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1945 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 2-8-0, 5th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jim Leonard (2-8-0)

Points For: 79 (7.9/g) 10th of 10

Points Against: 220 (22.0/g) 8th of 10

Expected W-L: 0.8-9.2

SRS: -14.16 (10th of 10), SOS: -0.06

Other Notable Asst.: Lud Wray (Line Coach)

Stadium: Forbes Field

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

General Manager: John Holahan

Training Camp: (Hershey, Pennsylvania)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	79	1613	523	3.1	29	8	96	61	165	652	0	21	4.0	30	358	961	9	2.7	56	53	436	10
Opp. Stats	220	2991	550	5.4	27	14	116	103	187	1617	14	13	8.6	49	363	1374	16	3.8	64	61	600	3
Lg Rank Offense	10	10			5	2	9		9	10	10	7	10		6	6	8	8
Lg Rank Defense	8	8			5	3	5		2	9	8	8	10		6	8	6	8

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Tue	September 25		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers	7	28	12	145	125	20	6	10	321	107	214	4
3	Sun	October 7		boxscore	L		0-2		New York Giants	6	34	12	134	28	106	5	14	330	246	84
4	Sun	October 14		boxscore	L		0-3		Washington Redskins	0	14	6	119	33	86	2	22	376	227	149	2
5	Sun	October 21		boxscore	W		1-3	@	New York Giants	21	7	10	224	128	96		11	232	138	94	3
6	Sun	October 28		boxscore	L		1-4		Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers	6	10	11	196	133	63	5	3	95	81	14	2
7	Sun	November 4		boxscore	L		1-5		Philadelphia Eagles	3	45	5	141	108	33	5	12	440	225	215	3
8	Sun	November 11		boxscore	W		2-5		Chicago Cardinals	23	0	4	171		171		5	86	29	57	4
9	Sun	November 18		boxscore	L		2-6	@	Philadelphia Eagles	6	30	13	194	52	142		15	277	106	171	3
10	Sun	November 25		boxscore	L		2-7	@	Chicago Bears	7	28	9	131	-1	132	3	14	525	243	282
11	Sun	December 2		boxscore	L		2-8	@	Washington Redskins	0	24	10	158	46	112	1	10	325	216	109	5

