| 1957 Philadelphia Eagles season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Happy Hundred |
| Head coach | Hugh Devore |
| Results | |
| Record | 4–8 |
| Division place | 5th NFL Eastern |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
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
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Main article: 1957 NFL Draft |
| 1957 Philadelphia Eagles draft | |||||
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Clarence Peaks | FB | Michigan State | |
| 2 | 19 | Billy Ray Barnes * | HB | Wake Forest | |
| 3 | 31 | Tommy McDonald * † | WR | Oklahoma | |
| 4 | 43 | Sonny Jurgensen * † | QB | Duke | |
| 5 | 50 | Jimmy Harris | DB | Oklahoma | |
| 7 | 74 | Tom Saidock | DT | Michigan State | |
| 8 | 86 | Hal McElhaney | B | Duke | |
| 9 | 98 | Harold Davis | B | Westminster (PA) | |
| 10 | 110 | Don Bruhns | C | Drake | |
| 11 | 122 | Gil Shoaf | T | Wabash | |
| 12 | 134 | Buddy Dike | B | TCU | |
| 13 | 146 | Hubert Bobo | LB | Ohio State | |
| 14 | 158 | Jerry Cashman | T | Syracuse | |
| 15 | 170 | Mort Moriarity | E | Texas | |
| 16 | 182 | John Nocera | LB | Iowa | Made roster in 1959 |
| 17 | 194 | Dan Radakovich | C | Penn State | |
| 18 | 206 | Billy Kelley | T | Baylor | |
| 19 | 218 | Paul Harasimowicz | T | Vermont | |
| 20 | 230 | Leroy Thompson | B | Butler | |
| 21 | 242 | Charley Brooks | E | Michigan | |
| 22 | 254 | John Simerson | C | Purdue | |
| 23 | 266 | Lou Lovely | G | Boston University | |
| 24 | 278 | Dennis McGill | B | Yale | |
| 25 | 290 | Bob Ratliff | B | West Texas State | |
| 26 | 302 | Al Richardson | DE | Grambling | |
| 27 | 314 | Frank Hall | B | USC | |
| 28 | 326 | Clem Corona | G | Michigan | |
| 29 | 338 | John Niznik | E | Wake Forest | |
| 30 | 350 | Larry Hubbard | E | Marquette | |
| Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career | |||||
| 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 | October 5 | 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. | |||||||
| NFL Eastern Conference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | CONF | PF | PA | STK | ||
| Cleveland Browns | 9 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 8–1–1 | 269 | 172 | W1 | |
| New York Giants | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 6–4 | 254 | 211 | L3 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 5–5 | 161 | 178 | W1 | |
| Washington Redskins | 5 | 6 | 1 | .455 | 4–5–1 | 251 | 230 | W3 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 4–6 | 173 | 230 | L2 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 2–8 | 200 | 299 | L1 | |
(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)
| = 1957 Pro Bowl[5] | = Hall of Famer |
| NO. | Player | AGE | POS | GP | GS | WT | HT | YRS | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Devore | COACH | 1957 record 4–8–0 |
Eagles Lifetime 7–16–1 |
NFL Lifetime 7–18–1 |
2nd | University of Notre Dame | |||
| 33 | Billy Ray Barnes | 22 | HB | 12 | 0 | 201 | 5–11 | Rookie | Wake Forest |
| 60 | Chuck Bednarik | 32 | LB-C | 11 | 0 | 233 | 6–3 | 8 | Pennsylvania Quakers |
| 81 | Eddie Bell | 26 | DB-LB | 12 | 0 | 212 | 6–1 | 2 | Pennsylvania |
| 36 | Dick Bielski | 25 | E-FB | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6–1 | 2 | Maryland Terrapins |
| 40 | Tom Brookshier | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 196 | 6–0 | 4 | Colorado Buffalos |
| 84 | Hank Burnine | 25 | E | 7 | 0 | 188 | 6–2 | 1 | Missouri |
| 78 | Marion Campbell | 28 | DE-DT-MG G-T |
10 | 0 | 250 | 6–3 | 3 | Georgia |
| 10 | Al Dorow | 28 | QB | 6 | 0 | 193 | 6–0 | 3 | Michigan State |
| 64 | Bob Gaona | 26 | T | 12 | 0 | 243 | 6–3 | 4 | Wake Forest |
| 64 | Abe Gibron | 32 | G | 12 | 0 | 243 | 5–11 | 8 | Purdue,Valparaiso |
| 20 | Jimmy Harris | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 178 | 6–1 | Rookie | Oklahoma Sooners |
| 42 | Bob Hudson | 27 | DB-LB-E | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6–4 | 6 | Clemson Tigers |
| 63 | Ken Huxhold | 28 | G | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6–1 | 3 | Wisconsin Badgers |
| 9 | Sonny Jurgensen | 23 | QB | 10 | 5 | 202 | 5–11 | Rookie | Duke |
| 23 | Ken Keller | 23 | HB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5–10 | 1 | North Carolina Tarheels |
| 68 | Bill Koman | 23 | LB | 11 | 11 | 229 | 6–2 | 1 | North Carolina |
| 79 | Buck Lansford | 24 | G-T | 10 | 10 | 232 | 6–2 | 2 | Texas Longhorns |
| 65 | Menil Mavraides | 26 | G | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6–1 | 3 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| 25 | Tommy McDonald | 23 | FL-HB SE-WR |
12 | 0 | 178 | 5–9 | Rookie | Oklahoma Sooners |
| 41 | Jerry Norton | 26 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 5–11 | 3 | SMU Mustangs |
| 26 | Clarence Peaks | 22 | FB | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6–1 | Rookie | Michigan State |
| 44 | Pete Retzlaff | 26 | E-HB-TE | 12 | 0 | 211 | 6–1 | 1 | South Dakota St. Jackrabbits |
| 45 | Rocky Ryan | 25 | DB-E | 9 | 0 | 202 | 6–1 | 1 | Illinois |
| 75 | Tom Saidock | 27 | DT | 11 | 5 | 261 | 6–5 | Rookie | Michigan State |
| 82 | Tom Scott | 27 | DE-LB | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6–2 | 4 | Virginia |
| 53 | John Simerson | 22 | C-T | 12 | 12 | 257 | 6–3 | Rookie | Purdue Boilermakers |
| 80 | Bill Stribling | 30 | E | 12 | 0 | 206 | 6–1 | 6 | Mississippi |
| 76 | Len Szafaryn | 29 | T-G-LB-DT | 1 | 1 | 226 | 6–2 | 8 | North Carolina |
| 11 | Bobby Thomason | 29 | QB | 12 | 7 | 196 | 6–1 | 8 | VMI |
| 83 | Bobby Walston | 29 | E-HB-K | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6–0 | 6 | Georgia |
| 77 | Jim Weatherall | 28 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6–4 | 2 | Oklahoma |
| 86 | Norm Willey | 30 | DE-G-E | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6–2 | 7 | Marshall Thundering Herd |
| 32 | Neil Worden | 26 | FB | 12 | 0 | 198 | 5–10 | 3 | Notre Dame |
| 74 | Frank Wydo | 33 | T-DT | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6–4 | 10 | Cornell |
| 73 | Sid Youngelman | 26 | DT-DE | 12 | 0 | 257 | 6–3 | 2 | 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.