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1945 Detroit Lions

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Record: 7-3-0, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 195 points (19.5/g), 5th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 194 points (19.4/g), 5th.
 Differential of 1 points (0.1/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 5.0-5.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-1.3/g), 10th.

Coached by Gus Dorais

Training Camp: Assumption College (Windsor, Ontario)

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Drafted Players

Draft Index · Full 1945 Draft Results
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos Yrs From To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
1 6 DET Frank Szymanski C 5 1945 1949 0 0 1 0 47 Notre Dame
3 24 DET Stan Mohrbacher G 0 0 0 Iowa
5 39 DET Bob Wiese B 2 1947 1948 0 0 0 0 16 20 61 0 5 53 0 Michigan
6 49 DET Gene Fekete FB 1 1946 1946 0 0 0 0 6 26 106 1 1 2 0 Ohio St.
7 62 DET Mike Jarmoluk DT 10 1946 1955 0 1 7 40 118 2 33 1 Temple
8 72 DET Jackie Lowther B 2 1944 1945 0 0 0 0 10 7 14 54 0 3 24 72 0 Detroit Mercy
9 82 DET Les Joop T 0 0 0 Illinois
10 95 DET Paul Walker E 1 1948 1948 0 0 1 0 12 1 11 0 Yale
11 105 DET Howie Hansen T 0 0 0 Utah St.
12 115 DET Mike Kasap T 1 1947 1947 0 0 0 0 12 Purdue
13 128 DET Wally Hopp B 0 0 0 Nebraska
14 138 DET Ben Trickey B 0 0 0 Iowa
15 148 DET Windell Williams E 2 1948 1949 0 0 0 0 26 52 626 3 La-Lafayette
16 161 DET Wayne Flanigan E 0 0 0 Denver
17 171 DET O.J. Key B 0 0 0 Tulane
18 181 DET Jim McWhorter B 0 0 0 Alabama
19 194 DET Clyde LeForce QB 3 1947 1949 0 0 0 0 32 197 388 2961 25 37 59 287 2 8 122 3 Tulsa
20 204 DET Mike Castronis G 0 0 0 Georgia
21 214 DET Ken Currier G 0 0 0 Wisconsin
22 227 DET Jack Verutti B 0 0 0
23 237 DET Ray Olsen B 0 0 0 Tulane
24 247 DET Russ Morrow C 2 1946 1947 0 0 0 0 10 1 8 1 Tennessee
25 260 DET Stan Green T 0 0 0 Oklahoma
26 270 DET Bob Ivory G 1 1947 1947 0 0 0 0 3 Detroit Mercy
27 280 DET Dell Taylor B 0 0 0 Tulsa
28 293 DET Len Ciesla B 0 0 0 Creighton
29 303 DET Frank Lopp T 0 0 0 Wisconsin
30 313 DET Paul Limont E 0 0 0 Notre Dame
31 321 DET Ben Schadler B 0 0 0 Northwestern
32 326 DET Tom Dorais B 0 0 0 Detroit Mercy