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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.

Coached by Paddy Driscoll (9-2-1)

1956 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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

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 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 4.9 334 159 332 2193 16 23 6.1 113 384 1483 14 3.9 207 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 8 12 11 9 3 6 2 2 5 5 4 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Ed Brown* 28 QB 12 12 96 168 57.1 1667 11 6.5 12 7.1 70 9.9 7.4 17.4 138.9 83.1
George Blanda 29 qb 12 0 37 69 53.6 439 7 10.1 4 5.8 69 6.4 4.8 11.9 36.6 82.9
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
Bill McColl 26 RE 12 0 1 4 25.0 79 1 25.0 2 50.0 79 19.8 -0.3 79.0 6.6 79.2
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
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
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
Team Total 25.8 12 135 250 54.0 2193 19 7.6 19 7.6 79 8.8 6.1 16.2 182.8 77.3
Opp Total 12 159 332 47.9 2193 16 4.8 23 6.9 6.6 4.0 13.8 182.8 56.7 28 220 6.1 3.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
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
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
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
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
Ed Brown* 28 QB 12 12 40 164 1 31 4.1 13.7 3.3 164 1 3
J.C. Caroline* 23 LDH 12 0 34 141 2 26 4.1 11.8 2.8 141 2 0
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
Don Bingham 27 RET 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
George Blanda 29 qb 12 0 6 47 0 17 7.8 3.9 0.5 47 0 2
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
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
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
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Don Bingham 27 RET 12 0 13 7 0 7 0.5 17 444 1 100 26.1 494
Perry Jeter 25 rh 7 0 6 66 1 51 11.0 5 105 0 26 21.0 539
Ray Gene Smith 28 RDH 12 0 6 65 0 22 10.8 1 16 0 16 16.0 81
Harland Carl 25 9 0 4 102 0 45 25.5 199
J.C. Caroline* 23 LDH 12 0 2 29 0 16 14.5 2 32 0 18 16.0 202
McNeil Moore 23 11 0 3 28 0 25 9.3 1 19 0 19 19.0 47
Rick Casares*+ 25 FB 12 0 3 95 0 49 31.7 1424
Bill McColl 26 RE 12 0 2 4 0 4 2.0 326
Doug Atkins 26 rde 6 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
George Blanda 29 qb 12 0 28 12 42.9% 47 45 95.7% 1 33 33 0 33.0
Ed Brown* 28 QB 12 12 42 1644 53 1 39.1
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Don Bingham 27 RET 12 0 1 0 0 0
George Blanda 29 qb 12 0 2 0 0 0
M.L. Brackett 23 12 0 1 24 0 24 0 2 14 0
Ed Brown* 28 QB 12 12 3 2 3 1
Harland Carl 25 9 0 1 1 0 0
J.C. Caroline* 23 LDH 12 0 6 182 2 59 0 1 0 0
Rick Casares*+ 25 FB 12 0 5 2 0 0
Jesse Castete 23 rs 8 0 2 26 0 26
Joe Fortunato 26 12 0 2 30 1 27 0 2 0 0
Bill George*+ 27 MG 12 0 2 9 0 9 0 3 0 0
Wayne Hansen 28 LLB 12 0 1 11 0 11 0 2 8 0
Jack Hoffman 26 LDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
John Hoffman 31 RH 12 0 2 1 0 0
Perry Jeter 25 rh 7 0 2 0 0 0
Stan Jones*+ 25 RG 11 0 0 1 0 0
John Mellekas 23 12 0 0 1 2 0
McNeil Moore 23 11 0 3 30 0 22 0 1 19 0
Gene Schroeder 27 re 11 0 1 0 0 0
Ray Gene Smith 28 RDH 12 0 4 90 0 41
Larry Strickland*+ 25 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Stan Wallace 25 ls 6 0 1 7 0 7 0 1 0 0
Bobby Watkins 24 LH 9 0 1 0 0 0
Fred Williams 27 LDT 12 0 1 11 0 11 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.8 12 23 420 3 59 18 23 53 1
Opp Total 12 16 24 9

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Rick Casares*+ 25 FB 12 0 12 2 84
George Blanda 29 qb 12 0 45 12 81
Harlon Hill*+ 24 LE 12 0 11 66
J.C. Caroline* 23 LDH 12 0 2 2 24
Bill McColl 26 RE 12 0 4 24
Perry Jeter 25 rh 7 0 2 1 18
Bobby Watkins 24 LH 9 0 2 1 18
Ed Brown* 28 QB 12 12 1 1 12
John Hoffman 31 RH 12 0 2 12
Don Bingham 27 RET 12 0 1 6
Harland Carl 25 9 0 1 6
Joe Fortunato 26 12 0 1 6
Gene Schroeder 27 re 11 0 1 6
Team Total 25.8 12 22 19 1 1 1 3 45 12 363
Opp Total 12 14 16 1 1 33 3 246