| Washington Redskins at Chicago Bears |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 1, 1957 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 39148 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 46 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Ed Sutton 4 run (Sam Baker kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Jim Podoley 10 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Sam Baker kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 49 FG | 14 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Johnny Carson |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 67 | LOG | Red Stephens |
| 51 | C | Jim Schrader |
| 60 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 70 | ROT | Ray Lemek |
| 86 | ROE | Steve Meilinger |
| 14 | QB | Eddie LeBaron |
| 30 | LOH | Ed Sutton |
| 24 | ROH | Jim Podoley |
| 32 | FB | Leo Elter |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 79 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 72 | RDT | Don Owens |
| 88 | RDE | Chet Ostrowski |
| 45 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 36 | MLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 53 | RLB | LaVern Torgeson |
| 81 | LDH | Joe Walton |
| 29 | LS | Bert Zagers |
| 47 | RS | Dick James |
| 26 | RDH | Don Shula |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Gene Schroeder |
| 72 | LOT | Bill Wightkin |
| 65 | LOG | Herman Clark |
| 55 | C | Larry Strickland |
| 78 | ROG | Stan Jones |
| 62 | ROT | Kline Gilbert |
| 43 | ROE | Jim Dooley |
| 15 | QB | Ed Brown |
| 28 | LOH | Willie Galimore |
| 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 |
| 48 | LDH | Vic Zucco |
| 25 | LS | J.C. Caroline |
| 29 | RS | McNeil Moore |
| 20 | RDH | Ray Gene Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Ed Sutton | 18 | 72 | 4.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Jim Podoley | 13 | 71 | 5.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Don Bosseler | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Willie Galimore | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 12 | 27 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 1 | 87 | 6.7 | 37 | 1 | 17 | 62.0 | |
| Ed Sutton | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 | |
| Rudy Bukich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 16 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Jim Podoley | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Johnny Carson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Tom Braatz | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Bosseler | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ray Gene Smith | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gene Schroeder | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill McColl | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Bert Zagers | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Shula | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jack Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sam Baker | 6 | 270 | 45.0 | 51 | 0 | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 5 | 159 | 31.8 | 44 | 1 | ||||||
| Jack Johnson | 4 | 139 | 34.8 | 50 | 0 | ||||||
| Ed Brown | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 32 | 2.9 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 39.6 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vic Zucco | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
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