1957 Detroit Lions season

1957 Detroit Lions season
1957 Detroit Lions season
Owner	Detroit Football Company
General manager	Nick Kerbawy
Head coach	George Wilson
Home stadium	Briggs Stadium
Results
Record	8–4
Division place	1st NFL Western (playoff)
Playoffs	Won Conference Playoff; (at 49ers) 31–27; Won NFL Championship; (vs. Browns) 59–14
All-Pros	5 LT Lou Creekmur (1st team); LG Harley Sewell (2nd team); MLB Joe Schmidt (1st team); SS Jack Christiansen (1st team); FS Yale Lary (2nd team);
Pro Bowlers	7 MLB Joe Schmidt; SS Jack Christiansen; FS Yale Lary; LT Lou Creekmur; LG Harley Sewell; LDH Jim David; LDE Darris McCord;

The 1957 season was the Detroit Lions' 28th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 24th as the Detroit Lions, and their first under head coach George Wilson. Despite dropping one more game than the previous season, the Lions tied the San Francisco 49ers for first place in the NFL Western Conference. In the tiebreaker game, the Lions defeated the 49ers 31–27 to advance to their fourth championship appearance of the decade. Playing as underdogs, the Lions defeated the Cleveland Browns 59–14 to win their fourth NFL championship. As of the 2025 season, this is the last time the Lions have appeared in an NFL title game, the second-longest drought in the NFL and fourth-longest in the four major sports.

In the penultimate regular season game with the Cleveland Browns on December 8, Hall of Fame quarterback Bobby Layne was lost for the season with a broken right ankle. With backup Tobin Rote in at quarterback in the second quarter, the Lions won that game and overcame a ten-point deficit at halftime the following week to defeat the Chicago Bears 21–13, whom they had lost to three weeks earlier at home. They ended the regular season with three consecutive wins and an 8–4 record. All four losses were within the Western Conference, splitting the two games with all but the Green Bay Packers, whom they swept.