| Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 24, 1957 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 55749 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 42 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Gene Gedman 7 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bobby Watkins 7 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 10 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 25 run (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 39 FG | 27 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Gene Schroeder |
| 72 | LOT | Bill Wightkin |
| 65 | LOG | Herman Clark |
| 55 | C | Larry Strickland |
| 78 | ROG | Stan Jones |
| 62 | ROT | Kline Gilbert |
| 43 | ROE | Jim Dooley |
| 15 | QB | Ed Brown |
| 28 | LOH | Willie Galimore |
| 83 | ROH | Bill McColl |
| 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 |
| 40 | RLB | Stan Wallace |
| 48 | LDH | Vic Zucco |
| 25 | LS | J.C. Caroline |
| 29 | RS | McNeil Moore |
| 20 | RDH | Ray Gene Smith |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Jim Doran |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 50 | ROT | Charlie Ane |
| 88 | ROE | Steve Junker |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 26 | LOH | Gene Gedman |
| 40 | ROH | Howard Cassady |
| 35 | FB | John Henry Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 70 | LDT | Ray Krouse |
| 72 | RDT | Gil Mains |
| 68 | RDE | Gene Cronin |
| 86 | LLB | Bob Long |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 57 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff |
| 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 | 28 | 116 | 4.1 | 25t | 1 |
| Willie Galimore | 18 | 48 | 2.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gene Gedman | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 28 | 1 |
| John Henry Johnson | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 35 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 1 | 86 | 6.1 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 39.6 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 112 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 37.4 | |
| Tobin Rote | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 12 | 1.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bill McColl | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Dooley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Willie Galimore | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Middleton | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Steve Junker | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Stan Wallace | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| McNeil Moore | 1 | 8 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy David | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Vic Zucco | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Yale Lary | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Vic Zucco | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Terry Barr | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Gerry Perry | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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