1957 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
| 3rd place Western Conference 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank |
| Herman Ball | Centers/Guards |
| John Bridgers | Tackles |
| Bob Shaw | Ends |
| Charley Winner | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/17/1957 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-10 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 17026 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1957 | N | Chicago Bears | 24-24 | T | Cincinnati, OH | Xavier Stadium | ||
| Sun | 9/8/1957 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-24 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 24352 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1957 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 27-9 | W | Louisville, KY | Fairgrounds Stadium | 17216 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1957 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 21-28 | L | St. Louis, MO | Sportsman's Park | 21182 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1957 | H | Detroit Lions | 34-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 40112 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1957 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-10 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 46558 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1957 | A | Green Bay Packers | 45-17 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 26322 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1957 | A | Detroit Lions | 27-31 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55764 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1957 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-24 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 48510 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1957 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-19 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 42575 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1957 | A | Washington Redskins | 21-17 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 33149 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1957 | A | Chicago Bears | 29-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47168 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1957 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 27-21 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 50073 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1957 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 31-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 52060 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1957 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 13-17 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59686 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1957 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-37 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 52560 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 35 | Alan Ameche | FB | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Raymond Berry | LOE | 6-2 | 189 | 24 | Schreiner Institute JC; Southern Methodist | 12 | 12 |
| 81 | Ordell Braase | LDE | 6-4 | 240 | 25 | South Dakota | 12 | 0 |
| 25 | Jack Call | LOH | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Colgate | 12 | 1 |
| 71/73 | Joe Campanella | MG-DT | 6-1 | 242 | 27 | Ohio State | 11 | 0 |
| 18 | Cotton Davidson | QB-P | 6-0 | 182 | 26 | Baylor | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | Milt Davis | RDH | 6-1 | 188 | 28 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| 23 | Art DeCarlo | LDH | 6-2 | 196 | 26 | Georgia | 6 | 3 |
| 70 | Art Donovan | LDT | 6-2 | 263 | 33 | Notre Dame; Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | L.G. Dupre | LOH-P | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Baylor | 12 | 11 |
| 67 | Doug Eggers | LLB-RLB | 6-0 | 213 | 27 | South Dakota State | 11 | 10 |
| 74 | Ken Jackson | LOG-ROT | 6-2 | 236 | 28 | Texas | 12 | 4 |
| 83 | Don Joyce | RDE | 6-3 | 253 | 28 | Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Gene Lipscomb | RDT | 6-6 | 284 | 26 | none | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Gino Marchetti | LDE | 6-4 | 244 | 31 | Modesto JC; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| 27 | Henry Moore | LDH | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Arkansas | 11 | 3 |
| 24 | Lenny Moore | ROH | 6-1 | 191 | 24 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| 84 | Jim Mutscheller | ROE | 6-1 | 213 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| 65 | Steve Myhra | K-LOG | 6-1 | 237 | 23 | Minnesota; North Dakota | 12 | 1 |
| 80 | Andy Nelson | LS | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | Memphis | 12 | 12 |
| 50 | Buzz Nutter | C | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 12 |
| 21 | Dick Nyers | OHB | 5-11 | 177 | 23 | Indianapolis | 7 | 0 |
| 72 | Luke Owens | OT | 6-2 | 254 | 23 | Kent State | 11 | 0 |
| 77 | Jim Parker | LOT | 6-3 | 273 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 61 | Jack Patera | MG | 6-1 | 234 | 24 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Bill Pellington | LLB | 6-2 | 234 | 30 | Defiance; Rutgers | 1 | 1 |
| 60 | George Preas | ROT | 6-2 | 244 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 10 |
| 31 | Billy Pricer | FB | 5-10 | 208 | 23 | Oklahoma | 12 | 0 |
| 44 | Bert Rechichar | RS-K | 6-1 | 209 | 27 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| 68 | Alex Sandusky | ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | Clarion | 12 | 12 |
| 14 | George Shaw | QB | 6-1 | 183 | 24 | Oregon | 7 | 1 |
| 66 | Don Shinnick | RLB-LLB | 6-0 | 232 | 22 | Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| 63 | Art Spinney | LOG | 6-0 | 230 | 30 | Boston College | 10 | 9 |
| 52 | Dick Szymanski | LLB | 6-3 | 233 | 25 | Notre Dame | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | Carl Taseff | LDH | 5-11 | 182 | 29 | John Carroll | 4 | 4 |
| 40 | Jesse Thomas | LDH-RS | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | Michigan State | 10 | 2 |
| 19 | Johnny Unitas | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 24 | Louisville | 12 | 11 |
| 26 | Royce Womble | ROE-ROH-LOH | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | North Texas | 10 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Jim Parker | G | Ohio State |
| 2 | 20 | Don Shinnick | LB | UCLA |
| 3 | 32 | Luke Owens | T | Kent State |
| 4 | 44 | Jackie Simpson | B | Florida |
| 5 | 54 | Ronnie Underwood | B | Arkansas |
| 6 | 65 | Billy Pricer | B | Oklahoma |
| 7 | 79 | Reuben Saage | B | Baylor |
| 8 | 90 | Jack Harmon | E | Eastern Oregon |
| 9 | 101 | Bob White | T | Otterbein |
| 10 | 115 | Joe Neal Grisham | E | Austin Peay State |
| 11 | 126 | Andy Nelson | QB | Memphis |
| 12 | 137 | Don Simonic | T | Tennessee Tech |
| 13 | 151 | Jack Call | B | Colgate |
| 14 | 162 | Joe Guido | B | Youngstown State |
