| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 14, 1958 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 38346 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 15 F Humidty: 80% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Gerry Perry 28 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Middleton 42 pass from Tobin Rote (Gerry Perry kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bill McColl 19 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Gerry Perry 11 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Gerry Perry 18 FG | 16 | 7 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Ralph Anderson 30 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 16 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Willie Galimore 36 run (George Blanda kick) | 16 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Dave Middleton |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 64 | ROG | Doug Hogland |
| 73 | ROT | Ken Russell |
| 87 | ROE | Jim Gibbons |
| 14 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 34 | LOH | Ken Webb |
| 45 | ROH | Danny Lewis |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 85 | RDT | Gene Cronin |
| 86 | RDE | Bob Long |
| 55 | LLB | Wayne Walker |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 57 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 28 | LS | Yale Lary |
| 24 | RS | Jack Christiansen |
| 41 | RDH | Terry Barr |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LOE | Bob Jewett |
| 70 | LOT | Herm Lee |
| 67 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 55 | C | Larry Strickland |
| 74 | ROG | Bob Kilcullen |
| 68 | ROT | Stan Jones |
| 45 | ROE | Rocky Ryan |
| 15 | QB | Ed Brown |
| 25 | LOH | J.C. Caroline |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Willie Galimore | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 36t | 1 |
| Rick Casares | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 0 | 255 | 8.0 | 42t | 1 | 59 | 84.8 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 0 | 183 | 9.6 | 50 | 2 | 13 | 121.2 | |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 39.6 | ||
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Middleton | 5 | 144 | 28.8 | 42t | 1 |
| Jim Gibbons | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 24 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Perry Richards | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Rychlec | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bill McColl | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Rick Casares | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Ralph Anderson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30t | 1 |
| Bob Jewett | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Yale Lary | 6 | 230 | 38.3 | 47 | 0 | ||||||
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 5 | 245 | 49.0 | 55 | 0 | ||||||
| Ed Brown | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 0 | 183 | 9.6 | 50 | 2 | 13 | 121.2 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Charlie Sumner | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Zucco | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Dave Whitsell | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
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