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1945 Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers

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Record: 3-6-1, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 123 points (12.3/g), 8th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 211 points (21.1/g), 7th.
 Differential of -88 points (-8.8/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 2.2-7.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.2/g), 3rd.

Coached by Herb Kopf (3-6-1)

1945 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Tue September 25 box W 1-0 Pittsburgh Steelers 28 7 10 331 117 214 4 12 135 113 22 6
2 Sun October 7 box W 2-0 Washington Redskins 28 20 15 324 150 174 2 16 327 164 163 2
3 Sun October 14 box T 2-0-1 New York Giants 13 13 10 238 92 146 3 7 178 118 60 4
4 Sun October 21 box L 2-1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 14 38 12 250 183 67 2 16 456 179 277 3
5 Sun October 28 box W 3-1-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 10 6 3 73 59 14 2 11 193 133 60 5
6 Sun November 4 box L 3-2-1 Detroit Lions 9 10 6 143 77 66 5 5 99 23 76 4
7 Sun November 11 box L 3-3-1 @ Washington Redskins 7 34 5 85 55 30 5 11 342 150 192 1
8 Sun November 18 box L 3-4-1 Green Bay Packers 0 28 5 48 36 12 4 11 286 109 177 3
9 Sun December 2 box L 3-5-1 @ Cleveland Rams 7 20 11 182 146 36 3 17 353 228 125 4
10 Sun December 9 box L 3-6-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 35 8 131 33 98 5 18 366 139 227 4

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 123 1846 505 3.7 83 66 160 1000 6 21 6.3 30 345 846 10 2.5 44 36 15 9
Team Defense 211 2791 614 4.5 204 104 227 1427 10 30 6.3 61 387 1364 15 3.5 133 38 8 10
Lg Rank Offense 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 8 7 9 6 9 8 9
Lg Rank Defense 7 6 9 7 5 5 1 4 8 7 5 7 3 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Scott Gudmundson 24 P 10 0 17 43 39.5 299 1 2.3 5 11.6 43 7.0 2.0 17.6 29.9 32.2
George Cafego 30 QB 7 5 13 26 50.0 149 0 0.0 4 15.4 29 5.7 -1.2 11.5 21.3 28.0
Ace Parker 33 8 1 10 24 41.7 123 0 0.0 5 20.8 41 5.1 -4.3 12.3 15.4 18.6
Frank Sachse 28 8 0 9 21 42.9 203 2 9.5 0 0.0 80 9.7 10.6 22.6 25.4 109.8
John Grigas 25 LH 10 8 5 14 35.7 85 0 0.0 1 7.1 30 6.1 2.9 17.0 8.5 27.4
Bob Davis 31 RH 10 9 5 10 50.0 73 3 30.0 0 0.0 23 7.3 10.3 14.6 7.3 113.7
Pug Manders 32 FB 10 10 5 9 55.6 42 0 0.0 1 11.1 12 4.7 -0.3 8.4 4.2 28.2
Paul Duhart 25 3 3 2 6 33.3 26 0 0.0 2 33.3 21 4.3 -10.7 13.0 8.7 8.3
Hugh McCullough 29 7 0 0 6 0.0 0 0 0.0 3 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0
Ned Mathews 27 9 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.7 10 66 160 41.3 1000 6 3.8 21 13.1 80 6.3 0.7 15.2 100.0 35.4
Opp Total 10 104 227 45.8 1427 10 4.4 30 13.2 6.3 0.8 13.7 142.7 41.6 0 0 6.3 0.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Pug Manders 32 FB 10 10 76 238 6 34 3.1 23.8 7.6 238 6 6
John Grigas 25 LH 10 8 64 160 2 45 2.5 16.0 6.4 5 59 11.8 0 29 0.5 5.9 219 2 4
Johnny Martin 29 RET 6 5 39 191 1 76 4.9 31.8 6.5 2 20 10.0 0 17 0.3 3.3 211 1 4
Babe Dimancheff 23 5 2 30 69 0 15 2.3 13.8 6.0 1 15 15.0 0 15 0.2 3.0 84 0 2
Bob Davis 31 RH 10 9 29 91 0 12 3.1 9.1 2.9 9 56 6.2 0 29 0.9 5.6 147 0 2
Ned Mathews 27 9 0 27 146 0 49 5.4 16.2 3.0 4 56 14.0 1 23 0.4 6.2 202 1 3
Scott Gudmundson 24 P 10 0 23 4 0 20 0.2 0.4 2.3 1 -8 -8.0 0 -8 0.1 -0.8 -4 0 3
George Cafego 30 QB 7 5 19 -51 0 3 -2.7 -7.3 2.7 2 20 10.0 0 15 0.3 2.9 -31 0 2
Ace Parker 33 8 1 18 -49 0 7 -2.7 -6.1 2.3 -49 0 2
Paul Duhart 25 3 3 6 10 0 9 1.7 3.3 2.0 10 0 0
Frank Sachse 28 8 0 5 9 0 29 1.8 1.1 0.6 9 0 2
Ken Steinmetz 21 10 0 4 12 0 9 3.0 1.2 0.4 12 0 0
Frank Martin 26 lh 3 0 2 10 0 7 5.0 3.3 0.7 1 53 53.0 1 53 0.3 17.7 63 1 0
Hugh McCullough 29 7 0 2 1 0 2 0.5 0.1 0.3 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.1 2.4 18 0 0
Mike Micka 24 3 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 1.7 0.3 5 0 0
Don Currivan 25 RE 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 397 24.8 4 80 1.6 39.7 397 4 0
Bob Masterson 30 le 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 186 12.4 0 21 1.5 18.6 186 0 0
Keith Ranspot 32 LE 9 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 117 14.6 0 30 0.9 13.0 117 0 0
Joe Crowley 26 9 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.3 12 0 0
Team Total 26.7 10 345 846 9 76 2.5 84.6 34.5 66 1000 15.2 6 80 6.6 100.0 1846 15 31
Opp Total 10 387 1364 15 3.5 136.4 38.7 104 1427 13.7 10 10.4 142.7 2791 25 22

