1945 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1945 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach	Jim Leonard
Home field	Forbes Field
Results
Record	2–9
Division place	5th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date		Opponent	Result
1	September 26, 1945	@	Boston Yanks	L 28–7
2	October 7, 1945		New York Giants	L 34–6
3	October 14, 1945		Washington Redskins	L 14–0
4	October 21, 1945	@	New York Giants	W 21–7
5	October 28, 1945		Boston Yanks	L 10–6
6	November 4, 1945		Philadelphia Eagles	L 45–3
7	November 11, 1945		Chicago Cardinals	W 23–0
8	November 18, 1945	@	Philadelphia Eagles	L 30–6
9	November 25, 1945	@	Chicago Bears	L 28–7
10	December 2, 1945	@	Washington Redskins	L 24–0

Game summaries

Week 1 (Tuesday September 25, 1945): Boston Yanks

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	0	0	7	7
Yanks	7	7	7	7	28

at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 27,502
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Boston – J. Martin 5 run (Lio kick)
Boston – F. Martin 53 pass from Cafego (Lio kick)
Boston – Manders 1 run (Lio kick)
Pittsburgh – Lucente 60 lateral from Bova after 10 pass from Jarvi (Naioti kick)
Boston – Manders 2 run (Lio kick)

Week 2 (Sunday, October 7, 1945): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	6	28	0	0	34
Steelers	0	6	0	0	6

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 20,097
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

New York – FG Strong 21
New York – FG Strong 42
Pittsburgh – Duhart 3 run (kick failed)
New York – Filpowicz – 10 pass from Herber (Strong kick)
New York – Leibel 38 pass from Herber (Strong kick)
New York – Piccolo 7 fumble run (Strong kick)

Week 3 (Sunday October 14, 1945): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	0	7	0	7	14
Steelers	0	0	0	0	0

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 14,050
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Washington – Dye 13 pass from Baugh (Aguirre kick)
Washington – Rosato 3 run (Aguirre kick)

Week 4 (Sunday October 21, 1945): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	14	0	0	21
Giants	0	0	7	0	7

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 43,070
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Lucente 3 run (Naioti kick)
Pittsburgh – Warren 1 run (Naioti kick)
Pittsburgh – Doyle 50 interception (Naioti kick)
New York – Livingston 15 pass from Herber (Strong kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 28, 1945): Boston Yanks

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yanks	0	7	0	0	7
Steelers	0	3	0	14	17

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 25,447
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Boston – FG Lio 19
Pittsburgh – FG Agajanian 19
Pittsburgh – FG Agajanian 25
Boston Martin 25 lateral from Currivan after 27 pass from Gudmundson (Lio kick)

Week 6 (Sunday November 4, 1945): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	6	7	13	19	45
Steelers	3	0	0	0	3

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 23,018
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Agajanian 31
Philadelphia – Ferrante 26 pass from Zimmerman (kick failed)
Philadelphia – Ferrante 65 pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman kick)
Philadelphia – Van Buren 20 run (kick failed)
Philadelphia – Meyer 27 pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman kick)
Philadelphia – Banta 22 run (kick failed)
Philadlephia – Bleeker 14 run (Zimmerman kick)
Philadelphia – Karnofsky 19 run (kick failed)

Week 7 (Sunday November 11, 1945): Chicago Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0
Steelers	0	3	0	20	23

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 13,153
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Agajanian 15
Pittsburgh – Dudley 1 run (Dudley kick)
Pittsburgh – Dudley 1 run (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Warren 75 run (Dudley kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 18, 1945): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	6	0	0	0	6
Eagles	7	6	10	7	30

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 23,838
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Philadelphia – Karnofsky 12 run (Zimmerman kick)
Pittsburgh – Kiick 1 run (kick failed)
Philadelphia – Van Buren 3 run (kick failed)
Philadelphia – FG Zimmerman 30
Philadelphia – Van Buren 6 run (Zimmerman kick)
Philadelphia – Steele 4 run (Rogalla kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 25, 1945): Chicago Bears

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	0	0	0	7
Bears	14	7	0	7	28

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 20,689
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Chicago Bears – McAffee 33 run (Gudauskas kick)
Pittsburgh – Dudley 4 run (Agajanian kick)
Chicago Bears – McAfee 65 pass from Luckman (Gudauskas kick)
Chicago Bears – Grygo 33 pass from Luckman (Gudauskas kick)
Chicago Bears – McAfee 2 run (Gudauskas kick)

Week 10 (Sunday December 2, 1945): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	0	0	0	0
Redskins	7	7	0	10	24

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 34,788
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Washington – Bagarus 70 pass from Baugh (Aguirre kick)
Washington – Turley 10 pass from Baugh (Aguirre kick)
Washington – FG Aguirre 26
Washington – Bagarus 29 pass from Baugh (Aguirre kick)

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Washington Redskins	8	2	0	.800	6–2	209	121	W2
Philadelphia Eagles	7	3	0	.700	5–2	272	133	W1
Boston Yanks	3	6	1	.333	3–2–1	123	211	L5
New York Giants	3	6	1	.333	2–4–1	179	198	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	2	8	0	.200	1–7	79	220	L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

Pittsburgh Pirates / Steelers seasons

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1945 NFL season

Eastern Division	Boston	New York	CHI Bears	CHI Cardinals	Western Division
	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	Cleveland	Detroit
	Washington			Green Bay

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