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The 1957 NFL Championship Game was the 25th annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), held on December 29 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan.
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 .
Joe Schmidt, the Hall of Fame linebacker who led the Detroit Lions to their last championship in 1957, died Wednesday. He was 92 years old.
The NFL Championship Game was ended after the 1969 season, succeeded by the NFC Championship Game. [2] [6] The champions of that game play the champions of the AFC Championship Game in the Super Bowl to determine the NFL champion. [2] The Green Bay Packers won the most NFL championships before the merger, winning eleven of the fifty ...
'The Detroit History Podcast' dove into the 1957 Detroit Lions' NFL championship team 5 years ago, when the team was mired in a rut. ... The Lions won that game, then blew out the Cleveland Browns ...
Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Steve Junker, who caught two touchdowns in the 1957 NFL championship, died on Dec. 13 at 88.
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.