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1956 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-2-1, 1st in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Paddy Driscoll (9-2-1)

Points For: 363 (30.3/g) 1st of 12

Points Against: 246 (20.5/g) 7th of 12

Expected W-L: 8.6-3.4

SRS: 10.04 (1st of 12), SOS: .29

Playoffs:
Lost Championship 7-47 vs. New York Giants

Other Notable Asst.: Phil Handler (Line Coach), Luke Johnsos (Assistant Coach), Clark Shaughnessy (Defensive Assistant) and Bulldog Turner (Assistant)

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Principal Owner/Head Coach/General Manager: George Halas

Training Camp: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	363	4537	786	5.8	29	10	244	135	250	2069	19	19	8.3	92	536	2468	22	4.6	140	67	553	12
Opp. Stats	246	3676	716	5.1	38	15	207	159	332	2193	16	23	6.6	113	384	1483	14	3.9	80	60	624	14
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			2	1	2		8	4	2	7	1		1	1	1	3
Lg Rank Defense	7	8			4	5	7		12	11	9	3	7		2	2	5	5

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 30		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Baltimore Colts	21	28	19	291	137	154	1	21	359	231	128	1
2	Sun	October 7		boxscore	W		1-1	@	Green Bay Packers	37	21	25	462	184	278	1	20	267	140	127
3	Sun	October 14		boxscore	W		2-1		San Francisco 49ers	31	7	23	394	86	308	2	13	268	172	96	4
4	Sun	October 21		boxscore	W		3-1		Baltimore Colts	58	27	26	477	268	209	2	13	278	148	130	5
5	Sun	October 28		boxscore	W		4-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	38	21	27	440	207	233	1	20	401	190	211	1
6	Sun	November 4		boxscore	W		5-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	35	24	16	370	138	232	1	17	264	163	101	5
7	Sun	November 11		boxscore	W		6-1		Green Bay Packers	38	14	21	494	299	195	3	12	311	249	62	5
8	Sun	November 18		boxscore	W		7-1		Los Angeles Rams	30	21	21	433	267	166	2	20	326	226	100	2
9	Sun	November 25		boxscore	T		7-1-1	@	New York Giants	17	17	11	244	232	12	4	18	261	85	176	3
10	Sun	December 2		boxscore	L		7-2-1	@	Detroit Lions	10	42	15	184	70	114	5	25	468	254	214	6
11	Sun	December 9		boxscore	W		8-2-1		Chicago Cardinals	10	3	16	302	44	258	5	11	265	174	91	4
12	Sun	December 16		boxscore	W		9-2-1		Detroit Lions	38	21	24	446	137	309	2	17	208	161	47	2
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 30		boxscore	L		9-3-1	@	New York Giants	7	47	19	270	203	67	3	16	348	222	126	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Ed Brown	28	QB	12	12	9-2-1	96	168	57.1	1667	11	6.5	12	7.1	70	9.9	8.02	17.4	138.9	83.1	103	1	0	PB
2	George Blanda	29	QB	12	0		37	69	53.6	439	7	10.1	4	5.8	69	6.4	5.78	11.9	36.6	82.9	21	0	0
3	Bill McColl	26	RE/FL	12	9		1	4	25.0	79	1	25.0	2	50.0	79	19.8	2.25	79.0	6.6	79.2		0	0
4	Jim Haluska	24	QB	5	0		1	4	25.0	8	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	2.0	2.00	8.0	1.6	39.6		0	0
5	Rick Casares	25	FB	12	12		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	33.3		0.0	-15.00		0.0	0.0		0	0	PB,AP-1
6	Harlon Hill	24	LE	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6		0	0	PB,AP-1
7	Perry Jeter	25	HB	7	2		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	9-2-1	135	250	54.0	2069	19	7.6	19	7.6	79	8.8	6.87	16.2	172.4	77.3	124	1	0

