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1956 Chicago Bears

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Record: 9-2-1, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 363 points (30.2/g), 1st of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 246 points (20.5/g), 7th.
 Differential of 117 points (9.8/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 8.6-3.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.8/g), 2nd.

Simple Rating System: Total 10.0, Offense: 8.7, Defense: 1.3, SoS: 0.3, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Paddy Driscoll (9-2-1)

Training Camp: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)

Team Stats and Rankings

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 363 4537 802 5.7 244 135 250 2069 19 19 7.8 92 536 2468 22 4.6 140 29 10 12
Team Defense 246 3676 744 4.9 207 159 332 2193 16 23 6.1 113 384 1483 14 3.9 80 38 15 14
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 2 8 4 2 7 1 1 1 1 3 2 1
Lg Rank Defense 7 8 7 12 11 9 3 7 2 2 5 5 4 5

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 30 boxscore L 0-1 @ Baltimore Colts 21 28 19 291 137 154 1 21 359 231 128 1
2 Sun October 7 boxscore W 1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 37 21 25 462 184 278 1 20 267 140 127
3 Sun October 14 boxscore W 2-1 San Francisco 49ers 31 7 23 394 86 308 2 13 268 172 96 4
4 Sun October 21 boxscore W 3-1 Baltimore Colts 58 27 26 477 268 209 2 13 278 148 130 5
5 Sun October 28 boxscore W 4-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 38 21 27 440 207 233 1 20 401 190 211 1
6 Sun November 4 boxscore W 5-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 35 24 16 370 138 232 1 17 264 163 101 5
7 Sun November 11 boxscore W 6-1 Green Bay Packers 38 14 21 494 299 195 3 12 311 249 62 5
8 Sun November 18 boxscore W 7-1 Los Angeles Rams 30 21 21 433 267 166 2 20 326 226 100 2
9 Sun November 25 boxscore T 7-1-1 @ New York Giants 17 17 11 244 232 12 4 18 261 85 176 3
10 Sun December 2 boxscore L 7-2-1 @ Detroit Lions 10 42 15 184 70 114 5 25 468 254 214 6
11 Sun December 9 boxscore W 8-2-1 Chicago Cardinals 10 3 16 302 44 258 5 11 265 174 91 4
12 Sun December 16 boxscore W 9-2-1 Detroit Lions 38 21 24 446 137 309 2 17 208 161 47 2
Playoffs
Championship December 30 boxscore L 9-3-1 @ New York Giants 7 47 19 270 203 67 3 16 348 222 126 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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% 4QC GWD
15 Ed Brown* 28 QB/P 12 12 9-2-1 96 168 57.1 1667 11 6.5 12 7.1 70 9.9 8.0 17.4 138.9 83.1 0 0
16 George Blanda 29 K/qb 12 0 0-1-0 37 69 53.6 439 7 10.1 4 5.8 69 6.4 5.8 11.9 36.6 82.9 0 0
11 Jim Haluska 24 5 0 1 4 25.0 8 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 2.0 2.0 8.0 1.6 39.6 0 0
83 Bill McColl 26 RE 12 0 1 4 25.0 79 1 25.0 2 50.0 79 19.8 2.3 79.0 6.6 79.2 0 0
35 Rick Casares*+ 25 FB 12 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 -15.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
87 Harlon Hill*+ 24 LE 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
21 Perry Jeter 25 rh 7 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Team Total 25.8 12 9-3-1 135 250 54.0 2193 19 7.6 19 7.6 79 8.8 6.9 16.2 182.8 77.3 0 0
Opp Total 12 159 332 47.9 2413 16 4.8 23 6.9 7.3 5.1 15.2 201.1 59.5 28 220 6.1 4.1 7.8

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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*+ 25 FB 12 0 234 1126 12 68 4.8 93.8 19.5 23 203 8.8 2 33 1.9 16.9 1329 14 5
45 Bobby Watkins 24 LH 9 0 68 276 2 25 4.1 30.7 7.6 2 3 1.5 1 6 0.2 0.3 279 3 1
21 Perry Jeter 25 rh 7 0 60 316 2 51 5.3 45.1 8.6 5 52 10.4 0 23 0.7 7.4 368 2 2
89 John Hoffman 31 RH 12 0 56 272 2 39 4.9 22.7 4.7 7 85 12.1 0 35 0.6 7.1 357 2 2
15 Ed Brown* 28 QB/P 12 12 40 164 1 31 4.1 13.7 3.3 164 1 3
25 J.C. Caroline* 23 LDH 12 0 34 141 2 26 4.1 11.8 2.8 141 2 0
41 Harland Carl 25 9 0 29 66 1 12 2.3 7.3 3.2 2 31 15.5 0 20 0.2 3.4 97 1 1
46 Don Bingham 27 PR/KR 12 0 7 36 0 12 5.1 3.0 0.6 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.6 43 0 1
16 George Blanda 29 K/qb 12 0 6 47 0 17 7.8 3.9 0.5 47 0 2
87 Harlon Hill*+ 24 LE 12 0 2 24 0 12 12.0 2.0 0.2 47 1128 24.0 11 79 3.9 94.0 1152 11 0
83 Bill McColl 26 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 322 13.4 4 69 2.0 26.8 322 4 0
88 Gene Schroeder 27 re 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 315 15.8 1 32 1.8 28.6 315 1 1
43 Jim Dooley 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 47 11.8 0 15 1.3 15.7 47 0 0
Team Total 25.8 12 536 2468 22 68 4.6 205.7 44.7 135 2193 16.2 19 79 11.3 182.8 4661 41 18
Opp Total 12 384 1483 14 3.9 123.6 32.0 159 2193 13.8 16 13.3 182.8 3676 30 24

