| Baltimore Colts at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1956 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 48364 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 67 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 58 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Alan Ameche 1 run (Tom Feamster kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 6 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Harlon Hill 37 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Lenny Moore 56 run (Tom Feamster kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Harlon Hill 68 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick failed) | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Carl Taseff 96 missed field goal return (Tom Feamster kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 13 run (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 27 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | J.C. Caroline 59 interception return (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 34 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 30 FG | 21 | 37 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bill McColl 4 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 44 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Gene Schroeder 9 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 51 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bill McColl 9 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 58 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim Mutscheller 36 pass from Johnny Unitas (Tom Feamster kick failed) | 27 | 58 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Raymond Berry |
| 60 | LOT | George Preas |
| 63 | LOG | Art Spinney |
| 50 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 68 | ROG | Alex Sandusky |
| 79 | ROT | Tom Feamster |
| 84 | ROE | Jim Mutscheller |
| 14 | QB | George Shaw |
| 21 | LOH | Billy Vessels |
| 24 | ROH | Lenny Moore |
| 35 | FB | Alan Ameche |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 61 | MG | Jack Patera |
| 76 | RDT | Gene Lipscomb |
| 83 | RDE | Don Joyce |
| 36 | LLB | Bill Pellington |
| 67 | RLB | Doug Eggers |
| 25 | LDH | Don Shula |
| 40 | LS | Jesse Thomas |
| 20 | RS | Tommy James |
| 23 | RDH | Carl Taseff |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Harlon Hill |
| 76 | LOT | John Mellekas |
| 65 | LOG | Herman Clark |
| 55 | C | Larry Strickland |
| 78 | ROG | Stan Jones |
| 62 | ROT | Kline Gilbert |
| 83 | ROE | Bill McColl |
| 15 | QB | Ed Brown |
| 45 | LOH | Bobby Watkins |
| 89 | ROH | John Hoffman |
| 35 | FB | Rick Casares |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Jack Hoffman |
| 75 | LDT | Fred Williams |
| 73 | RDT | Bill Bishop |
| 86 | RDE | Ed Meadows |
| 51 | LLB | Wayne Hansen |
| 61 | MLB | Bill George |
| 31 | RLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 25 | LDH | J.C. Caroline |
| 14 | LS | Ken Gorgal |
| 39 | RS | J.D. Smith |
| 20 | RDH | Ray Gene Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 56t | 1 |
| Alan Ameche | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 21 | 1 |
| L.G. Dupre | 6 | 05 | 0.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Young | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rick Casares | 22 | 124 | 5.6 | 21 | 2 |
| Bobby Watkins | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Perry Jeter | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Harland Carl | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 1 | 131 | 6.9 | 36t | 1 | 30 | 65.9 | |
| George Shaw | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 47 | 9.4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 105.8 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 1 | 195 | 15.0 | 68t | 2 | 0 | 119.4 | |
| George Blanda | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 65 | 10.8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 151.4 | |
| Jim Haluska | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 60.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Jim Mutscheller | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 36t | 1 |
| Raymond Berry | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Harlon Hill | 9 | 198 | 22.0 | 68t | 2 |
| John Hoffman | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Gene Schroeder | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Bill McColl | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9t | 2 |
| Perry Jeter | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| J.C. Caroline | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| L.G. Dupre | 7 | 257 | 36.7 | 51 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ed Brown | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Dick Nyers | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Don Bingham | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Billy Vessels | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dick Nyers | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Alan Ameche | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Alex Sandusky | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Dick Young | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Art Spinney | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Rick Casares | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 49 | 0 | |
| Perry Jeter | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | |
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