1957 Baltimore Colts season

The 1957 Baltimore Colts season was the fifth season for the team in the National Football League. 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.

1957 Baltimore Colts season
Head coachWeeb Ewbank
Home fieldMemorial Stadium
Results
Record7–5
Division place3rd NFL Western
Playoff finishdid not qualify

With two games to play, Baltimore (7–3) was in first place with a one game lead,[1] but dropped their final two games on the West Coast.[2][3]

This was the first season in which the Colts wore their trademark "horseshoe" logo in the middle of their helmet.[4] The team had experimented with placement of the logo on other parts of the helmet, but 1957 was the year in which they used the logo that the Colts franchise still uses.

Regular season
Main article: 1957 NFL season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record Game Site Attendance
1 September 29 Detroit Lions W 34–14 1–0 Memorial Stadium
40,112
2 October 5 Chicago Bears W 21–10 2–0 Memorial Stadium
46,558
3 October 13 at Green Bay Packers W 45–17 3–0 Milwaukee County Stadium
26,322
4 October 20 at Detroit Lions L 27–31 3–1 Briggs Stadium
55,764
5 October 27 Green Bay Packers L 21–24 3–2 Memorial Stadium
48,510
6 November 3 Pittsburgh Steelers L 13–19 3–3 Memorial Stadium
42,575
7 November 10 at Washington Redskins W 21–17 4–3 Griffith Stadium
33,149
8 November 17 at Chicago Bears W 29–14 5–3 Wrigley Field
47,168
9 November 24 San Francisco 49ers W 27–21 6–3 Memorial Stadium
50,073
10 December 1 Los Angeles Rams W 31–14 7–3 Memorial Stadium
52,060
11 December 8 at San Francisco 49ers L 13–17 7–4 Kezar Stadium
59,950
12 December 15 at Los Angeles Rams L 21–37 7–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
52,560
  • Saturday night (October 5)[5]

Standings
NFL Western Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Detroit Lions 8 4 0 .667 6–4 251 231 W3
San Francisco 49ers 8 4 0 .667 7–3 260 264 W3
Baltimore Colts 7 5 0 .583 6–4 303 235 L2
Los Angeles Rams 6 6 0 .500 5–5 307 278 W2
Chicago Bears 5 7 0 .417 4–6 203 211 L1
Green Bay Packers 3 9 0 .250 2–8 218 311 L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

See also

References
  1. "Moore and Unitas star in Colts' 31-14 victory". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 2, 1957. p. 28.
  2. "49ers jolt Colts, 17-13; create triple tie". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 9, 1957. p. 26.
  3. "Colts eliminated from title race by Rams, 37-21". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 16, 1957. p. 31.
  4. "1957 NFL season at Gridiron Uniform Database". Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  5. Wright, Earl (October 7, 1957). "Baltimore, Cleveland hold pro division leads". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). United Press. p. 19.
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