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1955 Chicago Bears

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Record: 8-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 294 points (24.5/g), 2nd of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 251 points (20.9/g), 7th.
 Differential of 43 points (3.6/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 7.1-4.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.6/g), 9th.

Coached by George Halas (8-4-0)

1955 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 25 box L 0-1 @ Baltimore Colts 17 23 23 361 239 122 4 14 306 80 226 1
2 Sun October 2 box L 0-2 @ Green Bay Packers 3 24 11 217 85 132 6 19 386 163 223 1
3 Sun October 9 box L 0-3 San Francisco 49ers 19 20 25 441 202 239 4 16 290 131 159 3
4 Sun October 16 box W 1-3 Baltimore Colts 38 10 19 377 123 254 3 18 272 57 215 4
5 Sun October 23 box W 2-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 34 23 28 420 168 252 3 15 332 200 132 2
6 Sun October 30 box W 3-3 @ Los Angeles Rams 31 20 21 405 248 157 2 22 346 231 115 3
7 Sun November 6 box W 4-3 Green Bay Packers 52 31 25 504 98 406 5 19 319 168 151 5
8 Sun November 13 box W 5-3 Los Angeles Rams 24 3 23 463 230 233 3 18 284 146 138 1
9 Sun November 20 box W 6-3 @ Detroit Lions 24 14 21 422 264 158 14 370 309 61 2
10 Sun November 27 box L 6-4 @ Chicago Cardinals 14 53 12 211 186 25 5 20 474 173 301 2
11 Sun December 4 box W 7-4 Detroit Lions 21 20 12 203 7 196 2 20 370 163 207 3
12 Sun December 11 box W 8-4 Philadelphia Eagles 17 10 15 292 78 214 4 21 408 236 172 7

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 294 4316 816 5.3 235 145 306 1928 17 23 5.9 101 487 2388 19 4.9 118 41 18 16
Team Defense 251 4157 791 5.3 216 177 354 2057 14 19 5.2 106 398 2100 17 5.3 96 34 15 14
Lg Rank Offense 2 1 1 6 7 3 8 2 2 1 2 1 5 5
Lg Rank Defense 7 12 7 10 8 5 7 5 3 10 9 12 9 8

Passing

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No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
15 Ed Brown* 27 QB 12 10 8-4-0 85 164 51.8 1307 9 5.5 10 6.1 86 8.0 6.3 15.4 108.9 71.4
16 George Blanda 28 K 12 2 42 97 43.3 459 4 4.1 7 7.2 51 4.7 2.3 10.9 38.3 41.6
9 Bob Williams 25 10 0 15 40 37.5 256 3 7.5 5 12.5 37 6.4 2.3 17.1 25.6 45.4
35 Rick Casares* 24 fb 12 0 2 3 66.7 27 1 33.3 1 33.3 23 9.0 0.7 13.5 2.3 95.1
83 Bill McColl 25 RE 12 0 1 2 50.0 59 0 0.0 0 0.0 59 29.5 29.5 59.0 4.9 95.8
Team Total 26.0 12 8-4-0 145 306 47.4 2108 17 5.6 23 7.5 86 6.9 4.6 14.5 175.7 57.5
Opp Total 12 177 354 50.0 2369 14 4.0 19 5.4 6.7 5.1 13.4 197.4 62.5 39 312 5.2 3.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
35 Rick Casares* 24 fb 12 0 125 672 4 81 5.4 56.0 10.4 16 136 8.5 1 29 1.3 11.3 808 5 3
45 Bobby Watkins 23 RH 12 0 110 553 8 33 5.0 46.1 9.2 6 79 13.2 0 34 0.5 6.6 632 8 5
89 John Hoffman* 30 LH 12 0 94 454 0 47 4.8 37.8 7.8 11 153 13.9 1 37 0.9 12.8 607 1 3
30 Chick Jagade 29 FB 12 0 72 309 2 51 4.3 25.8 6.0 7 16 2.3 0 15 0.6 1.3 325 2 3
15 Ed Brown* 27 QB 12 10 43 203 2 32 4.7 16.9 3.6 203 2 4
16 George Blanda 28 K 12 2 15 54 2 10 3.6 4.5 1.3 54 2 0
9 Bob Williams 25 10 0 13 79 0 19 6.1 7.9 1.3 79 0 0
21 Ron Drzewiecki 22 RET 12 0 10 54 1 19 5.4 4.5 0.8 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 55 1 3
49 Henry Mosley 24 1 0 3 10 0 4 3.3 10.0 3.0 10 0 0
39 Pete Perini 27 2 0 2 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 1.0 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.5 1.5 3 0 0
87 Harlon Hill*+ 23 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 789 18.8 9 86 3.5 65.8 789 9 0
83 Bill McColl 25 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 502 14.3 4 42 2.9 41.8 502 4 0
88 Gene Schroeder 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 315 18.5 2 51 1.4 26.3 315 2 0
82 Jack Hoffman 25 LDE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 86 14.3 0 32 0.5 7.2 86 0 0
6 Don Kindt 30 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 15 7.5 0 10 0.2 1.3 15 0 0
20 Ray Gene Smith 27 RS 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 1.1 13 0 1
Team Total 26.0 12 487 2388 19 81 4.9 199.0 40.6 145 2108 14.5 17 86 12.1 175.7 4496 36 23
Opp Total 12 398 2100 17 5.3 175.0 33.2 177 2057 11.6 14 14.8 171.4 4157 31 28

