| Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1956 Location: Green Bay, WI |
| Venue: City Stadium Attendance: 24668 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 56 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
| Green Bay PackersGB | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 9 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Al Carmichael 106 kickoff return (Fred Cone kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 29 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 41 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Billy Howton 6 pass from Tobin Rote (Fred Cone kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Ed Brown 3 own fumble recovery (George Blanda kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Casares 14 run (George Blanda kick) | 27 | 14 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Billy Howton 16 pass from Tobin Rote (Fred Cone kick) | 27 | 21 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 11 FG | 30 | 21 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bill McColl 9 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 37 | 21 |
| 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 |
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Gary Knafelc |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Skoronski |
| 63 | LOG | Joe Skibinski |
| 51 | C | Jim Ringo |
| 62 | ROG | Buddy Brown |
| 77 | ROT | John Sandusky |
| 86 | ROE | Billy Howton |
| 18 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 24 | LOH | Floyd Reid |
| 48 | ROH | Al Carmichael |
| 37 | FB | Howie Ferguson |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Nate Borden |
| 79 | LDT | Dave Hanner |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Helluin |
| 83 | RDE | John Martinkovic |
| 65 | LLB | Tom Bettis |
| 69 | MLB | Bill Forester |
| 74 | RLB | Roger Zatkoff |
| 46 | LDH | Hank Gremminger |
| 47 | LS | Val Joe Walker |
| 44 | RS | Bobby Dillon |
| 20 | RDH | Billy Bookout |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rick Casares | 24 | 139 | 5.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Bobby Watkins | 14 | 76 | 5.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Perry Jeter | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Howie Ferguson | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Floyd Reid | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Bart Starr | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Al Carmichael | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 1 | 184 | 11.5 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 120.8 | |
| Rick Casares | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 0 | 109 | 5.0 | 37 | 2 | 11 | 87.1 | |
| Bart Starr | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 0 | 42 | 3.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 51.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Gene Schroeder | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 33 | 1 |
| Bill McColl | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Perry Jeter | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Billy Howton | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 37 | 2 |
| Joe Johnson | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Gary Knafelc | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Howie Ferguson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Al Carmichael | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Floyd Reid | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Bobby Dillon | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ed Brown | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Dick Deschaine | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Doug Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Howie Ferguson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Al Carmichael | 106t | 1 | ||||
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