1957 Detroit Lions

1957 Detroit Lions season
Head Coach	George Wilson (football coach)
Home Field	Briggs Stadium
Results
Record	8-4
Place	1st NFL Western
Playoff Finish	Won NFL Championship
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1956	1958

The 1957 Detroit Lions season resulted in the Lions winning their fourth NFL Championship.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 29, 1957	at Baltimore Colts	L 34-14	40,112
2	October 6, 1957	at Green Bay Packers	W 24-14	32,132
3	October 13, 1957	Los Angeles Rams	W 10-7	55,914
4	October 20, 1957	Baltimore Colts	W 31-27	55,764
5	October 27, 1957	at Los Angeles Rams	L 35-17	77,314
6	November 3, 1957	at San Francisco 49ers	L 35-31	59,702
7	November 10, 1957	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 27-16	29,302
8	November 17, 1957	San Francisco 49ers	W 31-10	56,915
9	November 24, 1957	Chicago Bears	L 27-7	55,769
10	November 28, 1957	Green Bay Packers	W 18-6	54,301
11	December 8, 1957	Cleveland Browns	W 20-7	55,814
12	December 15, 1957	at Chicago Bears	W 21-13	41,088

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Divisional	December 22	at San Francisco 49ers	W 31-27	60,118
Championship	December 29	Cleveland Browns	W 59-14	55,263

Standings

NFL Western
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Detroit Lions	8	4	0	.667	251	231	W-3
San Francisco 49ers	8	4	0	.667	260	264	W-3
Baltimore Colts	7	5	0	.583	303	235	L-2
Los Angeles Rams	6	6	0	.500	307	278	W-2
Chicago Bears	5	7	0	.417	203	211	L-1
Green Bay Packers	3	9	0	.250	218	311	L-3

Roster

Detroit Lions 1957 roster
Quarterbacks 22 Bobby Layne 18 Tobin Rote 15 Jerry Reichow WR Running Backs 26 Gene Gedman 42 Marv Brown 40 Hopalong Cassady WR 35 John Henry Johnson FB 30 Tom Tracy FB Wide Receivers 83 Jim Doran 87 Dorne Dibble 84 Dave Middleton Tight Ends 82 Leon Hart FB 88 Steve Junker		Offensive Linemen 76 Lou Creekmur T 66 Harley Sewell G 52 Frank Gatski C 67 Stan Campbell G 75 John Gordy G 50 Charlie Ane T 73 Ken Russell T Defensive Linemen 78 Darris McCord DE 79 Jerry Perry DE 85 Gene Cronin DE/G 70 Ray Krouse DT		Defensive linemen (cont'd)' 74 Bob Miller DT 72 Gil Mains DT Linebackers 86 Robert Long OLB 47 Jim Martin OLB 56 Joe Schmidt MLB 57 Roger Zatkoff OLB Defensive Backs 24 Jack Christiansen CB 25 James David CB 41 Terry Barr CB 43 Gary Lowe CB 28 Yale Lary FS 44 Charles Edwards FS/FB 21 Carl Karilivacz SS		Special Teams 22 Bobby Layne K (PAT) 47 Jim Martin K (field goals) 28 Yale Lary P Reserve Lists 85 Sonny Gandee DE/LB Practice/Taxi Squad None - vacant Note: Rookies in italics

Postseason

Western Conference Playoff Game

• Detroit 31, SAN FRANCISCO 27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	7	14	10	31
49ers	14	10	3	0	27

NFL Championship Game

• Detroit Lions 59, Cleveland Browns 14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	0	7	7	0	14
Lions	17	14	14	14	59

Scoring

• DET - FG Martin 31
• DET - Rote 1 yard run (Martin kick)
• DET - Gedman 1 yard run (Martin kick)
• CLE - Brown 29 yard run (Groza kick)
• DET - Junker 26 yard pass from Rote (Martin kick)
• DET - Barr 19 yard interception (Martin kick)
• CLE - Carpenter 5 yard run (Groza kick)
• DET - Doran 78 yard pass from Rote (Martin kick)
• DET - Junker 23 yard pass from Rote (Martin kick)
• DET - Middleton 32 yard pass from Rote (Martin kick)
• DET Cassady yard pass from Reichow (Martin kick)

References

• Detroit Lions on Pro Football Reference
• Detroit Lions on jt-sw.com

• 1957 Detroit Lions article at Wikipedia