1957 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Conference • 8-4-0 .667 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: George Wilson |
| Red Cochran | Offensive Backs |
| Aldo Forte | Line |
| Bob Nussbaumer | Offensive Ends |
| Buster Ramsey | Defense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/14/1957 | H | Cleveland Browns | 20-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 40510 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1957 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 34-27 | W | Toledo, OH | Glass Bowl | 12077 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1957 | N | Washington Redskins | 31-14 | W | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 15000 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1957 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-20 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20630 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1957 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-23 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 34369 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1957 | H | New York Giants | 0-17 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 30159 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1957 | A | Baltimore Colts | 14-34 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 40112 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1957 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 32120 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1957 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 10-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55914 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1957 | H | Baltimore Colts | 31-27 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55764 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1957 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-35 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 77314 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1957 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 31-35 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59702 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1957 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-16 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 29302 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1957 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 31-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 56915 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1957 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55749 | |
| Thu | 11/28/1957 | H | Green Bay Packers | 18-6 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 54301 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1957 | H | Cleveland Browns | 20-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55814 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1957 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41088 | |
| Western Conference Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/22/1957 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 31-27 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 60118 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/29/1957 | H | Cleveland Browns | 59-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 58263 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Charlie Ane | 50 | ROT-C | 6-2 | 260 | 26 | Compton JC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Terry Barr | 41 | RDH | 6-0 | 189 | 22 | Michigan | 12 | 0 |
| Marv Brown | 12 | OHB | 5-8 | 150 | 26 | Tarleton State JC; Texas A&M-Commerce | 4 | 0 |
| Stan Campbell | 67 | LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 226 | 27 | Iowa State | 12 | 5 |
| Howard Cassady | 40 | ROH-LOH | 5-10 | 183 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 8 |
| Jack Christiansen | 24 | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Colorado State | 12 | 11 |
| Lou Creekmur | 76 | LOT-LOG | 6-4 | 246 | 30 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| Gene Cronin | 68 | RDE-LDT-LOG | 6-2 | 229 | 24 | Sacramento CC; Pacific | 12 | 5 |
| Jimmy David | 25 | LDH | 5-10 | 178 | 30 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| Dorne Dibble | 87 | LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Michigan State | 12 | 2 |
| Jim Doran | 83 | LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 201 | 30 | Iowa State | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Gatski | 52 | C | 6-2 | 233 | 36 | Marshall; Auburn | 12 | 12 |
| Gene Gedman | 26 | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Indiana | 10 | 10 |
| John Gordy | 75 | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 22 | Tennessee | 12 | 9 |
| Leon Hart | 82 | FB-LOH | 6-5 | 257 | 29 | Notre Dame | 11 | 1 |
| John Henry Johnson | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | St. Mary's (California); Arizona State | 12 | 10 |
| Steve Junker | 88 | ROE-LOE | 6-3 | 217 | 22 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 8 |
| Carl Karilivacz | 21 | RDH | 6-0 | 188 | 27 | Syracuse | 12 | 12 |
| Ray Krouse | 70 | LDT | 6-3 | 263 | 30 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Yale Lary | 28 | RS | 6-0 | 187 | 27 | Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
| Bobby Layne | 22 | QB-K | 6-1 | 201 | 31 | Texas | 11 | 5 |
| Bob Long | 86 | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 23 | UCLA | 12 | 9 |
| Gary Lowe | 43 | LS | 5-11 | 196 | 23 | Michigan State | 8 | 1 |
| Gil Mains | 72 | RDE-RDT | 6-2 | 243 | 28 | Murray State | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Martin | 47 | LLB-MLB-K | 6-2 | 227 | 33 | Notre Dame | 12 | 3 |
| Darris McCord | 78 | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Dave Middleton | 84 | LOE-ROE | 6-1 | 194 | 24 | Auburn | 8 | 3 |
| Bob Miller | 74 | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 242 | 28 | Virginia | 12 | 7 |
| Gerry Perry | 79 | LDE-LDT | 6-4 | 237 | 27 | Pepperdine; Compton JC; California | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 80 | ROH-ROE | 6-2 | 217 | 23 | Iowa | 12 | 5 |
| Tobin Rote | 18 | QB | 6-3 | 211 | 29 | Rice | 12 | 7 |
| Ken Russell | 73 | ROT-LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 22 | Bowling Green State | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 56 | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| Harley Sewell | 66 | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Texas | 10 | 10 |
| Tom Tracy | 30 | FB-LOH | 5-9 | 205 | 23 | Tennessee | 9 | 1 |
| Roger Zatkoff | 57 | RLB | 6-2 | 216 | 26 | Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 12 | Bill Glass | G | Baylor |
| 2 | 24 | John Gordy | T | Tennessee |
| 3 | 36 | Terry Barr | B | Michigan |
| 4 | 48 | Steve Junker | E | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 5 | 59 | John Barrow | G | Florida |
| 6 | 71 | Ken Russell | T | Bowling Green State |
| 7 | 83 | Gerry Leahy | E | Colorado |
| 8 | 95 | Dave Liddick | T | George Washington |
| 9 | 107 | John Nikkel | E | Texas Christian |
| 10 | 119 | Tom Rychlec | E | American International |
