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1957 Cleveland Browns season

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1957 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach Paul Brown
Home Field Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record 9–2–1
Place 1st NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish Lost NFL Championship
Timeline
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1956 1958

The 1957 Cleveland Browns season was the team's eighth season with the National Football League.

Exhibition ScheduleEdit

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 August 14, 1957 at Detroit Lions L 20–10
40,150
2 August 24, 1957 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers at Akron W 28–13
26,669
3 September 1, 1957 at San Francisco 49ers L 21–17
32,840
4 September 6, 1957 at Los Angeles Rams L 20–14
45,011
5 September 14, 1957 Detroit Lions W 23–7
34,369
6 September 20, 1957 at Chicago Bears L 29–3
47,354

Regular Season ScheduleEdit

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 29, 1957 New York Giants W 6–3
58,095
2 October 5, 1957 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 23–12
35,570
3 October 13, 1957 Philadelphia Eagles W 24–7
53,493
4 October 20, 1957 at Philadelphia Eagles L 17–7
22,443
5 October 27, 1957 at Chicago Cardinals W 17–7
26,341
6 November 3, 1957 Washington Redskins W 21–17
52,936
7 November 10, 1957 Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–0
53,709
8 November 17, 1957 at Washington Redskins W 24–0
27,722
9 November 24, 1957 Los Angeles Rams W 45–31
65,407
10 December 1, 1957 Chicago Cardinals W 31–0
40,525
11 December 8, 1957 at Detroit Lions L 20–7
55,814
12 December 15, 1957 at New York Giants W 34–28
54,294

PlayoffsEdit

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
Championship December 29, 1957 at Detroit Lions L 59–14
55,263

StandingsEdit

NFL Eastern
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns 9 2 1 .818 269 172 W-1
New York Giants 7 5 0 .583 254 211 L-3
Pittsburgh Steelers 6 6 0 .500 161 178 W-1
Washington Redskins 5 6 1 .455 251 230 W-3
Philadelphia Eagles 4 8 0 .333 173 230 L-2
Chicago Cardinals 3 9 0 .250 200 299 L-1

PostseasonEdit

NFL Championship GameEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 0 7 7 0 14
Lions 17 14 14 14 59




Scoring

  • DET – FG Martin 31
  • DET – Rote 1 yard run (Martin kick)
  • DET – Gedman 1 yard run (Martin kick)
  • CLE – Brown 29 yard run (Groza kick)
  • DET – Junker 26 yard pass from Rote (Martin kick)
  • DET – Barr 19 yard interception (Martin kick)
  • CLE – Carpenter 5 yard run (Groza kick)
  • DET – Doran 78 yard pass from Rote (Martin kick)
  • DET – Junker 23 yard pass from Rote (Martin kick)
  • DET – Middleton 32 yard pass from Rote (Martin kick)
  • DET Cassady yard pass from Reichow (Martin kick)

Awards and recordsEdit

  • Jim Brown, NFL Rushing Leader, 942 yards
  • Tommy O’Connell, NFL Leader, Passing Yards, (1,229)

MilestonesEdit

  • Jim Brown, First Rushing Title
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