1956 Green Bay Packers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Lisle Blackbourn (4-8)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1956 Green Bay Packers RosterTeam Record: 4-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Lisle Blackbourn (4-8)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1956 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
The Packers chalked up 264 points, but the shaky defensive squad allowed 342, most in the circuit. Tobin Rote passed for 2,203 yards. Billy Howton paced pass catchers, snagging 55 passes for 1,188 yards.
Tobin Rote carried the ball for a team-best 398 yards for Green Bay, and Howie Ferguson also aided the ground game.
Bobby Dillon picked off 7 opponent throws.
Lisle Blackbourn coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 308 | 146 | 47.4 | 2203 | 7.2 | 18 | 5.8 | 15 | 4.9 | 66 | 70.6 |
| Bart Starr | 44 | 24 | 54.5 | 325 | 7.4 | 2 | 4.5 | 3 | 6.8 | 39 | 65.1 |
| Jack Losch | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 63 | 63.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 158.3 |
| Totals | 353 | 171 | 48.4 | 2591 | 7.3 | 21 | 5.9 | 18 | 5.1 | 66 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 84 | 398 | 4.7 | 39 | 11 |
| Howie Ferguson | 99 | 367 | 3.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Fred Cone | 49 | 211 | 4.3 | 21 | 2 |
| Al Carmichael | 32 | 199 | 6.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 35 | 129 | 3.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Losch | 19 | 43 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Breezy Reid | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Bart Starr | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 337 | 1421 | 4.2 | 39 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Howton | 55 | 1188 | 21.6 | 66 | 12 |
| Gary Knafelc | 30 | 418 | 13.9 | 38 | 6 |
| Joe Johnson | 28 | 258 | 9.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Howie Ferguson | 22 | 214 | 9.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Al Carmichael | 13 | 180 | 13.8 | 63 | 1 |
| Fred Cone | 12 | 218 | 18.2 | 69 | 2 |
| Jack Losch | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Breezy Reid | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Roberts | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 171 | 2591 | 15.2 | 69 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Deschaine | 62 | 2649 | 42.7 | 57 |
| Totals | 62 | 2649 | 42.7 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Carmichael | 21 | 165 | 7.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Jack Losch | 8 | 74 | 9.2 | 58 | 0 |
| Breezy Reid | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 239 | 8.0 | 58 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Carmichael | 33 | 927 | 28.1 | 106 | 1 |
| Jack Losch | 15 | 390 | 26.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Howie Ferguson | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Bill Forester | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Hank Gremminger | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nate Borden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 59 | 1442 | 24.4 | 106 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Dillon | 7 | 244 | 34.9 | 45 | 1 |
| Bill Forester | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Capuzzi | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 65 | 0 |
| Hank Gremminger | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Deral Teteak | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ken Gorgal | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Bookout | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Val Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 406 | 19.3 | 65 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Losch | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Ferguson | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Ringo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Deral Teteak | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Cone | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tobin Rote | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Martinkovic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Carmichael | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Dillon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Capuzzi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Forester | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Hanner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Zatkoff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Szafaryn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Breezy Reid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Billy Howton | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||||
| Fred Cone | 2 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||||
| Gary Knafelc | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Al Carmichael | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Bobby Dillon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
