| Boston Yanks at Cleveland Rams |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 2, 1945 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: League Park Attendance: 18470 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston YanksBOS | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland RamsCLE | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Fred Gehrke 23 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Bob Waterfield 1 run (Bob Waterfield kick blocked) | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Boston YanksBOS | Pug Manders run (Augie Lio kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Jim Benton 35 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 7 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | ||
| 14 | LOE/DE | Keith Ranspot |
| 44 | LOT/DT | George Sergienko |
| 41 | LOG/DG | Augie Lio |
| 43 | C/LB | George Smith |
| 17 | ROG/DG | Tony Leon |
| 40 | ROT/DT | Ed McGee |
| 34 | ROE/DE | Don Currivan |
| 10 | QB/DB | Bob Davis |
| 23 | LOH/DB | Babe Dimancheff |
| 36 | WB/DB | Johnny Grigas |
| 25 | FB/LB | Pug Manders |
| Cleveland Rams | ||
| 53 | LOE/DE | Red Hickey |
| 40 | LOT/DT | Elbie Schultz |
| 11 | LOG/DG | Riley Matheson |
| 39 | C/LB | Mike Scarry |
| 31 | ROG/DG | Art Mergenthal |
| 42 | ROT/DT | Gil Bouley |
| 30 | ROE/DE | Steve Pritko |
| 43 | QB/DB | Jack Jacobs |
| 18 | LOH/DB | Fred Gehrke |
| 24 | ROH/DB | Jim Gillette |
| 36 | FB/LB | Pat West |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Babe Dimancheff | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 7 | 1 |
| Scotty Gudmundson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Micka | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Duhart | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Sachse | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Johnny Grigas | 4 | -10 | -2.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Jim Gillette | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Don Greenwood | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| George Koch | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pat West | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Harvey Jones | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1t | 1 |
| Walt Zirinsky | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albie Reisz | 6 | -30 | -5.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||||||||
| Cleveland Rams | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Don Currivan | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Johnny Grigas | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Jim Benton | 8 | 119 | 14.9 | 35t | 1 |
| Ray Hamilton | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Pritko | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Pat West | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Babe Dimancheff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
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