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The 1957 NFL season was the 38th regular season of the National Football League. After a 6-game preseason slate, the league's 12 teams played a 12-game league ...
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 held between the two teams.
The 1957 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 28th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 24th as the Detroit Lions. Under first-year head coach George Wilson , the Lions won their fourth and most recent NFL title .
Detroit had won the regular season game 20–7 three weeks earlier on December 8, also at Briggs Stadium, but lost quarterback Bobby Layne with a broken right ankle late in the first half. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Reserve quarterback Tobin Rote , a starter the previous year with Green Bay , filled in for Layne and won that game with Cleveland, the next week ...
The 1957 Baltimore Colts season was the fifth season for the team in the National Football League and their first with a winning record. Under fourth-year head coach Weeb Ewbank , the Colts posted a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, third in the Western Conference, one game behind Detroit and San Francisco .
The 1957 Chicago Cardinals season marked the team's 38th year in the National Football League (NFL). The Cardinals failed to improve on their previous year's record of 7–5, winning only three games. [1] They thus failed to qualify for the playoffs (NFL title game) for the ninth consecutive season.
The 1957 season also marked the Packers' move from City Stadium to new City Stadium, which was opened with a win over the Chicago Bears in week one on September 29. [1] It was renamed Lambeau Field in August 1965 in memory of Packers founder, player, and long-time head coach, Curly Lambeau, [2] [3] who had died two months earlier. [4] [5]
In April 1957, Girard signed a contract with the Detroit Lions to play his tenth season in the NFL. [37] However, in May 1957, the Lions sold Girard to the Baltimore Colts . [ 38 ] Then, in September 1957, shortly before the start of the regular season, he was sold by the Colts to the Pittsburgh Steelers . [ 39 ]