| Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1956 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 57024 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 36 F Humidty: 89% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Gene Gedman 1 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | George Blanda 11 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Layne 15 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Rick Casares 5 pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Dave Middleton 48 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Gene Gedman 9 pass from Bobby Layne (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Bill Bowman 3 run (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Dave Middleton 18 pass from Harry Gilmer (Bobby Layne kick) | 10 | 42 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIB | Rick Casares | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| CHIB | Don Bingham | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
| CHIB | George Blanda | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| CHIB | John Hoffman | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| CHIB | Bobby Watkins | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| CHIB | Ed Brown | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 18 | 85 | 4.7 | 33 | 1 |
| DET | Leon Hart | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 15t | 1 |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | Bill Bowman | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| DET | Don McIlhenny | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
| DET | Jug Girard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| CHIB | Ed Brown | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 2 | 75 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 | 22.2 | ||
| CHIB | George Blanda | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 23 | 2.1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 44.9 | |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 2 | 210 | 11.1 | 38t | 2 | 3 | 91.9 | |
| DET | Harry Gilmer | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 14.0 | 18t | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| DET | Jug Girard | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| DET | Bill Stits | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIB | Rick Casares | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 9 | 1 |
| CHIB | Gene Schroeder | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| CHIB | Bill McColl | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| CHIB | John Hoffman | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| CHIB | Harlon Hill | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| CHIB | Jim Dooley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Dave Middleton | 7 | 146 | 20.9 | 48t | 2 |
| DET | Jim Doran | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 31 | 0 |
| DET | Dorne Dibble | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 25 | 0 |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 1 |
| DET | Jerry Reichow | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jack Christiansen | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DET | Yale Lary | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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