1957 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 4-8-0, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 173 points (14.4/g), 11th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 230 points (19.2/g), 5th.
Differential of -57 points (-4.8/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 4.0-8.0.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 9th.

Coached by Hugh Devore (4-8-0)

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

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								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	@	Los Angeles Rams	13	17	13	188	63	125	2	17	270	82	188	1
2	Sat	October 5	box	L	0-2		New York Giants	20	24	6	73	16	57	2	24	376	193	183	4
3	Sun	October 13	box	L	0-3	@	Cleveland Browns	7	24	10	107	44	63	3	11	244	79	165	1
4	Sun	October 20	box	W	1-3		Cleveland Browns	17	7	13	270	84	186	1	14	285	182	103	6
5	Sun	October 27	box	L	1-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	0	6	5	70		70	5	15	334	227	107	3
6	Sun	November 3	box	W	2-4	@	Chicago Cardinals	38	21	20	364	199	165	3	19	354	281	73	6
7	Sun	November 10	box	L	2-5		Detroit Lions	16	27	13	201	44	157	5	18	376	177	199	4
8	Sun	November 17	box	L	2-6	@	New York Giants	0	13	16	253	40	213	4	13	189	79	110	1
9	Sun	November 24	box	W	3-6		Washington Redskins	21	12	12	308	186	122	3	14	230	123	107	3
10	Sun	December 1	box	W	4-6		Pittsburgh Steelers	7	6	10	220	67	153	2	13	258	87	171	2
11	Sun	December 8	box	L	4-7	@	Washington Redskins	7	42	13	247	140	107	7	20	376	173	203	3
12	Sat	December 14	box	L	4-8		Chicago Cardinals	27	31	18	436	272	164	2	21	391	286	105	2

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	173	2737	656	4.2	149	99	204	1155	10	23	5.0	51	424	1582	9	3.7	80	39	16	18
Team Defense	230	3683	722	5.1	315	133	257	1969	10	17	7.3	94	451	1714	15	3.8	199	36	19	22
Lg Rank Offense	11	12			12		10	12	11	9	11		7	9	11	10		10	8
Lg Rank Defense	5	8			7		5	8	2	8	11		10	7	8	6		5	2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	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
Bobby Thomason	29	QB	12	7	46	92	50.0	630	4	4.3	10	10.9	67	6.8	2.4	13.7	52.5	47.2
Sonny Jurgensen	23	qb	10	5	33	70	47.1	470	5	7.1	8	11.4	61	6.7	2.3	14.2	47.0	53.6
Al Dorow	28		6	0	17	36	47.2	212	1	2.8	4	11.1	49	5.9	1.2	12.5	35.3	35.6
Clarence Peaks	22	FB	12	0	2	3	66.7	56	0	0.0	1	33.3	37	18.7	3.7	28.0	4.7	70.1
Billy Ray Barnes*	22	LH	12	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Tommy McDonald	23	rh	12	0	1	1	100.0	11	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	11.0	11.0	11.0	0.9	112.5
Jerry Norton*	26	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	26.4		12		99	204	48.5	1379	10	4.9	23	11.3	67	6.8	2.2	13.9	114.9	47.4
Opp Total			12		133	257	51.8	1969	10	3.9	17	6.6		7.7	5.1	14.8	164.1	62.5	14	114	7.3	4.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Billy Ray Barnes*	22	LH	12	0	143	529	1	41	3.7	44.1	11.9	19	212	11.2	1	67	1.6	17.7	741	2	8
Clarence Peaks	22	FB	12	0	125	495	1	35	4.0	41.3	10.4	11	99	9.0	0	53	0.9	8.3	594	1	5
Ken Keller	23	RET	12	0	57	195	0	15	3.4	16.3	4.8	4	31	7.8	0	30	0.3	2.6	226	0	3
Neil Worden	26		12	0	42	133	0	17	3.2	11.1	3.5	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.1	0.3	136	0	0
Al Dorow	28		6	0	17	52	2	14	3.1	8.7	2.8								52	2	1
Bobby Thomason	29	QB	12	7	15	62	3	19	4.1	5.2	1.3								62	3	1
Tommy McDonald	23	rh	12	0	12	36	0	22	3.0	3.0	1.0	9	228	25.3	3	61	0.8	19.0	264	3	5
Sonny Jurgensen	23	qb	10	5	10	-3	2	8	-0.3	-0.3	1.0								-3	2	0
Jerry Norton*	26	LS	12	0	2	73	0	61	36.5	6.1	0.2								73	0	0
Bobby Walston	29	LE	12	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.6	0.1	11	266	24.2	1	49	0.9	22.2	273	1	1
Bill Stribling	30	RE	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	14	194	13.9	1	58	1.2	16.2	194	1	1
Pete Retzlaff	26	RH	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	10	120	12.0	0	28	0.8	10.0	120	0	0
Dick Bielski	25		12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	8	81	10.1	2	19	0.7	6.8	81	2	0
Hank Burnine	25		7	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	63	9.0	0	16	1.0	9.0	63	0	0
Rocky Ryan	25	re	9	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	91	22.8	2	46	0.4	10.1	91	2	0
Bob Gaona	26	RT	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	-9	-9.0	0	-9	0.1	-0.8	-9	0	0
Team Total	26.4		12		424	1582	9	61	3.7	131.8	35.3	99	1379	13.9	10	67	8.3	114.9	2961	19	25
Opp Total			12		451	1714	15		3.8	142.8	37.6	133	1969	14.8	10		11.1	164.1	3683	25	26

