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1956 NFL Season

72 regular-season games · 2 playoff teams · 100,000 simulations

Final

Champion

New York Giants

4th Title

Last Title: 1938

Runner-Up

Chicago Bears

9th Appearance

Last Appearance: 1946

Biggest Overachiever

Chicago Bears

2.32 wins above expected

9 wins · 7.18 expected wins

Biggest Disappointment

Philadelphia Eagles

2.07 wins below expected

3 wins · 5.57 expected wins

Final Standings

Regular-season records by division. The vsSim column shows actual wins minus the simulation's mean wins — positive means the team overachieved, negative means they underperformed.

# Team W L T Pct GB PF PA PD SimW vsSim
1 New York Giants Division 8 3 1 .708 264 197 +67 7.00 +1.50
2 Chicago Cardinals 7 5 0 .583 1.5 240 182 +58 6.25 +0.75
3 Washington Redskins 6 6 0 .500 2.5 183 225 -42 5.62 +0.38
4 Pittsburgh Steelers 5 7 0 .417 3.5 217 250 -33 4.92 +0.08
5 Cleveland Browns (1st) 5 7 0 .417 3.5 167 177 -10 6.66 -1.66
6 Philadelphia Eagles 3 8 1 .292 5 143 215 -72 5.57 -2.07
# Team W L T Pct GB PF PA PD SimW vsSim
1 Chicago Bears Division 9 2 1 .792 363 246 +117 7.18 +2.32
2 Detroit Lions 9 3 0 .750 0.5 300 188 +112 6.92 +2.08
3 San Francisco 49ers 5 6 1 .458 4 233 284 -51 4.82 +0.68
4 Baltimore Colts 5 7 0 .417 4.5 270 322 -52 5.67 -0.67
5 Green Bay Packers 4 8 0 .333 5.5 264 342 -78 5.67 -1.67
6 Los Angeles Rams 4 8 0 .333 5.5 291 307 -16 5.72 -1.72

Playoff Bracket

The path each team took through the postseason — reconstructed from actual playoff games, not the simulation.

NFL Championship Game

New York Giants 47
Chicago Bears 7

Dec 30

Season Summary

Every team's regular-season finish compared against 100,000 simulations. Click any column header to sort; use the dropdown to filter by Conference or Division. Luck is the team's actual outcome minus the sim's mean — positive means the team beat the model. Percentile is where the actual result fell in the team's sim distribution (e.g. 90% = the team did this well or better in only 10% of sims).

Team Conference Division Elo Actual Avg. Wins Luck Percentile Min 5th Q1 Median Q3 95th Max
Chicago Bears West 1616 9.5 7.18 +2.32 93.76% 1 4 6 7 8 10 12
Detroit Lions West 1588 9 6.92 +2.08 95.70% 1 4 6 7 8 9 12
New York Giants East 1574 8.5 7.00 +1.50 84.21% 1 4 6 7 8 10 12
Chicago Cardinals East 1544 7 6.25 +0.75 80.30% 1 3 5 6 7 9 11
Cleveland Browns (1st) East 1517 5 6.66 -1.66 27.84% 1 4 5 7 8 9 11
Pittsburgh Steelers East 1482 5 4.92 +0.08 68.59% 0 2 4 5 6 7 11
Washington Redskins East 1473 6 5.62 +0.38 74.01% 0 3 4 5 7 8 11
Los Angeles Rams West 1469 4 5.72 -1.72 26.97% 0 3 4 6 7 8 11
San Francisco 49ers West 1452 5.5 4.82 +0.68 69.97% 0 2 3 5 6 7 10
Baltimore Colts West 1440 5 5.67 -0.67 50.57% 0 3 4 5 7 8 11
Philadelphia Eagles East 1425 3.5 5.57 -2.07 12.69% 0 3 4 5 7 8 12
Green Bay Packers West 1420 4 5.67 -1.67 27.23% 0 3 4 5 7 8 11

Head-to-Head

Each cell shows a team's record (row vs column) and below it the expected number of wins the model predicted based on each individual game's win probability. Navy-tinted cells mean the team beat the model's expectations by more than half a win in that matchup; gold-tinted cells mean they fell short by the same margin. The first matrix for each division covers within-division games; the second (when shown) covers games against teams outside that division — aggregated by division when there are many opponents, broken out team-by-team when there are few.

Beat expectations Fell short Within expectations

Within East

Team Cardinals (1st) Giants Eagles Steelers Redskins
Chicago Cardinals
2-0
(0.8 exp.)
1-1
(0.8 exp.)
2-0
(1.1 exp.)
1-1
(1.2 exp.)
1-1
(1.1 exp.)
Cleveland Browns (1st)
0-2
(1.1 exp.)
1-1
(0.9 exp.)
2-0
(1.1 exp.)
1-1
(1.2 exp.)
0-2
(1.1 exp.)
New York Giants
1-1
(1.1 exp.)
1-1
(1.0 exp.)
2-0
(1.2 exp.)
2-0
(1.3 exp.)
1-1
(1.2 exp.)
Philadelphia Eagles
0-2
(0.9 exp.)
0-2
(0.9 exp.)
0-2
(0.7 exp.)
2-0
(1.0 exp.)
1-1
(0.9 exp.)
Pittsburgh Steelers
1-1
(0.7 exp.)
1-1
(0.8 exp.)
0-2
(0.7 exp.)
0-2
(0.9 exp.)
2-0
(0.8 exp.)
Washington Redskins
1-1
(0.8 exp.)
2-0
(0.8 exp.)
1-1
(0.7 exp.)
1-1
(1.0 exp.)
0-2
(1.1 exp.)

