| Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 20, 1955 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 53610 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 35 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bill McColl 11 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 70 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 10 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Middleton 77 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Harlon Hill 20 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Harlon Hill 40 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 24 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Harlon Hill |
| 72 | LOT | Bill Wightkin |
| 65 | LOG | Herman Clark |
| 55 | C | Larry Strickland |
| 78 | ROG | Stan Jones |
| 62 | ROT | Kline Gilbert |
| 83 | ROE | Bill McColl |
| 15 | QB | Ed Brown |
| 89 | LOH | John Hoffman |
| 45 | ROH | Bobby Watkins |
| 30 | FB | Harry Jagade |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Jack Hoffman |
| 58 | LDT | John Kreamcheck |
| 61 | MG | Bill George |
| 73 | RDT | Bill Bishop |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 34 | LLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 71 | RLB | George Connor |
| 80 | LDH | John Helwig |
| 14 | LS | Ken Gorgal |
| 20 | RS | Ray Gene Smith |
| 26 | RDH | Charlie Sumner |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 23 | LOE | Jug Girard |
| 63 | LOT | Dick Stanfel |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 62 | ROG | George Atkins |
| 60 | ROT | Jim Salsbury |
| 28 | ROE | Dave Middleton |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 34 | ROH | Lew Carpenter |
| 82 | FB | Leon Hart |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Sonny Gandee |
| 72 | LDT | Gil Mains |
| 76 | MG | Lou Creekmur |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 61 | RLB | Jim Martin |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 21 | RS | Carl Karilivacz |
| 20 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rick Casares | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Harry Jagade | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leon Hart | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 18 | 15 | 83.3 | 0 | 221 | 12.3 | 40t | 3 | 0 | 157.4 | |
| George Blanda | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 43 | 7.2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 | |
| Bill McColl | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 2 | 319 | 10.0 | 77t | 2 | 10 | 90.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Harlon Hill | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 40t | 2 |
| Bill McColl | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 29 | 1 |
| Jack Hoffman | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Gene Schroeder | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Middleton | 8 | 168 | 21.0 | 77t | 1 |
| Jug Girard | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| George Connor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Sumner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Williams | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ray Gene Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jimmy David | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Charlie Sumner | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lee Riley | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 30 | 0 | |
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