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1957 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 7-5-0, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 303 points (25.2/g), 2nd of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 235 points (19.6/g), 8th.
 Differential of 68 points (5.7/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 7.8-4.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.8/g), 2nd.

Coached by Weeb Ewbank (7-5-0)

1957 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 29 box W 1-0 Detroit Lions 34 14 18 392 241 151 3 13 201 178 23 4
2 Sat October 5 box W 2-0 Chicago Bears 21 10 22 339 162 177 2 8 162 133 29 2
3 Sun October 13 box W 3-0 @ Green Bay Packers 45 17 22 369 126 243 3 12 192 145 47 7
4 Sun October 20 box L 3-1 @ Detroit Lions 27 31 15 322 205 117 6 20 369 191 178 4
5 Sun October 27 box L 3-2 Green Bay Packers 21 24 20 331 179 152 3 14 277 229 48 3
6 Sun November 3 box L 3-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 13 19 17 255 87 168 4 12 271 256 15 1
7 Sun November 10 box W 4-3 @ Washington Redskins 21 17 15 301 230 71 2 21 287 108 179 2
8 Sun November 17 box W 5-3 @ Chicago Bears 29 14 12 228 180 48 16 209 70 139 7
9 Sun November 24 box W 6-3 San Francisco 49ers 27 21 23 455 230 225 26 410 281 129 3
10 Sun December 1 box W 7-3 Los Angeles Rams 31 14 23 425 261 164 2 13 257 132 125 4
11 Sun December 8 box L 7-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 13 17 16 370 288 82 3 23 326 215 111 2
12 Sun December 15 box L 7-5 @ Los Angeles Rams 21 37 19 336 199 137 3 26 445 294 151 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 303 4123 776 5.3 222 177 314 2388 25 19 7.0 117 434 1735 12 4.0 91 31 12 14
Team Defense 235 3406 757 4.5 339 175 342 2232 19 28 5.8 118 375 1174 10 3.1 204 40 12 17
Lg Rank Offense 2 2 3 3 1 1 6 4 6 5 8 4 3 2
Lg Rank Defense 8 6 11 12 11 12 2 7 1 1 2 1 4 9

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Johnny Unitas* 24 QB 12 12 172 301 57.1 2550 24 8.0 17 5.6 82 8.5 6.7 14.8 212.5 88.0
George Shaw 24 7 0 5 9 55.6 58 1 11.1 1 11.1 17 6.4 2.6 11.6 8.3 72.7
Cotton Davidson 26 P 12 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0
Lenny Moore 24 RH 12 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.7 12 177 314 56.4 2608 25 8.0 19 6.1 82 8.3 6.4 14.7 217.3 85.0
Opp Total 12 175 342 51.2 2232 19 5.6 28 8.2 6.5 3.4 12.8 186.0 56.3 40 316 5.8 2.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Alan Ameche* 24 FB 12 0 144 493 5 49 3.4 41.1 12.0 15 137 9.1 2 40 1.3 11.4 630 7 3
L.G. Dupre 25 LH 12 0 101 375 2 22 3.7 31.3 8.4 32 339 10.6 2 43 2.7 28.3 714 4 1
Lenny Moore 24 RH 12 0 98 488 3 55 5.0 40.7 8.2 40 687 17.2 7 82 3.3 57.3 1175 10 6
Johnny Unitas* 24 QB 12 12 42 171 1 24 4.1 14.3 3.5 171 1 7
Jack Call 22 12 0 33 145 0 24 4.4 12.1 2.8 4 18 4.5 0 8 0.3 1.5 163 0 0
Royce Womble 26 10 0 7 18 0 7 2.6 1.8 0.7 7 69 9.9 0 37 0.7 6.9 87 0 0
George Shaw 24 7 0 5 30 1 11 6.0 4.3 0.7 30 1 0
Billy Pricer 23 12 0 2 18 0 14 9.0 1.5 0.2 18 0 1
Steve Myhra 23 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Dick Nyers 23 RET 7 0 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.6 0.1 -4 0 1
Raymond Berry 24 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 47 800 17.0 6 67 3.9 66.7 800 6 0
Jim Mutscheller* 27 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 558 17.4 8 66 2.7 46.5 558 8 1
Team Total 25.7 12 434 1735 12 55 4.0 144.6 36.2 177 2608 14.7 25 82 14.8 217.3 4343 37 22
Opp Total 12 375 1174 10 3.1 97.8 31.3 175 2232 12.8 19 14.6 186.0 3406 29 29

