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 RosterTeam Record: 8-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (8-4)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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.
The Bears moved the ball well, scoring 294 points, and the defensive squad allowed 251. Rick Casares rushed for a team-leading 672 yards for Chicago, while Bobby Watkins also buoyed the ground attack.
Ed Brown threw for 1,307 yards. Harlon Hill topped pass catchers, hauling in 42 balls for 789 yards. Bill McColl contributed to the receiving game, too.
Charlie Sumner intercepted 7 opponent throws.
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 |
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| 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:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ron Drzewiecki | 20 | 100 | 5.0 | 28 | 0 | Ray Smith | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 | Charlie Sumner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Al Romine | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Don Kindt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 35 | 147 | 4.2 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ron Drzewiecki | 25 | 591 | 23.6 | 56 | 0 | Charlie Sumner | 10 | 288 | 28.8 | 81 | 0 | Bobby Watkins | 5 | 145 | 29.0 | 64 | 0 | Ray Smith | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Chick Jagade | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | Henry Mosley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Harry Hugasian | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44 | 1085 | 24.7 | 81 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Charlie Sumner | 7 | 162 | 23.1 | 63 | 0 | Ken Gorgal | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 34 | 0 | Bill George | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | Ray Smith | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | Bill Bishop | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | George Connor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 299 | 15.7 | 63 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | John Helwig | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Connor | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 0 | Ron Drzewiecki | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Ken Gorgal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill George | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Wightkin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Brown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stan Jones | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Ed Sprinkle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hansen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Fortunato | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Kreamcheck | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Bishop | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Perini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Sumner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Hoffman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Watkins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Casares | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chick Jagade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 66 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | George Blanda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 82 | Harlon Hill | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Bobby Watkins | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Rick Casares | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Bill McColl | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Gene Schroeder | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Chick Jagade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ed Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Hoffman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Ron Drzewiecki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | George Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 294 |
