1956 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-2-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Paddy Driscoll (9-2-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1956 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 9-2-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Paddy Driscoll (9-2-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1956 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 9 wins and 2 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
On offense, the Bears scored 363 points, best in the league. Meanwhile, the defense yielded 246 points. Rick Casares rushed for a team-leading 1,126 yards.
Ed Brown threw for 1,667 yards. Harlon Hill topped all receivers, hauling in 47 balls for 1,128 yards.
J.C. Caroline intercepted 6 opponent throws.
Paddy Driscoll coached the team. The 1956 Chicago Bears lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Ed Brown | 168 | 96 | 57.1 | 1667 | 9.9 | 11 | 6.5 | 12 | 7.1 | 70 | 83.1 | George Blanda | 69 | 37 | 53.6 | 439 | 6.4 | 7 | 10.1 | 4 | 5.8 | 69 | 82.9 | Bill McColl | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 79 | 19.8 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 79 | 79.2 | Jim Haluska | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 39.6 | Perry Jeter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Harlon Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Rick Casares | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 250 | 135 | 54.0 | 2193 | 8.8 | 19 | 7.6 | 19 | 7.6 | 79 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rick Casares | 234 | 1126 | 4.8 | 68 | 12 | Perry Jeter | 60 | 316 | 5.3 | 51 | 2 | Bobby Watkins | 68 | 276 | 4.1 | 25 | 2 | John Hoffman | 56 | 272 | 4.9 | 39 | 2 | Ed Brown | 40 | 164 | 4.1 | 31 | 1 | J.C. Caroline | 34 | 141 | 4.1 | 26 | 2 | Harland Carl | 29 | 66 | 2.3 | 12 | 1 | George Blanda | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 | Don Bingham | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 | Harlon Hill | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 536 | 2468 | 4.6 | 68 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Harlon Hill | 47 | 1128 | 24.0 | 79 | 11 | Bill McColl | 24 | 322 | 13.4 | 69 | 4 | Rick Casares | 23 | 203 | 8.8 | 33 | 2 | Gene Schroeder | 20 | 315 | 15.8 | 32 | 1 | John Hoffman | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 35 | 0 | Perry Jeter | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 23 | 0 | Jim Dooley | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 15 | 0 | Harland Carl | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 | Bobby Watkins | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 6 | 1 | Don Bingham | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 135 | 2193 | 16.2 | 79 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Ed Brown | 42 | 1644 | 39.1 | 53 | Rick Casares | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | George Blanda | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44 | 1728 | 39.3 | 53 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Perry Jeter | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 51 | 1 | Ray Smith | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 22 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | McNeil Moore | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 25 | 0 | Don Bingham | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 30 | 195 | 6.5 | 51 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Bingham | 17 | 444 | 26.1 | 100 | 1 | Perry Jeter | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 | Harland Carl | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 45 | 0 | Rick Casares | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 49 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | McNeil Moore | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Ray Smith | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Stan Wallace | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Bill McColl | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | Doug Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 37 | 830 | 22.4 | 100 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | J.C. Caroline | 6 | 182 | 30.3 | 59 | 2 | Ray Smith | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 | McNeil Moore | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 22 | 0 | Joe Fortunato | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 27 | 1 | Jesse Castete | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 | Bill George | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | M.L. Brackett | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Wayne Hansen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Fred Williams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Stan Wallace | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 23 | 420 | 18.3 | 59 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Bill George | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Brown | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Rick Casares | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | M.L. Brackett | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hansen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stan Wallace | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Hoffman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Hoffman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Mellekas | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Stan Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | McNeil Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Harland Carl | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Strickland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Schroeder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Blanda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Perry Jeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Bingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 46 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Rick Casares | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | George Blanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 81 | Harlon Hill | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Bill McColl | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | J.C. Caroline | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Bobby Watkins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Perry Jeter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Ed Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Hoffman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Harland Carl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Gene Schroeder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Don Bingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 22 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 363 |
