1957 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 5th place • Eastern Conference • 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Hugh Devore |
| Charlie Gauer | Assistant Coach |
| Frank Kilroy | Line |
| Steve Owen | Defense |
| Bobby Thomason | Quarterbacks |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/17/1957 | H | Baltimore Colts | 10-17 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 17026 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1957 | N | Detroit Lions | 27-34 | L | Toledo, OH | Glass Bowl | 12077 | |
| Wed | 8/28/1957 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-16 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 17101 | |
| Mon | 9/2/1957 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12-17 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 14251 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1957 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-24 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 11563 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1957 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-17 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 21817 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1957 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 13-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 62506 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1957 | H | New York Giants | 20-24 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 28342 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1957 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 53493 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1957 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 22443 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1957 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-6 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27016 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1957 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 38-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 18718 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1957 | H | Detroit Lions | 16-27 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 29302 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1957 | A | New York Giants | 0-13 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 42845 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1957 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-12 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 20730 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1957 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-6 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 16364 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1957 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-42 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 21304 | |
| Sat | 12/14/1957 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 27-31 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 12555 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 33 | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 201 | 22 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| Chuck Bednarik | 60 | LLB | 6-3 | 233 | 32 | Pennsylvania | 11 | 11 |
| Eddie Bell | 81 | LDH | 6-1 | 212 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Bielski | 36 | FB-ROH | 6-1 | 224 | 25 | Maryland | 12 | 3 |
| Tom Brookshier | 40 | RCB | 6-0 | 196 | 26 | Colorado | 12 | 12 |
| Hank Burnine | 84 | ROE | 6-2 | 186 | 25 | Missouri | 7 | 1 |
| Marion Campbell | 78 | MG-DT | 6-3 | 250 | 28 | Georgia | 10 | 10 |
| Al Dorow | 10 | QB | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | Michigan State | 6 | 1 |
| Bob Gaona | 71 | ROT | 6-3 | 243 | 26 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| Abe Gibron | 64 | LOG | 5-11 | 243 | 32 | Valparaiso; Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| Jimmy Harris | 20 | RS | 6-1 | 178 | 23 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Hudson | 42 | RLB-RDE | 6-4 | 225 | 27 | Clemson | 12 | 12 |
| Ken Huxhold | 63 | ROG-RLB | 6-1 | 226 | 28 | Wisconsin | 12 | 6 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 9 | QB | 5-11 | 202 | 23 | Duke | 11 | 4 |
| Kenny Keller | 23 | LOH-ROH | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | North Carolina | 12 | 2 |
| Bill Koman | 68 | LB | 6-2 | 229 | 23 | North Carolina | 11 | 4 |
| Buck Lansford | 79 | LOT | 6-2 | 232 | 24 | Texas | 11 | 10 |
| Menil Mavraides | 65 | OG | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 2 |
| Tommy McDonald | 25 | LOH-ROE | 5-9 | 176 | 23 | Oklahoma | 12 | 3 |
| Jerry Norton | 41 | LS-P | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 12 |
| Clarence Peaks | 26 | FB-LOH | 6-1 | 218 | 22 | Michigan State | 12 | 11 |
| Pete Retzlaff | 44 | ROH | 6-1 | 211 | 26 | North Dakota-Ellendale; South Dakota State | 12 | 6 |
| Rocky Ryan | 45 | ROE-LOE | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | Illinois | 9 | 4 |
| Tom Saidock | 75 | RDT-MG | 6-5 | 261 | 27 | Michigan State | 11 | 11 |
| Tom Scott | 82 | LDE | 6-2 | 219 | 27 | Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| John Simerson | 53 | C | 6-3 | 257 | 22 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Stribling | 80 | ROE-LOE | 6-1 | 206 | 30 | Mississippi | 12 | 4 |
| Len Szafaryn | 76 | LOT | 6-2 | 226 | 29 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Thomason | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 29 | Virginia Military Institute | 12 | 7 |
| Bobby Walston | 83 | LOE-K | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Weatherall | 77 | LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| Norm Willey | 86 | RDE | 6-2 | 224 | 30 | Marshall | 12 | 12 |
| Neil Worden | 32 | FB | 5-10 | 193 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 3 |
| Frank Wydo | 74 | RDT-LOT | 6-4 | 225 | 33 | Duquesne; Cornell | 12 | 4 |
| Sid Youngelman | 73 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 257 | 26 | Alabama | 12 | 4 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Clarence Peaks | B | Michigan State |
| 2 | 19 | Billy Ray Barnes | B | Wake Forest |
| 3 | 31 | Tommy McDonald | B | Oklahoma |
| 4 | 43 | Sonny Jurgensen | QB | Duke |
| 5 | 50 | Jimmy Harris | QB | Oklahoma |
| 7 | 74 | Tom Saidock | T | Michigan State |
| 8 | 86 | Hal McElhaney | B | Duke |
| 9 | 98 | Hal Davis | B | Westminster (Pennsylvania) |
| 10 | 110 | Don Bruhns | C | Drake |
| 11 | 122 | Gil Shoaf | T | Wabash |
| 12 | 134 | Buddy Dike | B | Texas Christian |
| 13 | 146 | Hubert Bobo | B | Ohio State |
| 14 | 158 | Jerry Cashman | T | Syracuse |
| 15 | 170 | Mort Moriarty | E | Texas |
| 16 | 182 | John Nocera | B | Iowa |
