| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1955 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 39388 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 27 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 29 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Lew Carpenter 2 run (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Doran 17 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick failed) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Connor 48 opponents fumble recovery (George Blanda kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Lew Carpenter 1 run (Doak Walker kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Harlon Hill 20 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 20 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Dorne Dibble |
| 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 |
| 78 | LDT | Darris McCord |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 88 | ROH | Gene Schroeder |
| 30 | FB | Harry Jagade |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Jack Hoffman |
| 75 | LDT | Fred Williams |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leon Hart | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 19 | 2 |
| Bobby Layne | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Watkins | 11 | 92 | 8.4 | 33 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 17 | 76 | 4.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Harry Jagade | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 0 | 106 | 5.9 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 91.4 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 0 | 66 | 4.1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 34 | 2.8 | 20t | 1 | 20 | 70.1 | |
| George Blanda | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lew Carpenter | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 17t | 1 |
| Dave Middleton | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Harlon Hill | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Bill McColl | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Hoffman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 9 | 362 | 40.2 | 59 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ed Brown | 9 | 396 | 44.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Bobby Williams | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jack Christiansen | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Lee Riley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
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