| 15 | 173 | Hall Whitley | C | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 16 | 185 | Joe Cannavino | HB | Ohio State |
| 16 | 187 | Ed Prelock | T | Kansas |
| 17 | 198 | Dan Wisniewski | G | Pittsburgh |
| 18 | 209 | Jim Villa | B | Allegheny |
| 19 | 223 | Chuck Froehle | G | St. John's (Minnesota) |
| 20 | 234 | Walt Livingston | B | Heidelberg |
| 21 | 245 | Owen Mulholland | B | Houston |
| 22 | 259 | Chet Vanatta | T | Kansas |
| 23 | 270 | Connie Baird | E | Hardin-Simmons |
| 24 | 281 | Harwood Hoeft | E | South Dakota State |
| 25 | 295 | Harland Geach | T | College of Idaho |
| 26 | 306 | Joe Unitas | T | Louisville |
| 27 | 317 | Len DeMalon | G | St. Vincent |
| 28 | 331 | Walt Schneiter | T | Colorado |
| 29 | 342 | Bob Rasmussen | G | Minnesota |
| 30 | 352 | Bob Bailey | E | Thiel |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 82 | 65 | 70 | 86 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 75 | 28 | 98 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 222 | 91 | 117 | 14 | / % | / % | 67 | 712 | |
| Opponents Totals | 204 | 69 | 118 | 17 | / % | / % | 60 | 546 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenny Moore | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Jim Mutscheller | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Alan Ameche | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Raymond Berry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bert Rechichar | 0 | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 3 | 13 | 23.1 | 0 | 31 |
| Steve Myhra | 0 | 14 | 16 | 87.5 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 26 |
| L.G. Dupre | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Milt Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gino Marchetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Unitas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 41 | 36 | 41 | 87.8 | 7 | 19 | 36.8 | 0 | 303 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 1 | 235 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Myhra | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 41 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Bert Rechichar | 3 | 13 | 23.1 | 1 | 38 | 0/7 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 19 | 36.8 | 1 | 41 | 2/9 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 4/ | 3/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Ameche | 144 | 493 | 3.4 | 49 | 5 |
| Lenny Moore | 98 | 488 | 5.0 | 55t | 3 |
| L.G. Dupre | 101 | 375 | 3.7 | 22 | 2 |
| Johnny Unitas | 42 | 171 | 4.1 | 24 | 1 |
| Jack Call | 33 | 145 | 4.4 | 24 | 0 |
| George Shaw | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Billy Pricer | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Myhra | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Nyers | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 434 | 1735 | 4.0 | 55t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 375 | 1174 | 3.1 | 57 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Unitas | 301 | 172 | 57.1 | 112 | 2550 | 8.5 | 14.8 | 82t | 24 | 8.0 | 17 | 5.6 | 212 | 2338 | 88.0 | |
| George Shaw | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 3 | 58 | 6.4 | 11.6 | 11 | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 11.1 | 8 | 50 | 72.7 | |
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Cotton Davidson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 314 | 177 | 56.4 | 118 | 2608 | 8.3 | 14.7 | 82t | 25 | 8.0 | 19 | 6.1 | 220 | 2388 | 85.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 342 | 175 | 51.2 | 139 | 2548 | 7.5 | 14.6 | 75t | 19 | 5.6 | 28 | 8.2 | 316 | 2232 | 60.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Berry | 47 | 800 | 17.0 | 67t | 6 |
| Lenny Moore | 40 | 687 | 17.2 | 82t | 7 |
| Jim Mutscheller | 32 | 558 | 17.4 | 66t | 8 |
| L.G. Dupre | 32 | 339 | 10.6 | 43 | 2 |
| Alan Ameche | 15 | 137 | 9.1 | 40 | 2 |
| Royce Womble | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 37 | 0 |
| Jack Call | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 177 | 2608 | 14.7 | 82t | 25 |
| Opponents Totals | 175 | 2548 | 14.6 | 75t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Davis | 10 | 219 | 21.9 | 75t | 2 |
| Bert Rechichar | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Andy Nelson | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Shinnick | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Jack Patera | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Art DeCarlo | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Joyce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 349 | 12.5 | 75t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 180 | 9.5 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Davidson | 47 | 1664 | 35.4 | 56 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bert Rechichar | 5 | 157 | 31.4 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| L.G. Dupre | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 55 | 1896 | 34.5 | 56 | 0 | 4 | 109 | 1707 | 31.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 2381 | 42.5 | 76 | 0 | 133 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Rechichar | 22 | 71 | 3.2 | 22 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 49 | 0 | |
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Shinnick | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Milt Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 133 | 4.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 109 | 3.2 | 28 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Call | 14 | 329 | 23.5 | 45 | 0 | |
| Dick Nyers | 17 | 350 | 20.6 | 46 | 0 | |
| Cotton Davidson | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 21 | 0 | |
| Billy Pricer | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Lenny Moore | 1 | 108 | 108.0 | 92t | 1 | |
| Luke Owens | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Steve Myhra | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 948 | 22.6 | 92t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1120 | 22.9 | 64 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Ameche | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Call | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Donovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Eggers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Jackson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gino Marchetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Lenny Moore | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mutscheller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Myhra | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Nyers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luke Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Preas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Pricer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Sandusky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Shinnick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Unitas | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 0 |
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