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 Ray 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 Ray 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 |
