1957 Arlington State Rebels football team

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1957
Cerritos
ConferencePioneer Conference
Record12–0 (4–0 PC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →

The 1957 Arlington State Rebels football team was an

Junior Rose Bowl for the second consecutive year, defeating Cerritos College
, 21–12, to claim the junior college national championship.

Arlington led the PC in both total offense (349 yards per game) and total defense (159 yards per game). Arlington's Justin Rowland was the leading pass receiver in the conference, and halfback Kenny Williams was the leading scorer.[1]

The Rebels played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12at Kilgore JC*Kilgore, TXW 32–0[2]
September 21at
Del Mar*
W 39–73,000[3]
September 28Wharton JC*W 41–75,873[4][5]
October 5at
Navarro*
Corsicana, TXW 33–7[6]
October 17at Paris JC*
W 27–71,000[7]
October 25North Texas State freshman*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Arlington, TX
W 41–01,500[8]
November 2Victoria JC*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Arlington, TX
W 47–134,500[9]
November 9
Cameron State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Arlington, TX
W 34–7[10]
November 16at
Ranger JC
Ranger, TXW 40–0[11]
November 22
Tarleton Statedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Arlington, TX (Silver Bugle)
W 32–02,500[12]
November 28at
San Angelo
W 38–25,000[13]
December 14vs.
Junior Rose Bowl)
W 21–1236,008[14][15][16]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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