East vs. Outside Teams

Team Colts Bears Lions Packers Rams 49ers
Chicago Cardinals
0-1
(0.3 exp.)
0-1
(0.7 exp.)
Cleveland Browns (1st)
0-1
(0.7 exp.)
1-0
(0.4 exp.)
New York Giants
0-0-1
(0.5 exp.)
1-0
(0.5 exp.)
Philadelphia Eagles
0-1
(0.4 exp.)
0-0-1
(0.7 exp.)
Pittsburgh Steelers
0-1
(0.2 exp.)
1-0
(0.6 exp.)
Washington Redskins
0-1
(0.5 exp.)
1-0
(0.4 exp.)

Within West

Team Colts Bears Lions Packers Rams 49ers
Baltimore Colts
1-1
(0.8 exp.)
0-2
(0.8 exp.)
1-1
(0.9 exp.)
1-1
(1.0 exp.)
0-2
(1.1 exp.)
Chicago Bears
1-1
(1.1 exp.)
1-1
(1.0 exp.)
2-0
(1.2 exp.)
2-0
(1.3 exp.)
2-0
(1.2 exp.)
Detroit Lions
2-0
(1.1 exp.)
1-1
(0.9 exp.)
1-1
(1.1 exp.)
2-0
(1.1 exp.)
2-0
(1.3 exp.)
Green Bay Packers
1-1
(1.0 exp.)
0-2
(0.8 exp.)
1-1
(0.8 exp.)
1-1
(0.9 exp.)
0-2
(1.1 exp.)
Los Angeles Rams
1-1
(0.9 exp.)
0-2
(0.6 exp.)
0-2
(0.9 exp.)
1-1
(1.0 exp.)
1-1
(1.1 exp.)
San Francisco 49ers
2-0
(0.8 exp.)
0-2
(0.7 exp.)
0-2
(0.7 exp.)
2-0
(0.8 exp.)
1-1
(0.8 exp.)

West vs. Outside Teams

Team Cardinals (1st) Giants Eagles Steelers Redskins
Baltimore Colts
1-0
(0.3 exp.)
1-0
(0.5 exp.)
Chicago Bears
1-0
(0.7 exp.)
0-0-1
(0.4 exp.)
Detroit Lions
1-0
(0.7 exp.)
0-1
(0.5 exp.)
Green Bay Packers
1-0
(0.3 exp.)
0-1
(0.6 exp.)
Los Angeles Rams
1-0
(0.6 exp.)
0-1
(0.4 exp.)
San Francisco 49ers
0-1
(0.5 exp.)
0-0-1
(0.3 exp.)

Scoring Distribution

Histograms of points scored and allowed, a home-vs-away score scatter (marker size grows with how often that exact score happened), and summary stats — all driven by the team filter below. Default view is league-wide.

Summary Statistics

Mean scored
Mean allowed
StdDev scored
StdDev allowed
Correlation (home vs away score)
Sample size (games)

Actual vs. Point Differential

How points translated into wins. Teams above the cluster overperformed their points differential (often called Pythagorean luck), while teams below underperformed. Hover for exact values.

Top Overachievers & Disappointments

The teams furthest from where the simulation said they'd land — a fast read of the Luck column on top of the main season summary above.

Top Overachievers

# Team Actual Sim Luck
1 Chicago Bears 9.5 7.18 +2.32
2 Detroit Lions 9 6.92 +2.08
3 New York Giants 8.5 7.00 +1.50
4 Chicago Cardinals 7 6.25 +0.75
5 San Francisco 49ers 5.5 4.82 +0.68

Biggest Disappointments

# Team Actual Sim Luck
1 Philadelphia Eagles 3.5 5.57 -2.07
2 Los Angeles Rams 4 5.72 -1.72
3 Green Bay Packers 4 5.67 -1.67
4 Cleveland Browns (1st) 5 6.66 -1.66
5 Baltimore Colts 5 5.67 -0.67

Top Streaks

Ranked by model unlikelihood — the product of pregame W/T/L probabilities over the games in each team's streak. A short streak by a poor team can outrank a longer one by a strong team since the poor team's per-game probabilities were lower going in.

Longest Winning Streaks

# Team Games Dates Probability
1 Washington Redskins 5 Oct 21 – Nov 25 1 in 123
2 Detroit Lions 6 Sep 30 – Nov 4 1 in 56
3 Chicago Bears 7 Oct 7 – Nov 18 1 in 29
4 Chicago Cardinals 4 Sep 30 – Oct 21 1 in 24
5 New York Giants 5 Oct 14 – Nov 11 1 in 17

Longest Losing Streaks

# Team Games Dates Probability
1 Los Angeles Rams 5 Oct 7 – Nov 4 1 in 27
2 Cleveland Browns (1st) 3 Oct 14 – Oct 28 1 in 23
3 Green Bay Packers 4 Oct 28 – Nov 18 1 in 20
4 San Francisco 49ers 5 Oct 14 – Nov 11 1 in 10
5 Washington Redskins 3 Sep 30 – Oct 14 1 in 8

Home-Field Advantage Edge

The simulation applies the same home-field boost to every game across the league, so the per-game home win probabilities bake in the model's idea of HFA. For each team, we add up those probabilities over home games and compare to actual home wins — and do the same on the road. The bar height is (home wins above expected) minus (road wins above expected). A tall positive bar means the team's home/road split exceeded what the model predicted — a real Coors-style edge. A tall negative bar means the reverse: they played worse at home or better on the road than expected.

Finish Position Heatmaps

Each cell is the probability — across 100,000 simulations — that the team (row) finished at that position (column). Use the buttons to switch between divisions, leagues, and the overall NFL view. Rows are sorted by the simulation's average finish (best at top).

