# 1957 Baltimore Colts season

The 1957 Baltimore Colts season was the fifth season for the team in the National Football League, their first season with a winning record as the Colts, and their first in seven years when they were still known as the New York Yanks. Under fourth-year head coach Weeb Ewbank, the Colts posted a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, third in the Western Conference, one game behind Detroit and San Francisco.
With two games to play, Baltimore (7–3) was in first place with a one-game lead, but dropped their final two games on the West Coast.
This was the first season in which the Colts wore their trademark "horseshoe" logo on both sides of their helmet, with the team also debuting a new uniform kit featuring "blue jerseys highlighted with two white shoulder stripes" and white pants with "two lines of blue piping up the sides." While the team had experimented with placement of the horseshoe logo on the back of the helmet for several seasons previously, it was in 1957 that the white helmets with the large blue logos were unveiled.

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
| 1 | September 29 | Detroit Lions | W 34–14 | 1–0 | Memorial Stadium | 40,112 | Recap |
| 2 | October 5 | Chicago Bears | W 21–10 | 2–0 | Memorial Stadium | 46,558 | Recap |
| 3 | October 13 | at Green Bay Packers | W 45–17 | 3–0 | Milwaukee County Stadium | 26,322 | Recap |
| 4 | October 20 | at Detroit Lions | L 27–31 | 3–1 | Briggs Stadium | 55,764 | Recap |
| 5 | October 27 | Green Bay Packers | L 21–24 | 3–2 | Memorial Stadium | 48,510 | Recap |
| 6 | November 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 13–19 | 3–3 | Memorial Stadium | 42,575 | Recap |
| 7 | November 10 | at Washington Redskins | W 21–17 | 4–3 | Griffith Stadium | 33,149 | Recap |
| 8 | November 17 | at Chicago Bears | W 29–14 | 5–3 | Wrigley Field | 47,168 | Recap |
| 9 | November 24 | San Francisco 49ers | W 27–21 | 6–3 | Memorial Stadium | 50,073 | Recap |
| 10 | December 1 | Los Angeles Rams | W 31–14 | 7–3 | Memorial Stadium | 52,060 | Recap |
| 11 | December 8 | at San Francisco 49ers | L 13–17 | 7–4 | Kezar Stadium | 59,950 | Recap |
| 12 | December 15 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 21–37 | 7–5 | L.A. Memorial Coliseum | 52,560 | Recap |
| Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. Oct. 5: Saturday night game. |||||||||

## Standings

NFL Western Conference :
| viewtalkedit | 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.
NFL Eastern Conference :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| 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.