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1957 Detroit Lions

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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.

Simple Rating System: Total 2.0, Offense: 0.7, Defense: 1.4, SoS: 0.4, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by George Wilson

Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)


League Champion

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Draft Index · Full 1957 Draft Results
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos Yrs From To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
1 12 DET Bill Glass DE 11 1958 1968 0 4 10 73 144 Baylor
2 24 DET John Gordy G 10 1957 1967 0 3 10 54 134 Tennessee
3 36 DET Terry Barr HB 9 1957 1965 0 2 7 51 102 0 3 0 0 0 32 151 2 227 3810 35 Michigan
4 48 DET Steve Junker E 5 1957 1962 0 0 1 10 55 48 639 6
5 59 DET John Barrow G 0 0 0 Florida
6 71 DET Ken Russell T 3 1957 1959 0 0 1 11 26 Bowling Green
7 83 DET Jerry Leahy T 1 1957 1957 0 0 0 1 1 Colorado
8 95 DET Dave Liddick DT 2 1957 1958 0 0 0 4 4 George Washington
9 107 DET John Nikkel E 0 0 0 TCU
10 119 DET Tom Rychlec E 5 1958 1963 0 0 2 11 49 1 -18 0 87 1089 3 American Int.
11 131 DET Carl Osterloh C 0 0 0 Missouri
12 143 DET Charlie O'Brien E 0 0 0 Valparaiso
13 155 DET Bill West B 0 0 0 East. Oregon
14 167 DET Phil Smith B 0 0 0 Jacksonville St.
15 179 DET Gene Alderton C 0 0 0 Maryland
16 191 DET Hillmer Olson C 0 0 0 Virginia Tech
17 203 DET Jack Kemp QB 10 1957 1969 2 7 8 73 122 1436 3073 21218 114 183 356 1150 40 1 -9 0 Occidental
18 215 DET Jay Weenig G 0 0 0 BYU
19 227 DET Bob Gunderman E 1 1957 1957 0 0 0 1 1 Virginia
20 239 DET Alex Lazzerino T 0 0 0 South Carolina
21 251 DET Dudley Meredith DT 6 1963 1968 0 1 1 13 77 Lamar
22 263 DET Tom Schulte E 0 0 0 East. Kentucky
23 275 DET George Gillar B 0 0 0 Texas A&M
24 287 DET Joe Scales B 0 0 0 Vanderbilt
25 299 DET Carl Johnson B 0 0 0 South Dakota
26 311 DET Chuck Muelhaupt G 2 1960 1961 0 0 2 11 28 Iowa St.
27 323 DET Dick Trafas E 0 0 0 St. Thomas
28 335 DET Joe Smith B 0 0 0 Houston
29 347 DET Hugh Martin G 0 0 0 Pomona
30 358 DET Mike Shill T 0 0 0 Furman