Team123456
New York Giants31.53%22.48%17.46%13.09%9.37%6.07%
Cleveland Browns (1st)25.32%21.93%17.94%14.60%11.87%8.34%
Chicago Cardinals17.86%19.02%19.16%17.68%14.66%11.62%
Washington Redskins10.57%13.42%17.04%18.24%20.74%19.99%
Philadelphia Eagles9.67%14.24%16.59%19.20%20.36%19.94%
Pittsburgh Steelers5.05%8.91%11.81%17.19%23.00%34.04%
Team123456
Chicago Bears35.18%24.21%16.70%11.66%7.84%4.41%
Detroit Lions29.27%24.65%17.74%13.79%9.31%5.24%
Los Angeles Rams10.99%14.66%17.79%19.30%19.44%17.82%
Baltimore Colts10.14%14.18%17.49%19.52%19.89%18.78%
Green Bay Packers9.99%13.87%17.76%19.81%20.47%18.10%
San Francisco 49ers4.43%8.43%12.52%15.92%23.05%35.65%
Team123456789101112
Chicago Bears20.22%15.31%13.31%10.51%8.98%7.71%6.68%5.13%4.40%3.57%2.66%1.52%
New York Giants17.46%14.13%12.20%10.70%9.26%8.03%7.51%5.85%4.94%4.38%3.33%2.21%
Detroit Lions15.62%14.38%11.99%11.90%9.04%8.48%6.92%6.93%5.22%4.39%3.04%2.09%
Cleveland Browns (1st)12.36%12.82%11.38%10.12%9.77%8.59%8.20%6.95%6.35%5.53%4.59%3.34%
Chicago Cardinals8.50%9.66%9.19%9.55%10.03%8.90%9.22%8.86%8.12%6.80%6.05%5.12%
Los Angeles Rams4.95%5.87%7.33%7.89%8.15%9.24%9.20%9.79%9.62%9.49%9.09%9.38%
Baltimore Colts4.38%5.63%6.94%8.10%8.09%9.00%9.19%9.58%9.76%10.28%10.16%8.89%
Green Bay Packers4.61%5.66%6.74%7.36%8.55%9.03%9.43%9.56%10.41%10.04%9.55%9.06%
Washington Redskins4.69%5.71%6.20%6.98%8.77%8.94%9.06%9.32%9.79%10.77%10.23%9.54%
Philadelphia Eagles3.65%5.42%6.95%7.51%7.98%8.86%9.48%10.04%9.87%9.96%10.07%10.21%
Pittsburgh Steelers1.87%2.76%3.88%4.99%5.50%6.65%7.94%9.47%11.12%11.93%16.01%17.88%
San Francisco 49ers1.69%2.65%3.89%4.39%5.88%6.57%7.17%8.52%10.40%12.86%15.22%20.76%

Win Totals in Context

How did each team's actual results compare to their simulated results, Elo rating, average opponent Elo, and percentile within simulated outcomes? Use the buttons to switch between views. In each chart, dashed crosshairs at the league means split the plot into four quadrants: pastel green (team did well, model agreed), pastel red (team did poorly, model agreed), and pastel yellow (model and reality disagreed). Click a division in the legend to toggle it.

Playoff Seed Probabilities

Across the 10,000 regular-season simulations, the probability that each team finished as each playoff seed (or missed the playoffs entirely). Rows sorted by likelihood of earning the top seed; teams that more often missed the playoffs sit toward the bottom.

Team1 SeedMissed Playoffs
New York Giants31.53%68.47%
Cleveland Browns (1st)25.32%74.68%
Chicago Cardinals17.86%82.14%
Washington Redskins10.57%89.43%
Philadelphia Eagles9.67%90.33%
Pittsburgh Steelers5.05%94.95%
Team1 SeedMissed Playoffs
Chicago Bears35.18%64.82%
Detroit Lions29.27%70.73%
Los Angeles Rams10.99%89.01%
Baltimore Colts10.14%89.86%
Green Bay Packers9.99%90.01%
San Francisco 49ers4.43%95.57%

Wins Required to Achieve Each Seed

Empirical cumulative distribution: for each seed in each conference, the probability that a team holding that seed finished the regular season with at most a given number of wins. The point where each line passes through 50% is roughly the median wins for that seed.

Season Trends

How each metric evolved across the season — Elo rating, actual wins, simulated final wins, playoff probability, and division-title probability — day by day. Pick a division to see all five charts for its teams.

Elo Through the Playoffs

How each playoff team's Elo rating evolved as the postseason unfolded. Elo Progression traces every team's game-by-game Elo trajectory through their playoff run — teams eliminated early have short lines, deeper runs extend further right; click a team in the legend to isolate it. Net Elo Change summarizes the same data as one bar per team from first playoff game to last, sorted biggest gain to biggest loss.

Stochastic Playoff Outcomes

Across 10,000 simulations starting from preseason Elo, every team had a chance to make the playoffs based on how the regular-season Monte Carlo played out. The default view sums those simulations up: what fraction of them had each team making the playoffs, advancing each round, and winning the title. The round buttons switch to heatmaps showing how often every pair of teams faced off in each round across all sims.

