1957 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
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 RosterTeam 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.
Detroit scored 251 points, while the defensive squad allowed 231. John Johnson rushed for a team-leading 621 yards for the Lions.
Bobby Layne threw for 1,169 yards, and Tobin Rote threw the ball, too. Jim Doran topped pass catchers, hauling in 33 passes for 624 yards. Howard Cassady was targeted regularly also.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 43 turnovers. Jack Christiansen snatched 10 opponent throws.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | Carl Karilivacz | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | Jim David | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Howard Cassady | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roger Zatkoff | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Layne | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Long | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harley Sewell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darris McCord | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stan Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Gedman | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Dave Middleton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Lowe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerry Perry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Johnson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 43 | Howard Cassady | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Jim Doran | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | John Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Jim Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | Steve Junker | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jerry Reichow | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Gene Gedman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Dave Middleton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jack Christiansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tobin Rote | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Darris McCord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 251 |
