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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)
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1957 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Johnny Unitas* | 24 | 1 | 12 | 172 for 301, 2,550 yards, 24 td, 17 int, & 42 rushes for 171 yards and 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1955 |
| FB | Alan Ameche* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 144 rushes for 493 yards, 5 td, & 15 catches for 137 yards and 2 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1955 |
| LH | L.G. Dupre | 25 | 2 | 0 | 101 rushes for 375 yards, 2 td, & 32 catches for 339 yards and 2 td | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 27th pick / 1955 |
| RH | Lenny Moore | 24 | 1 | 0 | 98 rushes for 488 yards, 3 td, & 40 catches for 687 yards and 7 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 9th pick / 1956 |
| LE | Raymond Berry | 24 | 2 | 0 | 47 catches for 800 yards, 6 td | Baltimore Colts / 20th / 232nd pick / 1954 |
| LT | Jim Parker | 23 | Rook | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 8th pick / 1957 |
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| LG | Art Spinney | 30 | 7 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 184th pick / 1950 |
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| C | Buzz Nutter | 26 | 3 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1953 |
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| RG | Alex Sandusky | 25 | 3 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 184th pick / 1954 |
| RT | George Preas | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 51st pick / 1955 |
| RE | Jim Mutscheller* | 27 | 3 | 0 | 32 catches for 558 yards, 8 td | Dallas Texans / 12th / 134th pick / 1952 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gino Marchetti*+ | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 14th pick / 1952 |
| LDT | Art Donovan*+ | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 22nd / 204th pick / 1947 |
| RDT | Gene Lipscomb | 26 | 4 | 0 | ||
| RDE | Don Joyce | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 18th pick / 1951 |
| LLB | Doug Eggers | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Jack Patera | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 44th pick / 1955 |
| RLB | Don Shinnick | 22 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 20th pick / 1957 |
| LDH | Carl Taseff | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 |
| RDH | Milt Davis+ | 28 | Rook | 0 | 10 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 8th / 97th pick / 1954 |
| LS | Andy Nelson | 24 | Rook | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 126th pick / 1957 |
| RS | Bert Rechichar* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bert Rechichar* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 of 13 field goals & 22 of 25 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| P | Cotton Davidson | 26 | 3 | 0 | 47 punts for a 35.4 average, 0 blocked | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1954 |
| PR | Bert Rechichar* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 22 punt returns for a 3.2 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| KR | Dick Nyers | 23 | 1 | 0 | 17 kick returns for a 20.6 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Alan Ameche* | 24 | FB | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 6/1/1933 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1955 |
| Raymond Berry | 24 | E | 12 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Schreiner College,SMU | 2/27/1933 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 20th / 232nd pick / 1954 |
| Ordell Braase | 25 | DE | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | South Dakota | 3/13/1932 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 160th pick / 1954 |
| Jack Call | 22 | HB | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Colgate | 7/30/1935 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 151st pick / 1957 |
| Joe Campanella | 27 | LB-DT-T | 11 | 0 | 242 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 9/3/1930 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 36th pick / 1952 |
| Cotton Davidson | 26 | QB | 12 | 0 | 182 | 6-1 | Baylor | 11/30/1931 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1954 |
| Milt Davis+ | 28 | DB | 12 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | UCLA | 5/31/1929 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 8th / 97th pick / 1954 |
| Art DeCarlo | 26 | DB-E | 6 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Georgia | 3/23/1931 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 65th pick / 1953 |
| Art Donovan*+ | 32 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 263 | 6-2 | Boston College,Notre Dame | 6/5/1925 | 7 | New York Giants / 22nd / 204th pick / 1947 |
| L.G. Dupre | 25 | HB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Baylor | 9/10/1932 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 27th pick / 1955 |
| Doug Eggers | 27 | LB | 11 | 0 | 213 | 6-0 | South Dakota State | 9/21/1930 | 3 | |
| Ken Jackson | 28 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | Texas | 4/26/1929 | 5 | New York Yanks / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1951 |
| Don Joyce | 28 | DE-DT | 12 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Tulane | 10/8/1929 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 18th pick / 1951 |
| Gene Lipscomb | 26 | DT | 12 | 0 | 284 | 6-6 | none | 8/9/1931 | 4 | |
| Gino Marchetti*+ | 30 | DE-T-DT | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | San Francisco | 1/2/1927 | 5 | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 14th pick / 1952 |
| Henry Moore | 23 | DB-HB | 11 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 4/3/1934 | 1 | New York Giants / 2nd / 19th pick / 1956 |
| Lenny Moore | 24 | HB-FL | 12 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Penn State | 11/25/1933 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 9th pick / 1956 |
| Jim Mutscheller* | 27 | E-DE | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/31/1930 | 3 | Dallas Texans / 12th / 134th pick / 1952 |
| Steve Myhra | 23 | G-LB-K | 12 | 0 | 237 | 6-1 | Minnesota,North Dakota | 4/2/1934 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 139th pick / 1956 |
| Andy Nelson | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Memphis | 5/27/1933 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 126th pick / 1957 |
| Buzz Nutter | 26 | C-LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 2/16/1931 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1953 |
| Dick Nyers | 23 | DB-HB | 7 | 0 | 177 | 5-11 | Indianapolis | 9/8/1934 | 1 | |
| Luke Owens | 24 | DE-DT-T | 11 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Kent State | 10/19/1933 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1957 |
| Jim Parker | 23 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 273 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 4/3/1934 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 8th pick / 1957 |
| Jack Patera | 24 | LB | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Oregon | 8/1/1933 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 44th pick / 1955 |
| Bill Pellington | 30 | LB | 1 | 0 | 234 | 6-2 | Defiance,Rutgers | 9/25/1927 | 4 | |
| George Preas | 24 | T-G-LB | 10 | 0 | 244 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 6/25/1933 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 51st pick / 1955 |
| Billy Pricer | 23 | FB | 12 | 0 | 208 | 5-10 | Oklahoma | 9/3/1934 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 65th pick / 1957 |
| Bert Rechichar* | 27 | DB-LB-HB-E | 12 | 0 | 209 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 7/16/1930 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| Alex Sandusky | 25 | G | 12 | 12 | 235 | 6-1 | Clarion | 8/17/1932 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 184th pick / 1954 |
| George Shaw | 24 | QB | 7 | 0 | 183 | 6-1 | Oregon | 7/25/1933 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1955 |
| Don Shinnick | 22 | LB | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-0 | UCLA | 5/15/1935 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 20th pick / 1957 |
| Art Spinney | 30 | G-DE | 11 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Boston College | 11/8/1927 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 184th pick / 1950 |
| Dick Szymanski | 25 | C-LB | 5 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 10/7/1932 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 16th pick / 1955 |
| Carl Taseff | 29 | DB-HB | 4 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | John Carroll | 9/28/1928 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 |
| Jesse Thomas | 29 | DB | 10 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Michigan State | 5/23/1928 | 2 | New York Yanks / 10th / 119th pick / 1951 |
| Johnny Unitas* | 24 | QB | 12 | 12 | 194 | 6-1 | Louisville | 5/7/1933 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1955 |
| Royce Womble | 26 | HB-FL | 10 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | North Texas | 8/12/1931 | 3 | |
| Team Total | 25.7 | 12 | 217.8 | 6-1.3 | 2.5 |