1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 9-1-0 .900 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Adam Walsh |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/2/1945 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 12696 | |
| Fri | 9/7/1945 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 17398 | |
| Fri | 9/14/1945 | H | New York Giants | 38-23 | W | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 13656 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1945 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-17 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 20000 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1945 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 21-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 10872 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1945 | H | Chicago Bears | 17-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 19580 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1945 | A | Green Bay Packers | 27-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24607 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1945 | A | Chicago Bears | 41-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 28273 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1945 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 38149 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1945 | A | New York Giants | 21-17 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 46219 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1945 | H | Green Bay Packers | 20-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 28688 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1945 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 35-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 18000 | |
| Thu | 11/22/1945 | A | Detroit Lions | 28-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 40017 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1945 | H | Boston Yanks | 20-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 18470 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/16/1945 | H | Washington Redskins | 15-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 32178 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Graham Armstrong | 32 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 230 | 27 | John Carroll | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Benton | 49 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 200 | 29 | Arkansas | 10 | 4 |
| Dave Bernard | 22 | FB-LB | 5-9 | 194 | 33 | St. Viator; Mississippi | 7 | 0 |
| Gil Bouley | 42 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Boston College | 9 | 8 |
| Tommy Colella | 34 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 187 | 27 | Canisius | 10 | 1 |
| Bob deLauer | 65 | C-LB | 6-1 | 218 | 25 | Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| Roger Eason | 43 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 227 | 27 | Oklahoma | 9 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 18 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 189 | 27 | Utah | 10 | 7 |
| Jim Gillette | 24 | ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | Virginia | 10 | 7 |
| Don Greenwood | 66 | FB-LB-LOH-LDG | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Missouri; Illinois | 9 | 6 |
| Ray Hamilton | 44 | OE-DE | 6-4 | 212 | 29 | Arkansas | 9 | 0 |
| Roger Harding | 15 | C-LB | 6-2 | 211 | 22 | California | 8 | 0 |
| Red Hickey | 53 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 204 | 28 | Arkansas | 8 | 2 |
| Jack Jacobs | 43 | QB-S | 6-1 | 186 | 26 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 |
| Harvey Jones | 12 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 175 | 24 | Baylor | 8 | 2 |
| George Koch | 19 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Baylor; St. Mary's (Texas) | 6 | 1 |
| Floyd Konetsky | 38 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 197 | 25 | Florida | 10 | 4 |
| Mike Lazetich | 27 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 211 | 24 | Montana; Michigan | 10 | 7 |
| Les Lear | 41 | ROG-RDG-OT-DT | 5-11 | 225 | 27 | Manitoba | 8 | 1 |
| Len Levy | 64 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 256 | 24 | Minnesota | 7 | 1 |
| Sonny Liles | 17 | OG-DG | 5-9 | 188 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 0 |
| Riley Matheson | 11 | LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 207 | 31 | Cameron JC; Texas-El Paso | 10 | 9 |
| Art Mergenthal | 31 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 215 | 24 | Tennessee; Xavier (Ohio); Bowling Green State; Notre Dame | 9 | 2 |
| Ray Monaco | OG-DG | 5-10 | 212 | 27 | Holy Cross | 1 | 0 | |
| Rudy Mucha | 27 | C-LB | 6-1 | 236 | 27 | Washington | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Nemeth | 10 | QB-S | 5-10 | 174 | 23 | Notre Dame | 8 | 4 |
| Norm Olsen | 65 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 225 | 31 | Alabama | 1 | 0 |
| George Phillips | B | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | UCLA | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Pritko | 30 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Villanova | 10 | 10 |
| Albie Reisz | 26 | QB-S | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Southeastern Louisiana | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Rieth | OG-DG | 5-11 | 203 | 29 | Carnegie Mellon | 2 | 0 | |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 20 | FB-LB-ROH-RDH | 6-5 | 212 | 24 | Sam Houston State; Southern Methodist | 6 | 1 |
| Mike Scarry | 39 | C-LB | 6-0 | 214 | 25 | Waynesburg | 10 | 10 |
| Elbie Schultz | 40 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 252 | 28 | Oregon State | 10 | 10 |
| Bob Shaw | 32 | OE-DE | 6-4 | 226 | 24 | Ohio State | 5 | 0 |
| Rudy Sikich | 48 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Minnesota | 6 | 2 |
| Bob Waterfield | 7 | QB-S | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | UCLA | 10 | 4 |
| Pat West | 36 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 201 | 22 | Pittsburgh; Southern California | 10 | 6 |
| Joe Winkler | 25 | C-LB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Purdue | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Worden | 21 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 180 | 30 | Waynesburg | 4 | 0 |
| Walt Zirinsky | 16 | HB-DH | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Lafayette | 4 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Elroy Hirsch | B | Michigan |
| 2 | 16 | Mike Lazetich | T | Michigan |
| 3 | 21 | Dub Wooten | E | Oklahoma |
| 4 | 32 | Jack Zilly | E | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 37 | Roger Harding | C | California |
| 6 | 48 | Gerry Cowhig | B | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 59 | Fred Negus | C | Wisconsin |
| 8 | 70 | Johnny August | B | Alabama |
| 9 | 81 | Dick Huffman | T | Tennessee |
| 10 | 92 | Vernon Walters | B | Oberlin |
| 11 | 103 | Tom Fears | E | UCLA |
| 12 | 114 | Joe Winkler | C | Purdue |
| 13 | 125 | Jack Aland | T | Alabama |
| 14 | 136 | Chuck Uknes | B | Iowa |
