1956 Chicago(B) Bears 5-2-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1956 Chicago(B) 28 51 66 73 0 218 Opponent 17 50 32 54 0 153 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 218 153 1-0 21 @Baltimore 14 77ø 10-20 First Downs 167 129 2-0 35 @Green Bay 16 71ø Rush 98 64 2-1 10 San Francisco 17 67ø 0-10 Pass 65 62 2-1 1 14 Baltimore 14 60ø 10-20 Pen 4 3 2-2 1 21 @San Francisco 26 66ø 0-5 Light Rain Penalties 29 35 3-2 1 37 @Los Angeles 12 76ø Yards 223 304 4-2 1 31 Green Bay 24 50ø 15-25 5-2 1 49 Los Angeles 30 59ø 5-15 Rushing Att 323 231 Yards 1632 1134 Ave 5.1 4.9 TD 17 10 Passing Att 140 163 Comp 78 84 % 55.7 51.5 Int 7 8 % 5.0 4.9 TD 10 4 % 7.1 2.5 Yards 1411 1168 Sacked 13 23 Punt Return 17 18 Yards -11 390 Ave -0.6 21.7 Kick Return 33 40 Yards 829 960 Ave 25.1 24.0 Punts 29 27 Yards 1043 1005 Ave 36.0 37.2 FG Att 5 15 Made 3 8 % 60.0 53.3 Third Downs 97 84 Made 50 28 % 51.5 33.3 Fourth Downs 6 6 Made 2 2 % 33.3 33.3 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 12 10 Lost 6 7 Turnovers 13 15 Net Offense 2970 2157 Per Play 6.2 5.2 1956 Chicago(B) Bears Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Casares 145 747 5.2 17 46 74 12 Hill 24 3 585 24.4 7 24 63 4 Jeter 51 287 5.6 12 18 14 3 Casares 16 3 173 10.8 0 8 22 1 Hoffman,Jo 43 247 5.7 6 12 25 0 Schroeder 16 1 274 17.1 3 14 31 2 Watkins 38 157 4.1 5 7 13 1 McColl 12 3 254 21.2 3 11 62 3 Brown 19 95 5.0 5 9 15 0 Jeter 4 0 54 13.5 0 3 18 0 Caroline 10 71 7.1 3 5 26 1 Hoffman 3 0 36 12.0 0 2 14 0 Carl 12 18 1.5 0 0 4 0 Carl 1 0 17 17.0 0 1 17 0 Blanda 4 10 2.5 0 1 8 0 Dooley 1 0 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 Bingham 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Watkins 1 0 5 5.0 0 1 5 0 323 1632 5.1 48 98 74 17 78 10 1411 18.1 13 65 63 10 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Blanda 39 24 61.5 343 14.3 32 7 3 0 0.0 2 3 7.7 115.7 Brown 101 54 53.5 1068 19.8 63 10 10 7 6.9 11 7 6.9 84.9 140 78 55.7 1411 18.1 63 17 13 7 5.0 13 10 7.1 93.5 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Blanda 30 29 96.7 5 3 60.0 0.0 0.0 20 38 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Brown 29 1043 53 1 0 2 18 390 21.8 36.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Bingham 22 616 28.0 95 1 Bingham 17 0 -11 -0.6 6 0 Carl 2 40 20.0 25 0 17 0 -11 -0.6 6 0 Jeter 8 158 19.8 27 0 Mellekas 2 15 7.5 15 0 33 829 25.1 95 1 Fumbles Casares 5 Brown 3 Jeter 2 Blanda 1 Schroede 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Atkins 11 Atkins 11 George 4 George 5 George 3 Casares 2 Meadows 4 Bishop 3 Fortunat 3 Fortunat 4 Meadows 2 Fortunat 2 Bishop 3 Meadows 2 Atkins 3 Gorgal 3 Fortunat 1 Williams 2 Fortunat 2 Williams 1 Williams 3 