1957 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Conference 9-2-1 .818 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| Paul Bixler | Ends |
| Howard Brinker | Backfield |
| Dick Gallagher | Assistant Coach |
| Fritz Heisler | Guards |
| Eddie Ulinski | Tackles |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/14/1957 | A | Detroit Lions | 10-20 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 40510 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1957 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-13 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 26669 | |
| Sun | 9/1/1957 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 17-21 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 32840 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1957 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-20 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45011 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1957 | H | Detroit Lions | 23-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 34369 | |
| Fri | 9/20/1957 | A | Chicago Bears | 3-29 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47354 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1957 | H | New York Giants | 6-3 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 58095 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1957 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23-12 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35750 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1957 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 53493 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1957 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-17 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 22443 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1957 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 17-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 26341 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1957 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 52936 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1957 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 53709 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1957 | A | Washington Redskins | 30-30 | T | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 27722 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1957 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 45-31 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 65407 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1957 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 31-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 40525 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1957 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-20 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55814 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1957 | A | New York Giants | 34-28 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 54294 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/29/1957 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-59 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 58263 | |
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 |
| 52 | Joe Amstutz | C | 6-5 | 264 | 23 | Indiana | 11 | 2 |
| 10 | Johnny Borton | QB | 6-0 | 208 | 25 | Ohio State | 5 | 0 |
| 88 | Pete Brewster | LOE | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| 32 | Jim Brown | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 21 | Syracuse | 12 | 12 |
| 48 | Milt Campbell | ROH-LOH | 6-3 | 217 | 24 | Indiana | 9 | 0 |
| 30 | Lew Carpenter | ROH-LOH | 6-2 | 209 | 25 | Arkansas | 10 | 4 |
| 40 | Preston Carpenter | ROE | 6-2 | 197 | 23 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| 65 | Tom Catlin | LLB-RLB | 6-1 | 213 | 26 | Oklahoma | 4 | 0 |
| 82 | Frank Clarke | LOE-ROE | 6-0 | 211 | 23 | Wisconsin; Trinidad State JC; Colorado | 12 | 0 |
| 70 | Don Colo | RDT | 6-3 | 252 | 32 | Brown | 12 | 12 |
| 50 | Vince Costello | MLB | 6-0 | 228 | 25 | Ohio University | 12 | 12 |
| 35 | Galen Fiss | LLB | 6-0 | 226 | 26 | Kansas | 12 | 7 |
| 80 | Len Ford | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 31 | Morgan State; Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| 62 | Herschel Forester | LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 11 |
| 18 | Bobby Freeman | LCB | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | Auburn | 9 | 2 |
| 79 | Bob Gain | LDT | 6-3 | 256 | 28 | Kentucky | 12 | 12 |
| 75 | Lou Groza | LOT-K | 6-3 | 240 | 33 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Chet Hanulak | ROH-LOH | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Maryland | 12 | 8 |
| 56 | Art Hunter | C-LOT | 6-4 | 243 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 10 |
| 72 | Henry Jordan | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 249 | 22 | Virginia | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | Kenny Konz | LS | 5-10 | 184 | 29 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Warren Lahr | LCB | 5-11 | 189 | 34 | Western Reserve | 11 | 10 |
| 74 | Mike McCormack | ROT | 6-4 | 246 | 27 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | Walt Michaels | RLB | 6-0 | 231 | 28 | Washington & Lee | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Ed Modzelewski | FB | 6-0 | 217 | 28 | Maryland | 12 | 0 |
| 65 | Chuck Noll | LLB | 6-1 | 218 | 25 | Dayton | 5 | 5 |
| 15 | Tommy O'Connell | QB | 5-11 | 187 | 27 | Notre Dame; Illinois | 11 | 10 |
| 20 | Don Paul | RCB | 6-0 | 187 | 31 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | Milt Plum | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Penn State | 9 | 2 |
| 84 | Bill Quinlan | LDE | 6-3 | 248 | 25 | Michigan State | 12 | 10 |
| 26 | Ray Renfro | LOH-ROH | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | North Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 46 | Billy Reynolds | ROH-LOH | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 0 |
| 63 | Fred Robinson | ROG | 6-1 | 242 | 27 | Washington | 12 | 7 |
| 65 | Stan Sheriff | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 25 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 3 | 0 |
| 64 | Jim Ray Smith | ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 241 | 25 | Baylor | 11 | 6 |
| 86 | Paul Wiggin | LDE-RDE-RDT | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Modesto JC; Stanford | 12 | 2 |
| 42 | Junior Wren | RS | 6-0 | 192 | 28 | Missouri | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Jim Brown | B | Syracuse |
| 2 | 17 | Milt Plum | QB | Penn State |
| 3 | 28 | George Walker | B | Arkansas |
| 4 | 42 | Paul Camera | E | Stanford |
| 5 | 52 | Henry Jordan | T | Virginia |
| 5 | 53 | Milt Campbell | B | Indiana |
| 6 | 63 | Joe Amstutz | G | Indiana |
| 6 | 67 | Harley Martin | T | California |
| 7 | 78 | Gene Hickerson | T | Mississippi |
| 7 | 82 | Mike Rotunno | C | Michigan |
| 8 | 89 | Don Gillis | C | Rice |
| 9 | 103 | Don Comstock | B | Alabama |
| 10 | 114 | Bob Reinhart | B | San Jose State |
| 11 | 125 | Bill Cummings | T | Ohio State |
| 12 | 139 | Rudy Spitzenberger | G | Houston |
| 13 | 150 | Jerry Sansom | E | Auburn |
