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1957 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-4-0, 1st in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Wilson (8-4-0)

Points For: 251 (20.9/g) 6th of 12

Points Against: 231 (19.3/g) 7th of 12

Expected W-L: 6.6-5.4

SRS: 2.05 (5th of 12), SOS: .38

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 31-27 vs. San Francisco 49ers
Won Championship 59-14 vs. Cleveland Browns

Defensive Coordinator: Buster Ramsey

Stadium: Briggs Stadium

Partial Owner/President: Edwin Anderson

Partial Owner: Lyle Fife

General Manager: Nick Kerbawy

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)

1957 NFL Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	251	3840	770	5.0	35	13	221	163	361	2029	17	22	5.6	105	409	1811	12	4.4	103	65	673	13
Opp. Stats	231	3365	696	4.8	43	18	198	163	290	1844	15	25	6.4	100	406	1521	13	3.7	81	65	577	17
Lg Rank Offense	6	3			7	3	4		1	4	3	7	9		8	4	8	2
Lg Rank Defense	7	5			2	3	6		7	5	6	3	6		4	5	7	4

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 29		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Baltimore Colts	14	34	13	201	178	23	4	18	392	241	151	3
2	Sun	October 6		boxscore	W		1-1	@	Green Bay Packers	24	14	19	327	78	249	2	11	205	107	98	5
3	Sun	October 13		boxscore	W		2-1		Los Angeles Rams	10	7	12	208	82	126	1	14	241	74	167	6
4	Sun	October 20		boxscore	W		3-1		Baltimore Colts	31	27	20	369	191	178	4	15	322	205	117	6
5	Sun	October 27		boxscore	L		3-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	35	24	308	220	88	4	21	357	133	224	4
6	Sun	November 3		boxscore	L		3-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	31	35	22	416	259	157		26	379	226	153	3
7	Sun	November 10		boxscore	W		4-3	@	Philadelphia Eagles	27	16	18	376	177	199	4	13	201	44	157	5
8	Sun	November 17		boxscore	W		5-3		San Francisco 49ers	31	10	28	515	370	145	2	16	223	150	73	3
9	Sun	November 24		boxscore	L		5-4		Chicago Bears	7	27	14	216	110	106	4	17	279	79	200	1
10	Thu	November 28		boxscore	W		6-4		Green Bay Packers	18	6	13	349	134	215	5	19	286	228	58	3
11	Sun	December 8		boxscore	W		7-4		Cleveland Browns	20	7	15	226	75	151	1	14	266	197	69	2
12	Sun	December 15		boxscore	W		8-4	@	Chicago Bears	21	13	23	329	155	174	4	14	214	160	54	2
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 22		boxscore	W		9-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	31	27	22	324	195	129	4	20	351	224	127	5
Championship	Sun	December 29		boxscore	W		10-4		Cleveland Browns	59	14	22	438	296	142	1	17	313	95	218	6

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bobby Layne	31	QB	11	7	4-3-0	87	179	48.6	1169	6	3.4	12	6.7	65	6.5	4.18	13.4	106.3	53.0	110	1	1
2	Tobin Rote	29	QB	12	5	4-1-0	76	177	42.9	1070	11	6.2	10	5.6	48	6.0	4.75	14.1	89.2	60.2	94	0	0
3	Gene Gedman	25	LH	10	10		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	13	0	0
4	Yale Lary	27	FS	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6		0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Jerry Reichow	23	FL	12	6		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	8-4-0	163	361	45.2	2029	17	4.7	22	6.1	65	6.2	3.82	13.7	169.1	55.9	210	1	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Tobin Rote	29	QB	2	2	2-0-0	28	49	57.1	494	5	10.2	1	2.0	78	10.1	11.20	17.6	247.0	117.2	19	1	1
2	Jerry Reichow	23	FL	1	0		1	2	50.0	16	1	50.0	0	0.0	16	8.0	18.00	16.0	16.0	116.7	0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	2-0-0	29	51	56.9	491	6	11.8	1	2.0	50	14.1	11.10	22.8	245.5	145.3	19

