1957 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Hugh Devore (4-8)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1957 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 4-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Hugh Devore (4-8)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1957 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1957 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
The Eagles labored to change the scoreboard with just 173 points, and the defensive squad allowed 230. Billy Barnes carried the ball for a team-leading 529 yards for Philadelphia, and Clarence Peaks also aided the ground game.
Bobby Thomason tossed for 630 yards, and Sonny Jurgensen took a significant amount of snaps also. Billy Barnes topped pass catchers, grabbing 19 passes, while Bobby Walston added 266 receiving yards.
Jerry Norton and Tom Brookshier each picked off 4 opponent throws.
Hugh Devore coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Bobby Thomason | 92 | 46 | 50.0 | 630 | 6.8 | 4 | 4.3 | 10 | 10.9 | 67 | 47.2 | Sonny Jurgensen | 70 | 33 | 47.1 | 470 | 6.7 | 5 | 7.1 | 8 | 11.4 | 61 | 53.6 | Al Dorow | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 212 | 5.9 | 1 | 2.8 | 4 | 11.1 | 49 | 35.6 | Clarence Peaks | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 37 | 70.1 | Tommy McDonald | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 112.5 | Jerry Norton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 204 | 99 | 48.5 | 1379 | 6.8 | 10 | 4.9 | 23 | 11.3 | 67 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Ray Barnes | 143 | 529 | 3.7 | 41 | 1 | Clarence Peaks | 125 | 495 | 4.0 | 35 | 1 | Ken Keller | 57 | 195 | 3.4 | 15 | 0 | Neil Worden | 42 | 133 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 | Jerry Norton | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 61 | 0 | Bobby Thomason | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 19 | 3 | Al Dorow | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 14 | 2 | Tommy McDonald | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 22 | 0 | Bobby Walston | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Sonny Jurgensen | 10 | -3 | -0.3 | 8 | 2 |
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| Totals | 424 | 1579 | 3.7 | 61 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Ray Barnes | 19 | 212 | 11.2 | 67 | 1 | Bill Stribling | 14 | 194 | 13.9 | 58 | 1 | Bobby Walston | 11 | 266 | 24.2 | 49 | 1 | Clarence Peaks | 11 | 99 | 9.0 | 53 | 0 | Pete Retzlaff | 10 | 120 | 12.0 | 28 | 0 | Tommy McDonald | 9 | 228 | 25.3 | 61 | 3 | Dick Bielski | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 19 | 2 | Hank Burnine | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 | Rocky Ryan | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 46 | 2 | Ken Keller | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 30 | 0 | Neil Worden | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Bob Gaona | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
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| Totals | 99 | 1379 | 13.9 | 67 | 10 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Bobby Walston | 21 | 20 | 95.2 | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 47 | Dick Bielski | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 21 | 20 | 95.2 | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 47 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Jerry Norton | 68 | 2798 | 41.1 | 63 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 68 | 2798 | 41.1 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tommy McDonald | 26 | 127 | 4.9 | 28 | 0 | Ken Keller | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 38 | 0 | Jerry Norton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Jimmy Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 37 | 199 | 5.4 | 38 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ken Keller | 15 | 320 | 21.3 | 37 | 0 | Tommy McDonald | 11 | 304 | 27.6 | 50 | 0 | Clarence Peaks | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 27 | 0 | Neil Worden | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 19 | 0 | Jerry Norton | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | Dick Bielski | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 | Eddie Bell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Frank Wydo | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 41 | 838 | 20.4 | 50 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jerry Norton | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 99 | 1 | Tom Brookshier | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 40 | 0 | Jimmy Harris | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 65 | 1 | Chuck Bednarik | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 37 | 0 | Eddie Bell | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 38 | 0 | Frank Wydo | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
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| Totals | 17 | 442 | 26.0 | 99 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Jerry Norton | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Tommy McDonald | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Ray Barnes | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Saidock | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Bednarik | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Bell | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Buck Lansford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Hudson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Weatherall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clarence Peaks | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Koman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Jurgensen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norm Willey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Harris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Tom Scott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sid Youngelman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Keller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Stribling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Thomason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Walston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Dorow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 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 Walston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 53 | Bobby Thomason | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Tommy McDonald | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Al Dorow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dick Bielski | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Rocky Ryan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Sonny Jurgensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Clarence Peaks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jimmy Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bill Stribling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jerry Norton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 |
