1945 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Division • 7-3-0 .700 |
| Head Coach: Gus Dorais |
| Joe Bach | Line |
| Pete Cawthon | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/5/1945 | A | Windsor Rockets | 40-0 | W | Windsor, ON | Kennedy Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1945 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-35 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 9314 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1945 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 10-0 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 5461 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1945 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-21 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 35000 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1945 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-57 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 20463 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1945 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-24 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 22580 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1945 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 26-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 32644 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1945 | H | Chicago Bears | 16-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 37260 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1945 | A | Boston Yanks | 10-9 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 17631 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1945 | A | Chicago Bears | 35-28 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 24798 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1945 | A | New York Giants | 14-35 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 38215 | |
| Thu | 11/22/1945 | H | Cleveland Rams | 21-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 40017 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1945 | H | Green Bay Packers | 14-3 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 23468 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Stan Batinski | 65 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-LOT | 5-10 | 215 | 28 | Temple | 10 | 7 |
| Dick Booth | 64 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Western Reserve | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Brumley | 32 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Rice; Oklahoma | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 25 | BB-LDT | 6-2 | 217 | 29 | Nebraska | 10 | 10 |
| Chuck DeShane | 17 | BB-RDH | 6-1 | 212 | 27 | Alabama | 9 | 4 |
| Dave Diehl | 84 | OE-DE | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Michigan State | 3 | 0 |
| Andy Farkas | 42 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-10 | 192 | 29 | Detroit Mercy | 10 | 4 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 48 | TB-LDH | 5-9 | 174 | 27 | UCLA | 10 | 2 |
| Ed Frutig | 11 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Michigan | 8 | 0 |
| John Greene | 10 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Michigan | 10 | 10 |
| Ted Grefe | 45 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | Northwestern | 2 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 34 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 202 | 29 | Kansas State | 8 | 3 |
| Al Kaporch | 75 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 215 | 32 | St. Bonaventure | 9 | 3 |
| Bob Keene | 45 | HB-DH | 5-11 | 191 | 26 | Detroit Mercy | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Knorr | 68 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 192 | 28 | Dayton | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Kostiuk | 71 | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | Detroit Tech | 7 | 3 |
| Frank Kring | 78 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Texas Christian | 5 | 1 |
| Joe Krol | 81 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Western Ontario | 2 | 0 |
| Sonny Liles | OG-DG | 5-9 | 188 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | |
| Luke Lindon | 77 | ROT-RDT | 5-10 | 243 | 30 | Kentucky | 4 | 1 |
| Elmer Madarik | HB-DB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Detroit Mercy | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Manzo | 46 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | Boston College | 3 | 1 |
| Jack Matheson | 82 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 221 | 25 | Western Michigan | 10 | 10 |
| Vince Mazza | 40 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 216 | 20 | none | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Mesak | 12 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 8 | 5 |
| Garvin Mugg | 77 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | North Texas | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Nelson | 22 | C-LB | 6-1 | 214 | 25 | Baylor | 9 | 4 |
| Cotton Price | 62 | TB-LDH | 6-1 | 182 | 27 | Texas A&M | 8 | 2 |
| Bill Radovich | 73 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 238 | 30 | Southern California | 8 | 7 |
| Lake Roberson | 66 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Mississippi | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Ryan | 44 | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Hardin-Simmons | 10 | 5 |
| Larry Sartori | OG-DG | 6-0 | 208 | 28 | Fordham | 1 | 0 | |
| Dom Sigillo | 52 | ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 230 | 32 | Xavier (Ohio) | 5 | 2 |
| Bob Sneddon | 20 | WB-RDH | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Weber JC; St. Mary's (California) | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Szymanski | 83 | C-LB | 5-11 | 225 | 22 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 |
| Damon Tassos | 6 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Texas A&M | 9 | 3 |
| Jim Thomason | 33 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Texas A&M | 4 | 1 |
| Ivan Trebotich | 64 | BB-S | 5-10 | 208 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 9 | 0 |
| Emil Uremovich | 81 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 233 | 29 | Indiana | 8 | 8 |
| Art Van Tone | 11 | WB-RDH | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 2 |
| Dick Weber | 20 | HB-DH | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | St. Louis | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 86 | FB-LB | 5-8 | 190 | 26 | Michigan | 10 | 6 |
| Rex Williams | 30 | C-LB | 6-1 | 204 | 27 | Texas Tech | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 50 | C-LB | 5-11 | 217 | 30 | Fordham | 10 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Frank Szymanski | C | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 24 | Stan Mohrbacher | G | Iowa |
| 5 | 39 | Bob Wiese | B | Michigan |
| 6 | 49 | Gene Fekete | B | Ohio State |
| 7 | 62 | Mike Jarmoluk | T | Temple |
| 8 | 72 | Jack Lowther | B | Detroit Mercy |
| 9 | 82 | Les Joop | T | Illinois |
| 10 | 95 | Paul Walker | E | Yale |
| 11 | 105 | Howie Hansen | T | Utah State |
| 12 | 115 | Mike Kasap | T | Illinois |
| 13 | 128 | Wally Hopp | B | Nebraska |
| 14 | 138 | Ben Trickey | B | Iowa |
| 15 | 148 | Win Williams | E | Rice |
| 16 | 161 | Wayne Flanigan | E | Denver |
| 17 | 171 | O.J. Key | B | Tulane |
| 18 | 181 | Jim McWhorter | B | Alabama |
| 16 | 182 | Len Zyzda | DE | Purdue |
| 19 | 194 | Clyde LeForce | B | Tulsa |
| 20 | 204 | Mike Castronis | G | Georgia |
| 21 | 214 | Ken Currier | G | Wisconsin |
| 20 | 227 | Jack Verutti | B | St. Mary's (California) |
| 23 | 237 | Roy Olsen | B | Tulane |
| 24 | 247 | Russ Morrow | C | Tennessee |
| 25 | 260 | Stan Green | T | Oklahoma |
| 26 | 270 | Bob Ivory | G | Detroit Mercy |
| 27 | 280 | Dell Taylor | B | Tulsa |
| 28 | 293 | Len Ciesla | B | Creighton |
| 29 | 303 | Frank Lopp | T | Wisconsin |
| 30 | 313 | Paul Limont | T | Notre Dame |
| 31 | 321 | Ben Schadler | B | Northwestern |
