| Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1956 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 57024 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 36 F Humidty: 89% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 11 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Layne 15 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 5 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Middleton 48 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 9 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Bowman 3 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Middleton 18 pass from Harry Gilmer (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 88 | ROE | Gene Schroeder |
| 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 |
| 40 | LS | Stan Wallace |
| 29 | RS | McNeil Moore |
| 20 | RDH | Ray Gene Smith |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Dorne Dibble |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 67 | ROG | Stan Campbell |
| 75 | ROT | Ollie Spencer |
| 84 | ROE | Dave Middleton |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 87 | LOH | Jim Doran |
| 26 | ROH | Gene Gedman |
| 82 | FB | Leon Hart |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 70 | LDT | Ray Krouse |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 68 | RDE | Gene Cronin |
| 85 | LLB | Sonny Gandee |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 86 | RLB | Bob Long |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 21 | RDH | Carl Karilivacz |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rick Casares | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Bingham | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gene Gedman | 18 | 85 | 4.7 | 33 | 1 |
| Leon Hart | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Howard Cassady | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3t | 1 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 2 | 81 | 5.4 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 23.9 | |
| George Blanda | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 23 | 2.1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 44.9 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 2 | 210 | 11.1 | 48t | 2 | 3 | 91.9 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 14.0 | 18t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rick Casares | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Bill McColl | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Schroeder | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Harlon Hill | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Dooley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Middleton | 7 | 146 | 20.9 | 48t | 2 |
| Dorne Dibble | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 1 |
| Jerry Reichow | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| J.C. Caroline | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| McNeil Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bob Long | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ed Brown | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| J.C. Caroline | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| McNeil Moore | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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