| League Championship - Chicago Bears at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 30, 1956 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 56836 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 18 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 26 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| New York Giants | 13 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 47 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Mel Triplett 17 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Ben Agajanian 17 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Ben Agajanian 43 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Alex Webster 3 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Rick Casares 9 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Alex Webster 1 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Henry Moore EZ blocked punt recovery (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 34 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Kyle Rote 9 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick failed) | 7 | 40 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Frank Gifford 14 pass from Charley Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 47 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rick Casares | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 12 | 1 |
| J.C. Caroline | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Bingham | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 5 | -3 | -0.6 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Mel Triplett | 13 | 71 | 5.5 | 20 | 1 |
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 12 | 27 | 2.3 | 6 | 2 |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Filipski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 1 | 140 | 5.2 | 0 | 34 | 45.3 | ||
| Ed Brown | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 97 | 4.9 | 0 | 11 | 34.8 | ||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 0 | 195 | 19.5 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 152.1 | |
| Don Heinrich | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | ||
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 46.5 | |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Harlon Hill | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Dooley | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill McColl | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13 | 0 |
| J.C. Caroline | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 50 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 4 | 131 | 32.8 | 67 | 1 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ed Brown | 7 | 255 | 36.4 | 1 | |
| Rick Casares | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| McNeil Moore | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Gene Filipski | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Don Bingham | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| J.C. Caroline | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Gene Filipski | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 53 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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