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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 (7-3-0)
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1945 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Chuck Fenenbock | 28 | 2 | 2 | 72 rushes for 143 yards, 1 td, & 1 catch for 24 yards and 0 td | |
| TB | Dave Ryan | 22 | Rook | 5 | 36 rushes for 93 yards, 1 td, & 2 catches for 67 yards and 1 td | |
| FB | Bob Westfall+ | 26 | 1 | 4 | 82 rushes for 234 yards, 6 td, & 12 catches for 209 yards and 3 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 5th pick / 1942 |
| BB | Buzz Trebotich | 25 | 1 | 5 | 3 rushes for 3 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| WB | Andy Farkas | 29 | 7 | 3 | 31 rushes for 137 yards, 0 td, & 9 catches for 132 yards and 2 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 9th pick / 1938 |
| WB | Chuck DeShane | 27 | Rook | 5 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 29 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | John Greene | 25 | 1 | 10 | 26 catches for 550 yards, 5 td | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1944 |
| LT | Bill Callihan | 29 | 5 | 10 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 9th / 77th pick / 1939 |
| LG | Stan Batinski | 28 | 4 | 6 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| C | Robert Nelson | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1941 |
| RG | Bill Radovich+ | 30 | 7 | 8 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RT | Emil Uremovich | 29 | 4 | 8 | 2 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 93rd pick / 1941 |
| RE | Jack Matheson | 25 | 2 | 9 | 19 catches for 241 yards, 1 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bill Callihan | 29 | 5 | 10 | 0 of 0 field goals & 25 of 27 extra points | Detroit Lions / 9th / 77th pick / 1939 |
| P | Chuck Fenenbock | 28 | 2 | 2 | 29 punts for a 37.3 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Dave Ryan | 22 | Rook | 5 | 15 punt returns for a 14.7 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Andy Farkas | 29 | 7 | 3 | 8 kick returns for a 20.6 average and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 9th pick / 1938 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Batinski | 28 | G-T | 10 | 6 | 215 | 5-10 | Temple | 3/4/1917 | 4 | |
| Dick Booth | 27 | B | 4 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Case Western Reserve | 7/13/1918 | 4 | |
| Bob Brumley | 26 | WB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Rice | 9/24/1919 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 8th / 62nd pick / 1942 |
| Bill Callihan | 29 | B-T | 10 | 10 | 217 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 5/15/1916 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 77th pick / 1939 |
| Chuck DeShane | 27 | B-G | 9 | 5 | 212 | 6-1 | Alabama | 12/10/1918 | Rook | |
| Dave Diehl | 27 | E | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 9/30/1918 | 6 | |
| Andy Farkas | 29 | FB-HB-WB | 8 | 3 | 189 | 5-10 | Detroit Mercy | 5/2/1916 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 9th pick / 1938 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 28 | HB-TB | 10 | 2 | 174 | 5-9 | UCLA | 8/28/1917 | 2 | |
| Ed Frutig | 25 | E | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Michigan | 8/19/1920 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 37th pick / 1941 |
| John Greene | 25 | E-G-B | 10 | 10 | 210 | 6-0 | Michigan | 4/21/1920 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1944 |
| Ted Grefe | 28 | E | 2 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 10/26/1917 | Rook | |
| Elmer Hackney | 29 | FB | 8 | 3 | 205 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 7/8/1916 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 92nd pick / 1940 |
| Al Kaporch | 32 | T-G | 2 | 2 | 215 | 5-10 | St. Bonaventure | 10/6/1913 | 2 | |
