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1957 Washington Redskins season

The 1957 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 26th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 21st in Washington, D.C. The team failed to improve on their 6–6 record from 1956 and finished 5–6–1.

1957 Washington Redskins season

George Preston Marshall
Dick McCann
Joe Kuharich
Griffith Stadium
5–6–1
4th NFL Eastern
Did not qualify

The 1957 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 26th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 21st in Washington, D.C. The team failed to improve on their 6–6 record from 1956 and finished 5–6–1.

From the 1955 season until 1962, the Redskins were the last bastion of racial segregation in the NFL, refusing to include a single black player on their roster, unlike the other 12 teams in the league.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club team

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}August 16	at Los Angeles Rams	L 14–45	0–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	85,871
August 25	at San Francisco 49ers	L 20–27	0–2	Kezar Stadium	24,781
August 31	vs. Detroit Lions	L 14–31	0–3	Legion Field (Birmingham, AL)	15,000
September 8	at Baltimore Colts	W 24–14	1–3	Baltimore Memorial Stadium	24,352
September 14	vs. Green Bay Packers	L 17–20	1–4	Bowman Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem, NC)	15,000
September 19	vs. Los Angeles Rams	L 3–14	1–5	Ladd Memorial Stadium (Mobile, AL)	10,217

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
September 29	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–28	0–1	Forbes Field	27,452	Recap
October 6	at Chicago Cardinals	W 37–14	1–1	Comiskey Park	18,278	Recap
October 13	New York Giants	L 20–24	1–2	Griffith Stadium	39,086	Recap
October 20	Chicago Cardinals	L 14–44	1–3	Griffith Stadium	23,159	Recap
October 27	at New York Giants	W 31–14	2–3	Yankee Stadium	40,416	Recap
November 3	at Cleveland Browns	L 17–21	2–4	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	52,936	Recap
November 10	Baltimore Colts	L 17–21	2–5	Griffith Stadium	33,149	Recap
November 17	Cleveland Browns	T 30–30	2–5–1	Griffith Stadium	27,722	Recap
November 24	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 12–21	2–6–1	Connie Mack Stadium	20,730	Recap
December 1	at Chicago Bears	W 14–3	3–6–1	Wrigley Field	39,148	Recap
December 8	Philadelphia Eagles	W 42–7	4–6–1	Griffith Stadium	21,304	Recap
December 15	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 10–3	5–6–1	Griffith Stadium	22,577	Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

NFL Eastern Conference
Cleveland Browns	9	2	1	.818	8–1–1	269	172	W1
New York Giants	7	5	0	.583	6–4	254	211	L3
Pittsburgh Steelers	6	6	0	.500	5–5	161	178	W1
Washington Redskins	5	6	1	.455	4–5–1	251	230	W3
Philadelphia Eagles	4	8	0	.333	4–6	173	230	L2
Chicago Cardinals	3	9	0	.250	2–8	200	299	L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
Quarterbacks (QB)
10 Rudy Bukich
14 Eddie LeBaron
Running backs (RB)

31 Don Bosseler 32 Leo Elter 24 Jim Podoley 25 Tom Runnels 30 Ed Sutton Wide receivers (WR)

82 Johnny Carson 86 Steve Meilinger Tight ends (TE) | | Offensive linemen (OL) 52 Johnny Allen C 62 Don Boll T 70 Ray Lemek T 51 Jim Schrader C 60 Dick Stanfel G 67 Red Stephens G 66 Ed Voytek G Defensive linemen (DL)

80 Gene Brito DE 89 Bob Dee DE/DT 87 Ed Khayat DE 88 Chet Ostrowski DE 72 Don Owens DT 79 Volney Peters DT 71 Will Renfro DT/DE/T | | Linebackers (LB) 36 Chuck Drazenovich MLB 45 Ralph Felton OLB 54 Bill Fulcher OLB 53 LaVern Torgeson OLB Defensive backs (DB)

48 Norb Hecker S 47 Dick James S/CB/RB 28 Joe Scudero S/RB 26 Don Shula CB 81 Joe Walton CB/WR 29 Bert Zagers CB/S Special teams (ST)

49 Sam Baker K/P | | Reserve

84 Tom Braatz CB/S/LB/WR (IR) -- Ralph Guglielmi QB (Military) 76 J. D. Kimmel DT (IR) -- John Miller T/G (Military) -- John Paluck DE/DT (Military)

Rookies in italics |

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