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The 1957 NFL Championship Game was the 25th annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), ... In their final six quarters of play ...
The 1957 National Football League season resulted in a tie for the Western Conference championship between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers. Both finished at 8–4 and had split their two games during the regular season in November, with the home team winning each. The tie thus required a one-game playoff to be
After a 6-game preseason slate, the league's 12 teams played a 12-game league schedule — 72 regular season contests in all. The season ended on Sunday, December 28, with a "World's Championship Playoff" held in the home city of the Western Conference champions, [ 1 ] won 59–14 by the Detroit Lions over the Cleveland Browns .
This also marks the last time the Lions have won a playoff game away from home; they are 0–12 on the road in NFL postseason games since. The Lions were home underdogs for the NFL championship game against Cleveland. [9] Played on December 29 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, the Lions led 17–0 after the first quarter and won in a rout, 59–14.
'The Detroit History Podcast' dove into the 1957 Detroit Lions' NFL championship team 5 years ago, when the team was mired in a rut. ... his ankle in the final weeks. Then, in a contest that would ...
Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Steve Junker, who caught two touchdowns in the 1957 NFL championship, died on Dec. 13 at 88.
When we visited Joe Schmidt in 2017, he still fondly remembered his 1957 Detroit Lions. He was the captain and revealed what made the team great.
Detroit Lions, 59 years – NFL champions four times in 1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957; appeared in one other NFL Championship Game in 1954; and appeared in two NFC Championship Games in the 1991 and 2023 seasons. [85] New York Jets, 56 years – Won Super Bowl III, 1968 season [86] [n 8] Minnesota Vikings, 48 years – Lost Super Bowl XI, 1976 season