1956 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
1st place Western Conference 9-2-1 .818 |
Head Coach: Paddy Driscoll |
George Connor | Assistant Coach |
Phil Handler | Assistant Coach |
Harry Jagade | Fullbacks |
Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
Sid Luckman | Quarterbacks |
Bulldog Turner | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/18/1956 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 31-7 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 22000 | |
Fri | 8/24/1956 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-21 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 30011 | |
Sat | 9/1/1956 | N | Washington Redskins | 17-3 | W | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 16000 | |
Sat | 9/8/1956 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 22194 | |
Sat | 9/15/1956 | N | New York Giants | 21-16 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 25000 | |
Fri | 9/21/1956 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 56543 | |
Sun | 9/30/1956 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-28 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 45221 | |
Sun | 10/7/1956 | A | Green Bay Packers | 37-21 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24668 | |
Sun | 10/14/1956 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 31-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47526 | |
Sun | 10/21/1956 | H | Baltimore Colts | 58-27 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48364 | |
Sun | 10/28/1956 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 38-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 53612 | |
Sun | 11/4/1956 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 35-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 69894 | |
Sun | 11/11/1956 | H | Green Bay Packers | 38-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 49172 | |
Sun | 11/18/1956 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 30-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48102 | |
Sun | 11/25/1956 | A | New York Giants | 17-17 | T | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 55191 | |
Sun | 12/2/1956 | A | Detroit Lions | 10-42 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 57024 | |
Sun | 12/9/1956 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 10-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48606 | |
Sun | 12/16/1956 | H | Detroit Lions | 38-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 49086 | |
League Championship | |||||||||
Sun | 12/30/1956 | A | New York Giants | 7-47 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 56836 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
81 | Doug Atkins | RDE-LDE | 6-8 | 257 | 26 | Tennessee | 6 | 2 |
46 | Don Bingham | DB-OHB | 6-0 | 182 | 27 | Sul Ross State | 12 | 0 |
73 | Bill Bishop | RDT | 6-4 | 248 | 25 | North Texas | 12 | 12 |
16 | George Blanda | QB-K-P | 6-1 | 210 | 29 | Kentucky | 12 | 0 |
73 | M.L. Brackett | LDE-RDT-MG | 6-5 | 248 | 23 | Auburn | 12 | 1 |
15 | Ed Brown | QB-P | 6-2 | 209 | 28 | Hartnell JC; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
41 | Harland Carl | LOH | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | Wisconsin | 9 | 0 |
25 | J.C. Caroline | LDH-LOH | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
35 | Rick Casares | FB-P | 6-2 | 226 | 25 | Florida | 12 | 12 |
22 | Jesse Castete | LS | 5-11 | 178 | 23 | McNeese State | 8 | 3 |
65 | Herman Clark | LOG | 6-3 | 258 | 26 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
43 | Jim Dooley | LOE | 6-4 | 198 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 0 |
31 | Joe Fortunato | RLB | 6-0 | 225 | 26 | Virginia Military Institute; Mississippi State | 12 | 12 |
61 | Bill George | MG | 6-2 | 237 | 27 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
62 | Kline Gilbert | ROT | 6-2 | 233 | 26 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
14 | Ken Gorgal | LS | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Purdue | 6 | 4 |
11 | Jim Haluska | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Wisconsin | 5 | 0 |
51 | Wayne Hansen | LLB | 6-2 | 231 | 28 | Texas-El Paso | 12 | 12 |
80 | John Helwig | DB | 6-2 | 208 | 29 | Notre Dame | 6 | 0 |
87 | Harlon Hill | LOE | 6-3 | 199 | 24 | North Alabama | 12 | 12 |
82 | Jack Hoffman | LDE | 6-5 | 234 | 26 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 11 |
89 | John Hoffman | ROH-LOH | 6-2 | 215 | 31 | Arkansas | 12 | 11 |
21 | Perry Jeter | LOH | 5-7 | 178 | 25 | San Bernardino Valley JC; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 7 | 2 |
78 | Stan Jones | ROG | 6-1 | 252 | 25 | Maryland | 11 | 11 |
54 | Dick Klawitter | C | 6-7 | 277 | 27 | South Dakota State | 5 | 1 |
83 | Bill McColl | ROE-ROH-LOH | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | Stanford | 12 | 10 |
86 | Ed Meadows | RDE | 6-2 | 221 | 24 | Duke | 12 | 10 |
76 | John Mellekas | LOT | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Arizona | 12 | 4 |
