1955 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • 8-4-0 .667 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Paddy Driscoll | Assistant Coach |
| Phil Handler | Assistant Coach |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| Sid Luckman | Quarterbacks |
| Bulldog Turner | Centers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/20/1955 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 6-21 | L | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 24000 | |
| Fri | 8/26/1955 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 26-20 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 47750 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1955 | N | Washington Redskins | 45-10 | W | Memphis, TN | Crump Stadium | 10704 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1955 | N | New York Giants | 7-0 | W | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 19000 | |
| Thu | 9/15/1955 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 43067 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1955 | A | Baltimore Colts | 17-23 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 36167 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1955 | A | Green Bay Packers | 3-24 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24662 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1955 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 19-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41651 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1955 | H | Baltimore Colts | 38-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 40184 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1955 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 34-23 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 56350 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1955 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 31-20 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 69587 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1955 | H | Green Bay Packers | 52-31 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48890 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1955 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 24-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 50187 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1955 | A | Detroit Lions | 24-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 53610 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1955 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 14-53 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 47314 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1955 | H | Detroit Lions | 21-20 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 39388 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1955 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 34783 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Doug Atkins | 81 | RDE-LDE | 6-8 | 257 | 25 | Tennessee | 12 | 10 |
| Bill Bishop | 73 | RDT | 6-4 | 248 | 24 | North Texas | 12 | 12 |
| George Blanda | 16 | QB-K | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | Kentucky | 12 | 1 |
| Ed Brown | 15 | QB-P | 6-2 | 209 | 27 | Hartnell JC; San Francisco | 12 | 11 |
| Rick Casares | 35 | LOH-FB-ROH | 6-2 | 226 | 24 | Florida | 12 | 2 |
| Herman Clark | 65 | LOG-MG | 6-3 | 258 | 25 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| George Connor | 71 | RLB | 6-3 | 240 | 30 | Holy Cross; Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Ron Drzewiecki | 21 | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Marquette | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Fortunato | 34 | LLB | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | Virginia Military Institute; Mississippi State | 12 | 12 |
| Bill George | 61 | MG-LOG | 6-2 | 237 | 26 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| Kline Gilbert | 62 | ROT | 6-2 | 233 | 25 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Ken Gorgal | 14 | LS | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| Wayne Hansen | 51 | LLB | 6-2 | 231 | 27 | Texas-El Paso | 12 | 0 |
| John Helwig | 80 | LDH | 6-2 | 208 | 28 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Harlon Hill | 87 | LOE | 6-3 | 199 | 23 | North Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Hoffman | 82 | LDE-LOE | 6-5 | 234 | 25 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 12 |
| John Hoffman | 89 | LOH-ROE-ROH | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | Arkansas | 12 | 11 |
| Harry Hugasian | 48 | DB | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Stanford | 4 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 213 | 29 | Indiana | 12 | 11 |
| Ralph Jecha | 69 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 237 | 24 | Northwestern | 12 | 0 |
| Stan Jones | 78 | ROG-OT | 6-1 | 252 | 24 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Don Kindt | 6 | RDH-ROH | 6-1 | 207 | 30 | Wisconsin | 12 | 4 |
| John Kreamcheck | 58 | LDT | 6-5 | 255 | 29 | William & Mary | 12 | 3 |
| Bill McColl | 83 | ROE | 6-4 | 230 | 25 | Stanford | 12 | 10 |
| Henry Mosley | 49 | OHB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Morris Brown | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Perini | 39 | FB | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Al Romine | 48 | DB | 6-2 | 191 | 23 | North Alabama | 1 | 0 |
| Gene Schroeder | 88 | ROH-ROE-LOE | 6-3 | 192 | 26 | Virginia | 12 | 4 |
| Ray Gene Smith | 20 | RS-ROH | 5-10 | 188 | 27 | Cameron JC; Midwestern State | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 7 | RDE-LDE | 6-1 | 206 | 32 | Hardin-Simmons; Navy | 12 | 2 |
| Larry Strickland | 55 | C | 6-4 | 248 | 24 | Tyler JC; North Texas | 12 | 12 |
| Charlie Sumner | 26 | RDH | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | William & Mary | 10 | 8 |
| Bobby Watkins | 45 | ROH-LOH | 5-9 | 196 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 9 |
| Bill Wightkin | 72 | LOT | 6-2 | 235 | 28 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Bobby Williams | 9 | QB-P | 6-1 | 197 | 25 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 |
| Fred Williams | 75 | LDT | 6-4 | 249 | 26 | Arkansas | 12 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 11 | Ron Drzewiecki | B | Marquette |
| 2 | 23 | Bobby Watkins | B | Ohio State |
| 4 | 47 | Joe O'Malley | E | Georgia |
| 5 | 59 | Leland Kendall | T | Oklahoma State |
| 6 | 63 | Dan Shannon | E | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 71 | Henry Mosley | B | Morris Brown |
| 7 | 83 | Bruce Sturgess | B | William & Mary |
| 8 | 95 | Gene Verkerk | T | North Texas |
| 9 | 107 | Jim Lavery | B | Scranton |
| 10 | 119 | John Allen | E | Arizona State |
| 11 | 131 | Tom Redfield | E | Delaware |
| 12 | 143 | Clarence Bratt | B | Wisconsin |
| 13 | 155 | Norm Cash | B | Sul Ross State |
| 14 | 167 | Ed Nickla | G | Maryland |
| 15 | 179 | J.D. Smith | B | North Carolina A&T State |
| 17 | 203 | Mel Harrison | C | Sam Houston State |
| 18 | 215 | Claude Roach | G | Texas Christian |
| 19 | 227 | Allen Jones | B | Baylor |
| 20 | 239 | Joe James | T | Howard Payne |
