1957 Baltimore Colts season | |
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Owner | Carroll Rosenbloom |
General manager | Don "Red" Kellett |
Head coach | Weeb Ewbank |
Home field | Memorial Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 7–5 |
Division place | 3rd NFL Western |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
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.
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.
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
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1 | September 29 | Detroit Lions | W 34–14 | 1–0 | Memorial Stadium | 40,112 | Recap |
2 | October 5 | Chicago Bears | W 21–10 | 2–0 | Memorial Stadium | 46,558 | Recap |
3 | October 13 | at Green Bay Packers | W 45–17 | 3–0 | Milwaukee County Stadium | 26,322 | Recap |
4 | October 20 | at Detroit Lions | L 27–31 | 3–1 | Briggs Stadium | 55,764 | Recap |
5 | October 27 | Green Bay Packers | L 21–24 | 3–2 | Memorial Stadium | 48,510 | Recap |
6 | November 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 13–19 | 3–3 | Memorial Stadium | 42,575 | Recap |
7 | November 10 | at Washington Redskins | W 21–17 | 4–3 | Griffith Stadium | 33,149 | Recap |
8 | November 17 | at Chicago Bears | W 29–14 | 5–3 | Wrigley Field | 47,168 | Recap |
9 | November 24 | San Francisco 49ers | W 27–21 | 6–3 | Memorial Stadium | 50,073 | Recap |
10 | December 1 | Los Angeles Rams | W 31–14 | 7–3 | Memorial Stadium | 52,060 | Recap |
11 | December 8 | at San Francisco 49ers | L 13–17 | 7–4 | Kezar Stadium | 59,950 | Recap |
12 | December 15 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 21–37 | 7–5 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 52,560 | Recap |
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. |
NFL Western Conference | |||||||||
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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 |
NFL Eastern Conference | |||||||||
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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 |