| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1956 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 49086 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 32 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Chicago Bears | 3 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Bears | George Blanda 37 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Bill Bowman 18 pass from Harry Gilmer (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Rick Casares 68 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | J.C. Caroline 9 run (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Leon Hart 1 run (Jim Martin kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Harlon Hill 44 pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Bobby Watkins 7 run (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Joe Fortunato 27 interception return (George Blanda kick) | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Dorne Dibble 9 pass from Harry Gilmer (Jim Martin kick) | 21 | 38 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Harry Gilmer | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| DET | Bill Bowman | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Leon Hart | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 1 |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 12 | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 0 |
| CHIB | Rick Casares | 17 | 190 | 11.2 | 68t | 2 |
| CHIB | J.C. Caroline | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 15 | 1 |
| CHIB | Bobby Watkins | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 7t | 0 |
| CHIB | Harlon Hill | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| CHIB | Ed Brown | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| CHIB | John Hoffman | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Harry Gilmer | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 1 | 134 | 5.8 | 18t | 2 | 5 | 77.1 | |
| DET | Bobby Layne | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 42 | 6.0 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 74.7 | |
| CHIB | Ed Brown | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 1 | 142 | 9.5 | 44t | 1 | 80.4 | ||
| CHIB | Bill McColl | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| CHIB | Harlon Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Dave Middleton | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 23 | 0 |
| DET | Dorne Dibble | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 13t | 1 |
| DET | Jim Doran | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Bill Bowman | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| DET | Gene Gedman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DET | Leon Hart | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Howard Cassady | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| CHIB | Harlon Hill | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 44t | 1 |
| CHIB | Jim Dooley | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 15 | 0 |
| CHIB | Rick Casares | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Yale Lary | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| DET | Jimmy David | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHIB | Joe Fortunato | 1 | ||||
| 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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