1956 Chicago Bears season

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox NFL team season The 1956 season was the Chicago Bears' 37th in the National Football League. The team improved on their 8–4 record from 1955 and finished with a 9–2–1 record, under first-year head coach Paddy Driscoll to win the Western Conference and played in their first NFL championship game since 1946.

The title game against the New York Giants was at Yankee Stadium and the Giants won, 47–7.

Schedule

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1	September 30	at Baltimore Colts	L 21–28	0–1	Memorial Stadium	45,221	Recap
2	October 7	at Green Bay Packers	W 37–21	1–1	City Stadium	24,668	Recap
3	October 14	San Francisco 49ers	W 31–7	2–1	Wrigley Field	47,526	Recap
4	October 21	Baltimore Colts	W 58–27	3–1	Wrigley Field	48,364	Recap
5	October 28	at San Francisco 49ers	W 38–21	4–1	Kezar Stadium	52,612	Recap
6	November 4	at Los Angeles Rams	W 35–24	5–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	69,894	Recap
7	November 11	Green Bay Packers	W 38–14	6–1	Wrigley Field	49,172	Recap
8	November 18	Los Angeles Rams	W 30–21	7–1	Wrigley Field	48,102	Recap
9	November 25	at New York Giants	T 17–17	7–1–1	Yankee Stadium	55,191	Recap
10	December 2	at Detroit Lions	L 10–42	7–2–1	Briggs Stadium	57,024	Recap
11	December 9	Chicago Cardinals	W 10–3	8–2–1	Wrigley Field	48,606	Recap
12	December 16	Detroit Lions	W 38–21	9–2–1	Wrigley Field	49,086	Recap

Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Postseason

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Championship	December 30	New York Giants	Yankee Stadium	L 7–47	56,836	Recap

Standings

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Program for the October 14 game against the visiting San Francisco 49ers.

Roster

Chicago Bears 1956 roster
Quarterbacks 15 Ed Brown 11 Jim Haluska Running backs 46 Don Bingham 25 J.C. Caroline 35 Rick Casares 89 John Hoffman 45 Bobby Watkins Wide receivers 43 Jim Dooley 87 Harlon Hill 88 Gene Schroeder Tight ends 83 Bill McColl		Offensive linemen 65 Herman Clark G 62 Kline Gilbert T 78 Stan Jones G 54 Dick Klawitter C 76 John Mellekas T 67 Tom Roggeman G 55 Larry Strickland C 72 Bill Wightkin T Defensive linemen 81 Doug Atkins DE 73 Bill Bishop DT 63 M. L. Brackett DT 82 Jack Hoffman DE 86 Ed Meadows DE 75 Fred Williams DT		Linebackers 31 Joe Fortunato 61 Bill George 51 Wayne Hansen Defensive backs 80 John Helwig 29 McNeil Moore 20 Ray Gene Smith 40 Stan Wallace Special teams 16 George Blanda K/QB

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