1945 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1945 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach	Jim Leonard
Home Field	Forbes Field
Results
Record	2–9
Place	5th NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
Card-Pitt	1946

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Result
1	September 26, 1945	at 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	at 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	at Philadelphia Eagles		L 30–6
9	November 25, 1945	at Chicago Bears		L 28–7
10	December 2, 1945	at Washington Redskins		L 24–0

Game summaries

Week 2 (Tuesday September 25, 1945): Boston Yanks

	1	2	3	4	OT
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 3 (Sunday, October 7, 1945): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	OT
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 4 (Sunday October 14, 1945): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	OT
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 5 (Sunday October 21, 1945): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	OT
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 6 (Sunday October 28, 1945): Boston Yanks

	1	2	3	4	OT
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 7 (Sunday November 4, 1945): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	OT
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 8 (Sunday November 11, 1945): Chicago Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	OT
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 9 (Sunday November 18, 1945): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	OT
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 10 (Sunday November 25, 1945): Chicago Bears

	1	2	3	4	OT
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 11 (Sunday December 2, 1945): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	OT
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
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Washington Redskins	8	2	0	.800	209	121	W-2
Philadelphia Eagles	7	3	0	.700	272	133	W-1
Boston Yanks	3	6	1	.333	123	211	L-5
New York Giants	3	6	1	.333	179	198	L-1
Pittsburgh Steelers	2	8	0	.200	79	220	L-3