Statistics Summary for 1956 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/15/1956 vs Montana State L 14-33 - Great Falls, Mont.
9/22/1956 NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE W 7-0 - Brookings, S.D.
9/29/1956 at Arizona L 0-60 - Tucscon, Ariz.
* 10/6/1956 AUGUSTANA L 20-21 - Brookings, S.D.
* 10/13/1956 NORTH DAKOTA W 14-13 - Brookings, S.D. Hobo Day
* 10/20/1956 at South Dakota L 14-19 - Vermillion, S.D.
* 10/27/1956 at North Dakota State L 9-26 - Fargo, N.D.
* 11/3/1956 MORNINGSIDE W 28-13 - Brookings, S.D.
11/10/1956 at Iowa Teachers W 31-27 - Cedar Falls, Iowa
 
Overall: 4-5
Conference: 2-3
Home: 3-1
Away: 1-3
Neutral: 0-1


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Bob Betz 0 138 651 20 631 4.6 3 0 0.0
Dal Eisenbraun 0 48 262 23 239 5.0 3 0 0.0
Bill McDonald 0 35 148 25 123 3.5 1 0 0.0
Lee Kragenbring 0 28 87 25 62 2.2 2 0 0.0
Nig Johnson 0 42 153 92 61 1.5 4 0 0.0
Sam Ruth 0 24 68 13 55 2.3 0 0 0.0
Ron LaVallee 0 19 58 25 33 1.7 0 0 0.0
Bob Schulte 0 9 30 0 30 3.3 0 0 0.0
Bob Benson 0 9 26 0 26 2.9 0 0 0.0
Al Breske 0 14 29 5 24 1.7 1 0 0.0
Dave Viker 0 6 17 1 16 2.7 0 0 0.0
Harvey Hammrich 0 3 6 0 6 2.0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 9 396 1535 254 1281 3.2 14 0 142.3
Opp totals 0 448 2212 180 2032 4.5 24 0 0.0
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Nig Johnson 0 41-77-10 53.2 763 5 0 0.0 131.94
Lee Kragenbring 0 4-22-3 18.2 85 1 0 0.0 38.36
Dal Eisenbraun 0 3-8-0 37.5 68 0 0 0.0 108.90
Ron LaVallee 0 4-16-2 25.0 34 0 0 0.0 17.85
Bill McDonald 0 1-2-1 50.0 14 0 0 0.0 8.80
Dave Viker 0 0-2-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 -100.00
Harvey Hammrich 0 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Sam Ruth 0 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Team totals 9 53-129-17 41.1 964 6 0 107.1 92.85
Opp totals 0 58-122-16 47.5 806 8 0 0.0 98.45
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Dal Eisenbraun 0 24 432 18.0 5 0 0.0
C. Katzenberger 0 7 114 16.3 0 0 0.0
Sam Ruth 0 5 86 17.2 0 0 0.0
Bill McDonald 0 4 71 17.8 0 0 0.0
Nig Johnson 0 3 76 25.3 1 0 0.0
Dick Raddatz 0 3 52 17.3 0 0 0.0
Al Breske 0 2 29 14.5 0 0 0.0
Bob Benson 0 2 29 14.5 0 0 0.0
Roger Laubach 0 1 58 58.0 0 0 0.0
Harvey Hammrich 0 1 11 11.0 0 0 0.0
Bob Betz 0 1 6 6.0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 9 53 964 18.2 6 0 107.1
Opp totals 0 58 806 13.9 8 0 0.0
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Dal Eisenbraun 0 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 48
Nig Johnson 0 5 0-0 1-3 0 0 0 31
Bob Betz 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Lee Kragenbring 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Dick Raddatz 0 0 0-0 10-13 0 0 0 10
Al Breske 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Bill McDonald 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Dave Viker 0 0 0-0 2-3 0 0 0 2
Team totals 9 20 0-0 13-20 0 0 1 135
Opp totals 0 32 0-0 20-32 0 0 0 212
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Nig Johnson 0 61 763 824 0.0
Bob Betz 0 631 0 631 0.0
Dal Eisenbraun 0 239 68 307 0.0
Lee Kragenbring 0 62 85 147 0.0
Bill McDonald 0 123 14 137 0.0
Ron LaVallee 0 33 34 67 0.0
Sam Ruth 0 55 0 55 0.0
Bob Schulte 0 30 0 30 0.0
Bob Benson 0 26 0 26 0.0
Al Breske 0 24 0 24 0.0
Dave Viker 0 16 0 16 0.0
Harvey Hammrich 0 6 0 6 0.0
Team totals 9 1281 964 2245 249.4
Opp totals 0 2032 806 2838 0.0
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Dal Eisenbraun 10 96 0 0 9.6
Nig Johnson 3 28 0 0 9.3
Bob Benson 1 8 0 0 8.0
Sam Ruth 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 15 132 0 0 8.8
Opp totals 12 122 0 0 10.2
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Bob Betz 7 148 0 0 21.1
Nig Johnson 7 132 0 0 18.9
Dal Eisenbraun 5 117 0 0 23.4
Bill McDonald 6 116 0 0 19.3
Al Breske 2 48 0 0 24.0
Sam Ruth 2 48 0 0 24.0
Bob Benson 1 29 0 0 29.0
Harvey Hammrich 1 19 0 0 19.0
Lee Kragenbring 2 15 0 0 7.5
Ron LaVallee 1 13 0 0 13.0
Dick Raddatz 1 13 0 0 13.0
C. Katzenberger 1 4 0 0 4.0
Tuffy Blaze 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 37 702 0 0 19.0
Opp totals 29 591 0 0 20.4
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Nig Johnson 6 59 0 0 0.1
Dal Eisenbraun 4 61 0 0 0.1
Lee Kragenbring 2 25 0 0 0.1
Sam Ruth 1 22 0 0 0.0
Les Spanjers 1 6 0 0 0.2
Ron LaVallee 1 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Schulte 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 16 173 0 0 0.1
Opp totals 17 127 0 0 0.1
 
