Philadelphia Eagles

Jim Trimble



1956 Philadelphia Eagles   1-7

Score By Quarter   1st  2nd  3rd  4th   OT    Tot  
1956 Philadelphia   10   21   17   21    0     69
Opponent            52   66    0   50    0    168


                 Team           Opp             W/L   Game Scores            
     Points        69            168            0-1   14 @Los Angeles 20     74ø Light Rain     
First Downs       117           117             1-1   14  Washington 9       73ø 0-10 
       Rush        68            70             1-2   10 @Pittsburgh 31      68ø 5-15 Rain           
       Pass        43            43             1-3   10  Chicago(C) 16      78ø 0-5 
        Pen         6             4             1-4    0 @New York (N) 24    65ø 0-10 
  Penalties        45            35             1-5   14 @Chicago(C) 21      60ø 10-20 
      Yards       363           311             1-6    7  Pittsburgh 19      60ø 0-10 
                                                1-7    0  Cleveland 28       59ø 5-15 
Rushing Att       275           280       
      Yards      1261          1212       
        Ave       4.6           4.3       
         TD         6            10       
Passing Att       130           132       
       Comp        66            57       
          %      50.8          43.2       
        Int        20             8       
          %      15.4           6.1       
         TD         1             7       
          %       0.8           5.3       
      Yards       729           763       
     Sacked        32             8       

Punt Return        19            28       
      Yards        82           614       
        Ave       4.3          21.9       

Kick Return        37            19 
      Yards       893           455 
        Ave      24.1          23.9

      Punts        33            26 
      Yards      1447           923 
        Ave      43.8          35.5

     FG Att         8            17 
       Made         2             8 
          %      25.0          47.1

Third Downs       101            98 
       Made        40            41 
          %      39.6          41.8

Fourth Downs       10             6 
       Made         3             3 
          %      30.0          50.0

   Safeties         0             0 
    Fumbles        16            11 
       Lost         9             7 
  Turnovers        29            15 

Net Offense      1797          1910 
   Per Play       4.1           4.5



1956 Philadelphia Eagles

Rushing    Att  Yds  Ave 10  FD Lg TD  Receiving   Rec Dp  Yds  Ave 25  FD Lg TD
Keller      66  351  5.3 14  17 56  3  Walston      18  2  229 12.7  0  13 22  1
Schaefer    79  340  4.3 11  20 11  2  Schaefer     11  1  111 10.1  0   6 17  0
Bielski     37  177  4.8  7  11 15  0  Retzlaff     10  0   97  9.7  0   7 15  0
Giancanell  37  144  3.9  6  11 21  0  Giancanell    8  1   81 10.1  0   6 14  0
Burk        17   91  5.4  1   3 10  0  Burnine       8  2  101 12.6  0   4 20  0
Wegert      20   74  3.7  3   3 19  0  Keller        6  0   57  9.5  0   3 11  0
Thomason    15   63  4.2  0   1  9  0  Bredice       3  0   28  9.3  0   2 11  0
Berzinski    4   21  5.3  0   2  8  1  Bielski       2  0   25 12.5  0   2 14  0
           275 1261  4.6 42  68 56  6               66  6  729 11.0  0  43 22  1


Passing     Att Cmp    C%  Yds  Ave  Lg  Bd 25  In    I%   Sk  TD   TD%  Rate
Thomason     91  48  52.7  549 11.4  22   8  0  17  18.7   23   1   1.1  35.3
Burk         39  18  46.2  180 10.0  18   6  0   3   7.7    9   0   0.0  27.7
            130  66  50.8  729 11.0  22  14  0  20  15.4   32   1   0.8  30.7

Kicking      XPA XPM   XP%  FGA FGM   FG%    40+   50+   Lg   Pts
Walston        9   9 100.0    8   2  25.0    0.0   0.0   18    15

Punting        No Yards  Lg TB BK 20   Ret  Yds    Net   Gross
Burk           33  1447  66  2  0  2    28  614   24.0    43.8

Kick Returns  No Yards  Ave   Lg TD      Punt Returns No FC Yards  Ave  Lg TD
Pellegrini     1    30  30.0  30  0      Riley        17  0    80  4.7  11  0
Riley         26   644  24.8  48  0      Keller        2  0     2  1.0   4  0
Keller        10   219  21.9  36  0                   19  0    82  4.3  11  0
              37   893  24.1  48  0

Fumbles                                                                        
Riley     5   Burk       2   Giancane   2   Bielski    1
Schaefer  3   Keller     2   Burnine    1

Sacks        Hurries      Stuffs       Deflections  Forced Fmb   Fumble Rec
Scott     4  Scott     4  Campbell  7  Bawel     4  Campbell  2  Bednarik  2
Robinson  2  Willey    3  Youngelm  4  Brookshi  3  Scott     2  Retzlaff  2
Campbell  1  Campbell  2  Robinson  3  Scott     3  Willey    2  Brookshi  2
Willey    1  Bednarik  1  Willey    3  Bell      2  Robinson  1  Bell      1
             Youngelm  1  Scott     2  Willey    2  Pellegri  1  Huxhold   1
                          Bednarik  2  Riley     1  Weathera  1  Kelley    1
                          Richards  1  Robinson  1  Brookshi  1  Pellegri  1
                          Pellegri  1  Pellegri  1  Nipp      1  Campbell  1
                                       Bednarik  1               Riley     1
                                                                 Walston   1
                                                                 Willey    1