Team Made Playoffs Won Super Bowl
New York Giants 31.53% 20.14%
Chicago Bears 35.18% 18.68%
Detroit Lions 29.27% 14.13%
Cleveland Browns (1st) 25.32% 13.77%
Chicago Cardinals 17.86% 10.75%
Washington Redskins 10.57% 5.09%
Philadelphia Eagles 9.67% 4.22%
Los Angeles Rams 10.99% 3.45%
Baltimore Colts 10.14% 2.94%
Green Bay Packers 9.99% 2.81%
Pittsburgh Steelers 5.05% 2.72%
San Francisco 49ers 4.43% 1.30%
Loser →
↓ Winner
Baltimore ColtsChicago BearsChicago CardinalsCleveland Browns (1st)Detroit LionsGreen Bay PackersLos Angeles RamsNew York GiantsPhiladelphia EaglesPittsburgh SteelersSan Francisco 49ersWashington Redskins
Baltimore Colts0.45%0.69%0.83%0.46%0.23%0.28%
Chicago Bears2.79%5.10%4.61%2.46%1.19%2.53%
Chicago Cardinals1.40%3.05%2.96%1.16%1.53%0.65%
Cleveland Browns (1st)1.60%4.31%3.88%1.43%1.68%0.87%
Detroit Lions2.59%4.01%3.81%1.61%0.52%1.59%
Green Bay Packers0.43%0.62%0.80%0.40%0.19%0.37%
Los Angeles Rams0.62%0.81%1.04%0.37%0.12%0.49%
New York Giants2.72%5.22%5.56%2.78%2.90%0.96%
Philadelphia Eagles0.62%1.44%0.95%0.64%0.43%0.14%
Pittsburgh Steelers0.38%0.83%0.65%0.35%0.35%0.16%
San Francisco 49ers0.23%0.32%0.30%0.15%0.08%0.22%
Washington Redskins0.48%1.65%1.14%0.82%0.65%0.35%

Actual Bracket Simulation

With the actual playoff bracket fixed in place, this second simulation re-runs each matchup 10,000 times and tallies how often each team advanced past each round and won the title. The right-most column shows what actually happened. Round buttons switch to matchup heatmaps for that round.

Team Won Super Bowl
New York Giants 53.79%
Chicago Bears 46.21%
Loser →
↓ Winner
Chicago BearsNew York Giants
Chicago Bears46.21%
New York Giants53.79%

Most-Likely Championship Paths

For each playoff team, the opponent they most often faced and defeated at each round across all bracket simulations. Each step shows two numbers: Matchup % is the fraction of this team's wins in this round that came against this opponent; Win % is the head-to-head probability they beat this opponent when the two meet. Note: fixed early-round matchups against bracket-determined opponents will show 100% Matchup — that's because those pairings are decided by the bracket.

New York Giants 53.79% chance to win
Super Bowl
vs. Chicago Bears
Matchup
100.00%
Win Prob
53.79%
Chicago Bears 46.21% chance to win
Super Bowl
vs. New York Giants
Matchup
100.00%
Win Prob
46.21%

Regular Season Games

Every regular-season game from each team's perspective. Pick a team from the dropdown — it filters every table on this tab. Sort any column by clicking its header. @ before an opponent name indicates an away game.

