1957 Green Bay Packers season

1957 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Lisle Blackbourn
Home field	City Stadium County Stadium (Milwaukee)
Results
Record	3–9
Division place	6th NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1957 Green Bay Packers season was the Packers' 38th season in the National Football League. After an opening win, the club posted a 3–9 record under fourth-year head coach Lisle Blackbourn and finished last in the Western Conference. It was Blackbourn's final season at Green Bay, who was replaced by Ray McLean in January 1958 for just one year, succeeded by Vince Lombardi in 1959.

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]

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1957 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	1	Paul Hornung	Halfback	Notre Dame
1	4	Ron Kramer	End	Michigan
2	18	Joel Wells	Back	Clemson
3	29	Dalton Truax	Tackle	Tulane
4	41	Carl Vereen	Offensive Tackle	Georgia Tech
6	70	John Nisby	Guard	Pacific
7	76	Frank Gilliam	End	Iowa
8	87	George Belotti	Center	USC
9	100	Ken Wineberg	Back	TCU
10	111	Gary Gustafson	Guard	Gustavus Adolphus
11	124	Jim Roseboro	Back	Ohio State
12	135	Ed Sullivan	Center	Notre Dame
12	145	Glenn Bestor	Back	Wisconsin
13	148	Jim Morse	Back	Notre Dame
14	159	Rudy Schoendorf	Tackle	Miami (OH)
15	172	Pat Hinton	Guard	Louisiana Tech
16	183	Ed Buckingham	Tackle	Minnesota
17	196	Don Boudreaux	Tackle	Houston
18	207	Credell Green	Back	Washington
19	220	Ernie Danjean	Guard	Auburn
20	231	Percy Oliver	Guard	Illinois
21	244	Chuck Mehrer	Tackle	Missouri
22	255	Ronnie Quillian	Quarterback	Tulane
23	268	John Symank	Defensive Back	Florida
24	279	Charlie Leyendecker	Tackle	SMU
25	292	Jerry Johnson	Tackle	St. Norbert
26	303	Buddy Bass	End	Duke
27	316	Marty Booher	Tackle	Wisconsin
28	327	Dave Herbold	Guard	Minnesota
29	340	Howie Dare	Back	Maryland

Green indicates a future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 29	Chicago Bears	W 21–17	1–0	City Stadium	32,132
2	October 6	Detroit Lions	L 24–14	1–1	City Stadium	32,120
3	October 13	Baltimore Colts	L 45–17	1–2	Milwaukee County Stadium	26,322
4	October 20	San Francisco 49ers	L 24–14	1–3	Milwaukee County Stadium	18,919
5	October 27	at Baltimore Colts	W 24–21	2–3	Memorial Stadium	48,510
6	November 3	New York Giants	L 31–17	2–4	City Stadium	32,070
7	November 10	at Chicago Bears	L 21–14	2–5	Wrigley Field	47,153
8	November 17	Los Angeles Rams	L 31–27	2–6	Milwaukee County Stadium	19,540
9	November 24	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–10	3–6	Forbes Field	29,701
10	November 28	at Detroit Lions	L 18–6	3–7	Briggs Stadium	54,301
11	December 8	at Los Angeles Rams	L 42–17	3–8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	70,572
12	December 15	at San Francisco 49ers	L 27–20	3–9	Kezar Stadium	59,100

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.

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

10 Babe Parilli
15 Bart Starr

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

80 Dick Deschaine

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

↑ "Crowd of 32,132 fills Green Bay's new City Stadium, sees Packers upset Bears". Milwaukee Journal. September 30, 1957. p. 7-part 2.
↑ "Packer board backs Lambeau Field idea". Milwaukee Journal. UPI. August 3, 1965. p. 18-part 2.
↑ "'Lambeau Field' voted by council". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. August 5, 1965. p. 3-part 2.
↑ "Curly Lambeau is stricken and dies of a heart attack". Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Journal World. Associated Press. June 2, 1965. p. 18.
↑ "Lambeau, Packer founder, dies; led club to 6 pro league titles". Milwaukee Journal. June 2, 1965. p. 19.

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Green Bay Packers seasons

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Green Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 Based and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Franchise	Franchise Team history Green Bay Packers, Inc. Board of Directors

Records	Seasons Coaches Players A–D E–K L–R S–Z Starting quarterbacks Pro Football Hall of Famers Retired numbers First-round draft picks Records Pro Bowlers Stadiums

Stadiums	Hagemeister Park Bellevue Park City Stadium Borchert Field Wisconsin State Fair Park Marquette Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Lambeau Field

Training Facilities	Don Hutson Center Clarke Hinkle Field Ray Nitschke Field St. Norbert College (training camp) Rockwood Lodge (former)

Culture	Cheesehead Lambeau Leap Hall of Fame Packers Fan Hall of Fame "Bang the Drum All Day" Cheerleaders Fight song Lumberjack Band Pigskin Champions Vernon Biever Hungry Five George Whitney Calhoun The Dope Sheet Curly Lambeau Vince Lombardi Ron Wolf Lombardi Pitch Perfect 2 Packers Heritage Trail Packers Pro Shop

Lore	Dolly Gray impostor The Ice Bowl The Snow Bowl Instant Replay Game 4th and 26 Fail Mary Miracle in Motown

Division championships (22)	1936 1938 1939 1944 1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1972 1995 1996 1997 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference championships (9)	1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1996 1997 2010

League championships (13^†)	1929 1930 1931 1936 1939 1944 1961 1962 1965 1966 (I) 1967 (II) 1996 (XXXI) 2010 (XLV) ^† does not include 1966 or 1967 NFL championships

Retired numbers	3 4 14 15 66 92

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings

Broadcasters	Radio: Packers Radio Network WTMJ WKTI-HD2 WIXX WTAQ Television (pre-season & official in-season team programming): WGBA-TV WTMJ-TV Personnel: Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) Larry McCarren (color/analysis)

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1921–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (97)	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

1957 NFL season

Eastern Conference	CHI Cardinals	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Green Bay	Western Conference
	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	CHI Bears	Los Angeles
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco

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