The1957 Arlington State Rebels football team was anAmerican football team that represented Arlington State College (now known as theUniversity of Texas at Arlington) as a member of thePioneer Conference (PC) during the1957 junior college football season. In their fifth year under head coachChena Gilstrap, the team compiled a perfect 12–0 record, won the PC championship, held 10 opponents to seven points or less, and outscored all opponents by a total of 425 to 62. They also played in theJunior Rose Bowl for the second consecutive year, defeatingCerritos 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 atMemorial Stadium inArlington, Texas.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12		atKilgore*	Kilgore, TX	W 32–0		[2]
September 21	8:00 p.m.	atDel Mar*	Buccaneer Stadium Corpus Christi, TX	W 39–7	3,000	[3][4]
September 28		Wharton*	Memorial Stadium Arlington, TX	W 41–7	5,873	[5][6]
October 5		atNavarro*	Corsicana, TX	W 33–7		[7]
October 17		atParis*	Noyes Stadium Paris, TX	W 27–7	1,000	[8]
October 25		North Texas State freshman*	Memorial Stadium Arlington, TX	W 41–0	1,500	[9]
November 2		Victoria*	Memorial Stadium Arlington, TX	W 47–13	4,500	[10]
November 9		Cameron State	Memorial Stadium Arlington, TX	W 34–7		[11]
November 16		atRanger	Ranger, TX	W 40–0		[12]
November 22		Tarleton State	Memorial Stadium Arlington, TX (Silver Bugle)	W 32–0	2,500	[13]
November 28		atSan Angelo	Bobcat Stadium San Angelo, TX	W 38–2	5,000	[14]
December 14		vs.Cerritos*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Junior Rose Bowl)	W 21–12	36,008	[15][16][17]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are inCentral time

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