Date Opponent Score Pre Elo Opp Elo Win % Loss % Elo Δ Record
1956-09-30 Chicago Bears W 28-21 1474.29 1518.19 51.98% 44.95% +13.39 1-0
1956-10-06 Detroit Lions L 14-31 1487.68 1504.16 55.85% 41.07% -25.78 1-1
1956-10-14 @ Green Bay Packers L 33-38 1461.90 1459.01 39.19% 57.73% -9.90 1-2
1956-10-21 @ Chicago Bears L 27-58 1452.00 1546.07 26.94% 69.99% -17.09 1-3
1956-10-28 Green Bay Packers W 28-21 1434.91 1494.19 49.78% 47.15% +14.03 2-3
1956-11-11 @ Cleveland Browns (1st) W 21-7 1448.94 1522.49 29.33% 67.60% +28.26 3-3
1956-11-18 @ Detroit Lions L 3-27 1477.20 1562.33 27.97% 68.97% -15.60 3-4
1956-11-25 Los Angeles Rams W 56-21 1461.60 1465.01 57.66% 39.27% +26.26 4-4
1956-12-02 San Francisco 49ers L 17-20 1487.86 1399.63 69.32% 27.61% -13.42 4-5
1956-12-09 @ Los Angeles Rams L 7-31 1474.44 1421.01 46.31% 50.62% -25.52 4-6
1956-12-16 @ San Francisco 49ers L 17-30 1448.92 1435.07 40.71% 56.22% -16.58 4-7
1956-12-23 Washington Redskins W 19-17 1432.34 1479.82 51.47% 45.46% +7.24 5-7
1956-09-30 @ Baltimore Colts L 21-28 1518.19 1474.29 44.95% 51.98% -13.39 0-1
1956-10-07 @ Green Bay Packers W 37-21 1504.80 1483.74 41.72% 55.21% +24.73 1-1
1956-10-14 San Francisco 49ers W 31-7 1529.53 1458.99 67.24% 29.69% +16.54 2-1
1956-10-21 Baltimore Colts W 58-27 1546.07 1452.00 69.99% 26.94% +17.09 3-1
1956-10-28 @ San Francisco 49ers W 38-21 1563.16 1437.15 56.63% 40.29% +18.76 4-1
1956-11-04 @ Los Angeles Rams W 35-24 1581.92 1470.20 54.64% 42.29% +15.82 5-1
1956-11-11 Green Bay Packers W 38-14 1597.74 1454.39 75.21% 21.73% +12.17 6-1
1956-11-18 Los Angeles Rams W 30-21 1609.91 1472.67 74.60% 22.34% +7.66 7-1
1956-11-25 @ New York Giants T 17-17 1617.57 1574.30 44.85% 52.07% +0.19 7-1
1956-12-02 @ Detroit Lions L 10-42 1617.76 1561.13 46.77% 50.16% -29.75 7-2
1956-12-09 Chicago Cardinals W 10-3 1588.01 1524.61 66.37% 30.56% +9.19 8-2
1956-12-16 Detroit Lions W 38-21 1597.20 1607.20 56.75% 40.18% +18.71 9-2
1956-09-30 Cleveland Browns (1st) W 9-7 1480.44 1558.87 47.02% 49.90% +7.92 1-0
1956-10-07 New York Giants W 35-27 1488.36 1546.51 49.94% 46.98% +14.94 2-0
1956-10-14 @ Washington Redskins W 31-3 1503.30 1474.02 42.87% 54.05% +32.05 3-0
1956-10-21 @ Philadelphia Eagles W 20-6 1535.35 1517.87 41.21% 55.71% +23.34 4-0
1956-10-28 Washington Redskins L 14-17 1558.69 1461.45 70.35% 26.58% -13.62 4-1
1956-11-04 Philadelphia Eagles W 28-17 1545.07 1480.95 66.46% 30.47% +11.49 5-1
1956-11-11 @ New York Giants L 10-23 1556.56 1592.71 33.98% 62.94% -13.90 5-2
1956-11-18 @ Pittsburgh Steelers L 7-14 1542.66 1439.51 53.43% 43.50% -15.84 5-3
1956-11-25 Pittsburgh Steelers W 38-27 1526.82 1455.35 67.35% 29.58% +11.16 6-3
1956-12-02 Green Bay Packers L 21-24 1537.98 1451.78 69.09% 27.84% -13.37 6-4
1956-12-09 @ Chicago Bears L 3-10 1524.61 1588.01 30.56% 66.37% -9.19 6-5
1956-12-16 @ Cleveland Browns (1st) W 24-7 1515.42 1545.36 34.79% 62.14% +28.64 7-5
1956-09-30 @ Chicago Cardinals L 7-9 1558.87 1480.44 49.90% 47.02% -7.92 0-1
1956-10-06 @ Pittsburgh Steelers W 14-10 1550.95 1486.42 47.90% 49.02% +11.01 1-1
1956-10-14 New York Giants L 9-21 1561.96 1531.56 62.20% 34.73% -24.09 1-2
1956-10-21 @ Washington Redskins L 9-20 1537.87 1441.97 52.40% 44.53% -19.48 1-3
1956-10-28 Pittsburgh Steelers L 16-24 1518.39 1436.55 68.58% 28.35% -21.68 1-4
1956-11-04 @ Green Bay Packers W 24-7 1496.71 1480.17 41.08% 55.84% +25.78 2-4
1956-11-11 Baltimore Colts L 7-21 1522.49 1448.94 67.60% 29.33% -28.26 2-5
1956-11-18 @ Philadelphia Eagles W 16-0 1494.23 1480.32 40.72% 56.21% +25.17 3-5
1956-11-25 Washington Redskins L 17-20 1519.40 1513.20 58.97% 37.95% -11.43 3-6
1956-12-02 Philadelphia Eagles W 17-14 1507.97 1454.21 65.18% 31.75% +6.24 4-6
1956-12-09 @ New York Giants W 24-7 1514.21 1587.82 29.32% 67.61% +31.15 5-6
