1945 Boston Yanks (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 3-6-1 .333 |
| Head Coach: Herb Kopf |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 9/18/1945 | H | New York Giants | 14-3 | W | Lynn, MA | Manning Bowl | 8000 | |
| Tue | 9/25/1945 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-7 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 27502 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1945 | H | Washington Redskins | 28-20 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 22685 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1945 | H | New York Giants | 13-13 | T | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 33113 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1945 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-38 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 20846 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1945 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-6 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 25447 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1945 | H | Detroit Lions | 9-10 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 17631 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1945 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-34 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 34788 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1945 | H | Green Bay Packers | 0-28 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 33748 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1945 | A | Cleveland Rams | 7-20 | L | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 18470 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1945 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-35 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 27905 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Anderson | 26 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | West Liberty; West Virginia | 5 | 0 |
| George Cafego | 11 | QB-S-P | 5-10 | 183 | 30 | Tennessee | 7 | 5 |
| Joe Crowley | 15 | RDE-ROE | 6-0 | 194 | 26 | Dartmouth | 9 | 3 |
| Don Currivan | 34 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | Boston College | 10 | 5 |
| Bob Davis | 10 | ROH-RDH-BB-S | 6-0 | 185 | 31 | Kentucky | 10 | 9 |
| Don Deeks | 45 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 238 | 22 | Washington | 7 | 0 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 23 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 178 | 23 | Butler; Purdue | 5 | 2 |
| George Doherty | 38 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 218 | 25 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 7 |
| Paul Duhart | 24 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | Florida | 3 | 3 |
| Al Fiorentino | 35 | ROG-RDG | 5-7 | 200 | 28 | Boston College | 8 | 1 |
| Johnny Grigas | 36 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 204 | 25 | Holy Cross | 10 | 8 |
| Scotty Gudmundson | 18 | QB-S | 5-9 | 178 | 24 | George Washington | 10 | 0 |
| Ellis Jones | 27 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Tulsa | 8 | 0 |
| Andy Kowalski | 22 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | Mississippi State | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Leon | 17 | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 203 | 28 | Alabama | 10 | 8 |
| Augie Lio | 41 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 234 | 27 | Georgetown (DC) | 10 | 10 |
| Jim Magee | 20 | C-LB-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | Villanova; Georgia | 8 | 1 |
| Pug Manders | 25 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | Minnesota; Drake | 10 | 10 |
| Lou Mark | 30 | C-LB | 6-0 | 196 | 31 | North Carolina State | 7 | 1 |
| Frank Martin | 24 | HB-DH | 5-9 | 177 | 26 | Alabama | 1 | 0 |
| John Martin | 33 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH-P | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Oklahoma | 7 | 5 |
| Bob Masterson | 28 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 213 | 30 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 5 |
| Ned Mathews | 37 | DH-HB | 5-10 | 187 | 27 | UCLA | 9 | 0 |
| Hugh McCullough | 19 | HB-DH-P | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Oklahoma | 7 | 0 |
| Ed McGee | 40 | ROT-RDT-ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 224 | 29 | Temple | 9 | 2 |
| Mike Micka | FB-LB | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | Colgate | 3 | 0 | |
| John Morelli | 16 | OG-DG-OT-DT | 5-10 | 191 | 22 | Georgetown (DC) | 9 | 0 |
| Ace Parker | 31 | QB-S-P | 5-11 | 178 | 33 | Duke | 8 | 1 |
| Keith Ranspot | 14 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 205 | 32 | Southern Methodist | 9 | 6 |
| Floyd Rhea | 42 | OG-DG-OT-DT | 5-11 | 218 | 25 | Fullerton JC; Oregon | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Sachse | 12 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 197 | 28 | Texas Tech | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Sachse | 30 | C-LB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Southwestern (Texas); Texas | 4 | 1 |
| George Sergienko | 44 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 248 | 27 | American International | 10 | 10 |
| George Smith | 43 | C-LB | 6-3 | 220 | 31 | Glendale CC; California | 9 | 8 |
| Ken Steinmetz | 21 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 188 | 21 | none | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Walker | 22 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Virginia Military Institute | 5 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Eddie Prokop | B | Georgia Tech |
| 2 | 15 | Tom Dean | T | Southern Methodist |
| 3 | 20 | Damon Tassos | G | Texas A&M |
| 1 | 31 | Don Deeks | T | Washington |
| 5 | 36 | Johnny Strzykalski | B | Marquette |
| 6 | 47 | Jim Mello | B | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 58 | Marty Silovich | C | Marquette |
| 8 | 69 | Ellis Jones | G | Tulsa |
| 9 | 80 | Earl Lambert | B | Manhattan |
| 10 | 91 | Don Kasprzak | B | Dartmouth |
| 11 | 102 | Ben Jones | E | Arkansas |
| 12 | 113 | Herb Coleman | C | Notre Dame |
| 13 | 124 | Joe Pezelski | B | Villanova |
| 14 | 135 | John DiGangi | T | Holy Cross |
| 15 | 146 | Chan Highsmith | C | North Carolina |
| 16 | 157 | Mike Costello | E | Georgetown (DC) |
| 17 | 168 | Paul Dromgoole | E | Manhattan |
| 18 | 179 | Dolph Czekala | T | Syracuse |
| 19 | 190 | Joe Drumm | T | Georgetown (DC) |
| 20 | 201 | Mario Giannelli | T | Boston College |
| 21 | 212 | Eric Jamison | T | San Francisco |
| 22 | 223 | Walt Kretz | B | Cornell |
| 23 | 234 | Marty Grbovaz | E | San Francisco |
| 24 | 245 | Ziggy Gory | C | Villanova |
| 24 | 256 | Bill Iannicelli | E | Franklin & Marshall |
| 26 | 267 | Al Kull | T | Fordham |
| 27 | 278 | Bob Mangene | B | Boston College |
| 28 | 289 | John Morelli | G | Georgetown (DC) |
| 29 | 300 | John Fisher | C | Harvard |
| 30 | 311 | Elmer Oberto | G | Georgetown (DC) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 24 | 41 | 28 | 30 | 123 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 60 | 58 | 69 | 211 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 83 | 44 | 30 | 9 | / % | / % | 61 | 533 | |
| Opponents Totals | 133 | 62 | 61 | 10 | / % | / % | 94 | 811 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pug Manders | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Augie Lio | 0 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 27 |
| Don Currivan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Johnny Grigas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Martin lat=pass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Masterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 16 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 123 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 25 | 27 | 92.6 | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 0 | 211 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augie Lio | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 34 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Bob Masterson | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 34 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 0 | 1/ | 5/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pug Manders | 76 | 238 | 3.1 | 34 | 6 |
