| Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1956 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 53612 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 62 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hugh McElhenny 5 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Harland Carl 6 run (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 29 pass from Earl Morrall (Gordy Soltau kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 15 FG | 24 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 3 run (George Blanda kick) | 38 | 14 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Hugh McElhenny 50 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 38 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Harlon Hill |
| 72 | LOT | Bill Wightkin |
| 65 | LOG | Herman Clark |
| 55 | C | Larry Strickland |
| 78 | ROG | Stan Jones |
| 62 | ROT | Kline Gilbert |
| 88 | ROE | Gene Schroeder |
| 15 | QB | Ed Brown |
| 83 | LOH | Bill McColl |
| 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 |
| 22 | LS | Jesse Castete |
| 29 | RS | McNeil Moore |
| 20 | RDH | Ray Gene Smith |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 78 | LOT | Bobby Cross |
| 74 | LOG | Bob Toneff |
| 53 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 75 | ROG | Ed Henke |
| 79 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 11 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 39 | LOH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 22 | ROH | Joe Arenas |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Bruce Bosley |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 72 | RDT | Bill Herchman |
| 87 | RDE | Charley Powell |
| 64 | LLB | Ed Sharkey |
| 54 | MLB | Ed Beatty |
| 55 | RLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 40 | LDH | George Maderos |
| 23 | LS | Rex Berry |
| 47 | RS | Dicky Moegle |
| 57 | RDH | Paul Carr |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Perry Jeter | 16 | 108 | 6.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 18 | 57 | 3.2 | 10 | 4 |
| Ed Brown | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Harland Carl | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 12 | 1 |
| George Blanda | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 11 | 101 | 9.2 | 50t | 2 |
| Joe Perry | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 39 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 1 | 135 | 10.4 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | |
| George Blanda | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 0 | 72 | 6.5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 67.2 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 1 | 148 | 12.3 | 33 | 1 | 18 | 95.1 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 81 | 7.4 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 78.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Harlon Hill | 7 | 142 | 20.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill McColl | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Perry Jeter | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Bingham | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Gordy Soltau | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 33 | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ernie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ed Brown | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 51 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Earl Morrall | 7 | 245 | 35.0 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Perry Jeter | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Don Bingham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Don Bingham | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Harland Carl | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Charley Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| George Maderos | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
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