| 15 | 147 | Bill Lund | B | Case Western Reserve |
| 16 | 158 | Bob Barton | E | Holy Cross |
| 17 | 169 | Dick Hoerner | B | Iowa |
| 18 | 180 | Lee Kennon | T | Oklahoma |
| 19 | 191 | Wally Matulich | B | Mississippi State |
| 20 | 202 | Bill Griffin | T | Kentucky |
| 21 | 213 | Leroy Erickson | B | Oregon |
| 22 | 224 | Ray Evans | T | Texas-El Paso |
| 23 | 235 | Luke Higgins | T | Notre Dame |
| 24 | 246 | Stan Nowak | E | South Carolina |
| 25 | 257 | Gene Konopka | G | Villanova |
| 26 | 268 | Ray Florek | B | Illinois |
| 27 | 279 | Russ Perry | B | Wake Forest |
| 28 | 290 | Pat West | B | Southern California |
| 29 | 301 | Bill Davis | B | Oregon |
| 30 | 312 | Chuck Compton | T | Alabama |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 81 | 58 | 49 | 56 | 244 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 42 | 35 | 35 | 136 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 137 | 68 | 60 | 9 | / % | / % | 67 | 593 | |
| Opponents Totals | 129 | 67 | 51 | 11 | / % | / % | 43 | 391 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 5 | 31 | 34 | 91.2 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 64 |
| Jim Benton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Fred Gehrke | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Tommy Colella | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Don Greenwood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Steve Pritko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harvey Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 31 | 35 | 88.6 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 244 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 136 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 28 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 28 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 45 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Gehrke | 74 | 467 | 6.3 | 72t | 7 |
| Jim Gillette | 63 | 390 | 6.2 | 52 | 1 |
| Don Greenwood | 101 | 376 | 3.7 | 35 | 4 |
| Tommy Colella | 46 | 224 | 4.9 | 30 | 2 |
| George Koch | 12 | 101 | 8.4 | 32 | 0 |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 10 | 74 | 7.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Pat West | 19 | 45 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 18 | 18 | 1.0 | 16t | 5 |
| Harvey Jones | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Worden | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Walt Zirinsky | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albie Reisz | 12 | -2 | -0.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 372 | 1714 | 4.6 | 72t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 349 | 1026 | 2.9 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 171 | 89 | 52.0 | 65 | 1609 | 9.4 | 18.1 | 84t | 14 | 8.2 | 17 | 9.9 | 72.4 | |||
| Albie Reisz | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 10 | 146 | 7.0 | 18.3 | 44t | 2 | 9.5 | 3 | 14.3 | 55.0 | |||
| Jack Jacobs | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 12 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 64.6 | |||
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Steve Nemeth | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 199 | 100 | 50.3 | 79 | 1767 | 8.9 | 17.7 | 84 | 16 | 8.0 | 20 | 10.1 | 68.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 253 | 99 | 39.1 | 126 | 1463 | 5.8 | 14.8 | 9 | 3.6 | 28 | 11.1 | 31.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Benton | 45 | 1067 | 23.7 | 84t | 8 |
| Steve Pritko | 19 | 255 | 13.4 | 35 | 4 |
| Fred Gehrke | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 23 | 1 |
| Tommy Colella | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 20 | 2 |
| Jim Gillette | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ray Hamilton | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Red Hickey | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Don Greenwood | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Harvey Jones | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Albie Reisz | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pat West | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 100 | 1767 | 17.7 | 84t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 99 | 1463 | 14.8 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Mike Scarry | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Harvey Jones | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Albie Reisz | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Riley Matheson | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Roger Harding | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Sonny Liles | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Winkler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 398 | 14.2 | 55 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 353 | 17.7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 39 | 1585 | 40.6 | 68 | 1 | |||||
| Albie Reisz | 7 | 258 | 36.9 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Jacobs | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 47 | 1886 | 40.1 | 68 | 1 | 28.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 353 | 25.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Gehrke | 8 | 120 | 15.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Albie Reisz | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jim Gillette | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Jack Jacobs | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Riley Matheson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 353 | 11.4 | 49 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 11.9 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Gehrke | 9 | 173 | 19.2 | 30 | 0 | |
| Don Greenwood | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 30 | 0 | |
| Jim Gillette | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Jim Benton | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 | |
| George Koch | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bob Shaw | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 438 | 16.8 | 30 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Benton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Bernard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | |
| Gil Bouley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Colella | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Eason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 | |
| Jim Gillette | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Greenwood | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Hickey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harvey Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Matheson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Albie Reisz | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elbie Schultz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Sikich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |
| Pat West | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 70 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 1 |
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