The 1957 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 25th in the league. They improved on their previous output of 3–8–1, winning four games.1957 Philadelphia Eagles The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season.

Offseason

NFL draft The 1957 NFL draft was held on November 27, 1956. This was before the end of the NFL season and the between time of NCAA college football season end and the college bowl games. The draft once again was 30 rounds long, 12 teams picking, and a total of 360 players selected. This again was a year that there was a Lottery bonus pick. This year's team to get the overall number 1 pick in the draft was the Green Bay Packers that selected, 1956 Heisman Trophy winner, Paul HornungPaul Hornung, 1956 Heisman Trophy winner who was a halfback out of Notre Dame

Player selections

Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 29 at Los Angeles Rams L 13–17 0–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 62,506 2 New York Giants L 20–24 0–2 Connie Mack Stadium 28,342 3 October 13 at Cleveland Browns L 7–24 0–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 53,493 4 October 20 Cleveland Browns W 17–7 1–3 Connie Mack Stadium 22,443 5 October 27 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 0–6 1–4 Forbes Field 27,016 6 November 3 at Chicago Cardinals W 38–21 2–4 Comiskey Park 18,718 7 November 10 Detroit Lions L 16–27 2–5 Connie Mack Stadium 29,320 8 November 17 at New York Giants L 0–13 2–6 Yankee Stadium 42,845 9 November 24 Washington Redskins W 21–12 3-6 Connie Mack Stadium 20,730 10 December 1 Pittsburgh Steelers W 7–6 4–6 Connie Mack Stadium 16,364 11 December 8 at Washington Redskins L 7–42 4–7 Griffith Stadium 21,304 12 December 14 Chicago Cardinals L 27–31 4–8 Connie Mack Stadium 12,555 Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Roster (All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)

= 1957 Pro BowlPlayers are identified as a 1957 All-Star.= Hall of Famer + = Was a Starter in the Pro-Bowl NO. PlayerAGE POS GP GSWTHTYRSCollege Hugh Devore COACH 1957 record4–8–0Eagles Lifetime7–16–1 NFL Lifetime7–18–1 2nd University of Notre Dame33Billy Ray Barnes22HB1202015–11RookieWake Forest 60Chuck Bednarik32LB-C1102336–38Pennsylvania Quakers 81Eddie Bell26DB-LB1202126–12Pennsylvania 36Dick Bielski25E-FB1202246–12Maryland Terrapins 40Tom Brookshier26DB1201966–04Colorado Buffalos84Hank Burnine25E701886–2 1 Missouri78Marion Campbell28DE-DT-MG G-T1002506–33Georgia 10Al Dorow28QB601936–03Michigan State 64Bob Gaona26T1202436–34Wake Forest 64Abe Gibron32G1202435–118Purdue, Valparaiso20Jimmy Harris23DB1201786–1RookieOklahoma Sooners 42Bob Hudson27DB-LB-E1202256–46Clemson Tigers 63Ken Huxhold28G1202266–13Wisconsin Badgers 9Sonny Jurgensen23QB1052025–11RookieDuke 23Ken Keller23HB1201805–10 1 North Carolina Tarheels68Bill Koman23LB11112296–2 1North Carolina 79Buck Lansford24G-T10102326–22Texas Longhorns 65Menil Mavraides26G1202356–13Notre Dame Fighting Irish25Tommy McDonald23FL-HB SE-WR1201785–9Rookie Oklahoma Sooners41Jerry Norton26DB-HB1201955–113SMU Mustangs 26Clarence Peaks22FB1202186–1RookieMichigan State 44Pete Retzlaff26 E-HB-TE1202116–1 1 South Dakota St. Jackrabbits 45Rocky Ryan25DB-E902026–1 1 Illinois75Tom Saidock27DT1152616–5RookieMichigan State 82Tom Scott27DE-LB1202186–24Virginia53John Simerson22C-T12122576–3RookiePurdue Boilermakers 80Bill Stribling30E1202066–16Mississippi 76Len Szafaryn29T-G-LB-DT112266–28North Carolina 11Bobby Thomason29QB1271966–18VMI 83Bobby Walston29E-HB-K1201906–06Georgia77Jim Weatherall28DT-T1202456–42Oklahoma 86Norm Willey30 DE-G-E1202246–27Marshall Thundering Herd 32Neil Worden26FB1201985–103Notre Dame 74Frank Wydo33T-DT1202256–410Cornell 73Sid Youngelman26DT-DE1202576–32 Alabama 35 Players Team Average 26.4 12 217.1 6–1.2 3.2

Postseason Head Coach Hugh Devore struggled during his two seasons in the City of Brotherly Love, compiling a mark of 7–16–1. The poor record led to Devore's firing on January 11, 1958. Despite adding assistants such as former New York Giants head coach Steve Owen.

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