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	John Henry Johnson	28	FB	12	10	129	621	5	62	4.8	51.8	10.8	20	141	7.1	0	16	1.7	11.8	149	5.1	762	5	9
2	Jim Doran	30	RE/LE	12	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	33	624	18.9	5	65	2.8	52.0	33	18.9	624	5	0
3	Howard Cassady	23	RH	12	6	73	250	3	57	3.4	20.8	6.1	25	325	13.0	3	48	2.1	27.1	98	5.9	575	6	3
4	Gene Gedman	25	LH	10	10	67	278	3	59	4.1	27.8	6.7	10	135	13.5	0	47	1.0	13.5	77	5.4	413	3	1
5	Tobin Rote	29	QB	12	5	70	366	1	23	5.2	30.5	5.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	70	5.2	366	1	6
6	Steve Junker	22	RE	12	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	305	13.9	4	32	1.8	25.4	22	13.9	305	4	0
7	Dave Middleton	24	LE	8	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	294	16.3	2	56	2.3	36.8	18	16.3	294	2	0
8	Jerry Reichow	23	FL	12	6	2	9	0	7	4.5	0.8	0.2	17	215	12.6	3	32	1.4	17.9	19	11.8	224	3	0
9	Leon Hart	29	FB	11	0	24	99	0	15	4.1	9.0	2.2	4	55	13.8	0	22	0.4	5.0	28	5.5	154	0	1
10	Dorne Dibble	28	E	12	3	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	8	121	15.1	0	23	0.7	10.1	9	14.0	126	0	0
11	Bobby Layne	31	QB	11	7	24	99	0	21	4.1	9.0	2.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	24	4.1	99	0	3
12	Tom Tracy	23	FB	9	4	16	46	0	17	2.9	5.1	1.8	6	24	4.0	0	7	0.7	2.7	22	3.2	70	0	1
13	Yale Lary	27	FS	12	12	1	32	0	32	32.0	2.7	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	32.0	32	0	2	PB,AP-2
14	Marv Brown	27	HB	4	0	2	6	0	3	3.0	1.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	3.0	6	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	409	1811	12	62	4.4	150.9	34.1	163	2239	13.7	17	65	13.6	186.6	572	7.1	4050	29	29

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Steve Junker	22	RE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	201	15.5	3	36	6.5	100.5	13	15.5	201	3	1
2	Jim Doran	30	RE/LE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	152	30.4	1	78	2.5	76.0	5	30.4	152	1	0
3	Howard Cassady	23	RH	2	2	11	53	0	21	4.8	26.5	5.5	5	59	11.8	1	21	2.5	29.5	16	7.0	112	1	0
4	Tom Tracy	23	FB	2	0	11	86	2	58	7.8	43.0	5.5	2	23	11.5	0	16	1.0	11.5	13	8.4	109	2	1
5	John Henry Johnson	28	FB	2	2	12	54	0	19	4.5	27.0	6.0	1	16	16.0	0	16	0.5	8.0	13	5.4	70	0	1
6	Dave Middleton	24	LE	2	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	59	19.7	1	32	1.5	29.5	3	19.7	59	1	0
7	Gene Gedman	25	LH	2	1	18	41	2	9	2.3	20.5	9.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	2.3	41	2	1
8	Tobin Rote	29	QB	2	2	11	32	1	17	2.9	16.0	5.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	2.9	32	1	2
9	Jerry Reichow	23	FL	1	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	65	271	5	16	4.2	135.5	32.5	29	510	17.6	6	78	14.5	255.0	94	8.3	781	11	6

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Jack Christiansen	29	SS	12	12	10	137	1	52	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Lou Creekmur	30	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
3	Jim David	30	LDH	12	12	3	20	0	17	0	2	6	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Carl Karilivacz	27	RDH	12	12	5	54	0	30	1	2	16	0	0.0	0
5	Yale Lary	27	FS	12	12	2	64	0	63	2	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
6	Darris McCord	24	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	PB
7	Joe Schmidt	25	MLB	12	12	1	8	0	8	0	1	5	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4
8	Roger Zatkoff	26	RLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Charlie Ane	26	RT	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Gene Gedman	25	LH	10	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	0
11	John Henry Johnson	28	FB	12	10	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Jim Doran	30	RE/LE	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
13	Harley Sewell	26	LG	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
14	Bob Long	23	LLB	12	8	1	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bobby Layne	31	QB	11	7	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Bob Miller	28	RDT	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
17	Stan Campbell	27	RG	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Howard Cassady	23	RH	12	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
19	Dave Middleton	24	LE	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Tobin Rote	29	QB	12	5	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jim Martin	33	K	12	4	1	22	0	22	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Tom Tracy	23	FB	9	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Gerry Perry	27	G	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Terry Barr	22	DB	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
25	Leon Hart	29	FB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Gary Lowe	23	DB	7	0	1	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	25	0	1		29	16	32	0	0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	John Henry Johnson	28	FB	2	2				0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Bob Long	23	LLB	2	2	1	17	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
3	Gil Mains	28	RDE/RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Tobin Rote	29	QB	2	2				0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Joe Schmidt	25	MLB	2	2	2	18	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Gene Cronin	24	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
7	Jim David	30	LDH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Gene Gedman	25	LH	1	1				0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Steve Junker	22	RE	1	1				0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Carl Karilivacz	27	RDH	1	1	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Darris McCord	24	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
12	Roger Zatkoff	26	RLB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
13	Terry Barr	22	DB	1	0	1	19	1	19	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
14	Gerry Perry	27	G	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
15	Tom Tracy	23	FB	1	0				0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2						6	0	0	0	4		0

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