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1957 Detroit Lions (NFL) 1st place Western Conference 8-4-0 .667

Red Cochran	Offensive Backs
Aldo Forte	Line
Bob Nussbaumer	Offensive Ends
Garrard Ramsey	Defense

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
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
Sun	12/22/1957	A	San Francisco 49ers	31-27	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	60118	Western Conference Playoff
Sun	12/29/1957	H	Cleveland Browns	59-14	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	58263	League Championship

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
50	Charlie Ane	ROT-C	6-2	260	26	Compton JC; Southern California	12	12
41	Terry Barr	RDH	6-0	189	22	Michigan	12	0
12	Marv Brown	OHB	5-8	150	27	Tarleton State JC; Texas A&M-Commerce	4	0
67	Stan Campbell	LOG-ROG	6-0	226	27	Iowa State	12	5
40	Howard Cassady	ROH-LOH	5-10	183	23	Ohio State	12	8
24	Jack Christiansen	LS	6-1	190	29	Colorado State	12	11
76	Lou Creekmur	LOT-LOG	6-4	246	30	William & Mary	12	12
68	Gene Cronin	RDE-LDT-LOG	6-2	229	24	Sacramento CC; Pacific	12	5
25	Jimmy David	LDH	5-10	178	30	Colorado State	12	12
87	Dorne Dibble	LOE-ROE	6-2	195	28	Michigan State	12	2
83	Jim Doran	LOE-ROE	6-2	201	30	Iowa State	12	12
52	Frank Gatski	C	6-2	233	36	Marshall; Auburn	12	12
26	Gene Gedman	LOH-ROH	5-11	195	25	Indiana	10	10
75	John Gordy	ROG	6-3	248	22	Tennessee	12	9
82	Leon Hart	FB-LOH	6-5	257	29	Notre Dame	11	1
35	John Henry Johnson	FB	6-2	210	28	St. Mary's (California); Arizona State	12	10
88	Steve Junker	ROE-LOE	6-3	217	22	Xavier (Ohio)	12	8
21	Carl Karilivacz	RDH	6-0	188	27	Syracuse	12	12
70	Ray Krouse	LDT	6-3	263	30	Maryland	12	12
28	Yale Lary	RS	6-0	187	27	Texas A&M	12	12
22	Bobby Layne	QB-K	6-1	201	31	Texas	11	5
86	Bob Long	LLB	6-3	232	23	UCLA	12	9
43	Gary Lowe	LS	5-11	196	23	Michigan State	7	1
72	Gil Mains	RDE-RDT	6-2	243	28	Murray State	12	12
47	Jim Martin	LLB-MLB-K	6-2	227	33	Notre Dame	12	3
78	Darris McCord	LDE	6-4	250	24	Tennessee	12	12
84	Dave Middleton	LOE-ROE	6-1	194	24	Auburn	8	3
74	Bob Miller	RDT-LDT	6-3	242	28	Virginia	12	7
79	Gerry Perry	LDE-LDT	6-4	237	27	Pepperdine; Compton JC; California	12	0
80	Jerry Reichow	ROH-ROE	6-2	217	23	Iowa	12	5
18	Tobin Rote	QB	6-3	211	29	Rice	12	7
73	Ken Russell	ROT-LOT	6-3	253	22	Bowling Green State	10	0
56	Joe Schmidt	MLB	6-1	220	25	Pittsburgh	12	12
66	Harley Sewell	LOG	6-1	230	26	Texas	10	10
30	Tom Tracy	FB-LOH	5-9	205	23	Tennessee	9	1
57	Roger Zatkoff	RLB	6-2	216	26	Michigan	12	12

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College
Bill Glass	1	12	G	Baylor
John Gordy	2	24	T	Tennessee
Terry Barr	3	36	B	Michigan
Steve Junker	4	48	E	Xavier (Ohio)
John Barrow	5	59	G	Florida
Ken Russell	6	71	T	Bowling Green State
Gerry Leahy	7	83	E	Colorado
Dave Liddick	8	95	T	George Washington
John Nikkel	9	107	E	Texas Christian
Tom Rychlec	10	119	E	American International
Carl Osterloh	11	131	C	Missouri
Charlie O'Brien	12	143	E	Valparaiso
Bill West	13	155	B	Eastern Oregon
Phil Smith	14	167	B	Jacksonville State
Gene Alderton	15	179	C	Maryland
Hillmer Olson	16	191	C	Virginia Tech
Jack Kemp	17	203	QB	Occidental
Jay Weenig	18	215	G	Brigham Young
Bob Gunderman	19	227	E	Virginia
Alex Lazzerino	20	239	T	South Carolina
Dudley Meredith	21	251	T	Lamar
Tom Schulte	22	263	E	Eastern Kentucky
George Gillar	23	275	B	Texas A&M
Joe Scales	24	287	B	Vanderbilt
Carl Johnson	25	299	B	South Dakota
Ed Muelhaupt	26	311	G	Iowa State
Dick Trafas	27	323	E	St. Thomas (Minnesota)
Joe Bob Smith	28	335	B	Houston
Hugh Martin	29	347	G	Pomona-Pitzer
Mike Shill	30	358	T	Furman

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	41	71	53	86
Opponents Totals	37	95	37	62

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bobby Layne	6	11	54.5	4/	2/	0/	0/	0/
Jim Martin	7	14	50.0	2/	2/	1/	2/	0/
Team Totals	13	25	52.0	6/	4/	1/	2/	0/
Opponents Totals	10	17	58.8	3/	6/	2/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Henry Johnson	129	621	4.8	62	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
Gene Gedman	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0		13	-13	39.6
Jerry Reichow	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	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		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		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	RYDS	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	YDS	AVG	LG
Yale Lary	25	139	5.6	36
Terry Barr	9	33	3.7	18
Marv Brown	3	16	5.3	15
Jack Christiansen	3	12	4.0	8
Carl Karilivacz	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	41	200	4.9	36
Opponents Totals	33	54	1.6

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Howard Cassady	10	232	23.2	37
Terry Barr	9	153	17.0	27
Gene Gedman	6	158	26.3	45
Marv Brown	6	106	17.7	23
Jack Christiansen	4	80	20.0	22
Gerry Perry	1	18	18.0	18
Gene Cronin	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	37	747	20.2	45
Opponents Totals	47	1044	22.2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Charlie Ane	0	0	1	1	2	0
Terry Barr	1		1	1	2	0
Stan Campbell	0	0	1	0	1	0
Howard Cassady	3		2	0	2	0
Lou Creekmur	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jimmy David	0	0	0	2	2	6
Jim Doran	0	0	2	0	2	0
Gene Gedman	1		1	0	1	2
Leon Hart	1		0	0	0	0
John Henry Johnson	9		1	0	1	0
Carl Karilivacz	1		0	2	2	16
Yale Lary	2		1	2	3	0
Bobby Layne	3		2	0	2	0
Bob Long	0	0	0	2	2	0
Gary Lowe	1		1	0	1	0
Jim Martin	0	0	0	2	2	0
Darris McCord	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dave Middleton	0	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Miller	0	0	0	1	1	3
Gerry Perry	0	0	0	1	1	0
Tobin Rote	6		0	0	0	0
Joe Schmidt	0	0	0	1	1	5
Harley Sewell	0	0	1	0	1	0
Tom Tracy	1		0	0	0	0
Roger Zatkoff	0	0	0	2	2	0
Team Totals	29	13	16	18	34	32
Opponents Totals	28	18	10	13	23