1956-12-16 Chicago Cardinals L 7-24 1545.36 1515.42 62.14% 34.79% -28.64 5-7
1956-09-30 @ Green Bay Packers W 20-16 1490.97 1496.93 37.99% 58.94% +13.19 1-0
1956-10-06 @ Baltimore Colts W 31-14 1504.16 1487.68 41.07% 55.85% +25.78 2-0
1956-10-14 Los Angeles Rams W 24-21 1529.94 1519.75 59.51% 37.41% +7.33 3-0
1956-10-21 San Francisco 49ers W 20-17 1537.27 1442.45 70.08% 26.86% +5.30 4-0
1956-10-28 @ Los Angeles Rams W 16-7 1542.57 1487.14 46.59% 50.33% +16.95 5-0
1956-11-04 @ San Francisco 49ers W 17-13 1559.52 1418.38 58.71% 38.22% +8.64 6-0
1956-11-11 @ Washington Redskins L 17-18 1568.16 1475.07 52.00% 44.93% -5.83 6-1
1956-11-18 Baltimore Colts W 27-3 1562.33 1477.20 68.97% 27.97% +15.60 7-1
1956-11-22 Green Bay Packers L 20-24 1577.93 1434.98 75.17% 21.77% -16.80 7-2
1956-12-02 Chicago Bears W 42-10 1561.13 1617.76 50.16% 46.77% +29.75 8-2
1956-12-09 Pittsburgh Steelers W 45-7 1590.88 1461.94 73.76% 23.18% +16.32 9-2
1956-12-16 @ Chicago Bears L 21-38 1607.20 1597.20 40.18% 56.75% -18.71 9-3
1956-09-30 Detroit Lions L 16-20 1496.93 1490.97 58.94% 37.99% -13.19 0-1
1956-10-07 Chicago Bears L 21-37 1483.74 1504.80 55.21% 41.72% -24.73 0-2
1956-10-14 Baltimore Colts W 38-33 1459.01 1461.90 57.73% 39.19% +9.91 1-2
1956-10-21 Los Angeles Rams W 42-17 1468.92 1512.42 52.04% 44.89% +25.27 2-2
1956-10-28 @ Baltimore Colts L 21-28 1494.19 1434.91 47.15% 49.78% -14.02 2-3
1956-11-04 Cleveland Browns (1st) L 7-24 1480.17 1496.71 55.84% 41.08% -25.78 2-4
1956-11-11 @ Chicago Bears L 14-38 1454.39 1597.74 21.73% 75.21% -12.17 2-5
1956-11-18 San Francisco 49ers L 16-17 1442.22 1391.45 64.81% 32.12% -7.24 2-6
1956-11-22 @ Detroit Lions W 24-20 1434.98 1577.93 21.77% 75.17% +16.80 3-6
1956-12-02 @ Chicago Cardinals W 24-21 1451.78 1537.98 27.84% 69.09% +13.37 4-6
1956-12-08 @ San Francisco 49ers L 20-38 1465.15 1413.05 46.12% 50.81% -22.02 4-7
1956-12-16 @ Los Angeles Rams L 21-49 1443.13 1446.53 38.33% 58.59% -22.93 4-8
1956-09-30 Philadelphia Eagles W 27-7 1510.22 1505.24 58.81% 38.12% +19.28 1-0
1956-10-07 @ San Francisco 49ers L 30-33 1529.50 1449.23 50.16% 46.76% -9.75 1-1
1956-10-14 @ Detroit Lions L 21-24 1519.75 1529.94 37.41% 59.51% -7.33 1-2
1956-10-21 @ Green Bay Packers L 17-42 1512.42 1468.92 44.89% 52.04% -25.28 1-3
1956-10-28 Detroit Lions L 7-16 1487.14 1542.57 50.33% 46.59% -16.94 1-4
1956-11-04 Chicago Bears L 24-35 1470.20 1581.92 42.29% 54.64% -15.82 1-5
1956-11-11 San Francisco 49ers W 30-6 1454.38 1409.74 64.03% 32.90% +18.29 2-5
1956-11-18 @ Chicago Bears L 21-30 1472.67 1609.91 22.34% 74.60% -7.66 2-6
1956-11-25 @ Baltimore Colts L 21-56 1465.01 1461.60 39.27% 57.66% -26.25 2-7
1956-12-02 @ Pittsburgh Steelers L 13-30 1438.76 1444.19 38.06% 58.87% -17.75 2-8
1956-12-09 Baltimore Colts W 31-7 1421.01 1474.44 50.62% 46.31% +25.52 3-8
1956-12-16 Green Bay Packers W 49-21 1446.53 1443.13 58.59% 38.33% +22.94 4-8
1956-09-30 @ San Francisco 49ers W 38-21 1522.86 1472.87 45.82% 51.11% +23.65 1-0
1956-10-07 @ Chicago Cardinals L 27-35 1546.51 1488.36 46.98% 49.94% -14.95 1-1
1956-10-14 @ Cleveland Browns (1st) W 21-9 1531.56 1561.96 34.73% 62.20% +24.09 2-1
1956-10-21 Pittsburgh Steelers W 38-10 1555.65 1452.16 71.05% 25.89% +15.61 3-1
1956-10-28 Philadelphia Eagles W 20-3 1571.26 1494.53 67.98% 28.95% +13.58 4-1
1956-11-04 @ Pittsburgh Steelers W 17-14 1584.84 1458.22 56.72% 40.21% +7.87 5-1
1956-11-11 Chicago Cardinals W 23-10 1592.71 1556.56 62.94% 33.98% +13.89 6-1
1956-11-18 @ Washington Redskins L 7-33 1606.60 1480.90 56.59% 40.34% -32.30 6-2
1956-11-25 Chicago Bears T 17-17 1574.30 1617.57 52.07% 44.85% -0.19 6-2
1956-12-02 Washington Redskins W 28-14 1574.11 1524.63 64.65% 32.28% +13.71 7-2
1956-12-09 Cleveland Browns (1st) L 7-24 1587.82 1514.21 67.61% 29.32% -31.15 7-3
1956-12-15 @ Philadelphia Eagles W 21-7 1556.67 1443.04 54.90% 42.02% +17.74 8-3