| 17 | 194 | Dan Radakovich | C | Penn State |
| 18 | 206 | Billy Kelley | T | Baylor |
| 19 | 218 | Paul Harasimowicz | T | Vermont |
| 20 | 230 | Tommie Thompson | B | Butler |
| 21 | 242 | Charlie Brooks | E | Michigan |
| 22 | 254 | John Simerson | T | Purdue |
| 23 | 266 | Lou Lovely | G | Boston University |
| 24 | 278 | Dennis McGill | B | Yale |
| 25 | 290 | Bobby Ratliff | B | West Texas A&M |
| 26 | 302 | Al Richardson | T | Grambling State |
| 27 | 314 | Frank Hall | B | Southern California |
| 28 | 326 | Clem Corona | G | Michigan |
| 29 | 338 | John Niznik | E | Wake Forest |
| 30 | 350 | Larry Hubbard | E | Marquette |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 36 | 27 | 73 | 173 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 94 | 51 | 51 | 230 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 149 | 80 | 51 | 18 | / % | / % | 75 | 654 | |
| Opponents Totals | 199 | 83 | 94 | 22 | / % | / % | 65 | 642 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 1 | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 0 | 53 |
| Tommy McDonald | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bobby Thomason | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Billy Ray Barnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Bielski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Al Dorow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sonny Jurgensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rocky Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jimmy Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Norton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clarence Peaks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Stribling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 21 | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 9 | 14 | 64.3 | 0 | 173 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 14 | 29 | 48.3 | 0 | 230 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walston | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 0 | 35 | 5/5 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Dick Bielski | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 9 | 14 | 64.3 | 0 | 35 | 5/6 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 29 | 48.3 | 6/ | 6/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Ray Barnes | 143 | 529 | 3.7 | 41 | 1 |
| Clarence Peaks | 125 | 495 | 4.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Kenny 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 |
| Sid Youngelman | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 10 | -3 | -0.3 | 8 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 424 | 1582 | 3.7 | 61 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 451 | 1714 | 3.8 | 64t | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Thomason | 92 | 46 | 50.0 | 36 | 630 | 6.8 | 13.7 | 67t | 4 | 4.3 | 10 | 10.9 | 46 | 584 | 47.2 | |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 70 | 33 | 47.1 | 29 | 470 | 6.7 | 14.2 | 61t | 5 | 7.1 | 8 | 11.4 | 88 | 382 | 53.6 | |
| Al Dorow | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 15 | 212 | 5.9 | 12.5 | 49 | 1 | 2.8 | 4 | 11.1 | 90 | 122 | 35.6 | |
| Clarence Peaks | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 56 | 18.7 | 28.0 | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 70.1 |
| Tommy McDonald | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 112.5 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Jerry Norton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 204 | 99 | 48.5 | 82 | 1379 | 6.8 | 13.9 | 67t | 10 | 4.9 | 23 | 11.3 | 224 | 1155 | 47.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 257 | 133 | 51.8 | 107 | 2083 | 8.1 | 15.7 | 64 | 10 | 3.9 | 17 | 6.6 | 114 | 1969 | 64.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Ray Barnes | 19 | 212 | 11.2 | 67t | 1 |
| Bill Stribling | 14 | 194 | 13.9 | 58t | 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 | 61t | 3 |
| Dick Bielski | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 19 | 2 |
| Hank Burnine | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Rocky Ryan | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 46t | 2 |
| Kenny Keller | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Neil Worden | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Gaona | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 99 | 1379 | 13.9 | 67t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 133 | 2083 | 15.7 | 64 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Norton | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 99t | 1 |
| Tom Brookshier | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Jimmy Harris | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 65t | 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 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 442 | 26.0 | 99t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 340 | 14.8 | 55 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Norton | 68 | 2798 | 41.1 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 351 | 2407 | 35.4 | |
| Team Totals | 68 | 2798 | 41.1 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 351 | 2407 | 35.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 2481 | 42.8 | 59 | 1 | 5 | 199 | 2182 | 38.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy McDonald | 26 | 127 | 4.9 | 28 | 0 | |
| Kenny Keller | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 38 | 0 | |
| Jerry Norton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 199 | 5.4 | 38 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 351 | 7.8 | 36 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny 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 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 838 | 20.4 | 50 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 737 | 23.8 | 42 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Ray Barnes | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Bednarik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Keller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Koman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Lansford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Norton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Clarence Peaks | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Saidock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thomason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Weatherall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Willey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sid Youngelman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 1 |
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