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Buss Warren	29	TB	8	4	36	92	39.1	368	0	0.0	10	10.9	47	4.0	-0.9	10.2	46.0	11.8	0	0
2	Ed Stofko	25		2	1	7	17	41.2	94	0	0.0	4	23.5	26	5.5	-5.1	13.4	47.0	19.9	0	0
3	Al Postus	25		2	0	2	5	40.0	73	0	0.0	1	20.0	52	14.6	5.6	36.5	36.5	47.9	0	0
4	Bill Dudley	24	TB	4	4	10	32	31.3	58	0	0.0	2	6.3	32	1.8	-1.0	5.8	14.5	14.6	0	0
5	Toimi Jarvi	25		1	0	4	10	40.0	50	0	0.0	3	30.0	21	5.0	-8.5	12.5	50.0	16.7	0	0
6	John Petchel	26		9	2	1	1	100.0	8	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	8.0	8.0	8.0	0.9	100.0	0	0
7	Paul Duhart	25		2	2	1	3	33.3	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.5	42.4	0	0
8	Tony Bova	28	HB	10	5	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0
9	Jackie Lowther	23		2	2	0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	25.0		0.0	-11.3		0.0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			10	10	61	165	37.0	652	0	0.0	21	12.7	52	4.0	-1.8	10.7	65.2	9.8	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Buss Warren	29	TB	8	4	95	292	2	75	3.1	36.5	11.9	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	96	3.0	291	2	4
2	John Lucente	23	FB	10	6	82	242	1	18	3.0	24.2	8.2	11	45	4.1	0	23	1.1	4.5	93	3.1	287	1	8
3	Tony Bova	28	HB	10	5	6	11	0	5	1.8	1.1	0.6	15	215	14.3	0	52	1.5	21.5	21	10.8	226	0	1
4	Bill Dudley	24	TB	4	4	57	204	3	32	3.6	51.0	14.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	57	3.6	204	3	1
5	Morgan Tiller	27		10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	146	14.6	0	35	1.0	14.6	10	14.6	146	0	0
6	Dick Dolly	28	LE	10	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	122	15.3	0	47	0.8	12.2	8	15.3	122	0	0
7	Art Jones	26		7	2	16	64	0	20	4.0	9.1	2.3	5	8	1.6	0	6	0.7	1.1	21	3.4	72	0	1
8	Jackie Lowther	23		2	2	15	54	0	17	3.6	27.0	7.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	15	3.6	54	0	0
9	George Kiick	28		6	3	15	45	1	9	3.0	7.5	2.5	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	0.2	-0.3	16	2.7	43	1	0
10	Leon Pense	23	BB	10	8	6	1	0	1	0.2	0.1	0.6	1	32	32.0	0	32	0.1	3.2	7	4.7	33	0	1
11	Pepper Petrella	25		3	1	15	33	0	11	2.2	11.0	5.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	15	2.2	33	0	2
12	Al Olszewski	25		1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	28	14.0	0	22	2.0	28.0	2	14.0	28	0	0
13	John Petchel	26		9	2	2	2	0	15	1.0	0.2	0.2	2	25	12.5	0	21	0.2	2.8	4	6.8	27	0	0
14	Toimi Jarvi	25		1	0	9	24	0	11	2.7	24.0	9.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	2.7	24	0	0
15	Frank Kimble	28		9	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	16	8.0	0	13	0.2	1.8	2	8.0	16	0	0
16	Jack Itzel	21		10	0	4	11	0	5	2.8	1.1	0.4	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.4	5	3.0	15	0	0
17	Paul Duhart	25		2	2	11	7	1		0.6	3.5	5.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	0.6	7	1	0
18	Allen Nichols	29		1	1	10	5	0	9	0.5	5.0	10.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	0.5	5	0	1
19	Al Postus	25		2	0	2	4	0	12	2.0	2.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.0	4	0	0
20	Sid Tinsley	25		9	0	5	3	0	4	0.6	0.3	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	0.6	3	0	1
21	John Naioti	24		6	1	1	-17	0	-17	-17.0	-2.8	0.2	2	14	7.0	0	8	0.3	2.3	3	-1.0	-3	0	1
22	John Popovich	27		1	0	4	-8	0	4	-2.0	-8.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	-2.0	-8	0	1
23	Ed Stofko	25		2	1	13	-16	0	6	-1.2	-8.0	6.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	-1.2	-16	0	1
	Team Totals			10	10	368	961	8	75	2.6	96.1	35.8	61	652	10.7	0	52	6.1	65.2	429	3.8	1613	8	23

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Ted Doyle	31	RT	10	10	1	50	1	50	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Elmer Merkovsky	28	LG	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0.0	0
3	John Perko	31	RG	10	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Leon Pense	23	BB	10	8	3	39	0	30	1	3	0	0	0.0	0
5	Joe Pierre	25	RE	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	John Lucente	23	FB	10	6	0	0	0	0	8	6	16	0	0.0	0
7	Tony Bova	28	HB	10	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	-4	0	0.0	0
8	Chuck Cherundolo	29	C	6	5	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Joe Coomer	28	LT	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Glen Stough	24	LT	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Bill Dudley	24	TB	4	4	2	47	0	26	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Buss Warren	29	TB	8	4	1	19	0	19	4	2	9	0	0.0	0
13	Si Titus	27		9	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0.0	0
14	Art Jones	26		7	2	1	17	0	17	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	John Petchel	26		9	2	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	John Naioti	24		6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	-17	0	0.0	0
17	Allen Nichols	29		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Pepper Petrella	25		3	1	1	8	0	8	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Ed Stofko	25		2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	-16	0	0.0	0
20	Al Wukits	28		3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jack Itzel	21		10	0	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Toimi Jarvi	25		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-17	0	0.0	0
23	John Popovich	27		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-10	0	0.0	0
24	Morgan Tiller	27		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	0	0.0	0
25	Sid Tinsley	25		9	0	1	-2	0	-2	1	1	-3	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			10	10	13	212	1	50	26	32	-10	0	0.0	0

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