The 1957 Baltimore Colts season was the fifth season for the team in the National Football League, their first season with a winning record as the Colts, and their first in seven years when they were still known as the New York Yanks. 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. Season summary With two games to play, Baltimore (7–3) was in first place with a one-game lead, but dropped their final two games on the West Coast.
This was the first season in which the Colts wore their trademark "horseshoe" logo on both sides of their helmet, with the team also debuting a new uniform kit featuring "blue jerseys highlighted with two white shoulder stripes" and white pants with "two lines of blue piping up the sides."Jesse A. Linthicum, "Colts' Spirit Stops Jinx: Football Used in Beating Detroit Given to Shula," Baltimore Sun, Sept. 30, 1957, pp. 15,18. While the team had experimented with placement of the horseshoe logo on the back of the helmet for several seasons previously, it was in 1957 that the white helmets with the large blue logos were unveiled.
Regular season
Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 29 Detroit Lions W 34–14 1–0 Memorial Stadium 40,112 Recap Cameron C. Synder, "Colts Whip Lions in Opener at Stadium, 34 to 14: 40,112 See Unitas Pass to Four Touchdowns; Defensive Line Stars," Baltimore Sun, Sept. 30, 1957, pp. 15, 18. 2 Chicago Bears W 21–10 2–0 Memorial Stadium 46,558 Recap Cameron C. Snyder, "Colts Rally in Last Half to Whip Bears, 21 to 10: Two 4th Down Passes Score Twice Before 46,558 Stadium Fans," Baltimore Sun, Oct. 6, 1957, pp. 1D, 4D. 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 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 52,560 Recap Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. Oct. 5: Saturday night game.
Standings
Roster
1957 Baltimore Colts roster Quarterbacks 18 Cotton Davidson P 14 George Shaw 19 Johnny Unitas
Running backs 35 Alan Ameche 25 Jack Call 45 L. G. Dupre 24 Lenny Moore 31 Billy Pricer
Receivers 82 Raymond Berry 84 Jim Mutscheller 26 Royce Womble Offensive linemen 74 Ken Jackson G/T 65 Steve Myhra G/K/LB 50 Buzz Nutter C 72 Luke Owens T 77 Jim Parker T 60 George Preas T 68 Alex Sandusky G 63 Art Spinney G
Defensive linemen 81 Ordell Braase DE 73 Joe Campanella DT 70 Art Donovan DT 83 Don Joyce DE 76 Gene Lipscomb DT 89 Gino Marchetti DE Linebackers 67 Doug Eggers OLB 61 Jack Patera MLB 66 Don Shinnick OLB 52 Dick Szymanski OLB
Defensive backs 20 Milt Davis CB 23 Art DeCarlo CB
27 Henry Moore CB 80 Andy Nelson S 44 Bert Rechichar S/K 40 Jesse Thomas CB/S Reserve list -- John Lewis WR (Military) 18 Dick Nyers RB (IR) 36 Bill Pellington LB (IR) 23 Carl Taseff CB (IR)
rookies in italics
See also History of the Indianapolis Colts
References
External links 1957 Baltimore Colts at Pro-Football-Reference.com 1957 Baltimore Colts at JT-SW.com