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1956 Chicago Cardinals season

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Record
  
7–5

Playoff finish
  
did not qualify

Head coach
  
Ray Richards

Home field
  
Comiskey Park

Division place
  
2nd NFL Eastern

Start date
  
1956

Owner
  
Violet Bidwill Wolfner

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1957 Chicago Cardinals season

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. They failed to qualify for the playoffs (NFL title game) for the eighth consecutive season.

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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.

    • Standings

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

    References

    1956 Chicago Cardinals season Wikipedia
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