29 | McNeil Moore | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Rice; Sam Houston State | 11 | 8 |
67 | Tom Roggeman | ROG | 6-0 | 235 | 25 | Purdue | 12 | 1 |
88 | Gene Schroeder | ROE | 6-3 | 192 | 27 | Virginia | 11 | 6 |
39 | J.D. Smith | RS | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | North Carolina A&T State | 6 | 3 |
20 | Ray Gene Smith | RDH | 5-10 | 188 | 28 | Cameron JC; Midwestern State | 12 | 12 |
55 | Larry Strickland | C | 6-4 | 248 | 25 | Tyler JC; North Texas | 12 | 11 |
40 | Stan Wallace | LS | 6-3 | 208 | 25 | Illinois | 6 | 6 |
45 | Bobby Watkins | LOH | 5-9 | 196 | 24 | Ohio State | 9 | 7 |
72 | Bill Wightkin | LOT | 6-2 | 235 | 29 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 |
75 | Fred Williams | LDT | 6-4 | 249 | 27 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 10 | Tex Schriewer | E | Texas |
2 | 22 | M.L. Brackett | T | Auburn |
4 | 47 | John Mellekas | T | Arizona |
5 | 58 | Willie Galimore | B | Florida A&M |
7 | 82 | J.C. Caroline | B | Illinois |
8 | 95 | Dick Klawitter | C | South Dakota State |
9 | 106 | Ken Vargo | C | Ohio State |
10 | 119 | Dick Lucas | E | Boston College |
11 | 130 | John Jankans | E | Arizona State |
12 | 143 | Buddy Cruze | E | Tennessee |
13 | 154 | Dick Grogg | G | Minnesota |
14 | 167 | Milt Graham | E | Colgate |
15 | 178 | Dick Fitzgerald | B | Notre Dame |
16 | 191 | Ray Brown | B | Florida |
17 | 202 | Tom Adams | E | UCLA |
18 | 215 | Earl Payton | B | Prairie View A&M |
19 | 226 | John Smith | B | UCLA |
20 | 239 | Chuck Maxime | G | Auburn |
21 | 250 | Jimmy Waddell | B | Compton JC |
22 | 263 | Joe Billings | T | Memphis |
23 | 274 | Lou Holt | E | Howard Payne |
24 | 287 | Jesse Castete | B | McNeese State |
25 | 298 | Jerry Hentschel | T | Sam Houston State |
26 | 311 | Don Orr | B | Vanderbilt |
27 | 322 | Waylon Buchannon | E | Texas A&M-Commerce |
28 | 335 | Bob Alexander | B | Trinity (Connecticut) |
29 | 346 | Billy Kreitemeyer | B | Vanderbilt |
30 | 358 | Jim Buckler | G | Alabama |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 51 | 123 | 93 | 96 |
Opponents Totals | 31 | 87 | 66 | 62 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 244 | 140 | 92 | 12 | / % | / % | 67 | 553 | |
Opponents Totals | 207 | 80 | 113 | 14 | / % | / % | 60 | 624 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Casares | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
George Blanda | 0 | 45 | 47 | 95.7 | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | 0 | 81 |
Harlon Hill | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
J.C. Caroline | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Bill McColl | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Perry Jeter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Bobby Watkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Ed Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
John Hoffman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Don Bingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Harland Carl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Joe Fortunato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Gene Schroeder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 47 | 45 | 47 | 95.7 | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | 0 | 363 |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 33 | 34 | 97.1 | 3 | 18 | 16.7 | 0 | 246 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Blanda | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | 4/ | 4/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
Team Totals | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | 4/ | 4/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
Opponents Totals | 3 | 18 | 16.7 | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Casares | 234 | 1126 | 4.8 | 68t | 12 |
Perry Jeter | 60 | 316 | 5.3 | 51 | 2 |
Bobby Watkins | 68 | 276 | 4.1 | 25 | 2 |
John Hoffman | 56 | 272 | 4.9 | 39 | 2 |
Ed Brown | 40 | 164 | 4.1 | 31 | 1 |
J.C. Caroline | 34 | 141 | 4.1 | 26 | 2 |
Harland Carl | 29 | 66 | 2.3 | 12 | 1 |
George Blanda | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 |
Don Bingham | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
Harlon Hill | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Team Totals | 536 | 2468 | 4.6 | 68t | 22 |
Opponents Totals | 384 | 1483 | 3.9 | 14 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Brown | 168 | 96 | 57.1 | 60 | 1667 | 9.9 | 17.4 | 70t | 11 | 6.5 | 12 | 7.1 | 103 | 1564 | 83.1 | |
George Blanda | 69 | 37 | 53.6 | 28 | 439 | 6.4 | 11.9 | 69t | 7 | 10.1 | 4 | 5.8 | 21 | 418 | 82.9 | |
Bill McColl | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 79 | 19.8 | 79.0 | 79t | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 79.2 |
Jim Haluska | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 8 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 39.6 |