Moore,Mc 3 Atkins 1 Meadows 2 Gorgal 1 George 1 Meadows 3 Atkins 3 Williams 1 George 1 Williams 1 Bishop 2 Meadows 3 Bishop 1 Gilbert 1 George 1 Caroline 2 Klawitte 1 Smith,R. 1 Clark 1 Williams 1 Brown 1 Wallace 1 Tackles George 40 Smith,R. 31 Hoffman, 4 Jones 3 McColl 2 Castete 1 Meadows 34 Caroline 31 Brackett 4 Clark 3 Gilbert 2 Hansen 33 Moore,Mc 30 Schroede 3 Hill 3 Bingham 2 Fortunat 33 Williams 25 Hoffman, 3 Wallace 2 Jeter 1 Bishop 32 Gorgal 17 Carl 3 Watkins 2 Mellekas 1 Atkins 32 Strickla 5 Wightkin 3 Helwig 2 Smith,J. 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Hansen 2 12 6.0 10 0 Smith,R.G 2 92 46.0 64 1 Fortunato 1 27 27.0 27 0 Moore,Mc 1 22 22.0 22 0 Gorgal 1 0 0.0 0 0 Williams, 1 0 0.0 0 0 8 153 19.1 64 1 1956 Chicago(B) Bears Coach: Paddy Driscoll Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Blanda,George 5 B 1 1 K QB Brown,Ed 5 B 2 2 P QB Haluska,Jim 2 O 1 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Casares,Rick 1 1 5 234 1126 68 4.8 5 23 203 33 8.8 ALL RB Watkins,Bobby 1 1 3 68 276 25 4.1 1 2 3 6 1.5 KR RB Jeter,Perry 1 1 3 60 316 51 5.3 2 5 52 23 10.4 RET RB Hoffman,John 4 1 4 56 272 39 4.9 2 7 85 35 12.1 RB Caroline,J.C. 1 1 5 34 141 26 4.1 0 0 0 0 0.0 RET RB Carl,Harland 1 1 3 29 66 12 2.3 1 2 31 20 15.5 KR RB Bingham,Don 1 1 5 7 36 12 5.1 1 1 7 7 7.0 RET WR Hill,Harlan 0 0 5 2 24 12 12.0 8 47 1128 79 24.0 WR Schroeder,Gene 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 4 20 315 32 15.8 WR Dooley,Jim 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 3 4 47 15 11.8 WR Smith,Ray Gene 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 RET TE McColl,Bill 4 4 5 0 0 0 0.0 5 24 322 69 13.4 KR Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Strickland,Larry 9 9 4 C Klawitter,Dick 4 4 2 G Jones,Stan 10 9 4 G Clark,Herman 8 7 5 G Roggerman,Tom 5 4 5 T Wightkin,Bill 7 6 5 T Gilbert,Kline 4 4 5 T Mellekas,John 4 4 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Bishop,Bill 7 7 0 1 5 1 0 DT Williams,Fred 6 6 0 1 5 1 1 DE Atkins,Doug 8 6 0 7 3 12 0 KR DE Meadows,Ed 7 6 0 4 5 8 0 DE Hoffman,Jack 5 5 0 2 5 0 0 DL Helwig,John 5 5 0 1 3 1 0 ILB George,Bill 9 7 3 2 5 8 2 OLB Fortunato,Joe 7 5 3 1 5 1 2 LB Hansen,Wayne 5 4 2 0 5 0 1 DE-LB Brackett,M.L. 4 3 1 1 5 0 1 LB Clark,Herman 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 CB Caroline,J.C. 7 0 7 0 5 0 6 RET CB Smith,Ray Gene 6 0 6 0 5 0 4 RET S Moore,McNeil 8 2 6 0 4 0 3 RET S Wallace,Stan 4 1 3 0 3 0 1 KR DB Gorgal,Ken 5 1 4 0 4 0 2 DB Castete,Jesse 4 1 3 0 3 0 2 DB Smith,J.D. 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 Blanda,George 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 K 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