Chicago Bears 7 at New York Giants 47

Sunday, December 30,1956

	1	2	3	4	Final
Chicago Bears (9-2-1)	0	7	0	0	7
New York Giants (8-3-1)	13	21	6	7	47

Game Info
Stadium	Yankee Stadium
Roof	outdoors
Attendance	56,836

Scoring

			CHI	NYG
1st	Giants	Mel Triplett 17 yard rush (Ben Agajanian kick)	0	7
	Giants	Ben Agajanian 17 yard field goal	0	10
	Giants	Ben Agajanian 43 yard field goal	0	13
2nd	Giants	Alex Webster 3 yard rush (Ben Agajanian kick)	0	20
	Bears	Rick Casares 9 yard rush (George Blanda kick)	7	20
	Giants	Alex Webster 1 yard rush (Ben Agajanian kick)	7	27
	Giants	Henry Moore 0 yard blocked punt return (Ben Agajanian kick)	7	34
3rd	Giants	Kyle Rote 9 yard pass from Charlie Conerly	7	40
4th	Giants	Frank Gifford 14 yard pass from Charlie Conerly (Ben Agajanian kick)	7	47

Team Stats

	CHI	NYG
First downs	19	16
Rush-yards-TDs	32-67-1	34-126-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	20-47-237-0-2	11-20-228-2-0
Sacked-yards	4-34	1-6
Net pass yards	203	222
Total yards	270	348
Fumbles-lost	2-1	3-2
Turnovers	3	2
Penalties-yards	4-50	6-40

Passing, Rushing, & Receiving

		Passing						Rushing				Receiving				Fumbles
	Tm	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Fmb	FL
Harlon Hill	CHI											6	87	0	17
Rick Casares	CHI							14	43	1	12	4	41	0	19	1
George Blanda	CHI	12	27	140	0	1	0	1	4	0	4
Jim Dooley	CHI											6	66	0	15
Ed Brown	CHI	8	20	97	0	1	0	5	-3	0	6					1
Bill McColl	CHI											3	35	0	13
J.C. Caroline	CHI							7	10	0	5	1	8	0	8
Bobby Watkins	CHI							3	9	0	5
John Hoffman	CHI							1	3	0	3
Don Bingham	CHI							1	1	0	1
		Passing						Rushing				Receiving				Fumbles
	Tm	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Fmb	FL
Frank Gifford	NYG							5	30	0	14	4	131	1	67
Alex Webster	NYG							12	27	2	6	5	76	0	50
Charlie Conerly	NYG	7	10	195	2	0	67	1	-2	0	-2
Mel Triplett	NYG	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	71	1	20
Don Chandler	NYG											1	12	0	12
Don Heinrich	NYG	3	6	21	0	0	0
Kyle Rote	NYG											1	9	1	9
Bob Clatterbuck	NYG	1	3	12	0	0	12	1	0	0	0
Henry Moore	NYG							1	0	0	0
Gene Filipski	NYG							1	0	0	0
Emlen Tunnell	NYG															1

Defense

		Def Interceptions				Sacks & Tackles			Fumbles
	Tm	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	Sk	Tkl	Ast	FR	Yds	TD
John Mellekas	CHI	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0
		Def Interceptions				Sacks & Tackles			Fumbles
	Tm	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	Sk	Tkl	Ast	FR	Yds	TD
Jimmy Patton	NYG	1	28	0	28		0	0
Andy Robustelli	NYG	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0
Bill Svoboda	NYG	1	20	0	20		0	0

Kick/Punt Returns

		Kick Returns					Punt Returns
	Tm	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Lng	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng
Don Bingham	CHI	7	119	17.0	0	0
J.C. Caroline	CHI	1	14	14.0	0	14
McNeil Moore	CHI						1	1	1.0	0	1
Ray Gene Smith	CHI	1	10	10.0	0	10
		Kick Returns					Punt Returns
	Tm	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Lng	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng
Gene Filipski	NYG	2	83	41.5	0	53	2	14	7.0	0	0
Jimmy Patton	NYG						1	22	22.0	0	22
Emlen Tunnell	NYG						2	10	5.0	0	0

Kicking & Punting

		Scoring				Punting
	Tm	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng
George Blanda	CHI	1	1			0	0		0
Ed Brown	CHI					6	255	42.5	0
Rick Casares	CHI					1	26	26.0	26
		Scoring				Punting
	Tm	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng
Ben Agajanian	NYG	5	6	2	3	0	0		0
Don Chandler	NYG					3	112	37.3	0

Starting Lineups

Chicago Bears
	Pos
Ed Brown	QB
Rick Casares	FB
Bobby Watkins	LH
John Hoffman	RH
Harlon Hill	LE
Bill Wightkin	LT
Herman Clark	LG
Larry Strickland	C
Stan Jones	RG
Kline Gilbert	RT
Bill McColl	RE
Jack Hoffman	LDE
Fred Williams	LDT
M.L. Brackett	RDT
Ed Meadows	RDE
Wayne Hansen	LLB
Bill George	MLB
Joe Fortunato	RLB
J.C. Caroline	DB
McNeil Moore	DB
Stan Wallace	DB
Ray Gene Smith	DB

New York Giants
	Pos
Don Heinrich	QB
Mel Triplett	FB
Frank Gifford	LH
Alex Webster	RH
Kyle Rote	LE
Rosey Brown	LT
Bill Austin	LG
Ray Wietecha	C
Jack Stroud	RG
Dick Yelvington	RT
Ken MacAfee	RE
Walt Yowarsky	LDE
Dick Modzelewski	LDT
Rosey Grier	RDT
Andy Robustelli	RDE
Bill Svoboda	LLB
Sam Huff	MLB
Harland Svare	RLB
Jimmy Patton	DB
Ed Hughes	DB
Emlen Tunnell	DB
Dick Nolan	DB