Harlon Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Perry Jeter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Rick Casares | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Team Totals | 250 | 135 | 54.0 | 96 | 2193 | 8.8 | 16.2 | 79t | 19 | 7.6 | 19 | 7.6 | 124 | 2069 | 77.3 | |
Opponents Totals | 332 | 159 | 47.9 | 150 | 2413 | 7.3 | 15.2 | 16 | 4.8 | 23 | 6.9 | 220 | 2193 | 59.5 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 47 | 1128 | 24.0 | 79t | 11 | 0 | |||||
1956 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 24 | 322 | 13.4 | 69t | 4 | 0 | |||||
1956 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 23 | 203 | 8.8 | 33 | 2 | 0 | |||||
1956 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 20 | 315 | 15.8 | 32 | 1 | 0 | |||||
1956 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1956 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1956 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1956 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1956 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 6t | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1956 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Team Totals | 135 | 2193 | 16.2 | 79t | 19 | ||||||
Opponents Totals | 159 | 2413 | 15.2 | 16 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.C. Caroline | 6 | 182 | 30.3 | 59t | 2 |
Ray Gene Smith | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 |
McNeil Moore | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 22 | 0 |
Joe Fortunato | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 27t | 1 |
Jesse Castete | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 |
Bill George | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
M.L. Brackett | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Wayne Hansen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Fred Williams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Stan Wallace | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 23 | 420 | 18.3 | 59t | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 343 | 18.1 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Brown | 42 | 1644 | 39.1 | 53 | 1 | |||||
Rick Casares | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 | |||||
George Blanda | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |||||
Team Totals | 44 | 1728 | 39.3 | 53 | 1 | 243 | 33.8 | |||
Opponents Totals | 64 | 2559 | 40.0 | 195 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Bingham | 13 | 7 | .5.0 | 7 | 0 | |
Perry Jeter | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 51t | 1 | |
Ray Gene Smith | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 22 | 0 | |
McNeil Moore | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 25 | 0 | |
J.C. Caroline | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 30 | 195 | 6.5 | 51t | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 29 | 243 | 8.4 | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Bingham | 17 | 444 | 26.1 | 100t | 1 | |
Perry Jeter | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 | |
Harland Carl | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 45 | 0 | |
Rick Casares | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 49 | 0 | |
J.C. Caroline | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
Bill McColl | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
McNeil Moore | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
Stan Wallace | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
Doug Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 37 | 830 | 22.4 | 100t | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 47 | 1249 | 26.6 | 1 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Bingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Blanda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
M.L. Brackett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
Ed Brown | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
Harland Carl | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
J.C. Caroline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Casares | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bill George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Hansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Jack Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Hoffman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Perry Jeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Stan Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Mellekas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
McNeil Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
Gene Schroeder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
J.D. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Larry Strickland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Wallace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 18 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 53 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 24 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 0 |
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