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	George Blanda	29	QB	1	1	0-1-0	12	27	44.4	140	0	0.0	1	3.7	5.2	3.52	11.7	140.0	45.3	34	0	0
2	Ed Brown	28	QB	1	0		8	20	40.0	97	0	0.0	1	5.0	4.9	2.60	12.1	97.0	34.8	11	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	20	47	42.6	203	0	0.0	2	4.3	5.0	3.13	11.9	203.0	40.8	45	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Rick Casares	25	FB	12	12	234	1126	12	68	4.8	93.8	19.5	23	203	8.8	2	33	1.9	16.9	257	5.2	1329	14	5	PB,AP-1
2	Harlon Hill	24	LE	12	12	2	24	0	12	12.0	2.0	0.2	47	1128	24.0	11	79	3.9	94.0	49	23.5	1152	11	0	PB,AP-1
3	Perry Jeter	25	HB	7	2	60	316	2	51	5.3	45.1	8.6	5	52	10.4	0	23	0.7	7.4	65	5.7	368	2	2
4	John Hoffman	31	RH	12	9	56	272	2	39	4.9	22.7	4.7	7	85	12.1	0	35	0.6	7.1	63	5.7	357	2	2
5	Bill McColl	26	RE/FL	12	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	24	322	13.4	4	69	2.0	26.8	24	13.4	322	4	0
6	Gene Schroeder	27	RE	11	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	20	315	15.8	1	32	1.8	28.6	20	15.8	315	1	1
7	Bobby Watkins	24	LH	9	8	68	276	2	25	4.1	30.7	7.6	2	3	1.5	1	6	0.2	0.3	70	4.0	279	3	1
8	Ed Brown	28	QB	12	12	40	164	1	31	4.1	13.7	3.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	40	4.1	164	1	3	PB
9	J.C. Caroline	23	LDH	12	12	34	141	2	26	4.1	11.8	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	34	4.1	141	2	0	PB
10	Harland Carl	25	HB	9	0	29	66	1	12	2.3	7.3	3.2	2	31	15.5	0	20	0.2	3.4	31	3.1	97	1	1
11	George Blanda	29	QB	12	0	6	47	0	17	7.8	3.9	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	7.8	47	0	2
12	Jim Dooley	26	E	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	47	11.8	0	15	1.3	15.7	4	11.8	47	0	0
13	Don Bingham	27	HB	12	0	7	36	0	12	5.1	3.0	0.6	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	0.6	8	5.4	43	0	1
	Team Totals			12	12	536	2468	22	68	4.6	205.7	44.7	135	2193	16.2	19	79	11.3	182.8	671	6.9	4661	41	18

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Harlon Hill	24	LE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	87	14.5	0	17	6.0	87.0	6	14.5	87	0	0
2	Rick Casares	25	FB	1	1	14	43	1	12	3.1	43.0	14.0	4	41	10.3	0	19	4.0	41.0	18	4.7	84	1	1
3	Jim Dooley	26	E	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	66	11.0	0	15	6.0	66.0	6	11.0	66	0	0
4	Bill McColl	26	RE/FL	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	35	11.7	0	13	3.0	35.0	3	11.7	35	0	0
5	J.C. Caroline	23	LDH	1	1	7	10	0	5	1.4	10.0	7.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	1.0	8.0	8	2.3	18	0	0
6	Bobby Watkins	24	LH	1	1	3	9	0	5	3.0	9.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.0	9	0	0
7	George Blanda	29	QB	1	1	1	4	0	4	4.0	4.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
8	John Hoffman	31	RH	1	1	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
9	Don Bingham	27	HB	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	1.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	0	0
10	Ed Brown	28	QB	1	0	5	-3	0	6	-0.6	-3.0	5.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	-0.6	-3	0	1
	Team Totals			1	1	32	67	1	12	2.1	67.0	32.0	20	237	11.9	0	19	20.0	237.0	52	5.8	304	1	2

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Ed Brown	28	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	1	0.0	0	PB
2	J.C. Caroline	23	LDH	12	12	6	182	2	59	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Rick Casares	25	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Joe Fortunato	26	RLB	12	12	2	30	1	27	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Bill George	27	MG	12	12	2	9	0	9	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
6	Wayne Hansen	28	LLB	12	12	1	11	0	11	0	2	8	0	0.0	0
7	Jack Hoffman	26	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Ray Gene Smith	28	RDH	12	12	4	90	0	41	0	0	7	0	0.0	0
9	Fred Williams	27	LDT	12	12	1	11	0	11	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Stan Jones	25	RG	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
11	Larry Strickland	25	C	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
12	John Hoffman	31	RH	12	9	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bobby Watkins	24	LH	9	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	McNeil Moore	23	FS	11	7	3	30	0	22	0	1	19	0	0.0	0
15	Gene Schroeder	27	RE	11	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Stan Wallace	25	SS	6	6	1	7	0	7	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	John Mellekas	23	LT	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	0
18	Jesse Castete	23	DB	8	3	2	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Perry Jeter	25	HB	7	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	M.L. Brackett	23	DT	12	1	1	24	0	24	0	2	14	0	0.0	0
21	Don Bingham	27	HB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	George Blanda	29	QB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Harland Carl	25	HB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	23	420	3	59	18	23	53	1	0.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Rick Casares	25	FB	1	1				0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Ed Brown	28	QB	1	0				0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	John Mellekas	23	LT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0

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