| Chicago Bears at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: September 30, 1956 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 45221 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 72 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bobby Watkins 6 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Lenny Moore 5 pass from George Shaw (Bert Rechichar kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Royce Womble 37 pass from George Shaw (Bert Rechichar kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Alan Ameche 1 run (Bert Rechichar kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Alan Ameche 1 run (Bert Rechichar kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Perry Jeter 51 punt return (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Harlon Hill 42 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 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 |
| 45 | LOH | Bobby Watkins |
| 89 | ROH | John Hoffman |
| 35 | FB | Rick Casares |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Jack Hoffman |
| 75 | LDT | Fred Williams |
| 73 | RDT | Bill Bishop |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 51 | LLB | Wayne Hansen |
| 61 | MLB | Bill George |
| 31 | RLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 25 | LDH | J.C. Caroline |
| 14 | LS | Ken Gorgal |
| 39 | RS | J.D. Smith |
| 20 | RDH | Ray Gene Smith |
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LOE | Bernie Flowers |
| 60 | LOT | George Preas |
| 63 | LOG | Art Spinney |
| 50 | C | Buzz Nutter |
| 68 | ROG | Alex Sandusky |
| 78 | ROT | Dick Chorovich |
| 84 | ROE | Jim Mutscheller |
| 14 | QB | George Shaw |
| 21 | LOH | Billy Vessels |
| 24 | ROH | Lenny Moore |
| 35 | FB | Alan Ameche |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 73 | MG | Joe Campanella |
| 76 | RDT | Gene Lipscomb |
| 83 | RDE | Don Joyce |
| 36 | LLB | Bill Pellington |
| 67 | RLB | Doug Eggers |
| 25 | LDH | Don Shula |
| 40 | LS | Jesse Thomas |
| 44 | RS | Bert Rechichar |
| 23 | RDH | Carl Taseff |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Perry Jeter | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Harland Carl | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| L.G. Dupre | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Alan Ameche | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 12 | 2 |
| George Shaw | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Young | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 7 | -10 | -1.4 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 0 | 144 | 9.0 | 45 | 2 | 43 | 131.2 | |
| George Blanda | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 47 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 60.1 | |
| Perry Jeter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| George Shaw | 25 | 19 | 76.0 | 1 | 253 | 10.1 | 37t | 2 | 22 | 117.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Harlon Hill | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 45 | 1 |
| Rick Casares | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill McColl | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Perry Jeter | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gene Schroeder | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Jim Mutscheller | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 35 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 37t | 1 |
| Lloyd Colteryahn | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Raymond Berry | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5t | 1 |
| Alan Ameche | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bill George | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ed Brown | 4 | 183 | 45.8 | 50 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 5 | 177 | 35.4 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Perry Jeter | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 51t | 1 | |
| Don Bingham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.D. Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Carl Taseff | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lenny Moore | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Don Bingham | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Perry Jeter | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Lenny Moore | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Don Shula | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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