| Bob Keene | 26 | B | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Detroit Mercy | 8/26/1919 | 2 | |
| Larry Knorr | 28 | E | 2 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Alabama,Dayton | 4/22/1917 | 3 | |
| Michael Kostiuk | 26 | T | 6 | 3 | 212 | 6-0 | Detroit Tech | 8/1/1919 | 4 | |
| Frank Kring | 27 | LB | 4 | 2 | 190 | 6-0 | TCU | 12/21/1918 | Rook | |
| Joe Krol | 26 | HB | 2 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Western Ontario | 2/20/1919 | Rook | |
| Sonny Liles | 26 | G-LB | 1 | 0 | 188 | 5-8 | Oklahoma State | 8/9/1919 | 2 | |
| Luke Lindon | 30 | T | 4 | 1 | 243 | 5-10 | Kentucky | 6/23/1915 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 20th / 185th pick / 1940 |
| Elmer Madarik | 23 | HB-WB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Detroit Mercy | 7/15/1922 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 18th / 178th pick / 1944 |
| Joseph Manzo | 28 | T | 3 | 1 | 220 | 6-1 | Boston College | 2/3/1917 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 8th / 65th pick / 1941 |
| Jack Matheson | 25 | E-G | 9 | 9 | 221 | 6-2 | Western Michigan | 6/9/1920 | 2 | |
| Vince Mazza | 20 | E | 5 | 1 | 216 | 6-1 | none | 3/25/1925 | Rook | |
| Dick Mesak | 26 | T | 6 | 1 | 225 | 6-2 | St. Mary's (CA) | 3/1/1919 | Rook | |
| Archie Milano | 27 | E | 1 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | St. Francis (PA) | 5/26/1918 | Rook | |
| Garvin Mugg | 27 | T | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | North Texas | 2/19/1918 | Rook | |
| Robert Nelson | 25 | C-T-DT-LB | 9 | 7 | 214 | 6-1 | Baylor | 1/30/1920 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1941 |
| Cotton Price | 27 | TB-DB-QB | 8 | 3 | 180 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 5/31/1918 | 5 | |
| Bill Radovich+ | 30 | G | 9 | 8 | 238 | 5-10 | USC | 6/24/1915 | 7 | |
| Lake Roberson | 27 | DE | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 8/5/1918 | Rook | |
| Dave Ryan | 22 | TB-HB | 10 | 5 | 190 | 5-10 | Hardin-Simmons | 2/3/1923 | Rook | |
| Larry Sartori | 28 | G | 1 | 0 | 208 | 6-0 | Fordham | 8/20/1917 | 3 | |
| Dom Sigillo | 32 | T-G | 8 | 2 | 230 | 6-0 | Xavier (OH) | 3/7/1913 | 2 | |
| Bob Sneddon | 24 | DB-HB-WB | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | St. Mary's (CA),Weber State | 7/9/1921 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 94th pick / 1944 |
| Frank Szymanski | 22 | C | 4 | 0 | 225 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 7/6/1923 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1945 |
| Damon Tassos | 22 | G | 9 | 3 | 225 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 12/5/1923 | Rook | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 3rd / 20th pick / 1945 |
| Jim Thomason | 26 | WB | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 10/4/1919 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 1st / 5th pick / 1941 |
| Buzz Trebotich | 25 | B | 9 | 5 | 208 | 5-10 | St. Mary's (CA) | 12/30/1920 | 1 | |
| Emil Uremovich | 29 | T-DE-E | 8 | 8 | 233 | 6-2 | Indiana | 9/29/1916 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 93rd pick / 1941 |
| Art Van Tone | 27 | WB-DB | 2 | 2 | 185 | 5-10 | Southern Miss | 9/30/1918 | 2 | |
| Dick Weber | 26 | TB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | St. Louis | 4/10/1919 | Rook | |
| Bob Westfall+ | 26 | FB-LB-TB | 9 | 4 | 190 | 5-8 | Michigan | 5/5/1919 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 5th pick / 1942 |
| Rex Williams | 29 | C | 1 | 0 | 203 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 7/16/1916 | 5 | New York Giants / 7th / 60th pick / 1940 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 30 | C-LB-E | 10 | 4 | 217 | 5-11 | Fordham | 8/12/1915 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1938 |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 10 | 205.6 | 5-11.8 | 2.1 |