
1957 Detroit Lions Statistics
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 2-0 Won Championship
Coach: George Wilson (8-4)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1957 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1957 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-0. George Wilson coached the team. The 1957 Detroit Lions won the Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Bobby Layne | 179 | 87 | 48.6 | 1169 | 6.5 | 6 | 3.4 | 12 | 6.7 | 65 | 53.0 | Tobin Rote | 177 | 76 | 42.9 | 1070 | 6.0 | 11 | 6.2 | 10 | 5.6 | 48 | 60.2 | Gene Gedman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Yale Lary | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Jerry Reichow | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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Totals | 361 | 163 | 45.2 | 2239 | 6.2 | 17 | 4.7 | 22 | 6.1 | 65 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | John 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 | Bobby Layne | 24 | 99 | 4.1 | 21 | 0 | Leon Hart | 24 | 99 | 4.1 | 15 | 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 |
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Totals | 409 | 1811 | 4.4 | 62 | 12 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jim Doran | 33 | 624 | 18.9 | 65 | 5 | Howard Cassady | 25 | 325 | 13.0 | 48 | 3 | Steve Junker | 22 | 305 | 13.9 | 32 | 4 | John Johnson | 20 | 141 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 | Dave Middleton | 18 | 294 | 16.3 | 56 | 2 | Jerry Reichow | 17 | 215 | 12.6 | 32 | 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 |
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Totals | 163 | 2239 | 13.7 | 65 | 17 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Jim Martin | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 26 | Bobby Layne | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 43 |
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Totals | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 69 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 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 |
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Totals | 41 | 200 | 4.9 | 36 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Howard Cassady | 10 | 232 | 23.2 | 37 | 0 | Gene Gedman | 6 | 158 | 26.3 | 45 | 0 | Terry Barr | 9 | 153 | 17.0 | 27 | 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 |
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Totals | 37 | 747 | 20.2 | 45 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jack Christiansen | 10 | 137 | 13.7 | 52 | 1 | Carl Karilivacz | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 30 | 0 | Jim 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 | Gary Lowe | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Bob Long | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 25 | 311 | 12.4 | 63 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Yale Lary | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Barr | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Ane | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Doran | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Carl Karilivacz | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | Jim David | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Howard Cassady | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Roger Zatkoff | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Layne | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bob Long | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Harley Sewell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darris McCord | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Stan Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Gedman | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Dave Middleton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Gary Lowe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerry Perry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Johnson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lou Creekmur | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Miller | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Joe Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Leon Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tobin Rote | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 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 | Bobby Layne | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 43 | Howard Cassady | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Jim Doran | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | John Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Jim Martin | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | Steve Junker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jerry Reichow | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Gene Gedman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Dave Middleton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jack Christiansen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tobin Rote | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Darris McCord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Totals | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 251 |