1955 Chicago Bears Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (8-4)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1955 Chicago Bears Roster
1955 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division. George Halas coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Ed Brown	164	85	51.8	1307	8.0	9	5.5	10	6.1	86	71.4
George Blanda	97	42	43.3	459	4.7	4	4.1	7	7.2	51	41.6
Bob Williams	40	15	37.5	256	6.4	3	7.5	5	12.5	37	45.4
Bill McColl	2	1	50.0	59	29.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	59	95.8
Rick Casares	3	2	66.7	27	9.0	1	33.3	1	33.3	23	95.1
Totals	306	145	47.4	2108	6.9	17	5.6	23	7.5	86

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rick Casares	125	672	5.4	81	4
Bobby Watkins	110	553	5.0	33	8
John Hoffman	94	454	4.8	47	0
Chick Jagade	72	309	4.3	51	2
Ed Brown	43	203	4.7	32	2
Bob Williams	13	79	6.1	19	0
Ron Drzewiecki	10	54	5.4	19	1
George Blanda	15	54	3.6	10	2
Henry Mosley	3	10	3.3	4	0
Pete Perini	2	0	0.0	1	0
Totals	487	2388	4.9	81	19

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Harlon Hill	42	789	18.8	86	9
Bill McColl	35	502	14.3	42	4
Gene Schroeder	17	315	18.5	51	2
Rick Casares	16	136	8.5	29	1
John Hoffman	11	153	13.9	37	1
Chick Jagade	7	16	2.3	15	0
Jack Hoffman	6	86	14.3	32	0
Bobby Watkins	6	79	13.2	34	0
Don Kindt	2	15	7.5	10	0
Ray Smith	1	13	13.0	13	0
Pete Perini	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ron Drzewiecki	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	145	2108	14.5	86	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
George Blanda	37	37	100.0	16	11	68.8	70
Totals	37	37	100.0	16	11	68.8	70

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ed Brown	44	1766	40.1	59
Bob Williams	13	508	39.1	59
Totals	57	2274	39.9	59

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ron Drzewiecki	20	100	5.0	28
Ray Smith	12	47	3.9	11
Charlie Sumner	1	0	0.0	0
Al Romine	1	0	0.0	0
Don Kindt	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	35	147	4.2	28

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ron Drzewiecki	25	591	23.6	56
Charlie Sumner	10	288	28.8	81
Bobby Watkins	5	145	29.0	64
Ray Smith	1	24	24.0	24
Chick Jagade	1	23	23.0	23
Henry Mosley	1	14	14.0	14
Harry Hugasian	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	44	1085	24.7	81

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Charlie Sumner	7	162	23.1	63
Ken Gorgal	6	107	17.8	34
Bill George	2	13	6.5	13
Ray Smith	2	12	6.0	12
Bill Bishop	1	5	5.0	5
George Connor	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	19	299	15.7	63

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
John Helwig			0	2	0	0
George Connor		0	0	2	53	1
Ron Drzewiecki			3	2	8
Ken Gorgal		0	0	2	0	0
Bill George		0	0	2	0	0
Bill Wightkin			0	2	0	0
Ed Brown			4	1	0
Fred Williams			0	1	0	0
Stan Jones			0	1	5	0
Ed Sprinkle			0	1	0	0
Wayne Hansen			0	1	0	0
Joe Fortunato			0	1	0	0
John Kreamcheck			0	1	0	0
Bill Bishop		0	0	1	0	0
Pete Perini			0	1	0	0
Ray Smith		0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Sumner		0	1	0	0	0
John Hoffman			3	0	0
Bobby Watkins			5	0	0
Rick Casares			3	0	0
Chick Jagade			3	0	0
Totals	0	0	23	21	66	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
George Blanda	2								11	37	0			82
Harlon Hill		9							0	0	0			54
Bobby Watkins	8	0		0					0	0	0			48
Rick Casares	4	1							0	0	0			30
Bill McColl		4							0	0	0			24
Gene Schroeder		2							0	0	0			12
Chick Jagade	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Ed Brown	2								0	0	0			12
John Hoffman	0	1							0	0	0		1	8
Ron Drzewiecki	1	0	0	0					0	0	0			6
George Connor						0	1		0	0	0			6
Totals	19	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	37	0	0	1	294