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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)
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1955 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Ed Brown* | 27 | 1 | 10 | 85 for 164, 1,307 yards, 9 td, 10 int, & 43 rushes for 203 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1952 |
| FB | Chick Jagade | 29 | 6 | 0 | 72 rushes for 309 yards, 2 td, & 7 catches for 16 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 14th / 118th pick / 1948 |
| FB | Rick Casares* | 24 | Rook | 0 | 125 rushes for 672 yards, 4 td, & 16 catches for 136 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 18th pick / 1954 |
| LH | John Hoffman* | 30 | 6 | 0 | 94 rushes for 454 yards, 0 td, & 11 catches for 153 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 5th / 49th pick / 1949 |
| RH | Bobby Watkins | 23 | Rook | 0 | 110 rushes for 553 yards, 8 td, & 6 catches for 79 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1955 |
| LE | Harlon Hill*+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 42 catches for 789 yards, 9 td | Chicago Bears / 15th / 174th pick / 1954 |
| LT | Bill Wightkin*+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 8th / 79th pick / 1949 |
| LG | Herman Clark | 25 | 3 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 44th pick / 1952 |
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| C | Larry Strickland | 24 | 1 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 150th pick / 1953 |
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| RG | Stan Jones*+ | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 5th / 54th pick / 1953 |
| RT | Kline Gilbert | 25 | 2 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1953 |
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| RE | Bill McColl | 25 | 3 | 0 | 35 catches for 502 yards, 4 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1952 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jack Hoffman | 25 | 3 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 54th pick / 1952 |
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| LDT | Fred Williams | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 5th / 56th pick / 1952 |
| RDT | Bill Bishop | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 8th / 90th pick / 1952 |
| RDE | Doug Atkins | 25 | 2 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1953 |
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| LLB | Joe Fortunato | 25 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 7th / 80th pick / 1952 |
| MLB | Bill George*+ | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1951 |
| RLB | George Connor | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 5th pick / 1946 |
| LDH | John Helwig | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 11th / 140th pick / 1950 |
| RDH | Charlie Sumner | 25 | Rook | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 22nd / 258th pick / 1954 |
| LS | Ken Gorgal | 26 | 5 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 78th pick / 1950 |
| RS | Ray Gene Smith | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | George Blanda | 28 | 6 | 2 | 11 of 16 field goals & 37 of 37 extra points | Chicago Bears / 12th / 119th pick / 1949 |
| P | Ed Brown* | 27 | 1 | 10 | 44 punts for a 40.1 average, 1 blocked | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1952 |
| PR | Ron Drzewiecki | 22 | Rook | 0 | 20 punt returns for a 5.0 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1955 |
| KR | Ron Drzewiecki | 22 | Rook | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 23.6 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1955 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Doug Atkins | 25 | DE | 12 | 0 | 257 | 6-8 | Tennessee | 5/8/1930 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1953 |
| Bill Bishop | 24 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | North Texas | 5/8/1931 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 90th pick / 1952 |
| George Blanda | 28 | QB | 12 | 2 | 215 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 9/17/1927 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 12th / 119th pick / 1949 |
| Ed Brown* | 27 | QB | 12 | 10 | 200 | 6-2 | San Francisco | 10/26/1928 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1952 |
| Rick Casares* | 24 | FB | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Florida | 7/4/1931 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 18th pick / 1954 |
| Herman Clark | 25 | G-MG-LB | 11 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 11/30/1930 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 44th pick / 1952 |
| George Connor | 30 | T-LB-DT-G | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Holy Cross,Notre Dame | 1/21/1925 | 7 | New York Giants / 1st / 5th pick / 1946 |
| Ron Drzewiecki | 22 | HB-DB | 12 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Marquette | 1/25/1933 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1955 |
| Joe Fortunato | 25 | LB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Mississippi State,VMI | 3/28/1930 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 7th / 80th pick / 1952 |
| Bill George*+ | 26 | LB-G-MG-DT | 12 | 0 | 237 | 6-2 | Wake Forest | 10/27/1929 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1951 |
| Kline Gilbert | 25 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 233 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 11/22/1930 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1953 |
| Ken Gorgal | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Purdue | 2/13/1929 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 78th pick / 1950 |
| Wayne Hansen | 27 | LB-C-G-T | 12 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Texas-El Paso | 10/6/1928 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 76th pick / 1950 |
| John Helwig | 28 | LB-DB-DE | 12 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 12/5/1927 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 140th pick / 1950 |
| Harlon Hill*+ | 23 | E-DB | 12 | 0 | 199 | 6-3 | North Alabama | 5/4/1932 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 15th / 174th pick / 1954 |
| Jack Hoffman | 25 | DE | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6-5 | Xavier (OH) | 3/11/1930 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 54th pick / 1952 |
| John Hoffman* | 30 | HB-FB-E-LB | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 12/8/1925 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 49th pick / 1949 |
| Harry Hugasian | 26 | HB-DB | 4 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Stanford | 8/29/1929 | Rook | Dallas Texans / 21st / 242nd pick / 1952 |
| Chick Jagade | 29 | FB | 12 | 0 | 213 | 6-0 | Indiana | 12/9/1926 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 14th / 118th pick / 1948 |
| Ralph Jecha | 24 | G-LB | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Northwestern | 12/1/1931 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 15th / 174th pick / 1953 |
| Stan Jones*+ | 24 | G-DT-T | 12 | 0 | 252 | 6-1 | Maryland | 11/24/1931 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 54th pick / 1953 |
| Don Kindt | 30 | DB-FB-HB | 12 | 0 | 207 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 7/2/1925 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1947 |
| John Kreamcheck | 29 | DT | 12 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | William & Mary | 1/7/1926 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 89th pick / 1953 |
| Bill McColl | 25 | E | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Stanford | 4/2/1930 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1952 |
| Henry Mosley | 24 | HB | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Morris Brown | 2/10/1931 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 6th / 71st pick / 1955 |
| Pete Perini | 27 | FB-LB | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 2/10/1928 | 1 | |
| Al Romine | 23 | DB-HB | 1 | 0 | 191 | 6-2 | Florida,North Alabama | 3/10/1932 | Rook | |
| Gene Schroeder | 26 | E-DB | 12 | 0 | 192 | 6-3 | Virginia | 3/3/1929 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 12th pick / 1951 |
| Ray Gene Smith | 27 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 187 | 5-10 | Midwestern State | 11/27/1928 | 1 | |
| Ed Sprinkle | 32 | DE-E-G-LB | 12 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons,Navy | 9/3/1923 | 11 | |
| Larry Strickland | 24 | C | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | North Texas | 9/3/1931 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 150th pick / 1953 |
| Charlie Sumner | 25 | DB | 10 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | William & Mary | 10/19/1930 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 22nd / 258th pick / 1954 |
| Bobby Watkins | 23 | HB | 12 | 0 | 198 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 3/30/1932 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1955 |
| Bill Wightkin*+ | 28 | T-DE-E | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 7/28/1927 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 79th pick / 1949 |
| Bob Williams | 25 | QB | 10 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 1/2/1930 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1951 |
| Fred Williams | 26 | DT-G | 12 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 2/8/1929 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 56th pick / 1952 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 12 | 220.1 | 6-2.1 | 2.8 |