Fumble returns no. yards td long avg
Team totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
All purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
Dal Eisenbraun 0 239 432 96 117 61 945 0.0
Bob Betz 0 631 6 0 148 0 785 0.0
Nig Johnson 0 61 76 28 132 59 356 0.0
Bill McDonald 0 123 71 0 116 0 310 0.0
Sam Ruth 0 55 86 0 48 22 211 0.0
C. Katzenberger 0 0 114 0 4 0 118 0.0
Lee Kragenbring 0 62 0 0 15 25 102 0.0
Al Breske 0 24 29 0 48 0 101 0.0
Bob Benson 0 26 29 8 29 0 92 0.0
Dick Raddatz 0 0 52 0 13 0 65 0.0
Roger Laubach 0 0 58 0 0 0 58 0.0
Ron LaVallee 0 33 0 0 13 0 46 0.0
Harvey Hammrich 0 6 11 0 19 0 36 0.0
Bob Schulte 0 30 0 0 0 0 30 0.0
Dave Viker 0 16 0 0 0 0 16 0.0
Les Spanjers 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.0
Team totals 9 1281 964 132 702 173 3252 361.3
Opp totals 0 2032 806 122 591 127 3678 0.0
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Nig Johnson 22 719 32.7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Raddatz 6 181 30.2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Schulte 3 68 22.7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harvey Hammrich 2 48 24.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Betz 1 40 40.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 34 1056 31.1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Opp totals 36 1151 32.0 0 0 0 0 0 3
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Team totals 0 0 0.0 0 0
Opp totals 0 0 0.0 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Nig Johnson 0 0 0 0 - - 6 - 59 - - - - - -
Bob Schulte 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Ron LaVallee 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Les Spanjers 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 6 - - - - - -
Lee Kragenbring 0 0 0 0 - - 2 - 25 - - - - - -
Sam Ruth 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 22 - - - - - -
Dal Eisenbraun 0 0 0 0 - - 4 - 61 - - - - - -
Team totals 9 0 0 0 - - 16 - 173 - - - - - -
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 - - 17 - 127 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 75 100
1st downs passing 35 38
1st downs penalty 8 0
1st downs total 118 138
Penalties against 25 42
Penalty yards 161 366
Fumbles 39 35
Fumbles lost 25 13
3rd-down convert 0-0 0-0
4th-down convert 0-0 0-0
Time of possession 0:00 0:00
Misc yards 0 0