1956-09-30 @ Los Angeles Rams L 7-27 1505.24 1510.22 38.12% 58.81% -19.28 0-1
1956-10-06 Washington Redskins W 13-9 1485.96 1482.69 58.57% 38.35% +8.67 1-1
1956-10-14 @ Pittsburgh Steelers W 35-21 1494.63 1475.40 41.46% 55.47% +23.24 2-1
1956-10-21 Chicago Cardinals L 6-20 1517.87 1535.35 55.71% 41.21% -23.34 2-2
1956-10-28 @ New York Giants L 3-20 1494.53 1571.26 28.95% 67.98% -13.58 2-3
1956-11-04 @ Chicago Cardinals L 17-28 1480.95 1545.07 30.47% 66.46% -11.48 2-4
1956-11-11 Pittsburgh Steelers W 14-7 1469.47 1450.36 60.71% 36.22% +10.85 3-4
1956-11-18 Cleveland Browns (1st) L 0-16 1480.32 1494.23 56.21% 40.72% -25.17 3-5
1956-11-25 San Francisco 49ers T 10-10 1455.15 1398.70 65.52% 31.41% -0.94 3-5
1956-12-02 @ Cleveland Browns (1st) L 14-17 1454.21 1507.97 31.75% 65.18% -6.25 3-6
1956-12-09 @ Washington Redskins L 17-19 1447.96 1510.91 30.61% 66.32% -4.92 3-7
1956-12-15 New York Giants L 7-21 1443.04 1556.67 42.02% 54.90% -17.73 3-8
1956-09-30 Washington Redskins W 30-13 1465.98 1503.12 52.94% 43.98% +20.44 1-0
1956-10-06 Cleveland Browns (1st) L 10-14 1486.42 1550.95 49.02% 47.90% -11.02 1-1
1956-10-14 Philadelphia Eagles L 21-35 1475.40 1494.63 55.47% 41.46% -23.24 1-2
1956-10-21 @ New York Giants L 10-38 1452.16 1555.65 25.89% 71.05% -15.61 1-3
1956-10-28 @ Cleveland Browns (1st) W 24-16 1436.55 1518.39 28.35% 68.58% +21.67 2-3
1956-11-04 New York Giants L 14-17 1458.22 1584.84 40.21% 56.72% -7.86 2-4
1956-11-11 @ Philadelphia Eagles L 7-14 1450.36 1469.47 36.22% 60.71% -10.85 2-5
1956-11-18 Chicago Cardinals W 14-7 1439.51 1542.66 43.50% 53.43% +15.84 3-5
1956-11-25 @ Chicago Cardinals L 27-38 1455.35 1526.82 29.58% 67.35% -11.16 3-6
1956-12-02 Los Angeles Rams W 30-13 1444.19 1438.76 58.87% 38.06% +17.75 4-6
1956-12-09 @ Detroit Lions L 7-45 1461.94 1590.88 23.18% 73.76% -16.31 4-7
1956-12-16 @ Washington Redskins W 23-0 1445.63 1515.83 29.73% 67.20% +36.01 5-7
1956-09-30 New York Giants L 21-38 1472.87 1522.86 51.11% 45.82% -23.64 0-1
1956-10-07 Los Angeles Rams W 33-30 1449.23 1529.50 46.76% 50.16% +9.76 1-1
1956-10-14 @ Chicago Bears L 7-31 1458.99 1529.53 29.69% 67.24% -16.54 1-2
1956-10-21 @ Detroit Lions L 17-20 1442.45 1537.27 26.86% 70.08% -5.30 1-3
1956-10-28 Chicago Bears L 21-38 1437.15 1563.16 40.29% 56.63% -18.77 1-4
1956-11-04 Detroit Lions L 13-17 1418.38 1559.52 38.22% 58.71% -8.64 1-5
1956-11-11 @ Los Angeles Rams L 6-30 1409.74 1454.38 32.90% 64.03% -18.29 1-6
1956-11-18 @ Green Bay Packers W 17-16 1391.45 1442.22 32.12% 64.81% +7.25 2-6
1956-11-25 @ Philadelphia Eagles T 10-10 1398.70 1455.15 31.41% 65.52% +0.93 2-6
1956-12-02 @ Baltimore Colts W 20-17 1399.63 1487.86 27.61% 69.32% +13.42 3-6
1956-12-08 Green Bay Packers W 38-20 1413.05 1465.15 50.81% 46.12% +22.02 4-6
1956-12-16 Baltimore Colts W 30-17 1435.07 1448.92 56.22% 40.71% +16.57 5-6
1956-09-30 @ Pittsburgh Steelers L 13-30 1503.12 1465.98 43.98% 52.94% -20.43 0-1
1956-10-06 @ Philadelphia Eagles L 9-13 1482.69 1485.96 38.35% 58.57% -8.67 0-2
1956-10-14 Chicago Cardinals L 3-31 1474.02 1503.30 54.05% 42.87% -32.05 0-3
1956-10-21 Cleveland Browns (1st) W 20-9 1441.97 1537.87 44.53% 52.40% +19.48 1-3
1956-10-28 @ Chicago Cardinals W 17-14 1461.45 1558.69 26.58% 70.35% +13.62 2-3
1956-11-11 Detroit Lions W 18-17 1475.07 1568.16 44.93% 52.00% +5.83 3-3
1956-11-18 New York Giants W 33-7 1480.90 1606.60 40.34% 56.59% +32.30 4-3
1956-11-25 @ Cleveland Browns (1st) W 20-17 1513.20 1519.40 37.95% 58.97% +11.43 5-3
1956-12-02 @ New York Giants L 14-28 1524.63 1574.11 32.28% 64.65% -13.72 5-4
1956-12-09 Philadelphia Eagles W 19-17 1510.91 1447.96 66.32% 30.61% +4.92 6-4
1956-12-16 Pittsburgh Steelers L 0-23 1515.83 1445.63 67.20% 29.73% -36.01 6-5
1956-12-23 @ Baltimore Colts L 17-19 1479.82 1432.34 45.46% 51.47% -7.24 6-6

