NFL Empires: 1956

This is a continuation of my "empire" maps (where victors take the territory of the losers) of the NFL. Different than most such imperialism sports maps, instead of gaining all the loser's land from a victory home or away, the victor only gets territory for an away victory, and just two-thirds of it (or one-third for an away tie).

Before the seasons, New York moved from Manhattan to the Bronx. As with previous team relocations, they lost the most distant third of their empire (given to the neighbor with the closest capital), but gained the land within 100 miles of their new home.

My data was from Pro Football Reference and most of the logos from SportsLogos.net and Sports Ecyclopedia.

Here then is the map of the NFL empires after the 1956 season:

New York (dark blue) won the championship game at home over the Chicago Bears (light blue), so no land exchanged hands. A couple weeks before, New York had lost at home to Cleveland (brown), who finished fourth place in the East. A couple weeks before that, New York had tied at home to the Bears. By the end of the season, New York didn't have much land left. The difference in the championship game was that New York opted to wear sneakers instead of cleats on the icy field, an echo of the 1934 championship game, which oddly enough featured the same two teams, the same city, the same field conditions, the same footwear, and the same result.

Here is the map before the season started:

All Chicago this year.