| 11 | 131 | Carl Osterloh | C | Missouri |
| 12 | 143 | Charlie O'Brien | E | Valparaiso |
| 13 | 155 | Bill West | B | Eastern Oregon |
| 14 | 167 | Phil Smith | B | Jacksonville State |
| 15 | 179 | Gene Alderton | C | Maryland |
| 16 | 191 | Hillmer Olson | C | Virginia Tech |
| 17 | 203 | Jack Kemp | QB | Occidental |
| 18 | 215 | Jay Weenig | G | Brigham Young |
| 19 | 227 | Bob Gunderman | E | Virginia |
| 20 | 239 | Alex Lazzerino | T | South Carolina |
| 21 | 251 | Dudley Meredith | T | Lamar |
| 22 | 263 | Tom Schulte | E | Eastern Kentucky |
| 23 | 275 | George Gillar | B | Texas A&M |
| 24 | 287 | Joe Scales | B | Vanderbilt |
| 25 | 299 | Carl Johnson | B | South Dakota |
| 26 | 311 | Ed Muelhaupt | G | Iowa State |
| 27 | 323 | Dick Trafas | E | St. Thomas (Minnesota) |
| 28 | 335 | Joe Bob Smith | B | Houston |
| 29 | 347 | Hugh Martin | G | Pomona-Pitzer |
| 30 | 358 | Mike Shill | T | Furman |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 71 | 53 | 86 | 251 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 95 | 37 | 62 | 231 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 221 | 103 | 105 | 13 | / % | / % | 65 | 673 | |
| Opponents Totals | 198 | 81 | 100 | 17 | / % | / % | 65 | 577 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 0 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 43 |
| Howard Cassady | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jim Doran | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| John Henry Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jim Martin | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 0 | 26 |
| Steve Junker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gene Gedman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jerry Reichow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dave Middleton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tobin Rote | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gerry Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 30 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 1 | 251 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 27 | 29 | 93.1 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 0 | 231 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Martin | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 0 | 47 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 0/1 |
| Bobby Layne | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 25 | 4/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 0 | 47 | 6/6 | 5/10 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 3/ | 6/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henry Johnson | 129 | 621 | 4.8 | 62t | 5 |
| Tobin Rote | 70 | 366 | 5.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Gene Gedman | 67 | 278 | 4.1 | 59 | 3 |
| Howard Cassady | 73 | 250 | 3.4 | 57 | 3 |
| Leon Hart | 24 | 99 | 4.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 24 | 99 | 4.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 16 | 46 | 2.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Marv Brown | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 409 | 1811 | 4.4 | 62 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 406 | 1521 | 3.7 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 179 | 87 | 48.6 | 80 | 1169 | 6.5 | 13.4 | 65t | 6 | 3.4 | 12 | 6.7 | 110 | 1059 | 53.0 | |
| Tobin Rote | 177 | 76 | 42.9 | 91 | 1070 | 6.0 | 14.1 | 48 | 11 | 6.2 | 10 | 5.6 | 87 | 983 | 60.2 | |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Jerry Reichow | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Gene Gedman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | -13 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 361 | 163 | 45.2 | 176 | 2239 | 6.2 | 13.7 | 65t | 17 | 4.7 | 22 | 6.1 | 210 | 2029 | 55.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 290 | 163 | 56.2 | 102 | 2099 | 7.2 | 12.9 | 74t | 15 | 5.2 | 25 | 8.6 | 255 | 1844 | 60.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Doran | 33 | 624 | 18.9 | 65t | 5 |
| Howard Cassady | 25 | 325 | 13.0 | 48 | 3 |
| Steve Junker | 22 | 305 | 13.9 | 32 | 4 |
| John Henry Johnson | 20 | 141 | 7.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 18 | 294 | 16.3 | 56 | 2 |
| Jerry Reichow | 17 | 215 | 12.6 | 32t | 3 |
| Gene Gedman | 10 | 135 | 13.5 | 47 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 8 | 121 | 15.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Leon Hart | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 163 | 2239 | 13.7 | 65t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 163 | 2099 | 12.9 | 74t | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Christiansen | 10 | 137 | 13.7 | 52 | 1 |
| Carl Karilivacz | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Jimmy David | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Jim Martin | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Long | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 311 | 12.4 | 63 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 292 | 13.3 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Lary | 54 | 2156 | 39.9 | 66 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Team Totals | 54 | 2156 | 39.9 | 66 | 0 | 54 | 38.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 2250 | 40.9 | 200 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Lary | 25 | 139 | 5.6 | 36 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 18 | 0 | |
| Marv Brown | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Carl Karilivacz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 200 | 4.9 | 36 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 54 | 1.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Cassady | 10 | 232 | 23.2 | 37 | 0 | |
| Terry Barr | 9 | 153 | 17.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Gene Gedman | 6 | 158 | 26.3 | 45 | 0 | |
| Marv Brown | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jack Christiansen | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Gerry Perry | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Gene Cronin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 747 | 20.2 | 45 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 1044 | 22.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Ane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Campbell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Cassady | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Creekmur | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy David | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Gedman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Leon Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Henry Johnson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Karilivacz | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | |
| Yale Lary | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Darris McCord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Gerry Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Harley Sewell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Zatkoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0 |
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