Tackles                                                                        
Bednarik  51  Campbell   24  Weathera    3  Giancane    2  Burnine     1  Norton      1
Scott     43  Bell       24  Retzlaff    3  Smith       2  Lansford    1
Brookshi  37  Willey     23  Ricca       3  D'Agosti    2  Bredice     1
Robinson  36  Riley      21  Parmer      2  King        2  Wydo        1
Pellegri  36  Bawel      20  Kelley      2  Ryan        1  Richards    1
Youngelm  28  Nipp        4  Wegert      2  Dimmick     1  Huxhold     1

Ints      No Yds  Ave  Lg TD
Bednarik   2   0  0.0   0  0
Bawel      2  99 49.5  51  0
Riley      2  13  6.5  13  0
Campbell   1  21 21.0  21  0
Scott      1  18 18.0  18  0
           8 151 18.9  51  0


1956 Philadelphia Eagles    Coach: Jim Trimble

      Quarterbacks        Dur   Run Sho Bkwy Special
QB    Burk,Adrian          5     B   3   3  P
QB    Thomason,Bobby       5     B   3   3  

      Skill Players        BkR BkP Dur  Att  Yds Lg  Ave  Rec  No  Yds Lg  Ave   Special
RB    Keller,Ken            1   1   4   112  433 51  3.9    2   7   36 13  5.1  RET
RB    Schaefer,Don          4   1   5   102  320 11  3.1    3  13  117 27  9.0  
RB    Bielski,Dick          2   1   5    52  162 15  3.1    2   8   63 17  7.9  K
RB    Wegert,Ted            1   1   3    47  127 19  2.7    2   6   46 19  7.7  KR
RB    Giancanelli,Harold    1   1   3    42  148 21  3.5    4  10  104 18 10.4  RET
RB    Berzinski,Will        1   1   2    15   72 20  4.8    2   3   35 17 11.7  
RB    Smith,Robert          1   1   2    11   18  7  1.6    0   0    0  0  0.0  KR
RB    Parmer,Jim            3   1   2     1   -2 -2 -2.0    0   0    0  0  0.0  
RB    Ryan,Rocky            1   1   5     0    0  0  0.0    1   1   31 31 31.0  

WR    Walston,Bobby         0   0   5     0    0  0  0.0    7  39  590 51 15.1  K
WR    Burnine,Hank          0   0   3     0    0  0  0.0    4  10  208 52 20.8  
WR    Riley,Lee             0   0   4     0    0  0  0.0    1   1   10 10 10.0  RET

TE    Retzlaff,Pete         4   2   4     0    0  0  0.0    3  12  159 20 13.3  
TE    Stribling,Bill        1   1   1     0    0  0  0.0    2   2   11  7  5.5  

TE-WR Bredice,John          0   0   5     0    0  0  0.0    3  10  146 40 14.6  


      Lineman              BkR  BkP    Dur  Special
C     Kelley,Bob            4    4       5     
C     Dimmick,Tom           4    4       5     

G     Pellegrini,Bob        4    4       5     KR
G     Nipp,Maury            3    3       1     

T     Wydo,Frank            5    4       5     
T     Weatherall,Jim        4    4       5     
T     Ricca,Jim             4    3       1     
T     Murley,Dick           3    3       2     
T     King,Don              3    3       1     

G-T   Huxhold,Ken           6    5       5     
G-T   Lansford,Buck         5    5       5     
G-T   D'Agostino,Frank      4    4       5     


      Defense              Overall  Run  Pass Rush   Dur  Sacks  Int  Special
DT    Campbell,Marion        5       5    0    2       5     8    1  
DT    Richardson,Jesse       5       5    0    1       4     8    0  
DT    Weatherall,Jim         5       5    0    1       5     0    0  
DT    King,Don               4       4    0    1       1     0    0  
DE    Scott,Tom              8       7    0    5       5     8    1  
DE    Willey,Norm            5       4    0    3       4     8    0  KR
DL    Youngleman,Sid         6       6    0    1       5     1    0  

ILB   Bednarik,Chuck        10       8    3    1       5     1    2  KR
OLB   Robinson,Wayne         7       5    3    1       4     8    0  
LB    Pellegrini,Bob         6       3    3    1       5     1    0  KR
LB    Dimmick,Tom            4       3    1    0       5     0    0  
LB    Ricca,Jim              4       3    1    0       1     0    0  

CB    Brookshier,Tom         8       0    8    0       4     0    1  
CB    Bell,Ed                7       0    7    0       5     0    4  
CB    Norton,Jerry           7       0    7    0       2     0    2  KR
S     Bawell,Ed              7       2    5    0       5     0    1  KR
S     Riley,Lee              6       1    5    0       4     0    3  RET
DB    Ryan,Rocky             6       1    5    0       5     0    1  
      Thomason,Bobby         0       0    0    0       5     0    0  

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