| Boston Yanks at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 28, 1945 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 25447 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 71 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston YanksBOS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston YanksBOS | Augie Lio 19 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ben Agajanian 19 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ben Agajanian 25 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Boston YanksBOS | John Martin 25 lateral from Don Currivan 27 pass from Scotty Gudmundson (Augie Lio kick) | 10 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | ||
| 28 | LOE/DE | Bob Masterson |
| 44 | LOT/DT | George Sergienko |
| 41 | LOG/DG | Augie Lio |
| 43 | C/LB | George Smith |
| 17 | ROG/DG | Tony Leon |
| 38 | ROT/DT | George Doherty |
| 14 | ROE/DE | Keith Ranspot |
| 33 | QB/DB | John Martin |
| 36 | LOH/DB | Johnny Grigas |
| 10 | WB/DB | Bob Davis |
| 25 | FB/LB | Pug Manders |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 71 | LOE/DE | Dick Dolly |
| 75 | LOT/DT | Glen Stough |
| 36 | LOG/DG | Al Merkovsky |
| 49 | C/LB | Si Titus |
| 39 | ROG/DG | John Perko |
| 72 | ROT/DT | Ted Doyle |
| 46 | ROE/DE | Joe Pierre |
| 18 | BB/DB | Leon Pense |
| 15 | TB/DB | Buist Warren |
| 41 | HB/DB | Tony Bova |
| 74 | FB/LB | Johnny Lucente |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Ned Mathews | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
| John Martin | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Ace Parker | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Grigas | 4 | -13 | -3.3 | 0 | 0 |
| George Cafego | 5 | -17 | 3.4 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Buist Warren | 20 | 31 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Johnny Lucente | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Dolly | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Bova | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Art Jones | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Don Currivan | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Johnny Lucente | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Morgan Tiller | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Frank Kimble | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony Bova | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| John Martin | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 45 | 0 |
| George Cafego | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Sid Tinsley | 6 | 213 | 35.5 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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