| 14 | 161 | Don Feller | B | Kansas |
| 15 | 175 | Dave Kaiser | E | Michigan State |
| 16 | 186 | John Bayuk | B | Colorado |
| 17 | 197 | Frank Tamburello | B | Maryland |
| 18 | 211 | Laverne Torczon | G | Nebraska |
| 19 | 222 | Kenny Ploen | QB | Iowa |
| 20 | 233 | Jack Stillwell | E | Northwestern |
| 21 | 247 | Curry Juneau | E | Southern Mississippi |
| 22 | 258 | Bob Winters | QB | Utah State |
| 23 | 269 | Jim Frazer | T | Hampden-Sydney |
| 24 | 283 | Al Napolean | B | Stanford |
| 25 | 294 | Tom Dimitroff | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 26 | 305 | Allen Bliss | E | Miami (Ohio) |
| 27 | 319 | Andy Okulovich | B | Ohio State |
| 28 | 330 | Gene Cockrell | T | Hardin-Simmons |
| 29 | 341 | Bill Trozzo | T | West Virginia |
| 30 | 354 | Bob McKeiver | B | Northwestern |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 64 | 65 | 89 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 53 | 41 | 48 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 180 | 93 | 76 | 11 | / % | / % | 66 | 597 | |
| Opponents Totals | 164 | 79 | 66 | 19 | / % | / % | 42 | 412 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 0 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 0 | 77 |
| Jim Brown | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Ray Renfro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Lew Carpenter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Preston Carpenter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Chet Hanulak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Pete Brewster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Milt Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy O'Connell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 0 | 269 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 19 | 22 | 86.4 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 0 | 172 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 1 | 48 | 4/5 | 5/7 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 1 | 48 | 4/5 | 5/7 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 2/ | 3/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | 202 | 942 | 4.7 | 69t | 9 |
| Chet Hanulak | 125 | 375 | 3.0 | 64t | 3 |
| Lew Carpenter | 83 | 315 | 3.8 | 55 | 4 |
| Milt Plum | 26 | 118 | 4.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 39 | 1 |
| Billy Reynolds | 29 | 57 | 2.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Milt Campbell | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Renfro | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike McCormack | 0 | 4 | 4L | 0 | |
| Tommy O'Connell | 14 | -5 | -0.4 | 7 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 501 | 1958 | 3.9 | 69t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 396 | 1502 | 3.8 | 59 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy O'Connell | 110 | 63 | 57.3 | 39 | 1229 | 11.2 | 19.5 | 65t | 9 | 8.2 | 8 | 7.3 | 56 | 1173 | 93.3 | |
| Milt Plum | 76 | 41 | 53.9 | 30 | 590 | 7.8 | 14.4 | 58t | 2 | 2.6 | 5 | 6.6 | 85 | 505 | 60.7 | |
| Johnny Borton | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 22 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 20 | 2 | 19.4 | |
| Chet Hanulak | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 32 | 16.0 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 32 | 135.4 | |
| Milt Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 195 | 108 | 55.4 | 73 | 1873 | 9.6 | 17.3 | 65t | 12 | 6.2 | 14 | 7.2 | 161 | 1712 | 78.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 242 | 105 | 43.4 | 118 | 1511 | 6.2 | 14.4 | 63 | 8 | 3.3 | 19 | 7.9 | 211 | 1300 | 42.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Brewster | 30 | 614 | 20.5 | 56 | 2 |
| Preston Carpenter | 27 | 398 | 14.7 | 33 | 2 |
| Ray Renfro | 21 | 589 | 28.0 | 65t | 6 |
| Jim Brown | 16 | 55 | 3.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Lew Carpenter | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Frank Clarke | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Chet Hanulak | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Milt Campbell | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 108 | 1873 | 17.3 | 65t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 105 | 1511 | 14.4 | 63 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Paul | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Freeman | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Junior Wren | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Vince Costello | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Warren Lahr | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Galen Fiss | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 223 | 11.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 141 | 10.1 | 65t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Konz | 61 | 2396 | 39.3 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 315 | 2021 | 33.1 | |
| Team Totals | 61 | 2396 | 39.3 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 315 | 2021 | 33.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 3006 | 41.8 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 231 | 2755 | 38.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Reynolds | 24 | 114 | 4.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| Chet Hanulak | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 9 | 75 | 8.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Kenny Konz | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Fred Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 231 | 4.8 | 32 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 315 | 6.7 | 58t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Campbell | 11 | 263 | 23.9 | 36 | 0 | |
| Billy Reynolds | 7 | 152 | 21.7 | 29 | 0 | |
| Jim Brown | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 29 | 0 | |
| Ed Modzelewski | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 18 | 0 | |
| Frank Clarke | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bobby Freeman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 686 | 20.8 | 36 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 917 | 21.8 | 50 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Brewster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Carpenter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Preston Carpenter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| Frank Clarke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Colo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Herschel Forester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Hanulak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Hunter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warren Lahr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McCormack | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Walt Michaels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 1 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Reynolds | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Wiggin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 112 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 1 |
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