1957 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-7
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Paddy Driscoll (5-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1957 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 5-7
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Paddy Driscoll (5-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1957 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1957 season with a record of 5 wins and 7 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
Chicago scored 203 points, while the defensive squad allowed 211. Rick Casares rushed for a team-leading 700 yards for the Bears, while Willie Galimore additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Ed Brown tossed for 1,321 yards. Jim Dooley topped pass catchers, hauling in 37 balls for 530 yards. Harlon Hill provided receiving help, too.
Jack Johnson picked off 4 opponent throws.
Paddy Driscoll coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Ed Brown | 185 | 84 | 45.4 | 1321 | 7.1 | 6 | 3.2 | 16 | 8.6 | 74 | 44.4 | Zeke Bratkowski | 80 | 37 | 46.2 | 527 | 6.6 | 1 | 1.2 | 9 | 11.2 | 44 | 32.7 | George Blanda | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 65 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 15.8 | 13 | 11.8 | Rick Casares | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 95.8 |
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| Totals | 286 | 130 | 45.5 | 1945 | 6.8 | 7 | 2.4 | 28 | 9.8 | 74 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rick Casares | 204 | 700 | 3.4 | 25 | 6 | Willie Galimore | 127 | 538 | 4.2 | 67 | 5 | Bobby Watkins | 57 | 212 | 3.7 | 19 | 1 | Ed Brown | 31 | 129 | 4.2 | 31 | 1 | Zeke Bratkowski | 12 | 83 | 6.9 | 24 | 0 | Ron Drzewiecki | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 | Perry Jeter | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 7 | 0 | Ray Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Harlon Hill | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | George Blanda | 5 | -5 | -1.0 | 1 | 1 | Joe Fortunato | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 1 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 457 | 1686 | 3.7 | 67 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jim Dooley | 37 | 530 | 14.3 | 32 | 1 | Rick Casares | 25 | 225 | 9.0 | 43 | 0 | Harlon Hill | 21 | 483 | 23.0 | 53 | 2 | Bill McColl | 19 | 282 | 14.8 | 30 | 1 | Willie Galimore | 15 | 201 | 13.4 | 56 | 2 | Bobby Watkins | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 74 | 1 | Gene Schroeder | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | Ray Smith | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 21 | 0 | Perry Jeter | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | Ron Drzewiecki | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 130 | 1945 | 15.0 | 74 | 7 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | George Blanda | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 65 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 65 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Ed Brown | 34 | 1365 | 40.1 | 62 | Zeke Bratkowski | 16 | 617 | 38.6 | 52 | Jack Johnson | 11 | 398 | 36.2 | 50 | Rick Casares | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 41 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 63 | 2447 | 38.8 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ron Drzewiecki | 22 | 64 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 | Vic Zucco | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 25 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 | Perry Jeter | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Ray Smith | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 43 | 146 | 3.4 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ron Drzewiecki | 13 | 315 | 24.2 | 53 | 0 | Vic Zucco | 8 | 224 | 28.0 | 73 | 0 | Willie Galimore | 5 | 140 | 28.0 | 47 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 23 | 0 | Perry Jeter | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 28 | 0 | John Damore | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Fred Williams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | M.L. Brackett | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | Rick Casares | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39 | 836 | 21.4 | 73 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jack Johnson | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 20 | 0 | Vic Zucco | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 14 | 0 | McNeil Moore | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | Stan Wallace | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 | Wayne Hansen | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | Ray Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 15 | 185 | 12.3 | 34 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Kline Gilbert | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Joe Fortunato | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Ed Brown | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stan Wallace | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill McColl | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill George | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Zeke Bratkowski | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | McNeil Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Roggeman | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Jack Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Galimore | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Wightkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Bishop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Kilcullen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hansen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vic Zucco | 0 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | Doug Atkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harlon Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Perry Jeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Watkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Casares | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 58 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | George Blanda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 71 | Willie Galimore | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Rick Casares | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Bobby Watkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Harlon Hill | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Dooley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Vic Zucco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ed Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bill McColl | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joe Fortunato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 203 |