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
46 Don Bingham 27 PR/KR 12 0 13 7 0 7 0.5 17 444 1 100 26.1 494
21 Perry Jeter 25 rh 7 0 6 66 1 51 11.0 5 105 0 26 21.0 539
20 Ray Gene Smith 28 RDH 12 0 6 65 0 22 10.8 1 16 0 16 16.0 81
41 Harland Carl 25 9 0 4 102 0 45 25.5 199
25 J.C. Caroline* 23 LDH 12 0 2 29 0 16 14.5 2 32 0 18 16.0 202
29 McNeil Moore 23 11 0 3 28 0 25 9.3 1 19 0 19 19.0 47
35 Rick Casares*+ 25 FB 12 0 3 95 0 49 31.7 1424
83 Bill McColl 26 RE 12 0 2 4 0 4 2.0 326
81 Doug Atkins 26 rde 6 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
40 Stan Wallace 25 ls 6 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 25.8 12 30 195 1 51 6.5 37 830 1 100 22.4 5686
Opp Total 12 29 1 47 1249 1 26.6

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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 29 K/qb 12 0 28 12 42.9% 47 45 95.7% 1 33 33 0 33.0
15 Ed Brown* 28 QB/P 12 12 42 1644 53 1 39.1
35 Rick Casares*+ 25 FB 12 0 1 51 51 0 51.0
Team Total 25.8 12 28 12 42.9% 47 45 95.7% 44 1728 53 1 39.3
Opp Total 12 18 3 16.7% 34 33 97.1% 64 2560 40.0

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
25 J.C. Caroline* 23 LDH 12 0 6 182 2 59 0 0 0 1 0 0
35 Rick Casares*+ 25 FB 12 0 0 5 2 0 0
15 Ed Brown* 28 QB/P 12 12 0 3 2 3 1
61 Bill George*+ 27 MG 12 0 2 9 0 9 0 0 0 3 0 0
31 Joe Fortunato 26 12 0 2 30 1 27 0 0 0 2 0 0
29 McNeil Moore 23 11 0 3 30 0 22 0 0 0 1 19 0
20 Ray Gene Smith 28 RDH 12 0 4 90 0 41 0
63 M.L. Brackett 23 12 0 1 24 0 24 0 0 0 2 14 0
51 Wayne Hansen 28 LLB 12 0 1 11 0 11 0 0 0 2 8 0
89 John Hoffman 31 RH 12 0 0 2 1 0 0
16 George Blanda 29 K/qb 12 0 0 2 0 0 0
41 Harland Carl 25 9 0 0 1 1 0 0
22 Jesse Castete 23 rs 8 0 2 26 0 26 0
21 Perry Jeter 25 rh 7 0 0 2 0 0 0
40 Stan Wallace 25 ls 6 0 1 7 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0
75 Fred Williams 27 LDT 12 0 1 11 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
46 Don Bingham 27 PR/KR 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
82 Jack Hoffman 26 LDE 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
78 Stan Jones*+ 25 RG 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
76 John Mellekas 23 12 0 0 0 1 2 0
88 Gene Schroeder 27 re 11 0 0 1 0 0 0
55 Larry Strickland*+ 25 C 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
45 Bobby Watkins 24 LH 9 0 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.8 12 23 420 3 59 0 0 18 23 53 1
Opp Total 12 16 24 9

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
35 Rick Casares*+ 25 FB 12 0 12 2 14 84
16 George Blanda 29 K/qb 12 0 45 12 81
87 Harlon Hill*+ 24 LE 12 0 11 11 66
25 J.C. Caroline* 23 LDH 12 0 2 2 4 24
83 Bill McColl 26 RE 12 0 4 4 24
21 Perry Jeter 25 rh 7 0 2 1 3 18
45 Bobby Watkins 24 LH 9 0 2 1 3 18
15 Ed Brown* 28 QB/P 12 12 1 1 2 12
89 John Hoffman 31 RH 12 0 2 2 12
46 Don Bingham 27 PR/KR 12 0 1 1 6
41 Harland Carl 25 9 0 1 1 6
31 Joe Fortunato 26 12 0 1 1 6
88 Gene Schroeder 27 re 11 0 1 1 6
Team Total 25.8 12 22 19 1 1 1 3 47 45 12 363
Opp Total 12 14 16 1 1 33 3 246