| Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 23, 1958 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 55280 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 56 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 15 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 35 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Howard Cassady 14 pass from Earl Morrall (Jim Martin kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bill McColl 5 pass from Zeke Bratkowski (George Blanda kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bill McColl 67 pass from Zeke Bratkowski (George Blanda kick) | 20 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LOE | Bob Jewett |
| 70 | LOT | Herm Lee |
| 67 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 55 | C | Larry Strickland |
| 68 | ROG | Stan Jones |
| 74 | ROT | Bob Kilcullen |
| 83 | ROE | Bill McColl |
| 12 | QB | Zeke Bratkowski |
| 47 | LOH | Johnny Morris |
| 39 | ROH | Ralph Anderson |
| 35 | FB | Rick Casares |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Fred Williams |
| 71 | LDT | Earl Leggett |
| 72 | RDT | Bill Bishop |
| 61 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 69 | LLB | Bill Roehnelt |
| 61 | MLB | Bill George |
| 31 | RLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 48 | LDH | Vic Zucco |
| 40 | LS | Stan Wallace |
| 26 | RS | Charlie Sumner |
| 24 | RDH | Erich Barnes |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Dave Middleton |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 67 | ROG | Stan Campbell |
| 73 | ROT | Ken Russell |
| 87 | ROE | Jim Gibbons |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 26 | LOH | Gene Gedman |
| 40 | ROH | Howard Cassady |
| 34 | FB | Ken Webb |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 72 | RDT | Gil Mains |
| 85 | RDE | Gene Cronin |
| 86 | LLB | Bob Long |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 57 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 28 | LS | Yale Lary |
| 24 | RS | Jack Christiansen |
| 41 | RDH | Terry Barr |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rick Casares | 22 | 59 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Willie Galimore | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Merrill Douglas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ken Webb | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 5 | -5 | -1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Zeke Bratkowski | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 1 | 159 | 9.4 | 67t | 2 | 0 | 99.9 | |
| Ed Brown | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 108.3 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 84 | 6.0 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 68.8 | |
| Earl Morrall | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 43 | 3.9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 73.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bill McColl | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 67t | 2 |
| Rick Casares | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Jewett | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Gibbons | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 49 | 0 | ||||||
| Ed Brown | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 108.3 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Yale Lary | 7 | 310 | 44.3 | 62 | 0 | ||||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Charlie Sumner | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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