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Record: 8-4-0, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
1957 NFL Champions
Scored 251 points (20.9/g), 6th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 231 points (19.2/g), 7th.
Differential of 20 points (1.7/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 6.6-5.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.7/g), 3rd.
Coached by George Wilson (8-4-0)
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1957 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 29 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 34 | 13 | 201 | 178 | 23 | 4 | 18 | 392 | 241 | 151 | 3 |
| 2 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 24 | 14 | 19 | 327 | 78 | 249 | 2 | 11 | 205 | 107 | 98 | 5 |
| 3 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | 2-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 7 | 12 | 208 | 82 | 126 | 1 | 14 | 241 | 74 | 167 | 6 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 20 | box | W | 3-1 | Baltimore Colts | 31 | 27 | 20 | 369 | 191 | 178 | 4 | 15 | 322 | 205 | 117 | 6 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 27 | box | L | 3-2 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 35 | 24 | 308 | 220 | 88 | 4 | 21 | 357 | 133 | 224 | 4 |
| 6 | Sun | November 3 | box | L | 3-3 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 35 | 22 | 416 | 259 | 157 | 26 | 379 | 226 | 153 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | 4-3 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 27 | 16 | 18 | 376 | 177 | 199 | 4 | 13 | 201 | 44 | 157 | 5 |
| 8 | Sun | November 17 | box | W | 5-3 | San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 10 | 28 | 515 | 370 | 145 | 2 | 16 | 223 | 150 | 73 | 3 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 24 | box | L | 5-4 | Chicago Bears | 7 | 27 | 14 | 216 | 110 | 106 | 4 | 17 | 279 | 79 | 200 | 1 | |
| 10 | Thu | November 28 | box | W | 6-4 | Green Bay Packers | 18 | 6 | 13 | 349 | 134 | 215 | 5 | 19 | 286 | 228 | 58 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | December 8 | box | W | 7-4 | Cleveland Browns | 20 | 7 | 15 | 226 | 75 | 151 | 1 | 14 | 266 | 197 | 69 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 8-4 | @ | Chicago Bears | 21 | 13 | 23 | 329 | 155 | 174 | 4 | 14 | 214 | 160 | 54 | 2 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | December 22 | box | W | 9-4 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Championship | December 29 | box | W | 10-4 | Cleveland Browns | 59 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 251 | 3840 | 796 | 4.8 | 221 | 163 | 361 | 2029 | 17 | 22 | 5.2 | 105 | 409 | 1811 | 12 | 4.4 | 103 | 35 | 13 | 13 |
| Team Defense | 231 | 3365 | 728 | 4.6 | 315 | 163 | 290 | 1844 | 15 | 25 | 5.7 | 100 | 406 | 1521 | 13 | 3.7 | 198 | 43 | 18 | 17 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 31 | qb | 11 | 8 | 87 | 179 | 48.6 | 1169 | 6 | 3.4 | 12 | 6.7 | 65 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 13.4 | 106.3 | 53.0 | |||||
| Tobin Rote | 29 | QB | 12 | 4 | 76 | 177 | 42.9 | 1070 | 11 | 6.2 | 10 | 5.6 | 48 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 14.1 | 89.2 | 60.2 | |||||
| Gene Gedman | 25 | LH | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||
| Jerry Reichow | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||
| Yale Lary* | 27 | LS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 12 | 163 | 361 | 45.2 | 2239 | 17 | 4.7 | 22 | 6.1 | 65 | 6.2 | 3.9 | 13.7 | 186.6 | 55.9 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 163 | 290 | 56.2 | 1844 | 15 | 5.2 | 25 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 11.3 | 153.7 | 56.7 | 32 | 255 | 5.7 | 1.9 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| John Henry Johnson | 28 | FB | 12 | 0 | 129 | 621 | 5 | 62 | 4.8 | 51.8 | 10.8 | 20 | 141 | 7.1 | 0 | 16 | 1.7 | 11.8 | 762 | 5 | 9 |
| Howard Cassady | 23 | RH | 12 | 0 | 73 | 250 | 3 | 57 | 3.4 | 20.8 | 6.1 | 25 | 325 | 13.0 | 3 | 48 | 2.1 | 27.1 | 575 | 6 | 3 |
| Tobin Rote | 29 | QB | 12 | 4 | 70 | 366 | 1 | 23 | 5.2 | 30.5 | 5.8 | 366 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Gene Gedman | 25 | LH | 10 | 0 | 67 | 278 | 3 | 59 | 4.1 | 27.8 | 6.7 | 10 | 135 | 13.5 | 0 | 47 | 1.0 | 13.5 | 413 | 3 | 1 |
| Leon Hart | 29 | fb | 11 | 0 | 24 | 99 | 0 | 15 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 2.2 | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | 22 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 154 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 31 | qb | 11 | 8 | 24 | 99 | 0 | 21 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 2.2 | 99 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Tom Tracy | 23 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 46 | 0 | 17 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 70 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jerry Reichow | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 17 | 215 | 12.6 | 3 | 32 | 1.4 | 17.9 | 224 | 3 | 0 | |
| Marv Brown | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dorne Dibble | 28 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 8 | 121 | 15.1 | 0 | 23 | 0.7 | 10.1 | 126 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary* | 27 | LS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 32 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Jim Doran | 30 | LE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33 | 624 | 18.9 | 5 | 65 | 2.8 | 52.0 | 624 | 5 | 0 | |