Playoff Games

Every playoff game from each team's perspective, controlled by the team filter above. Sort any column by clicking its header. @ before an opponent name indicates an away game; the record column shows the team's running playoff W-L.

Date Opponent Score Pre Elo Opp Elo Win % Loss % Elo Δ Record
1956-12-30 @ New York Giants L 7-47 1615.91 1574.41 46.13% 53.87% -31.78 0-1
1956-12-30 Chicago Bears W 47-7 1574.41 1615.91 53.87% 46.13% +31.77 1-0

Biggest Upsets

The 25 games where the underdog won despite the lowest pregame win probability. Underdog Win % is the winner's pregame chance of winning the game (lower = bigger upset). @ before a team name indicates the away side. An asterisk (*) after the date marks a playoff game.

# Date Underdog Win % Winning Team Losing Team
Team Elo Score Team Elo Score
1 1956-11-22 21.77% Green Bay Packers 1434.98 24 @ Detroit Lions 1577.93 20
2 1956-10-28 26.58% Washington Redskins 1461.45 17 @ Chicago Cardinals 1558.69 14
3 1956-12-02 27.61% San Francisco 49ers 1399.63 20 @ Baltimore Colts 1487.86 17
4 1956-12-02 27.84% Green Bay Packers 1451.78 24 @ Chicago Cardinals 1537.98 21
5 1956-10-28 28.35% Pittsburgh Steelers 1436.55 24 @ Cleveland Browns (1st) 1518.39 16
6 1956-12-09 29.32% Cleveland Browns (1st) 1514.21 24 @ New York Giants 1587.82 7
7 1956-11-11 29.33% Baltimore Colts 1448.94 21 @ Cleveland Browns (1st) 1522.49 7
8 1956-12-16 29.73% Pittsburgh Steelers 1445.63 23 @ Washington Redskins 1515.83 0
9 1956-11-18 32.12% San Francisco 49ers 1391.45 17 @ Green Bay Packers 1442.22 16
10 1956-10-14 34.73% New York Giants 1531.56 21 @ Cleveland Browns (1st) 1561.96 9
11 1956-12-16 34.79% Chicago Cardinals 1515.42 24 @ Cleveland Browns (1st) 1545.36 7
12 1956-11-25 37.95% Washington Redskins 1513.20 20 @ Cleveland Browns (1st) 1519.40 17
13 1956-09-30 37.99% Detroit Lions 1490.97 20 @ Green Bay Packers 1496.93 16
14 1956-11-18 40.34% @ Washington Redskins 1480.90 33 New York Giants 1606.60 7
15 1956-11-18 40.72% Cleveland Browns (1st) 1494.23 16 @ Philadelphia Eagles 1480.32 0
16 1956-10-06 41.07% Detroit Lions 1504.16 31 @ Baltimore Colts 1487.68 14
17 1956-11-04 41.08% Cleveland Browns (1st) 1496.71 24 @ Green Bay Packers 1480.17 7
18 1956-10-21 41.21% Chicago Cardinals 1535.35 20 @ Philadelphia Eagles 1517.87 6
19 1956-10-14 41.46% Philadelphia Eagles 1494.63 35 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 1475.40 21
20 1956-10-07 41.72% Chicago Bears 1504.80 37 @ Green Bay Packers 1483.74 21
21 1956-10-14 42.87% Chicago Cardinals 1503.30 31 @ Washington Redskins 1474.02 3
22 1956-11-18 43.50% @ Pittsburgh Steelers 1439.51 14 Chicago Cardinals 1542.66 7
23 1956-10-21 44.53% @ Washington Redskins 1441.97 20 Cleveland Browns (1st) 1537.87 9
24 1956-11-11 44.93% @ Washington Redskins 1475.07 18 Detroit Lions 1568.16 17
25 1956-09-30 45.82% New York Giants 1522.86 38 @ San Francisco 49ers 1472.87 21

Biggest Elo Changes

The 25 games that moved the Elo needle the most. Elo Δ is the magnitude of the rating swing; both teams move by the same amount per game (one up, one down). The winning side is shown first. An asterisk (*) after the date marks a playoff game.

# Date Elo Δ Winning Team Losing Team
Team Score Elo Win % Team Score Elo Win %
1 1956-12-16 36.01 Pittsburgh Steelers 23 1445.63 29.73% @ Washington Redskins 0 1515.83 67.20%
2 1956-11-18 32.30 @ Washington Redskins 33 1480.90 40.34% New York Giants 7 1606.60 56.59%
3 1956-10-14 32.05 Chicago Cardinals 31 1503.30 42.87% @ Washington Redskins 3 1474.02 54.05%
4 1956-12-30 * 31.78 @ New York Giants 47 1574.41 53.87% Chicago Bears 7 1615.91 46.13%
5 1956-12-09 31.15 Cleveland Browns (1st) 24 1514.21 29.32% @ New York Giants 7 1587.82 67.61%
6 1956-12-02 29.75 @ Detroit Lions 42 1561.13 50.16% Chicago Bears 10 1617.76 46.77%
7 1956-12-16 28.64 Chicago Cardinals 24 1515.42 34.79% @ Cleveland Browns (1st) 7 1545.36 62.14%
8 1956-11-11 28.26 Baltimore Colts 21 1448.94 29.33% @ Cleveland Browns (1st) 7 1522.49 67.60%
9 1956-11-25 26.26 @ Baltimore Colts 56 1461.60 57.66% Los Angeles Rams 21 1465.01 39.27%
10 1956-10-06 25.78 Detroit Lions 31 1504.16 41.07% @ Baltimore Colts 14 1487.68 55.85%
11 1956-11-04 25.78 Cleveland Browns (1st) 24 1496.71 41.08% @ Green Bay Packers 7 1480.17 55.84%
12 1956-12-09 25.52 @ Los Angeles Rams 31 1421.01 50.62% Baltimore Colts 7 1474.44 46.31%
13 1956-10-21 25.28 @ Green Bay Packers 42 1468.92 52.04% Los Angeles Rams 17 1512.42 44.89%
14 1956-11-18 25.17 Cleveland Browns (1st) 16 1494.23 40.72% @ Philadelphia Eagles 0 1480.32 56.21%
15 1956-10-07 24.73 Chicago Bears 37 1504.80 41.72% @ Green Bay Packers 21 1483.74 55.21%
16 1956-10-14 24.09 New York Giants 21 1531.56 34.73% @ Cleveland Browns (1st) 9 1561.96 62.20%
17 1956-09-30 23.65 New York Giants 38 1522.86 45.82% @ San Francisco 49ers 21 1472.87 51.11%
18 1956-10-21 23.34 Chicago Cardinals 20 1535.35 41.21% @ Philadelphia Eagles 6 1517.87 55.71%
19 1956-10-14 23.24 Philadelphia Eagles 35 1494.63 41.46% @ Pittsburgh Steelers 21 1475.40 55.47%
20 1956-12-16 22.94 @ Los Angeles Rams 49 1446.53 58.59% Green Bay Packers 21 1443.13 38.33%
21 1956-12-08 22.02 @ San Francisco 49ers 38 1413.05 50.81% Green Bay Packers 20 1465.15 46.12%
22 1956-10-28 21.68 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 1436.55 28.35% @ Cleveland Browns (1st) 16 1518.39 68.58%
23 1956-09-30 20.44 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 30 1465.98 52.94% Washington Redskins 13 1503.12 43.98%
24 1956-10-21 19.48 @ Washington Redskins 20 1441.97 44.53% Cleveland Browns (1st) 9 1537.87 52.40%
25 1956-09-30 19.28 @ Los Angeles Rams 27 1510.22 58.81% Philadelphia Eagles 7 1505.24 38.12%