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bert Rechichar* 27 RS 12 0 22 71 0 22 3.2 1 0 0 0 0.0 71
Dick Nyers 23 RET 7 0 17 350 0 46 20.6 346
Jack Call 22 12 0 14 329 0 45 23.5 492
Carl Taseff 29 LDH 4 0 7 60 0 40 8.6 60
Cotton Davidson 26 P 12 0 5 79 0 21 15.8 79
Lenny Moore 24 RH 12 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1267
Billy Pricer 23 12 0 2 40 0 23 20.0 58
Milt Davis+ 28 RDH 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Henry Moore 23 11 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Steve Myhra 23 12 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 20
Luke Owens 24 11 0 1 23 0 23 23.0 23
Don Shinnick 22 RLB 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Team Total 25.7 12 33 133 0 40 4.0 42 948 1 92 22.6 5424
Opp Total 12 34 0 49 1120 0 22.9

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Cotton Davidson 26 P 12 0 47 1664 56 0 35.4
Bert Rechichar* 27 RS 12 0 13 3 23.1% 25 22 88.0% 5 157 51 0 31.4
Steve Myhra 23 12 0 6 4 66.7% 16 14 87.5%
L.G. Dupre 25 LH 12 0 3 75 38 0 25.0
Team Total 25.7 12 19 7 36.8% 41 36 87.8% 55 1896 56 0 34.5
Opp Total 12 21 10 47.6% 29 29 100.0% 56 2380 42.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Alan Ameche* 24 FB 12 0 3 0 0 0
Jack Call 22 12 0 0 2 0 0
Milt Davis+ 28 RDH 12 0 10 219 2 75 0 1 0 0
Art DeCarlo 26 6 0 1 14 0 14
Art Donovan*+ 32 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
L.G. Dupre 25 LH 12 0 1 0 0 0
Doug Eggers 27 LLB 11 0 0 1 0 0
Ken Jackson 28 12 0 0 2 9 0
Don Joyce 28 RDE 12 0 1 0 0 0
Gino Marchetti*+ 30 LDE 12 0 0 3 0 1
Henry Moore 23 11 0 1 0 0 0
Lenny Moore 24 RH 12 0 6 2 0 0
Jim Mutscheller* 27 RE 12 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Myhra 23 12 0 0 2 0 0
Andy Nelson 24 LS 12 0 5 29 0 13
Dick Nyers 23 RET 7 0 1 0 0 0
Luke Owens 24 11 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Patera 24 MLB 12 0 1 16 0 16
George Preas 24 RT 10 0 0 2 0 0
Billy Pricer 23 12 0 1 0 0 0
Bert Rechichar* 27 RS 12 0 5 33 0 31 1 1 0 0
Alex Sandusky 25 RG 12 12 0 1 0 0
Don Shinnick 22 RLB 12 0 2 31 0 22 0 2 0 0
Carl Taseff 29 LDH 4 0 1 7 0 7 1 0 0 0
Jesse Thomas 29 10 0 1 0 0 0
Johnny Unitas* 24 QB 12 12 7 1 0 0
Team Total 25.7 12 28 349 2 75 22 22 9 1
Opp Total 12 28 29 17 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Lenny Moore 24 RH 12 0 3 7 1 66
Jim Mutscheller* 27 RE 12 0 8 48
Alan Ameche* 24 FB 12 0 5 2 42
Raymond Berry 24 LE 12 0 6 36
Bert Rechichar* 27 RS 12 0 22 3 31
Steve Myhra 23 12 0 14 4 26
L.G. Dupre 25 LH 12 0 2 2 24
Milt Davis+ 28 RDH 12 0 2 12
Gino Marchetti*+ 30 LDE 12 0 1 6
George Shaw 24 7 0 1 6
Johnny Unitas* 24 QB 12 12 1 6
Team Total 25.7 12 12 25 1 1 2 36 7 303
Opp Total 12 10 19 29 10 1 235