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1956 Chicago Cardinals season
Owner Violet Bidwill Wolfner
Head coach Ray Richards
Home field Comiskey Park
Results
Record7–5
Division place2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1956 Chicago Cardinals season was the team's 37th season in the National Football League. The Cardinals improved on their previous year's 4–7–1 record, winning seven games for a runner-up finish in the Eastern Conference. [1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs (NFL title game) for the eighth consecutive season.

Regular season

  • On October 7, the Cardinals played the New York Giants in front of only 21,799 fans. The week before, against Cleveland in the season opener, the gate was only 20,966. It was the smallest paid attendance of the NFL's six opening week games. [2]

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap
1 September 30 Cleveland Browns W 9–7 1–0 Comiskey Park 20,966 Recap
2 October 7 New York Giants W 35–27 2–0 Comiskey Park 21,799 Recap
3 October 14 at Washington Redskins W 31–3 3–0 Griffith Stadium 25,794 Recap
4 October 21 at Philadelphia Eagles W 20–6 4–0 Connie Mack Stadium 36,545 Recap
5 October 28 Washington Redskins L 14–17 4–1 Comiskey Park 30,553 Recap
6 November 4 Philadelphia Eagles W 28–17 5–1 Comiskey Park 27,609 Recap
7 November 11 at New York Giants L 10–23 5–2 Yankee Stadium 62,410 Recap
8 November 18 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–14 5–3 Forbes Field 24,086 Recap
9 November 25 Pittsburgh Steelers W 38–27 6–3 Comiskey Park 17,724 Recap
10 December 2 Green Bay Packers L 21–24 6–4 Comiskey Park 22,620 Recap
11 December 9 at Chicago Bears L 3–10 6–5 Wrigley Field 48,606 Recap
12 December 16 at Cleveland Browns W 24–7 7–5 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 25,312 Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
New York Giants 8 3 1 .727 7–3 264 197 W1
Chicago Cardinals 7 5 0 .583 7–3 240 182 W1
Washington Redskins 6 6 0 .500 5–5 183 225 L2
Cleveland Browns 5 7 0 .417 4–6 167 177 L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 7 0 .417 4–6 217 250 W1
Philadelphia Eagles 3 8 1 .273 3–7 143 215 L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. ^ 1956 Chicago Cardinals
  2. ^ Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.50, 2008, Random House, ISBN  978-1-4000-6717-6
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