 29 | 4 |
| Bob Schnelker | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Mel Triplett | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Gene Filipski | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 133 | 1601 | 12.0 | 48 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 38 |
| Frank Gifford | 9 | 8 | 88.9 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 11 |
| Don Chandler | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 35 | 34 | 97.1 | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 52 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 59 | 2473 | 41.9 | 63 |
| Charlie Conerly | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 |
| Totals | 60 | 2506 | 41.8 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 22 | 120 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Filipski | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 12 | 17 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Johnny Hermann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 162 | 4.5 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Filipski | 19 | 390 | 20.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 13 | 283 | 21.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Ed Hughes | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Johnny Hermann | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 719 | 20.5 | 31 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Hughes | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ray Beck | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 198 | 11.6 | 38 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosey Grier | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Huth | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Beck | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Heinrich | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Triplett | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Yelvington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Emlen Tunnell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Rich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Schnelker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Hughes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Yowarsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosey Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Filipski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alex Webster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 65 | ||||||||
| Alex Webster | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| Ben Agajanian | 5 | 23 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Mel Triplett | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Kyle Rote | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Ken MacAfee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Gene Filipski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bob Schnelker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Don Chandler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 264 |