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Tommy McDonald	23	rh	12	0	26	127	0	28	4.9	11	304	0	50	27.6	695
Ken Keller	23	RET	12	0	9	59	0	38	6.6	15	320	0	37	21.3	605
Clarence Peaks	22	FB	12	0						5	98	0	27	19.6	692
Neil Worden	26		12	0						4	63	0	19	15.8	199
Jerry Norton*	26	LS	12	0	1	13	0	13	13.0	2	33	0	18	16.5	119
Dick Bielski	25		12	0						2	11	0	10	5.5	92
Eddie Bell	26	LDH	12	0						1	7	0	7	7.0	7
Jimmy Harris	23	RS	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
Frank Wydo	33		12	0						1	2	0	2	2.0	2
Team Total	26.4		12		37	199	0	38	5.4	41	838	0	50	20.4	3998
Opp Total			12		45		0			31	737	0		23.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Jerry Norton*	26	LS	12	0																	68	2798	63	1	41.1
Bobby Walston	29	LE	12	0											12	9	75.0%	21	20	95.2%
Dick Bielski	25		12	0											2		0.0%
Team Total	26.4		12												14	9	64.3%	21	20	95.2%	68	2798	63	1	41.1
Opp Total			12												29	14	48.3%	27	26	96.3%	58	2482			42.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Billy Ray Barnes*	22	LH	12	0								8	3	0	0
Chuck Bednarik*	32	LLB	11	0		3	51	0	37			0	2	0	0
Eddie Bell	26	LDH	12	0		2	38	0	38			0	2	0	0
Tom Brookshier	26	RDH	12	0		4	74	0	40
Al Dorow	28		6	0								1	0	0	0
Jimmy Harris	23	RS	12	0		3	99	1	65			0	1	2	0
Bob Hudson	27	RLB	12	0								0	1	0	0
Sonny Jurgensen	23	qb	10	5								0	1	0	0
Ken Keller	23	RET	12	0								3	0	0	0
Bill Koman	23		11	11								0	1	0	0
Buck Lansford	24	LT	10	10								0	1	0	0
Tommy McDonald	23	rh	12	0								5	3	0	0
Jerry Norton*	26	LS	12	0		4	155	1	99			0	5	4	0
Clarence Peaks	22	FB	12	0								5	1	0	0
Tom Saidock	27	RDT	11	5								0	3	0	0
Tom Scott*	27	LDE	12	0								0	1	0	0
Bill Stribling	30	RE	12	0								1	0	0	0
Bobby Thomason	29	QB	12	7								1	0	0	0
Bobby Walston	29	LE	12	0								1	0	0	0
Jim Weatherall	28		12	0								0	1	0	0
Norm Willey	30	RDE	12	0								0	1	0	0
Frank Wydo	33		12	0		1	25	0	25
Sid Youngelman	26	LDT	12	0								0	1	0	0
Team Total	26.4		12			17	442	2	99			25	28	6	0
Opp Total			12		28							26	7

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Bobby Walston	29	LE	12	0		1		20	9	53
Tommy McDonald	23	rh	12	0		3				18
Bobby Thomason	29	QB	12	7	3					18
Billy Ray Barnes*	22	LH	12	0	1	1				12
Dick Bielski	25		12	0		2				12
Al Dorow	28		6	0	2					12
Sonny Jurgensen	23	qb	10	5	2					12
Rocky Ryan	25	re	9	0		2				12
Jimmy Harris	23	RS	12	0			1			6
Jerry Norton*	26	LS	12	0			1			6
Clarence Peaks	22	FB	12	0	1					6
Bill Stribling	30	RE	12	0		1				6
Team Total	26.4		12		9	10	2	20	9	173
Opp Total			12		15	10		26	14	230

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