The Chicago Bears schooled the Detroit Lions, 38 to 21, on December 16, 1956.

Final

Lions

9-3-0

21

Bears

9-2-1

38

Team

DET

CHB

1

0

3

2

7

14

3

7

4

7

14

Total

21

38

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st quarter

DET

CHB

George Blanda 37-yard field goal

0

3

2nd quarter

DET

CHB

Bill Bowman 18-yard pass from Harry Gilmer (Jim Martin kick)

7

3

Rick Casares 68-yard run (George Blanda kick)

7

10

J.C. Caroline 9-yard run (George Blanda kick)

7

17

3rd quarter

DET

CHB

Leon Hart 1-yard run (Jim Martin kick)

14

17

Harlon Hill 44-yard pass from Ed Brown (George Blanda kick)

14

24

4th quarter

DET

CHB

Bobby Watkins 7-yard run (George Blanda kick)

14

31

Joe Fortunato 27-yard interception return (George Blanda kick)

14

38

Dorne Dibble 9-yard pass from Harry Gilmer (Jim Martin kick)

21

38

Lions

Bears

1st Downs

17

24

Passing 1st Downs

Rushing 1st Downs

1st downs from penalties

3rd down efficiency

-

4th down efficiency

-

Total Plays

59

64

Total Yards

208

446

Yards per play

3.5

7.0

Passing

161

137

Comp - Att

15 - 30

8 - 17

Yards per pass

5

7.6

Interceptions thrown

1

2

Sacks - Yards lost

2 - 15

1 - 5

Rushing

47

309

Rushing Attempts

27

46

Yards per rush

1.7

6.7

Penalties

5

6

Turnovers

2

Fumbles lost

1

0

Interceptions

1

2

Possession

Lions

Bears

Passing

NAME	CMP	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SCK	RATE
Harry Gilmer	11	23	134	5.8	2	1		77.1
Bobby Layne	4	7	42	6.0	0	0		74.7
Team	15	30	161	5.9	2	1	2	76.5

Rushing

NAME	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD
Harry Gilmer	3	15	5.0	0
Howard Cassady	4	13	3.3	0
Bill Bowman	3	11	3.7	0
Leon Hart	4	7	1.8	1
Gene Gedman	13	1	0.1	0
Team	27	47	1.7	1

Receiving

NAME	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	TRG
Dave Middleton	5	71	14.2	0
Dorne Dibble	3	34	11.3	1
Jim Doran	3	34	11.3	0
Bill Bowman	1	18	18.0	1
Gene Gedman	1	13	13.0	0
Howard Cassady	1	3	3.0	0
Leon Hart	1	3	3.0	0
Team	15	176	5.9	2	0

Fumbles

NAME	FUM	LOST	FR
Team	2	1	0

Defense

NAME	COMB	TKL	SCK	TFL	PDEF	QBH
Team			1.0

Kicking

NAME	FGM	FGA	LNG	XPM	PTS
Team	0			3	3

Punting

NAME	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Team	8	305	38.1

Kick Return

NAME	KR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Team				0

Punt Return

NAME	PR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Team				0

Passing

NAME	CMP	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SCK	RATE
Ed Brown	8	15	142	9.5	1	1		80.4
Harlon Hill	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		39.6
Bill McColl	0	1	0	0.0	0	1		0.0
Team	8	17	137	8.4	1	2	1	56.1

Rushing

NAME	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD
Rick Casares	17	190	11.2	1
J.C. Caroline	15	56	3.7	1
Harlon Hill	2	24	12.0	0
Bobby Watkins	8	24	3.0	1
Ed Brown	3	7	2.3	0
John Hoffman	1	6	6.0	0
Team	46	309	6.7	3

Receiving

NAME	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	TRG
Harlon Hill	3	84	28.0	1
Jim Dooley	3	38	12.7	0
Rick Casares	1	20	20.0	0
Bill McColl	1	0	0.0	0
Team	8	142	8.4	1	0

