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

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 48 Al Carmichael 31 Fred Cone 37 Howie Ferguson 5 Paul Hornung 40 Joe Johnson 25 Billy Kinard 42 Don McIlhenny 20 John Petitbon 33 Frank Purnell Wide Receivers 86 Billy Howton 84 Gary Knafelc 88 Ron Kramer 85 Max McGee		Offensive Linemen 62 Norm Amundsen 66 Al Barry 58 Larry Lauer 78 Norm Masters 51 Jim Ringo 57 Jim Salsbury 77 Ollie Spencer 74 Carl Vereen Defensive Linemen 87 Nate Borden 71 Tom Finnin 79 Dave Hanner 72 Jerry Helluin 81 Carlton Massey 82 Jim Temp		Linebackers 65 Tom Bettis 64 Ernie Danjean 69 Bill Forester 53 Sam Palumbo Defensive Backs 44 Bobby Dillon 46 Hank Gremminger 27 John Symank Special Teams 80 Dick Deschaine Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

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

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