1956 Baltimore Colts 1-5-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1956 Baltimore 14 20 35 34 0 103 Opponent 17 62 21 38 0 138 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 103 138 0-1 14 Chicago(B) 21 77ø 10-20 First Downs 125 133 0-2 20 Detroit 24 74ø 0-5 Rush 78 78 1-2 28 @Green Bay 24 62ø Pass 44 51 1-2 1 14 @Chicago(B) 14 60ø 10-20 Pen 3 4 1-3 1 20 Green Bay 21 64ø 0-10 Penalties 29 28 1-4 1 0 @Cleveland 10 44ø 5-15 Yards 271 239 1-5 1 7 @Detroit 24 60ø 5-15 Heavy Rain Rushing Att 215 257 Yards 1232 1303 Ave 5.7 5.1 TD 8 10 Passing Att 126 130 Comp 65 73 % 51.6 56.2 Int 3 6 % 2.4 4.6 TD 6 7 % 4.8 5.4 Yards 796 948 Sacked 25 14 Punt Return 18 22 Yards 201 82 Ave 11.2 3.7 Kick Return 29 21 Yards 612 616 Ave 21.1 29.3 Punts 29 24 Yards 1075 994 Ave 37.1 41.4 FG Att 5 8 Made 0 4 % 0.0 50.0 Third Downs 70 85 Made 28 47 % 40.0 55.3 Fourth Downs 6 3 Made 3 1 % 50.0 33.3 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 5 6 Lost 3 3 Turnovers 6 9 Net Offense 1859 2174 Per Play 5.1 5.4 1956 Baltimore Colts Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Ameche 94 400 4.3 12 27 13 6 Ameche 17 0 133 7.8 0 9 13 0 Moore 42 350 8.3 19 25 22 0 Mutschelle 16 1 206 12.9 1 9 36 3 Dupre 32 169 5.3 6 7 21 0 Berry 13 2 205 15.8 1 9 53 1 Unitas 20 143 7.2 9 9 17 1 Moore 10 1 116 11.6 0 9 17 2 Vessels 21 127 6.0 5 8 13 1 Dupre 6 3 93 15.5 0 5 22 0 Shaw 5 41 8.2 0 2 9 0 Vessels 2 2 32 16.0 0 2 19 0 Womble 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 Colteryahn 1 0 11 11.0 0 1 11 0 215 1232 5.7 51 78 22 8 65 9 796 12.2 2 44 53 6 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Unitas 102 53 52.0 642 12.1 36 12 1 2 2.0 21 5 4.9 79.8 Shaw 24 12 50.0 154 12.8 53 2 1 1 4.2 4 1 4.2 67.0 126 65 51.6 796 12.2 53 14 2 3 2.4 25 6 4.8 77.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Rechichar 12 10 83.3 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 10 Feamster 3 3 100.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Dupre 1 42 42 0 0 0 1 5 37.0 42.0 Rechichar 23 897 56 2 0 5 18 42 35.4 39.0 Feamster 5 136 33 0 0 2 3 35 20.2 27.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Vessels 20 506 25.3 40 0 Taseff 18 0 201 11.2 86 1 Dupre 2 35 17.5 25 0 18 0 201 11.2 86 1 Moore 6 67 11.2 19 0 James 1 4 4.0 4 0 29 612 21.1 40 0 Fumbles Ameche 2 Moore 2 Unitas 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Marchett 7 Donovan 6 Donovan 7 Donovan 3 Donovan 1 Eggers 2 Feamster 4 Marchett 6 Lipscomb 3 Patera 3 Eggers 1 Berry 1 Patera 2 Feamster 2 Marchett 3 Marchett 1 Jackson 1 Unitas 1 Eggers 1 Lipscomb 1 Eggers 2 Eggers 1 Patera 1 Pellingt 1 Patera 1 Shula 1 Pellingt 1 Pellingt 1 Young,D. 1 Feamster 1 Tackles Taseff 44 Lipscomb 25 Nyers 6 James 2 Radosevi 1 Spinney 1 Pellingt 40 Feamster 24 Peterson 5 Koman 2 Dupre 1 Berry 1 Donovan 38 Eggers 22 Herrmann 3 Joyce 2 Colterya 1 Marchett 38 Shula 22 Sandusky 3 Chorovic 2 Mutschel 1 Patera 31 Thomas 16 Harness 3 Vessels 2 Nutter 1 Rechicha 28 Campanel 6 Young,D. 2 Jackson 2 Finnin 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Taseff 2 9 4.5 9 0 Pellingto 1 12 12.0 12 0 Rechichar 1 76 76.0 76 0 Shula 1 2 2.0 2 0 Patera 1 2 2.0 2 0 6 101 16.8 76 0 1956 Baltimore Colts Coach: Weeb Ewbank Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Kerkorian,Gary 1 B 2 2 K QB Unitas,Johnny 5 O 1 1 QB Shaw,George 2 B 2 2 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Ameche,Alan 3 2 5 178 858 43 4.8 5 26 189 22 7.3 KR RB Moore,Lenny 1 1 5 86 649 79 7.5 1 11 102 27 9.3 RET RB Dupre,L.G. 2 1 4 49 182 21 3.7 3 16 216 49 13.5 ALL RB Vessels,Billy 1 1 5 44 215 31 4.9 2 11 177 30 16.1 KR RB Womble,Royce 2 1 5 20 72 12 3.6 2 9 180 43 20.0 RB Young,Dick 3 1 5 5 7 3 1.4 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR RB Rechichar,Bert 1 1 4 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 ALL RB Nyers,Dick 1 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 RET RB James,Tom 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 WR Berry,Raymond 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 7 37 601 54 16.2 KR WR Taseff,Carl 0 0 5 1 2 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 RET WR Flowers,Bernie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TE Mutscheller,Jim 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 8 44 715 53 16.3 TE Colteryahn,Lloyd 7 8 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 3 29 16 9.7 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Nutter,Buzz 7 5 5 G Spinney,Art 8 6 4 KR G Sandusky,Alex 7 5 4 KR T Jackson,Ken 7 5 3 T Chorovich,Dick 4 4 1 T Feamster,Tom 4 4 5 K G-T Preas,George 7 5 5 C-T Radosevich,George 6 4 3 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Donovan,Art 10 9 0 5 4 12 0 DT Lipscomb,Gene 5 5 0 1 4 8 0 KR DT Finnin,Tom 4 4 0 1 4 1 0 DT Peterson,Jerry 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 DE Marchetti,Gino 9 5 0 10 5 16 0 DE Feamster,Tom 4 4 0 2 5 0 0 K DL Joyce,Don 4 4 0 1 5 2 0 ILB Patera,Jack 6 4 3 1 5 0 2 PR OLB Eggers,Dick 4 3 1 0 5 0 1 OLB Pellington,Bill 4 3 1 0 5 0 1 KR LB Campanella,Joe 4 3 1 1 4 0 0 LB Koman,Bill 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 LB Preas,George 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 CB Rechichar,Bert 6 0 6 0 4 0 4 ALL CB Shula,Don 5 0 5 0 5 0 1 KR S Taseff,Carl 10 3 7 0 5 0 2 RET S Thomas,Jesse 3 1 2 0 4 0 2 S James,Tom 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 DB Hermann,John 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 RET DB Nyers,Dick 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 RET DB Harness,Jim 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 Mutscheller,Jim 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Shaw,George 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Special Teams