Fumbles

NAME	FUM	LOST	FR
Team	0	0	1

Defense

NAME	COMB	TKL	SCK	TFL	PDEF	QBH
Team			2.0

Kicking

NAME	FGM	FGA	LNG	XPM	PTS
Team	1			5	8

Punting

NAME	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Team	3	96	32.0

Kick Return

NAME	KR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Team				0

Punt Return

NAME	PR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Team				0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,562

Fields

RUSH

657

Fields

REC

1,364

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Team Rankings

PPG

21.2

18th

OPP PPG

22.3

20th

RUSH YDS/G

141.1

2nd

PASS YDS/G

201.2

27th

2023 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Lions	12	5	.706
Packers	9	8	.529
Bears	7	10	.412
Vikings	7	10	.412

Last Game

Packers

9-8-0

17

Final

9

Bears

7-10-0

Sun 7 Jan 2024

NFL 2023 Leaders

Playoff Pass Yards Leaders

1,051

Mahomes

837

Goff

774

Purdy

Playoff Rush Yards Leaders

313

Pacheco

268

McCaffrey

226

Jones

Playoff Rec Yards Leaders

355

Kelce

274

Brown

262

Rice

Playoff Pass TD Leaders

6

Mayfield

6

Mahomes

5

Love

Playoff Rush TD Leaders

4

McCaffrey

3

Gibbs

3

Pacheco

Playoff Rec TD Leaders

3

Ferguson

3

Kelce

2

Shakir

Playoff QB Rating Leaders

120.9

Stafford

109.3

Stroud

108.6

Love

Playoff Sack Leaders

3.0

Hutchinson

3.0

Karlaftis

2.0

Hinish

NFL 2023 Rankings

Playoff PPG Rankings

34.5

32.0

28.7

27.5

27.5

27.5

Playoff Opp PPG Rankings

13.5

15.8

20.0

22.0

24.0

24.0

Playoff Total Yards Rankings

510.0

425.0

417.0

389.0

386.0

383.7

Playoff Rush Yards Rankings

180.5

155.0

139.5

128.0

125.3

125.0

Playoff Pass Yards Rankings

403.0

367.0

343.0

307.0

279.0

265.0

Playoff Sack Leaders

8.0

7.0

5.0

NFL 2023 Betting

Best Record ATS

14-6

13-7-1

11-6-1

12-7

10-6-1

Worst Record ATS

5-12

5-11-1

5-11-1

6-11

6-10-1

6-10-1

NFL 2023 Division Standings

	AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
1	Ravens	13	4	0	.765
2	Browns	11	6	0	.647
	AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
1	Bills	11	6	0	.647
2	Dolphins	11	6	0	.647
	AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
1	Chiefs	11	6	0	.647
2	Raiders	8	9	0	.471
	AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
1	Texans	10	7	0	.588
2	Jaguars	9	8	0	.529

	NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
1	Lions	12	5	0	.706
2	Packers	9	8	0	.529
	NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
1	49ers	12	5	0	.706
2	Rams	10	7	0	.588
	NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
1	Cowboys	12	5	0	.706
2	Eagles	11	6	0	.647
	NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
1	Buccaneers	9	8	0	.529
2	Saints	9	8	0	.529

NFL 2023 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 2/10	SF	@	KC	22-25
Sat 1/27	KC	@	BAL	17-10
Sat 1/27	DET	@	SF	31-34
Sat 1/20	TB	@	DET	23-31
Sat 1/20	KC	@	BUF	27-24

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/6	GB	@	PHI	1:00 PM

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The Chicago Bears schooled the Detroit Lions, 38 to 21, on December 16, 1956.

Final

Lions

21

Bears

38

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Fumbles

Defense

Kicking

Punting

Kick Return

Punt Return

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Fumbles

Defense

Kicking

Punting

Kick Return

Punt Return

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2,562

657

1,364

NFL 2023 Leaders

1,051

837

774

313

268

226

355

274

262

6

6

5

4

3

3

3

3

2

120.9

109.3

108.6

3.0

3.0

2.0

NFL 2023 Rankings

NFL 2023 Betting

NFL 2023 Division Standings

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