1956 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-8-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Hugh Devore (3-8-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1956 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 3-8-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Hugh Devore (3-8-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1956 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 3 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing sixth in the NFL's East Division.
The Eagles managed just 143 points, worst in the league, and the defensive squad yielded 215. Ken Keller carried the ball for a team-leading 433 yards for Philadelphia.
Bobby Thomason threw for 1,119 yards. Bobby Walston topped all receivers, grabbing 39 passes for 590 yards.
Eddie Bell picked off 4 opponent throws.
Hugh Devore coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Thomason | 164 | 82 | 50.0 | 1119 | 6.8 | 4 | 2.4 | 21 | 12.8 | 52 | 40.7 |
| Adrian Burk | 82 | 39 | 47.6 | 426 | 5.2 | 1 | 1.2 | 6 | 7.3 | 40 | 36.9 |
| Don Schaefer | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 11 | 3.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 84.7 |
| Totals | 249 | 122 | 49.0 | 1556 | 6.2 | 6 | 2.4 | 27 | 10.8 | 52 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Keller | 112 | 433 | 3.9 | 51 | 4 |
| Don Schaefer | 102 | 320 | 3.1 | 11 | 2 |
| Dick Bielski | 52 | 162 | 3.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 42 | 148 | 3.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Ted Wegert | 47 | 127 | 2.7 | 19 | 1 |
| Will Berzinski | 15 | 72 | 4.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Adrian Burk | 17 | 61 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Thomason | 21 | 48 | 2.3 | 19 | 2 |
| Bob Smith | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Parmer | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 418 | 1377 | 3.3 | 51 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 39 | 590 | 15.1 | 51 | 3 |
| Don Schaefer | 13 | 117 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 12 | 159 | 13.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Hank Burnine | 10 | 208 | 20.8 | 52 | 2 |
| John Bredice | 10 | 146 | 14.6 | 40 | 1 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 10 | 104 | 10.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Dick Bielski | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Keller | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Ted Wegert | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Will Berzinski | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Rocky Ryan | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Lee Riley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 122 | 1556 | 12.8 | 52 | 6 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 18 | 17 | 94.4 | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 35 |
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 18 | 17 | 94.4 | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 35 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Burk | 68 | 2843 | 41.8 | 62 |
| Totals | 68 | 2843 | 41.8 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Keller | 15 | 146 | 9.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Lee Riley | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 241 | 6.7 | 40 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Riley | 15 | 381 | 25.4 | 59 | 0 |
| Ken Keller | 15 | 353 | 23.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Hal Giancanelli | 8 | 187 | 23.4 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Pellegrini | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Norm Willey | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jerry Norton | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bibbles Bawel | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 1073 | 23.8 | 59 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Bell | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 33 | 1 |
| Lee Riley | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jerry Norton | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bibbles Bawel | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Brookshier | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Rocky Ryan | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Marion Campbell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 246 | 15.4 | 33 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Bell | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don King | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Wydo | 1 | 2 | -10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Pellegrini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kelley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adrian Burk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Bednarik | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Weatherall | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Scott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Riley | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Keller | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Brookshier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Wegert | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Thomason | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bibbles Bawel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hal Giancanelli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Will Berzinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marion Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Schaefer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bobby Walston | 3 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 53 | |||||||||
| Ken Keller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Hank Burnine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bobby Thomason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Don Schaefer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ted Wegert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dick Bielski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Hal Giancanelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Bredice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 |
