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1957 Green Bay Packers season
Head Coach Lisle Blackbourn
Home Field City Stadium
Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record 3-9
Place 6th NFL Western
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Timeline
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1956 1958

The 1957 Green Bay Packers season was their 37th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 3-9 record under coach Lisle Blackbourn, earning a last-place finish in the Western Conference. This season was the Packers last under Blackbourn. 1957 marked the Packers' move from City Stadium to what would later be known as Lambeau Field.

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 1 Paul Hornung Halfback Notre Dame
1 4 Ron Kramer End Michigan
2 18 Joel Wells Back Clemson
3 29 Dalton Truax Tackle Tulane
4 41 Carl Vereen Offensive Tackle Georgia Tech
6 70 John Nisby GGuard Pacific
7 76 Frank Gilliam End Iowa
8 87 George Belotti Center USC
9 100 Ken Wineberg Back TCU
10 111 Gary Gustafson Guard Gustavus Adolphus
11 124 Jim Roseboro Back Ohio State
12 135 Ed Sullivan Center Notre Dame
12 145 Glenn Bestor Back Wisconsin
13 148 Jim Morse Back Notre Dame
14 159 Rudy Schoendorf Tackle Miami (OH)
15 172 Pat Hinton Guard Louisiana Tech
16 183 Ed Buckingham Tackle Minnesota
17 196 Don Boudreaux Tackle Houston
18 207 Credell Green Back Washington
19 220 Ernie Danjean Guard Auburn
20 231 Percy Oliver Guard Illinois
21 244 Chuck Mehrer Tackle Missouri
22 255 Ronnie Quillian Quarterback Tulane
23 268 John Symank Defensive Back Florida
24 279 Charlie Leyendecker Tackle SMU
25 292 Jerry Johnson Tackle St. Norbert
26 303 Buddy Bass End Duke
27 316 Marty Booher Tackle Wisconsin
28 327 Dave Herbold Guard Minnesota
29 340 Howie Dare Back Maryland

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 29 Chicago W 21-17 1-0 City Stadium
32,132
2 October 6 Detroit L 24-14 1-1 City Stadium
32,120
3 October 13 Baltimore L 45-17 1-2 Milwaukee County Stadium
26,322
4 October 20 San Francisco L 24-14 1-3 Milwaukee County Stadium
18,919
5 October 27 at Baltimore W 24-21 2-3 Memorial Stadium
48,510
6 November 3 New York L 31-17 2-4 City Stadium
32,070
7 November 10 at Chicago L 21-14 2-5 Wrigley Field
47,153
8 November 17 Los Angeles L 31-27 2-6 Milwaukee County Stadium
19,540
9 November 24 at Pittsburgh W 27-10 3-6 Forbes Field
29,701
10 November 28 at Detroit L 18-6 3-7 Briggs Stadium
54,301
11 December 8 at Los Angeles L 42-17 3-8 LA Coliseum
70,572
12 December 15 at San Francisco L 27-20 3-9 Kezar Stadium
59,100

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[]

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks



Running Backs

  • 48 Al Carmichael
  • 31 Fred Cone
  • 37 Howie Ferguson
  • 5 Paul Hornung
  • 40 Joe Johnson
  • 25 Billy Kinard
  • 42 Don McIlhenny
  • 20 John Petitbon
  • 33 Frank Purnell



Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen
  • 62 Norm Amundsen
  • 66 Al Barry
  • 58 Larry Lauer
  • 78 Norm Masters
  • 51 Jim Ringo
  • 57 Jim Salsbury
  • 77 Ollie Spencer
  • 74 Carl Vereen



Defensive Linemen

  • 87 Nate Borden
  • 71 Tom Finnin
  • 79 Dave Hanner
  • 72 Jerry Helluin
  • 81 Carlton Massey
  • 82 Jim Temp
Linebackers
  • 65 Tom Bettis
  • 64 Ernie Danjean
  • 69 Bill Forester
  • 53 Sam Palumbo



Defensive Backs

  • 44 Bobby Dillon
  • 46 Hank Gremminger
  • 27 John Symank



Special Teams

  • 80 Dick Deschaine



Rookies and first-year players in italics

Awards, records, and honors[]

Milestones[]

References[]

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