| 21 | 251 | Choyce Hall | C | Midwestern State |
| 22 | 263 | Carl Allison | B | Oklahoma |
| 23 | 275 | Jerry Barger | B | Duke |
| 24 | 287 | Joe Young | E | Marquette |
| 25 | 299 | Charley Dees | T | McNeese State |
| 26 | 311 | Perry Jeter | B | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) |
| 27 | 323 | Joel Kinley | G | Tennessee |
| 28 | 335 | Charley Wright | E | Prairie View A&M |
| 29 | 347 | Dick Klein | T | Iowa |
| 30 | 358 | Jerry Fouts | B | Midwestern State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 48 | 103 | 83 | 60 | 294 |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 63 | 43 | 78 | 251 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 235 | 118 | 101 | 16 | / % | / % | 57 | 498 | |
| Opponents Totals | 216 | 96 | 106 | 14 | / % | / % | 54 | 530 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 2 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 0 | 82 |
| Harlon Hill | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Bobby Watkins | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Rick Casares | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bill McColl | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ed Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Harry Jagade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gene Schroeder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Hoffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| George Connor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Drzewiecki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 1 | 294 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 26 | 32 | 81.3 | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 0 | 251 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 1 | 49 | 3/6 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 3/4 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 1 | 49 | 3/6 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 3/4 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 3/ | 4/ | 0/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Casares | 125 | 672 | 5.4 | 81t | 4 |
| Bobby Watkins | 110 | 553 | 5.0 | 33 | 8 |
| John Hoffman | 94 | 454 | 4.8 | 47 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 72 | 309 | 4.3 | 51 | 2 |
| Ed Brown | 43 | 203 | 4.7 | 32t | 2 |
| Bobby Williams | 13 | 79 | 6.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Ron Drzewiecki | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 19 | 1 |
| George Blanda | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 10 | 2 |
| Henry Mosley | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Pete Perini | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 487 | 2388 | 4.9 | 81t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 398 | 2100 | 5.3 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brown | 164 | 85 | 51.8 | 69 | 1307 | 8.0 | 15.4 | 86t | 9 | 5.5 | 10 | 6.1 | 95 | 1212 | 71.4 | |
| George Blanda | 97 | 42 | 43.3 | 48 | 459 | 4.7 | 10.9 | 51t | 4 | 4.1 | 7 | 7.2 | 57 | 402 | 41.6 | |
| Bobby Williams | 40 | 15 | 37.5 | 20 | 256 | 6.4 | 17.1 | 37t | 3 | 7.5 | 5 | 12.5 | 28 | 228 | 45.4 | |
| Rick Casares | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 27 | 9.0 | 13.5 | 23 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 27 | 95.1 | |
| Bill McColl | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 59 | 29.5 | 59.0 | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 59 | 95.8 | |
| Team Totals | 306 | 145 | 47.4 | 138 | 2108 | 6.9 | 14.5 | 86t | 17 | 5.6 | 23 | 7.5 | 180 | 1928 | 57.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 354 | 177 | 50.0 | 158 | 2369 | 6.7 | 13.4 | 14 | 4.0 | 19 | 5.4 | 312 | 2057 | 62.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlon Hill | 42 | 789 | 18.8 | 86t | 9 |
| Bill McColl | 35 | 502 | 14.3 | 42 | 4 |
| Gene Schroeder | 17 | 315 | 18.5 | 51t | 2 |
| Rick Casares | 16 | 136 | 8.5 | 29 | 1 |
| John Hoffman | 11 | 153 | 13.9 | 37 | 1 |
| Harry Jagade | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Hoffman | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Don Kindt | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Perini | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Drzewiecki | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 145 | 2108 | 14.5 | 86t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 177 | 2369 | 13.4 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Sumner | 7 | 162 | 23.1 | 63 | 0 |
| Ken Gorgal | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Bill George | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Ray Gene Smith | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Bishop | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George Connor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 299 | 15.7 | 63 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 247 | 10.7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brown | 44 | 1766 | 40.1 | 59 | 1 | |||||
| Bobby Williams | 13 | 508 | 39.1 | 59 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 2274 | 39.9 | 59 | 1 | 201 | 36.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2730 | 42.0 | 147 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Drzewiecki | 20 | 100 | 5.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ray Gene Smith | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 | |
| Don Kindt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Romine | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sumner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 147 | 4.2 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 201 | 5.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Drzewiecki | 25 | 591 | 23.6 | 56 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sumner | 10 | 288 | 28.8 | 81 | 0 | |
| Bobby Watkins | 5 | 145 | 29.0 | 64 | 0 | |
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Harry Jagade | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Henry Mosley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Harry Hugasian | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 1085 | 24.7 | 81 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 943 | 21.9 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bishop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Casares | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 1 |
| Ron Drzewiecki | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Gorgal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Hansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Helwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Hugasian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Jagade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| John Kreamcheck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Sprinkle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Sumner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Watkins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Wightkin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 66 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 0 |
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