| Chicago Bears at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: November 25, 1956 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 55191 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 41 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 26 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ben Agajanian 17 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 17 pass from Don Heinrich (Ben Agajanian kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Alex Webster 2 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 22 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Harlon Hill 79 pass from Bill McColl (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Harlon Hill 56 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Harlon Hill |
| 72 | LOT | Bill Wightkin |
| 65 | LOG | Herman Clark |
| 54 | C | Dick Klawitter |
| 78 | ROG | Stan Jones |
| 62 | ROT | Kline Gilbert |
| 88 | ROE | Gene Schroeder |
| 15 | QB | Ed Brown |
| 45 | LOH | Bobby Watkins |
| 83 | ROH | Bill McColl |
| 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 |
| 40 | LS | Stan Wallace |
| 29 | RS | McNeil Moore |
| 20 | RDH | Ray Gene Smith |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | LOE | Kyle Rote |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 65 | LOG | Gerry Huth |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 66 | ROG | Jack Stroud |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Yelvington |
| 80 | ROE | Ken MacAfee |
| 11 | QB | Don Heinrich |
| 16 | LOH | Frank Gifford |
| 29 | ROH | Alex Webster |
| 33 | FB | Mel Triplett |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Walt Yowarsky |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 30 | LLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 84 | RLB | Harland Svare |
| 48 | LDH | Ed Hughes |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 25 | RDH | Dick Nolan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Rick Casares | 13 | 13 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Harland Carl | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 6 | -21 | -3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Alex Webster | 21 | 74 | 3.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Mel Triplett | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 19 | 43 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 1 | 122 | 8.1 | 56t | 1 | 0 | 79.4 | |
| George Blanda | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 39 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 8.3 | |
| Bill McColl | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 79 | 79.0 | 79t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Don Heinrich | 19 | 6 | 31.6 | 2 | 74 | 3.9 | 17t | 1 | 0 | 22.6 | |
| Charley Conerly | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 11 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Harlon Hill | 7 | 195 | 27.9 | 79t | 2 |
| Bill McColl | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Harland Carl | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 17t | 1 |
| Alex Webster | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Bill George | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sam Huff | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ed Brown | 5 | 165 | 33.0 | 48 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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