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PrivacyDetroit Lions 1956 - 57 Season Review ****
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Detroit Lions 1956 - 57 Season Review
| Team | League | Wins | Loses | Ties | PF | PA |
| Detroit Lions | NFC | 9 | 3 | 0 | 300 | 188 |
Detroit Lions 1956 - 57 Exhibition Games
| Day - Date |
W/L |
Location |
Opponent |
Points For |
Points Against |
| Fri - 8/17/1956 | W | Toledo, OH | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20 | 15 |
| Sat - 8/25/1956 | W | Mobile, AL | Chicago Cardinals | 20 | 17 |
| Fri - 8/31/1956 | W | Miami, FL | Philadelphia Eagles | 30 | 14 |
| Fri - 9/7/1956 | W | Detroit, MI | Cleveland Browns | 17 | 0 |
| Sat - 9/15/1956 | W | Akron, OH | Cleveland Browns | 31 | 14 |
| Sun - 9/23/1956 | L | Buffalo, NY | Washington Redskins | 17 | 19 |
Detroit Lions 1956 - 57 Regular Season Games
| Day - Date |
W/L |
Location |
Opponent |
Points For |
Points Against |
| Sun - 9/30/1956 | W | Green Bay, WI | Green Bay Packers | 20 | 16 |
| Sat - 10/6/1956 | W | Baltimore, MD | Baltimore Colts | 31 | 14 |
| Sun - 10/14/1956 | W | Detroit, MI | Los Angeles Rams | 24 | 21 |
| Sun - 10/21/1956 | W | Detroit, MI | San Francisco 49ers | 20 | 17 |
| Sun - 10/28/1956 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 7 |
| Sun - 11/4/1956 | W | San Francisco, CA | San Francisco 49ers | 17 | 13 |
| Sun - 11/11/1956 | L | Washington, DC | Washington Redskins | 17 | 18 |
| Sun - 11/18/1956 | W | Detroit, MI | Baltimore Colts | 27 | 3 |
| Thu - 11/22/1956 | L | Detroit, MI | Green Bay Packers | 20 | 24 |
| Sun - 12/2/1956 | W | Detroit, MI | Chicago Bears | 42 | 10 |
| Sun - 12/9/1956 | W | Detroit, MI | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45 | 7 |
| Sun - 12/16/1956 | L | Chicago, IL | Chicago Bears | 21 | 38 |
Detroit Lions 1956 - 57 Playoff Games
| Game | Day - Date |
W/L |
Location |
Opponent |
Points For |
Points Against |
Detroit Lions 1956 - 57 Draft
| Year | Name | Rnd | Pick | Pos | College |
| 1956 | Howard Cassady | 1 | 3 | B | Ohio State |
| 1956 | Don McIlhenny | 3 | 27 | B | Southern Methodist |
| 1956 | Jerry Reichow | 4 | 38 | QB | Iowa |
| 1956 | Tom Tracy | 5 | 50 | B | Tennessee |
| 1956 | Bob Lusk | 6 | 62 | C | William & Mary |
| 1956 | Gene Cronin | 7 | 74 | G | Pacific |
| 1956 | Jack Powell | 8 | 86 | T | Texas A&M |
| 1956 | Cal Jones | 9 | 98 | G | Iowa |
| 1956 | Joe Silas | 10 | 110 | DE | South Carolina |
| 1956 | Lou Wacker | 11 | 122 | B | Richmond |
| 1956 | Tom Selep | 11 | 124 | B | Maryland |
| 1956 | R.B. Nunnery | 12 | 134 | T | Louisiana State |
| 1956 | O.K. Ferguson | 13 | 146 | B | Louisiana State |
| 1956 | Ronnie Falls | 14 | 158 | LB | Duke |
| 1956 | Horace Allert | 15 | 170 | DE | Texas State |
| 1956 | Ken Wind | 17 | 194 | E | Houston |
| 1956 | Turk Petrarca | 18 | 206 | B | Boston College |
| 1956 | Dale Vaughn | 19 | 218 | B | Virginia Military Institute |
| 1956 | Joe Stephenson | 20 | 230 | E | Vanderbilt |
| 1956 | Bob Blechen | 21 | 242 | C | Whittier |
| 1956 | Dick Marazza | 22 | 254 | T | Clemson |
| 1956 | Bobby Garrard | 23 | 266 | B | Georgia |
| 1956 | Jarv Walz | 24 | 278 | E | Central Michigan |
| 1956 | Jerry Hall | 25 | 290 | B | Rice |
| 1956 | Joe Walden | 26 | 302 | B | West Texas A&M |
| 1956 | Bryan Burnthorne | 27 | 314 | G | Tulane |
| 1956 | John Smith | 28 | 326 | G | Northwestern |
| 1956 | Doug Peters | 29 | 338 | B | UCLA |
| 1956 | John Gibbens | 30 | 350 | T | Texas State |