1957 Baltimore Colts - Pro Football Archives

1957 Baltimore Colts (NFL)

3rd place Western Conference 7-5-0 .583

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/17/1957	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17-10	W	Hershey, PA	Hershey Stadium	17026
Sat	8/24/1957	N	Chicago Bears	24-24	T	Cincinnati, OH	Xavier Stadium
Sun	9/8/1957	H	Washington Redskins	14-24	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	24352
Sun	9/15/1957	N	Chicago Cardinals	27-9	W	Louisville, KY	Fairgrounds Stadium	17216
Sat	9/21/1957	N	Chicago Cardinals	21-28	L	St. Louis, MO	Sportsman's Park	21182
Sun	9/29/1957	H	Detroit Lions	34-14	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	40112
Sat	10/5/1957	H	Chicago Bears	21-10	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	46558
Sun	10/13/1957	A	Green Bay Packers	45-17	W	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	26322
Sun	10/20/1957	A	Detroit Lions	27-31	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	55764
Sun	10/27/1957	H	Green Bay Packers	21-24	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	48510
Sun	11/3/1957	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-19	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	42575
Sun	11/10/1957	A	Washington Redskins	21-17	W	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	33149
Sun	11/17/1957	A	Chicago Bears	29-14	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	47168
Sun	11/24/1957	H	San Francisco 49ers	27-21	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	50073
Sun	12/1/1957	H	Los Angeles Rams	31-14	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	52060
Sun	12/8/1957	A	San Francisco 49ers	13-17	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	59686
Sun	12/15/1957	A	Los Angeles Rams	21-37	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	52560

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
35	Alan Ameche	FB	6-1	218	24	Wisconsin	12	12
82	Raymond Berry	LOE	6-2	189	24	Schreiner Institute JC; Southern Methodist	12	12
81	Ordell Braase	LDE	6-4	240	25	South Dakota	12	0
25	Jack Call	LOH	6-1	200	22	Colgate	12	1
71/73	Joe Campanella	MG-DT	6-1	242	27	Ohio State	11	0
18	Cotton Davidson	QB-P	6-0	182	26	Baylor	12	0
20	Milt Davis	RDH	6-1	188	28	Los Angeles CC; UCLA	12	12
23	Art DeCarlo	LDH	6-2	196	26	Georgia	6	3
70	Art Donovan	LDT	6-2	263	33	Notre Dame; Boston College	12	12
45	L.G. Dupre	LOH-P	5-11	190	25	Baylor	12	11
67	Doug Eggers	LLB-RLB	6-0	213	27	South Dakota State	11	10
74	Ken Jackson	LOG-ROT	6-2	236	28	Texas	12	4
83	Don Joyce	RDE	6-3	253	28	Tulane	12	12
76	Gene Lipscomb	RDT	6-6	284	26	none	12	12
89	Gino Marchetti	LDE	6-4	244	31	Modesto JC; San Francisco	12	12
27	Henry Moore	LDH	6-1	195	23	Arkansas	11	3
24	Lenny Moore	ROH	6-1	191	24	Penn State	12	12
84	Jim Mutscheller	ROE	6-1	213	27	Notre Dame	12	11
65	Steve Myhra	K-LOG	6-1	237	23	Minnesota; North Dakota	12	1
80	Andy Nelson	LS	6-1	180	24	Memphis	12	12
50	Buzz Nutter	C	6-4	230	26	Virginia Tech	12	12
21	Dick Nyers	OHB	5-11	177	23	Indianapolis	7	0
72	Luke Owens	OT	6-2	254	23	Kent State	11	0
77	Jim Parker	LOT	6-3	273	23	Ohio State	12	12
61	Jack Patera	MG	6-1	234	24	Oregon	12	12
36	Bill Pellington	LLB	6-2	234	30	Defiance; Rutgers	1	1
60	George Preas	ROT	6-2	244	24	Virginia Tech	10	10
31	Billy Pricer	FB	5-10	208	23	Oklahoma	12	0
44	Bert Rechichar	RS-K	6-1	209	27	Tennessee	12	12
68	Alex Sandusky	ROG	6-1	235	25	Clarion	12	12
14	George Shaw	QB	6-1	183	24	Oregon	7	1
66	Don Shinnick	RLB-LLB	6-0	232	22	Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA	12	12
63	Art Spinney	LOG	6-0	230	30	Boston College	10	9
52	Dick Szymanski	LLB	6-3	233	25	Notre Dame	5	1
23	Carl Taseff	LDH	5-11	182	29	John Carroll	4	4
40	Jesse Thomas	LDH-RS	5-10	180	29	Michigan State	10	2
19	Johnny Unitas	QB	6-1	194	24	Louisville	12	11
26	Royce Womble	ROE-ROH-LOH	6-0	185	26	North Texas	10	1

Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	8	Jim Parker	G	Ohio State
2	20	Don Shinnick	LB	UCLA
3	32	Luke Owens	T	Kent State
4	44	Jackie Simpson	B	Florida
5	54	Ronnie Underwood	B	Arkansas
6	65	Billy Pricer	B	Oklahoma
7	79	Reuben Saage	B	Baylor
8	90	Jack Harmon	E	Eastern Oregon
9	101	Bob White	T	Otterbein
10	115	Joe Neal Grisham	E	Austin Peay State
11	126	Andy Nelson	QB	Memphis
12	137	Don Simonic	T	Tennessee Tech
13	151	Jack Call	B	Colgate
14	162	Joe Guido	B	Youngstown State
15	173	Hall Whitley	C	Texas A&M-Kingsville
16	185	Joe Cannavino	HB	Ohio State
16	187	Ed Prelock	T	Kansas
17	198	Dan Wisniewski	G	Pittsburgh
18	209	Jim Villa	B	Allegheny
19	223	Chuck Froehle	G	St. John's (Minnesota)
20	234	Walt Livingston	B	Heidelberg
21	245	Owen Mulholland	B	Houston
22	259	Chet Vanatta	T	Kansas
23	270	Connie Baird	E	Hardin-Simmons
24	281	Harwood Hoeft	E	South Dakota State
25	295	Harland Geach	T	College of Idaho
26	306	Joe Unitas	T	Louisville
27	317	Len DeMalon	G	St. Vincent
28	331	Walt Schneiter	T	Colorado
29	342	Bob Rasmussen	G	Minnesota
30	352	Bob Bailey	E	Thiel

