| San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 14, 1956 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 47526 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 78 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Ed Brown 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Bobby Watkins 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | George Blanda 14 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Rick Casares 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Joe Arenas 32 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Rick Casares 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 78 | LOT | Bobby Cross |
| 64 | LOG | Ed Sharkey |
| 53 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 75 | ROG | Ed Henke |
| 79 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 39 | LOH | Hugh McElhenny |
| 35 | ROH | John Henry Johnson |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Bruce Bosley |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 72 | RDT | Bill Herchman |
| 87 | RDE | Charley Powell |
| 50 | LLB | Leo Rucka |
| 54 | MLB | Ed Beatty |
| 55 | RLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 40 | LDH | George Maderos |
| 23 | LS | Rex Berry |
| 47 | RS | Dicky Moegle |
| 57 | RDH | Paul Carr |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Harlon Hill |
| 76 | LOT | John Mellekas |
| 65 | LOG | Herman Clark |
| 55 | C | Larry Strickland |
| 78 | ROG | Stan Jones |
| 62 | ROT | Kline Gilbert |
| 83 | ROE | Bill McColl |
| 15 | QB | Ed Brown |
| 21 | LOH | Perry Jeter |
| 89 | ROH | John Hoffman |
| 35 | FB | Rick Casares |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Jack Hoffman |
| 75 | LDT | Fred Williams |
| 73 | RDT | Bill Bishop |
| 86 | RDE | Ed Meadows |
| 51 | LLB | Wayne Hansen |
| 61 | MLB | Bill George |
| 31 | RLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 25 | LDH | J.C. Caroline |
| 14 | LS | Ken Gorgal |
| 22 | RS | Jesse Castete |
| 20 | RDH | Ray Gene Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 14 | 63 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rick Casares | 21 | 112 | 5.3 | 12 | 2 |
| Perry Jeter | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 41 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 19 | 69 | 3.6 | 11 | 1 |
| John Hoffman | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 1 |
| Harland Carl | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 2 | 200 | 10.0 | 50 | 1 | 28 | 58.3 | |
| Earl Morrall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 46 | 6.6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | |
| George Blanda | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 40 | 8.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 85.4 | |
| Bill McColl | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Jim Haluska | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Wilson | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Joe Arenas | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 50 | 1 |
| Gordy Soltau | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bill McColl | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Gene Schroeder | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Harlon Hill | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dicky Moegle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Wayne Hansen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Fred Williams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Billy Jessup | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 63 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ed Brown | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| J.C. Caroline | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Paul Carr | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Bill McColl | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
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