| Pittsburgh Steelers at Boston Yanks |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 25, 1945 Location: Boston, MA Venue: Fenway Park Attendance: 27502 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 74 F Humidty: 84% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Boston YanksBOS | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston YanksBOS | John Martin 5 run (Augie Lio kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Boston YanksBOS | Frank Martin 53 pass from sach00400 (Augie Lio kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Boston YanksBOS | Pug Manders 1 run (Augie Lio kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Johnny Lucente 60 lateral from 10 Tony Bova pass from Tommy Jarvi (John Naioti kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Boston YanksBOS | Pug Manders 2 run (Augie Lio kick) | 7 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 71 | LOE/DE | Dick Dolly |
| 75 | LOT/DT | Glen Stough |
| 36 | LOG/DG | Al Merkovsky |
| 18 | C/LB | Leon Pense |
| 39 | ROG/DG | John Perko |
| 72 | ROT/DT | Ted Doyle |
| 46 | ROE/DE | Joe Pierre |
| 57 | BB/DB | John Petchel |
| 25 | TB/DB | Eddie Stofko |
| 11 | HB/DB | John Petrella |
| 51 | FB/LB | Al Nichols |
| Boston Yanks | ||
| 14 | LOE/DE | Keith Ranspot |
| 44 | LOT/DT | George Sergienko |
| 41 | LOG/DG | Augie Lio |
| 43 | C/LB | George Smith |
| 40 | ROG/DG | Ed McGee |
| 20 | ROT/DT | Jim Magee |
| 15 | ROE/DE | Joe Crowley |
| 11 | QB/DB | George Cafego |
| 33 | LOH/DB | John Martin |
| 10 | WB/DB | Bob Davis |
| 25 | FB/LB | Pug Manders |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tommy Jarvi | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
| John Petrella | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Al Nichols | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Itzel | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Lucente | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Leon Pense | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Popovich | 4 | -8 | -2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Eddie Stofko | 9 | -16 | -1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| John Naioti | 1 | -17 | -17.0 | -17 | 0 |
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| John Martin | 10 | 129 | 12.9 | 76 | 1 |
| Scotty Gudmundson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Frank Sachse | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 8 | 2 |
| Bob Davis | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Johnny Grigas | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 9 | 0 |
| George Cafego | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Boston Yanks | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tony Bova | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Morgan Tiller | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Al Olszewski | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Keith Ranspot | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53t | 1 |
| Bob Davis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Petrella | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| John Morelli | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Sachse | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Cafego | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Eddie Stofko | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Tommy Jarvi | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| George Cafego | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 39 | 0 |
| John Martin | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
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