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	82	65	70	86
Opponents Totals	34	75	28	98

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		222	91	117	14	/ %	/ %	67	712
Opponents Totals		204	69	118	17	/ %	/ %	60	546

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Lenny Moore	11	0	0		0	0		0	66
Jim Mutscheller	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Alan Ameche	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Raymond Berry	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Bert Rechichar	0	22	25	88.0	3	13	23.1	0	31
Steve Myhra	0	14	16	87.5	4	6	66.7	0	26
L.G. Dupre	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Milt Davis	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Gino Marchetti	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Shaw	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Johnny Unitas	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	41	36	41	87.8	7	19	36.8	0	303
Opponents Totals	29	29	29	100.0	10	21	47.6	1	235

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Steve Myhra	4	6	66.7	2/	0/	1/	1/	0/
Bert Rechichar	3	13	23.1	0/	2/	1/	0/	0/
Team Totals	7	19	36.8	2/	2/	2/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	10	21	47.6	4/	3/	1/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Alan Ameche	144	493	3.4	49	5
Lenny Moore	98	488	5.0	55t	3
L.G. Dupre	101	375	3.7	22	2
Johnny Unitas	42	171	4.1	24	1
Jack Call	33	145	4.4	24	0
George Shaw	5	30	6.0	11	1
Billy Pricer	2	18	9.0	14	0
Royce Womble	7	18	2.6	7	0
Steve Myhra	1	1	1.0	1	0
Dick Nyers	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	434	1735	4.0	55t	12
Opponents Totals	375	1174	3.1	57	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Johnny Unitas	301	172	57.1	112	2550	8.5	14.8	82t	24	8.0	17	5.6	212	2338	88.0
George Shaw	9	5	55.6	3	58	6.4	11.6	11	1	11.1	1	11.1	8	50	72.7
Cotton Davidson	2	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	0.0
Lenny Moore	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	314	177	56.4	118	2608	8.3	14.7	82t	25	8.0	19	6.1	220	2388	85.0
Opponents Totals	342	175	51.2	139	2548	7.5	14.6	75t	19	5.6	28	8.2	316	2232	60.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Raymond Berry	47	800	17.0	67t	6
Lenny Moore	40	687	17.2	82t	7
Jim Mutscheller	32	558	17.4	66t	8
L.G. Dupre	32	339	10.6	43	2
Alan Ameche	15	137	9.1	40	2
Royce Womble	7	69	9.9	37	0
Jack Call	4	18	4.5	8	0
Team Totals	177	2608	14.7	82t	25
Opponents Totals	175	2548	14.6	75t	19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Milt Davis	10	219	21.9	75t	2
Bert Rechichar	5	33	6.6	21	0
Andy Nelson	5	29	5.8	13	0
Don Shinnick	2	31	15.5	22	0
Jack Patera	1	16	16.0	16	0
Art DeCarlo	1	14	14.0	14	0
Carl Taseff	1	7	7.0	7	0
Don Joyce	1	0	0.0	0	0
Henry Moore	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jesse Thomas	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	349	12.5	75t	2
Opponents Totals	19	180	9.5	28	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Cotton Davidson	47	1664	35.4	56	4
Bert Rechichar	5	157	31.4	51	0
L.G. Dupre	3	75	25.0	38	0
Team Totals	55	1896	34.5	56	4	109	1707	31.0
Opponents Totals	56	2381	42.5	76		133

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bert Rechichar	22	71	3.2	22
Carl Taseff	7	60	8.6	49
Lenny Moore	2	0	0.0	0
Don Shinnick	1	2	2.0	2
Milt Davis	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	33	133	4.0	49
Opponents Totals	34	109	3.2	28

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jack Call	14	329	23.5	45	0
Dick Nyers	17	350	20.6	46	0
Cotton Davidson	5	79	15.8	21	0
Billy Pricer	2	40	20.0	23	0
Lenny Moore	1	108	108.0	92t	1
Luke Owens	1	23	23.0	23	0
Steve Myhra	1	19	19.0	19	0
Bert Rechichar	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	42	948	22.6	92t	1
Opponents Totals	49	1120	22.9	64	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Alan Ameche	3		0	0	0	0	0
Jack Call	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Milt Davis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Art Donovan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
L.G. Dupre	1		0	0	0	0	0
Doug Eggers	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Jackson	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Gino Marchetti	0	0	0	3	3	0	1
Lenny Moore	6		2	0	2	0	0
Jim Mutscheller	1		0	0	0	0	0
Steve Myhra	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Dick Nyers	1		0	0	0	0	0
Luke Owens	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
George Preas	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Billy Pricer	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bert Rechichar	1		1	0	1	0	0
Alex Sandusky	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Shinnick	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Carl Taseff	1		0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Unitas	7		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	22	12	10	12	22	9	1
Opponents Totals	29	12	17	12	29		0