| Team: | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Year: | 1957 |
| Record: | 4–8 |
| Division Place: | 5th NFL Eastern |
| Coach: | Hugh Devore |
| Owner: | Happy Hundred |
| Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| Shortnavlink: | Eagles seasons |
The 1957 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 25th in the league. They improved on their previous output of 3–8–1, winning six games.[1] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season.
The 1957 NFL draft was held on November 27, 1956. This was before the end of the NFL season and the between time of NCAA College football season end and the college bowl games. The draft once again was 30 rounds long, 12 teams picking, and a total of 360 players selected. This again was a year that there was a Lottery bonus pick. This year's team to get the overall number 1 pick in the draft was the Green Bay Packers that selected, 1956 Heisman Trophy winner, Paul Hornung[2] who was a Halfback out of Notre Dame
3–8–1
See main article: article and 1957 NFL Draft. [3] [4]
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 29 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 13–17 | 0–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 62,506 | ||
| 2 | New York Giants | L 20–24 | 0–2 | Connie Mack Stadium | 28,342 | |||
| 3 | October 13 | at Cleveland Browns | L 7–24 | 0–3 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 53,493 | ||
| 4 | October 20 | Cleveland Browns | W 17–7 | 1–3 | Connie Mack Stadium | 22,443 | ||
| 5 | October 27 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 0–6 | 1–4 | Forbes Field | 27,016 | ||
| 6 | November 3 | at Chicago Cardinals | W 38–21 | 2–4 | Comiskey Park | 18,718 | ||
| 7 | November 10 | Detroit Lions | L 16–27 | 2–5 | Connie Mack Stadium | 29,320 | ||
| 8 | November 17 | at New York Giants | L 0–13 | 2–6 | Yankee Stadium | 42,845 | ||
| 9 | November 24 | Washington Redskins | W 21–12 | 3-6 | Connie Mack Stadium | 20,730 | ||
| 10 | December 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 7–6 | 4–6 | Connie Mack Stadium | 16,364 | ||
| 11 | December 8 | at Washington Redskins | L 7–42 | 4–7 | Griffith Stadium | 21,304 | ||
| 12 | December 14 | Chicago Cardinals | L 27–31 | 4–8 | Connie Mack Stadium | 12,555 | ||
| Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. | ||||||||
(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)
| = 1957 Pro Bowl[5] | = Hall of Famer |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - align=left | COACH | 1957 record 4–8–0 | Eagles Lifetime 7–16–1 | NFL Lifetime 7–18–1 | 2nd | - align=left | University of Notre Dame | ||||||||||||
| 33 | - align=left | Billy Ray Barnes | 22 | HB | 12 | 0 | 201 | 5–11 | Rookie | - align=left | Wake Forest | ||||||||
| 60 | - align=left bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Chuck Bednarik | 32 | LB-C | 11 | 0 | 233 | 6–3 | 8 | - align=left | |||||||||
| 81 | - align=left | Eddie Bell | 26 | DB-LB | 12 | 0 | 212 | 6–1 | 2 | - align=left | Pennsylvania | ||||||||
| 36 | - align=left | Dick Bielski | 25 | E-FB | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6–1 | 2 | - align=left | |||||||||
| 40 | - align=left | Tom Brookshier | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 196 | 6–0 | 4 | - align=left | Colorado Buffalos | ||||||||
| 84 | - align=left | Hank Burnine | 25 | E | 7 | 0 | 188 | 6–2 | 1 | - align=left | Missouri | ||||||||
| 78 | - align=left | Marion Campbell | 28 | DE-DT-MG G-T | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6–3 | 3 | - align=left | Georgia | ||||||||
| 10 | - align=left | Al Dorow | 28 | QB | 6 | 0 | 193 | 6–0 | 3 | - align=left | |||||||||
| 64 | - align=left | Bob Gaona | 26 | T | 12 | 0 | 243 | 6–3 | 4 | - align=left | Wake Forest | ||||||||