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
21 Ron Drzewiecki 22 RET 12 0 20 100 0 28 5.0 25 591 0 56 23.6 746
20 Ray Gene Smith 27 RS 12 0 12 47 0 11 3.9 1 24 0 24 24.0 84
26 Charlie Sumner 25 RDH 10 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 10 288 0 81 28.8 288
45 Bobby Watkins 23 RH 12 0 5 145 0 64 29.0 777
48 Harry Hugasian 26 4 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
30 Chick Jagade 29 FB 12 0 1 23 0 23 23.0 348
6 Don Kindt 30 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 15
49 Henry Mosley 24 1 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 24
Al Romine 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.0 12 35 147 0 28 4.2 44 1085 0 81 24.7 5728
Opp Total 12 40 1 43 943 0 21.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
16 George Blanda 28 K 12 2 16 11 68.8% 37 37 100.0%
15 Ed Brown* 27 QB 12 10 44 1766 59 1 40.1
9 Bob Williams 25 10 0 13 508 59 0 39.1
Team Total 26.0 12 16 11 68.8% 37 37 100.0% 57 2274 59 1 39.9
Opp Total 12 24 11 45.8% 32 26 81.3% 65 2730 42.0

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
73 Bill Bishop 24 RDT 12 0 1 5 0 5 0 1 0 0
15 Ed Brown* 27 QB 12 10 4 1 0 0
35 Rick Casares* 24 fb 12 0 3 0 0 0
71 George Connor 30 RLB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 53 1
21 Ron Drzewiecki 22 RET 12 0 3 2 8 0
31 Joe Fortunato 25 LLB 12 0 0 1 0 0
61 Bill George*+ 26 MLB 12 0 2 13 0 13 0 2 0 0
14 Ken Gorgal 26 LS 12 0 6 107 0 34 0 2 0 0
51 Wayne Hansen 27 12 0 0 1 0 0
80 John Helwig 28 LDH 12 0 0 2 0 0
89 John Hoffman* 30 LH 12 0 3 0 0 0 1
30 Chick Jagade 29 FB 12 0 3 0 0 0
78 Stan Jones*+ 24 RG 12 0 0 1 5 0
58 John Kreamcheck 29 12 0 0 1 0 0
39 Pete Perini 27 2 0 0 1 0 0
20 Ray Gene Smith 27 RS 12 0 2 12 0 12 1 0 0 0
7 Ed Sprinkle 32 12 0 0 1 0 0
26 Charlie Sumner 25 RDH 10 0 7 162 0 63 1 0 0 0
45 Bobby Watkins 23 RH 12 0 5 0 0 0
72 Bill Wightkin*+ 28 LT 12 0 0 2 0 0
75 Fred Williams 26 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.0 12 19 299 0 63 23 21 66 1 1
Opp Total 12 23 28 13

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
16 George Blanda 28 K 12 2 2 2 37 11 82
87 Harlon Hill*+ 23 LE 12 0 9 9 54
45 Bobby Watkins 23 RH 12 0 8 8 48
35 Rick Casares* 24 fb 12 0 4 1 5 30
83 Bill McColl 25 RE 12 0 4 4 24
15 Ed Brown* 27 QB 12 10 2 2 12
30 Chick Jagade 29 FB 12 0 2 2 12
88 Gene Schroeder 26 12 0 2 2 12
89 John Hoffman* 30 LH 12 0 1 1 1 8
71 George Connor 30 RLB 12 0 1 1 6
21 Ron Drzewiecki 22 RET 12 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.0 12 19 17 1 37 37 11 1 294
Opp Total 12 17 14 1 26 11 251