| 32 | 326 | Tom Dorais | B | Detroit Mercy |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 42 | 34 | 55 | 64 | 195 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 92 | 40 | 34 | 194 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 102 | 40 | 47 | 15 | / % | / % | 66 | 673 | |
| Opponents Totals | 105 | 48 | 42 | 17 | / % | / % | 64 | 568 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Westfall | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Bill Callihan | 1 | 25 | 27 | 92.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
| John Greene | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dave Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Jack Matheson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Chuck DeShane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Andy Farkas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Booth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Frutig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 25 | 27 | 92.6 | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 1 | 195 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 24 | 26 | 92.3 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 1 | 194 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck DeShane | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Bob Nelson | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 26 | 0/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Dave Ryan | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 35 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 0 | 35 | 0/5 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Westfall | 82 | 234 | 2.9 | 19 | 6 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 72 | 143 | 2.0 | 37 | 1 |
| Andy Farkas | 31 | 137 | 4.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Dave Ryan | 36 | 93 | 2.6 | 8 | 1 |
| Bill Callihan | 27 | 85 | 3.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Charley Price | 24 | 71 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Booth | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Brumley | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 4 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Weber | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Thomason | 9 | 9 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Ivan Trebotich | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Keene | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 313 | 857 | 2.7 | 37 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 356 | 912 | 2.6 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Fenenbock | 110 | 45 | 40.9 | 54 | 754 | 6.9 | 16.8 | 56t | 7 | 6.4 | 11 | 10.0 | 46.4 | |||
| Charley Price | 52 | 16 | 30.8 | 28 | 256 | 4.9 | 16.0 | 63t | 3 | 5.8 | 8 | 15.4 | 27.9 | |||
| Dave Ryan | 44 | 13 | 29.5 | 21 | 331 | 7.5 | 25.5 | 61t | 3 | 6.8 | 10 | 22.7 | 41.6 | |||
| Dick Weber | 22 | 6 | 27.3 | 11 | 70 | 3.2 | 11.7 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 22.7 | 0.8 | |||
| Bob Westfall | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 91 | 22.8 | 30.3 | 63t | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 156.3 | |||
| Bill Callihan | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 34 | 6.8 | 11.3 | 15 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 80.4 | |||
| Ivan Trebotich | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 238 | 87 | 36.6 | 115 | 1544 | 6.5 | 17.7 | 63 | 15 | 6.3 | 36 | 15.1 | 41.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 227 | 89 | 39.2 | 115 | 1615 | 7.1 | 18.1 | 17 | 7.5 | 23 | 10.1 | 49.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Greene | 26 | 550 | 21.2 | 63t | 5 |
| Jack Matheson | 19 | 341 | 17.9 | 34t | 1 |
| Bob Westfall | 12 | 209 | 17.4 | 43t | 3 |
| Andy Farkas | 9 | 132 | 14.7 | 29 | 2 |
| Bill Callihan | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Dick Booth | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 54t | 1 |
| Art Van Tone | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 41 | 0 |
| Bob Brumley | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Chuck De Shane | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Ed Frutig | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3t | 1 |
| Dave Ryan | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 63t | 1 |
| Dave Diehl | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Thomason | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 87 | 1544 | 17.7 | 63t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 89 | 1615 | 18.1 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Ryan | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Chuck DeShane | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 46t | 1 |
| John Greene | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Damon Tassos | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Ivan Trebotich | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Cotton Price | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Al Kaporch | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Szymanski | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 424 | 18.4 | 46t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 312 | 8.7 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Ryan | 17 | 669 | 39.4 | 50 | 0 | |||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 29 | 1081 | 37.3 | 57 | 0 | |||||
| Charley Price | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| Joe Krol | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 44 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Weber | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 53 | 2014 | 38.0 | 57 | 0 | 28.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 563 | 21.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Ryan | 15 | 220 | 14.7 | 58 | 0 | |
| Andy Farkas | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 32 | 0 | |
| Chuck DeShane | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 81t | 1 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Charley Price | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 14 | 0 | |
| Dick Booth | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bob Westfall | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 563 | 14.4 | 81t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 9.7 | 32 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Fenenbock | 7 | 192 | 27.4 | 49 | 0 | |
| Andy Farkas | 8 | 165 | 20.6 | 44 | 0 | |
| Dave Ryan | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Charley Price | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Bob Westfall | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Dick Booth | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Dick Weber | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Ed Frutig | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 662 | 22.1 | 49 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Batinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Dick Booth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Brumley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Callihan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| Chuck DeShane | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |
| Andy Farkas | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 1 | |
| Ed Frutig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Greene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Keene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Kring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Elmer Madarik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Price | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bill Radovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Ryan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0 | |
| Jim Thomason | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -16 | 0 | |
| Ivan Trebotich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emil Uremovich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Weber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | |
| Bob Westfall | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 52 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 0 |
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