| John Martin | 39 | 191 | 4.9 | 76 | 1 |
| Johnny Grigas | 64 | 160 | 2.5 | 45 | 2 |
| Ned Mathews | 27 | 146 | 5.4 | 49 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 29 | 91 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 30 | 69 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Steinmetz | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Paul Duhart | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Frank Martin | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Frank Sachse | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Mike Micka | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Scotty Gudmundson | 23 | 4 | 0.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Hugh McCullough | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ace Parker | 18 | -49 | -2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| George Cafego | 19 | -51 | -2.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 345 | 846 | 2.5 | 76 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 387 | 1364 | 3.5 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotty Gudmundson | 43 | 17 | 39.5 | 21 | 299 | 7.0 | 17.6 | 43t | 1 | 2.3 | 5 | 11.6 | 32.2 | |||
| George Cafego | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 9 | 149 | 5.7 | 11.5 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 15.4 | 28.0 | |||
| Ace Parker | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 9 | 123 | 5.1 | 12.3 | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 20.8 | 18.6 | |||
| Frank Sachse | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 12 | 203 | 9.7 | 22.6 | 80t | 2 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 109.8 | |||
| Pug Manders | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 3 | 42 | 4.7 | 8.4 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 28.2 | |||
| Bob Davis | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 5 | 73 | 7.3 | 14.6 | 23t | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 113.8 | |||
| Johnny Grigas | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 8 | 85 | 6.1 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.1 | 27.4 | |||
| Paul Duhart | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 26 | 4.3 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 8.3 | |||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Hugh McCullough | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 160 | 66 | 41.3 | 73 | 1000 | 6.3 | 15.2 | 80 | 6 | 3.8 | 21 | 13.1 | 35.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 227 | 104 | 45.8 | 93 | 1427 | 6.3 | 13.7 | 10 | 4.4 | 30 | 13.2 | 41.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Currivan | 16 | 397 | 24.8 | 80t | 4 | 0 | |||
| Bob Masterson | 15 | 191 | 12.7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Davis | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keith Ranspot | 8 | 117 | 14.6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Grigas | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ned Mathews | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 23t | 1 | 0 | |||
| George Cafego | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Martin | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Crowley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Babe Dimancheff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scotty Gudmundson | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Martin | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53t | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hugh McCullough | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 66 | 1000 | 15.2 | 80t | 6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 104 | 1427 | 13.7 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Davis | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Augie Lio | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Frank Sachse | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Scotty Gudmundson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| George Smith | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Crowley | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| John Martin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Morelli | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Magee | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Johnny Grigas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Cafego | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Micka | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Steinmetz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 284 | 9.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 252 | 12.0 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Martin | 14 | 575 | 41.1 | 58 | 0 | |||||
| Scotty Gudmundson | 17 | 612 | 36.0 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| George Smith | 9 | 355 | 39.4 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Ken Steinmetz | 8 | 240 | 30.0 | 46 | 1 | |||||
| Ace Parker | 7 | 224 | 32.0 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| George Cafego | 6 | 213 | 35.5 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Davis | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Hugh McCullough | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 66 | 2406 | 36.5 | 58 | 1 | 24.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 276 | 26.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Dimancheff | 8 | 99 | 12.4 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bob Davis | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 21 | 0 | |
| Scotty Gudmundson | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| John Martin | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 | |
| George Cafego | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 276 | 9.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 11.6 | 81t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Martin | 13 | 302 | 23.2 | 43 | 0 | |
| Bob Davis | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| Babe Dimancheff | 4 | 123 | 30.8 | 52 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Johnny Grigas | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| George Cafego | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Paul Duhart | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Pug Manders | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Mike Micka | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Don Currivan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Billy Walker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| George Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 845 | 20.6 | 52 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Cafego | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | |
| Don Currivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Babe Dimancheff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Grigas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -14 | 0 | |
| Scotty Gudmundson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |
| Augie Lio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -12 | 0 | |
| John Martin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed McGee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ace Parker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |
| Keith Ranspot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Sachse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Sergienko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 24 | -20 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 0 |
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