| Steve Junker | 22 | RE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 | 305 | 13.9 | 4 | 32 | 1.8 | 25.4 | 305 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dave Middleton | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 294 | 16.3 | 2 | 56 | 2.3 | 36.8 | 294 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 12 | 409 | 1811 | 12 | 62 | 4.4 | 150.9 | 34.1 | 163 | 2239 | 13.7 | 17 | 65 | 13.6 | 186.6 | 4050 | 29 | 29 | ||
| Opp Total | 12 | 406 | 1521 | 13 | 3.7 | 126.8 | 33.8 | 163 | 1844 | 11.3 | 15 | 13.6 | 153.7 | 3365 | 28 | 28 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Yale Lary* | 27 | LS | 12 | 0 | 25 | 139 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 | 171 | |||||
| Terry Barr | 22 | RDH | 12 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 3.7 | 9 | 153 | 0 | 27 | 17.0 | 186 |
| Howard Cassady | 23 | RH | 12 | 0 | 10 | 232 | 0 | 37 | 23.2 | 807 | |||||
| Marv Brown | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 5.3 | 6 | 106 | 0 | 23 | 17.7 | 128 | |
| Jack Christiansen*+ | 29 | RS | 12 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 22 | 20.0 | 92 |
| Gene Gedman | 25 | LH | 10 | 0 | 6 | 158 | 0 | 45 | 26.3 | 571 | |||||
| Gene Cronin | 24 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Carl Karilivacz | 27 | rdh | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Gerry Perry | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 12 | 41 | 200 | 0 | 36 | 4.9 | 37 | 747 | 0 | 45 | 20.2 | 4997 | ||
| Opp Total | 12 | 33 | 0 | 47 | 1044 | 0 | 22.2 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Yale Lary* | 27 | LS | 12 | 0 | 54 | 2156 | 66 | 0 | 39.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 31 | qb | 11 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 54.5% | 25 | 25 | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Martin | 33 | LLB | 12 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 52.0% | 30 | 30 | 100.0% | 54 | 2156 | 66 | 0 | 39.9 | ||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 17 | 10 | 58.8% | 29 | 27 | 93.1% | 55 | 2250 | 40.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Charlie Ane | 26 | RT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Barr | 22 | RDH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Stan Campbell | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Howard Cassady | 23 | RH | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Christiansen*+ | 29 | RS | 12 | 0 | 10 | 137 | 1 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Lou Creekmur*+ | 30 | LT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim David* | 30 | LDH | 12 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Doran | 30 | LE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gene Gedman | 25 | LH | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leon Hart | 29 | fb | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Henry Johnson | 28 | FB | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Carl Karilivacz | 27 | rdh | 12 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Yale Lary* | 27 | LS | 12 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Layne | 31 | qb | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob W. Long | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Gary Lowe | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Jim Martin | 33 | LLB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Darris McCord* | 24 | LDE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dave Middleton | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Miller | 28 | RDT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gerry Perry | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 29 | QB | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Schmidt*+ | 25 | MLB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Harley Sewell* | 26 | LG | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Tracy | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roger Zatkoff | 26 | RLB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 12 | 25 | 311 | 1 | 63 | 29 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 26 | 28 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 31 | qb | 11 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 43 | |||||||||
| Howard Cassady | 23 | RH | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 | |||||||||
| Jim Doran | 30 | LE | 12 | 0 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| John Henry Johnson | 28 | FB | 12 | 0 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Jim Martin | 33 | LLB | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 26 | |||||||||
| Steve Junker | 22 | RE | 12 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Gene Gedman | 25 | LH | 10 | 0 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Reichow | 23 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Dave Middleton | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Jack Christiansen*+ | 29 | RS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 29 | QB | 12 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Darris McCord* | 24 | LDE | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 251 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 231 |