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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.

Simple Rating System: Total -4.2, Offense: -5.0, Defense: 0.9, SoS: 0.6, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Hugh Devore

Training Camp: (Hershey, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 5.1 199 133 257 1969 10 17 7.3 94 451 1714 15 3.8 83 36 19 22
Lg Rank Offense 11 12 12 10 12 11 9 10 7 9 11 10 10 8
Lg Rank Defense 5 8 7 5 8 2 8 11 10 7 8 6 5 2

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 29 boxscore L 0-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 13 17 13 188 63 125 2 17 270 82 188 1
2 Sat October 5 boxscore L 0-2 New York Giants 20 24 6 73 16 57 2 24 376 193 183 4
3 Sun October 13 boxscore L 0-3 @ Cleveland Browns 7 24 10 107 44 63 3 11 244 79 165 1
4 Sun October 20 boxscore W 1-3 Cleveland Browns 17 7 13 270 84 186 1 14 285 182 103 6
5 Sun October 27 boxscore L 1-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 0 6 5 70 70 5 15 334 227 107 3
6 Sun November 3 boxscore W 2-4 @ Chicago Cardinals 38 21 20 364 199 165 3 19 354 281 73 6
7 Sun November 10 boxscore L 2-5 Detroit Lions 16 27 13 201 44 157 5 18 376 177 199 4
8 Sun November 17 boxscore L 2-6 @ New York Giants 0 13 16 253 40 213 4 13 189 79 110 1
9 Sun November 24 boxscore W 3-6 Washington Redskins 21 12 12 308 186 122 3 14 230 123 107 3
10 Sun December 1 boxscore W 4-6 Pittsburgh Steelers 7 6 10 220 67 153 2 13 258 87 171 2
11 Sun December 8 boxscore L 4-7 @ Washington Redskins 7 42 13 247 140 107 7 20 376 173 203 3
12 Sat December 14 boxscore L 4-8 Chicago Cardinals 27 31 18 436 272 164 2 21 391 286 105 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
11 Bobby Thomason 29 QB 12 7 2-5-0 46 92 50.0 630 4 4.3 10 10.9 67 6.8 2.8 13.7 52.5 47.2 0 0
9 Sonny Jurgensen 23 qb 10 5 2-3-0 33 70 47.1 470 5 7.1 8 11.4 61 6.7 3.0 14.2 47.0 53.6 0 0
10 Al Dorow 28 6 0 17 36 47.2 212 1 2.8 4 11.1 49 5.9 1.4 12.5 35.3 35.6 0 0
26 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 0 0
33 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 0 0
25 Tommy McDonald 23 PR 12 0 1 1 100.0 11 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 11.0 11.0 11.0 0.9 112.5 0 0
41 Jerry Norton* 26 LS/P 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Team Total 26.4 12 4-8-0 99 204 48.5 1379 10 4.9 23 11.3 67 6.8 2.7 13.9 114.9 47.4 0 0
Opp Total 12 133 257 51.8 2083 10 3.9 17 6.6 8.1 5.91 15.7 173.6 64.4 14 114 7.3 5.2 5.2

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
33 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
26 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
23 Ken Keller 23 KR 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
32 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
10 Al Dorow 28 6 0 17 52 2 14 3.1 8.7 2.8 52 2 1
11 Bobby Thomason 29 QB 12 7 15 62 3 19 4.1 5.2 1.3 62 3 1
25 Tommy McDonald 23 PR 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
9 Sonny Jurgensen 23 qb 10 5 10 -3 2 8 -0.3 -0.3 1.0 -3 2 0
41 Jerry Norton* 26 LS/P 12 0 2 73 0 61 36.5 6.1 0.2 73 0 0
83 Bobby Walston 29 K/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
80 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
44 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
36 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
84 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
45 Rocky Ryan 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 91 22.8 2 46 0.4 10.1 91 2 0
64 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
25 Tommy McDonald 23 PR 12 0 26 127 0 28 4.9 11 304 0 50 27.6 695
23 Ken Keller 23 KR 12 0 9 59 0 38 6.6 15 320 0 37 21.3 605
26 Clarence Peaks 22 FB 12 0 5 98 0 27 19.6 692
32 Neil Worden 26 12 0 4 63 0 19 15.8 199
41 Jerry Norton* 26 LS/P 12 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 2 33 0 18 16.5 119
36 Dick Bielski 25 12 0 2 11 0 10 5.5 92
81 Eddie Bell 26 LDH 12 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
20 Jimmy Harris 23 RS 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
74 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
41 Jerry Norton* 26 LS/P 12 0 68 2798 63 1 41.1
83 Bobby Walston 29 K/LE 12 0 12 9 75.0% 21 20 95.2%
36 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
33 Billy Ray Barnes* 22 LH 12 0 0 8 3 0 0
41 Jerry Norton* 26 LS/P 12 0 4 155 1 99 0 0 0 5 4 0
25 Tommy McDonald 23 PR 12 0 0 5 3 0 0
26 Clarence Peaks 22 FB 12 0 0 5 1 0 0
60 Chuck Bednarik* 32 LLB 11 0 3 51 0 37 0 0 0 2 0 0
81 Eddie Bell 26 LDH 12 0 2 38 0 38 0 0 0 2 0 0
40 Tom Brookshier 26 RDH 12 0 4 74 0 40 0
20 Jimmy Harris 23 RS 12 0 3 99 1 65 0 0 0 1 2 0
23 Ken Keller 23 KR 12 0 0 3 0 0 0
75 Tom Saidock 27 RDT 11 5 0 0 3 0 0
10 Al Dorow 28 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
42 Bob Hudson 27 RLB 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 Sonny Jurgensen 23 qb 10 5 0 0 1 0 0
68 Bill Koman 23 lb 11 11 0 0 1 0 0
79 Buck Lansford 24 LT 10 10 0 0 1 0 0
82 Tom Scott* 27 LDE 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
80 Bill Stribling 30 RE 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 Bobby Thomason 29 QB 12 7 0 1 0 0 0
83 Bobby Walston 29 K/LE 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
77 Jim Weatherall 28 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
86 Norm Willey 30 RDE 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
74 Frank Wydo 33 12 0 1 25 0 25 0
73 Sid Youngelman 26 LDT 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.4 12 17 442 2 99 0 0 25 28 6 0
Opp Total 12 28 26 7

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
83 Bobby Walston 29 K/LE 12 0 1 1 20 9 53
25 Tommy McDonald 23 PR 12 0 3 3 18
11 Bobby Thomason 29 QB 12 7 3 3 18
33 Billy Ray Barnes* 22 LH 12 0 1 1 2 12
36 Dick Bielski 25 12 0 2 2 12
10 Al Dorow 28 6 0 2 2 12
9 Sonny Jurgensen 23 qb 10 5 2 2 12
45 Rocky Ryan 25 9 0 2 2 12
20 Jimmy Harris 23 RS 12 0 1 1 6
41 Jerry Norton* 26 LS/P 12 0 1 1 6
26 Clarence Peaks 22 FB 12 0 1 1 6
80 Bill Stribling 30 RE 12 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.4 12 9 10 2 21 20 9 173
Opp Total 12 15 10 26 14 230