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bob Davis 31 RH 10 9 11 94 0 21 8.5 6 131 0 35 21.8 372
Johnny Martin 29 RET 6 5 4 7 0 7 1.8 13 302 0 43 23.2 520
Babe Dimancheff 23 5 2 8 99 0 26 12.4 4 123 0 52 30.8 306
John Grigas 25 LH 10 8 4 65 0 27 16.3 284
Scott Gudmundson 24 P 10 0 4 36 0 15 9.0 32
Ned Mathews 27 9 0 4 108 0 33 27.0 310
George Cafego 30 QB 7 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 47 0 26 23.5 16
Paul Duhart 25 3 3 2 32 0 0 16.0 42
Pug Manders 32 FB 10 10 2 10 0 8 5.0 248
Don Currivan 25 RE 10 5 1 3 0 3 3.0 400
Mike Micka 24 3 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 26
George W. Smith 31 C 10 8 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Bill Walker 25 4 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Team Total 26.7 10 28 236 0 26 8.4 41 845 0 52 20.6 2927
Opp Total 10 38 1 25 678 0 27.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Augie Lio 27 LG 10 10 5 4 80.0% 16 15 93.8%
Scott Gudmundson 24 P 10 0 17 612 52 0 36.0
Johnny Martin 29 RET 6 5 14 575 58 0 41.1
George W. Smith 31 C 10 8 9 355 47 0 39.4
Ken Steinmetz 21 10 0 8 239 46 1 29.9
Ace Parker 33 8 1 7 224 51 0 32.0
George Cafego 30 QB 7 5 6 213 39 0 35.5
Bob Davis 31 RH 10 9 3 129 56 0 43.0
Hugh McCullough 29 7 0 2 64 37 0 32.0
Bob Masterson 30 le 10 5 1 0.0%
Team Total 26.7 10 6 4 66.7% 16 15 93.8% 66 2411 58 1 36.5
Opp Total 10 16 8 50.0% 27 25 92.6% 43 1673 38.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
George Cafego 30 QB 7 5 1 2 0 2 2 2 18 0
Joe Crowley 26 9 3 1 45 0 45
Don Currivan 25 RE 10 5 0 1 0 0
Bob Davis 31 RH 10 9 6 28 0 10 2 0 0 0
Babe Dimancheff 23 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
John Grigas 25 LH 10 8 1 3 0 3 4 2 -14 0
Scott Gudmundson 24 P 10 0 2 23 0 17 3 2 -1 0
Augie Lio 27 LG 10 10 3 42 0 20 0 2 0 0
Jim Magee 25 9 0 1 6 0 6
Pug Manders 32 FB 10 10 3 5 0 5 6 4 -12 0
Johnny Martin 29 RET 6 5 1 10 0 10 4 2 3 0
Ned Mathews 27 9 0 3 42 0 18 3 2 0 0
Ed McGee 29 8 3 0 1 0 0
Mike Micka 24 3 0 1 0 0 0
John Morelli 22 9 0 1 10 0 10
Ace Parker 33 8 1 2 1 -4 0
Keith Ranspot 32 LE 9 7 0 1 0 0
Frank Sachse 28 8 0 2 25 0 22 2 0 0 0
George Sergienko 27 LT 10 10 0 1 0 0
George W. Smith 31 C 10 8 2 23 0 13 1 0 0 0
Ken Steinmetz 21 10 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.7 10 30 264 0 45 31 21 -10 0
Opp Total 10 22 14

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Pug Manders 32 FB 10 10 6 36
Augie Lio 27 LG 10 10 15 4 27
Don Currivan 25 RE 10 5 4 24
John Grigas 25 LH 10 8 2 12
Johnny Martin 29 RET 6 5 1 1 12
Frank Martin 26 lh 3 0 1 6
Ned Mathews 27 9 0 1 6
Team Total 26.7 10 9 6 1 15 4 123
Opp Total 10 15 10 1 25 8 211