| 64 | - align=left | Abe Gibron | 32 | G | 12 | 0 | 243 | 5–11 | 8 | - align=left | Purdue,Valparaiso | ||||||||
| 20 | - align=left | Jimmy Harris | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 178 | 6–1 | Rookie | - align=left | Oklahoma Sooners | ||||||||
| 42 | - align=left | Bob Hudson | 27 | DB-LB-E | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6–4 | 6 | - align=left | |||||||||
| 63 | - align=left | Ken Huxhold | 28 | G | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6–1 | 3 | - align=left | |||||||||
| 9 | - align=left bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Sonny Jurgensen | 23 | QB | 10 | 5 | 202 | 5–11 | Rookie | - align=left | |||||||||
| 23 | - align=left | Ken Keller | 23 | HB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5–10 | 1 | - align=left | North Carolina Tarheels | ||||||||
| 68 | - align=left | Bill Koman | 23 | LB | 11 | 11 | 229 | 6–2 | 1 | - align=left | North Carolina | ||||||||
| 79 | - align=left | Buck Lansford | 24 | G-T | 10 | 10 | 232 | 6–2 | 2 | - align=left | |||||||||
| 65 | - align=left | Menil Mavraides | 26 | G | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6–1 | 3 | - align=left | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | ||||||||
| 25 | - align=left bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Tommy McDonald | 23 | FL-HB SE-WR | 12 | 0 | 178 | 5–9 | Rookie | - align=left | Oklahoma Sooners | ||||||||
| 41 | - align=left | Jerry Norton | 26 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 5–11 | 3 | - align=left | |||||||||
| 26 | - align=left | Clarence Peaks | 22 | FB | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6–1 | Rookie | - align=left | Michigan State | ||||||||
| 44 | - align=left | Pete Retzlaff | 26 | E-HB-TE | 12 | 0 | 211 | 6–1 | 1 | - align=left | |||||||||
| 45 | - align=left | Rocky Ryan | 25 | DB-E | 9 | 0 | 202 | 6–1 | 1 | - align=left | Illinois | ||||||||
| 75 | - align=left | Tom Saidock | 27 | DT | 11 | 5 | 261 | 6–5 | Rookie | - align=left | Michigan State | ||||||||
| 82 | - align=left | Tom Scott | 27 | DE-LB | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6–2 | 4 | - align=left | Virginia | ||||||||
| 53 | - align=left | John Simerson | 22 | C-T | 12 | 12 | 257 | 6–3 | Rookie | - align=left | Purdue Boilermakers | ||||||||
| 80 | - align=left | Bill Stribling | 30 | E | 12 | 0 | 206 | 6–1 | 6 | - align=left | |||||||||
| 76 | - align=left | Len Szafaryn | 29 | T-G-LB-DT | 1 | 1 | 226 | 6–2 | 8 | - align=left | North Carolina | ||||||||
| 11 | - align=left | Bobby Thomason | 29 | QB | 12 | 7 | 196 | 6–1 | 8 | - align=left | |||||||||
| 83 | - align=left | Bobby Walston | 29 | E-HB-K | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6–0 | 6 | - align=left | Georgia | ||||||||
| 77 | - align=left | Jim Weatherall | 28 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6–4 | 2 | - align=left | Oklahoma | ||||||||
| 86 | - align=left | Norm Willey | 30 | DE-G-E | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6–2 | 7 | - align=left | |||||||||
| 32 | - align=left | Neil Worden | 26 | FB | 12 | 0 | 198 | 5–10 | 3 | - align=left | Notre Dame | ||||||||
| 74 | - align=left | Frank Wydo | 33 | T-DT | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6–4 | 10 | - align=left | |||||||||
| 73 | - align=left | Sid Youngelman | 26 | DT-DE | 12 | 0 | 257 | 6–3 | 2 | - align=left | Alabama | ||||||||
| 35 Players Team Average | 26.4 | 12 | 217.1 | 6–1.2 | 3.2 |
Head Coach Hugh Devore struggled during his two seasons in the City of Brotherly Love, compiling a mark of 7–16–1. The poor record led to Devore's firing on January 11, 1958. Despite adding assistants such as former New York Giants head coach Steve Owen.