1945 Detroit Lions (NFL)

2nd place Western Division 7-3-0 .700

Head Coach: Gus Dorais

Joe Bach	Line
Pete Cawthon	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	9/5/1945	A	Windsor Rockets	40-0	W	Windsor, ON	Kennedy Stadium	2500
Sun	9/9/1945	N	Philadelphia Eagles	7-35	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	9314
Sun	9/23/1945	A	Chicago Cardinals	10-0	W	West Allis, WI	Wisconsin State Fair Park	5461
Sun	9/30/1945	A	Washington Redskins	14-21	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	35000
Sun	10/7/1945	A	Green Bay Packers	21-57	L	West Allis, WI	Wisconsin State Fair Park	20463
Sun	10/14/1945	H	Philadelphia Eagles	28-24	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	22580
Sun	10/21/1945	H	Chicago Cardinals	26-0	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	32644
Sun	10/28/1945	H	Chicago Bears	16-10	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	37260
Sun	11/4/1945	A	Boston Yanks	10-9	W	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	17631
Sun	11/11/1945	A	Chicago Bears	35-28	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	24798
Sun	11/18/1945	A	New York Giants	14-35	L	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	38215
Thu	11/22/1945	H	Cleveland Rams	21-28	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	40017
Sun	12/2/1945	H	Green Bay Packers	14-3	W	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	23468

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
65	Stan Batinski	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-LOT	5-10	215	28	Temple	10	7
64	Dick Booth	WB-RDH	6-1	190	27	Western Reserve	4	0
32	Bob Brumley	HB-DH	6-0	200	26	Rice; Oklahoma	1	0
25	Bill Callihan	BB-LDT	6-2	217	29	Nebraska	10	10
17	Chuck DeShane	BB-RDH	6-1	212	27	Alabama	9	4
84	Dave Diehl	OE-DE	5-11	190	27	Michigan State	3	0
42	Andy Farkas	WB-RDH-TB-LDH	5-10	192	29	Detroit Mercy	10	4
48	Chuck Fenenbock	TB-LDH	5-9	174	27	UCLA	10	2
11	Ed Frutig	ROE-RDE	6-1	190	25	Michigan	9	0
10	John Greene	LOE-LDE	6-0	210	25	Michigan	10	10
45	Ted Grefe	OE-DE	6-0	205	28	Northwestern	2	0
34	Elmer Hackney	FB-LB	6-1	202	29	Kansas State	9	3
75	Al Kaporch	ROG-RDG	5-10	215	32	St. Bonaventure	9	3
45	Bob Keene	HB-DH	5-11	191	26	Detroit Mercy	1	0
68	Larry Knorr	OE-DE	6-2	192	28	Dayton	2	0
71	Mike Kostiuk	LOT-LDT	6-0	210	26	Detroit Tech	7	3
78	Frank Kring	FB-LB	6-0	190	27	Texas Christian	5	1
81	Joe Krol	HB-DH	6-0	200	26	Western Ontario	2	0
	Sonny Liles	OG-DG	5-9	188	26	Oklahoma State	1	0
77	Luke Lindon	ROT-RDT	5-10	243	30	Kentucky	4	1
	Elmer Madarik	HB-DB	5-11	200	23	Detroit Mercy	1	0
46	Joe Manzo	LOT-LDT	6-1	220	28	Boston College	3	1
82	Jack Matheson	ROE-RDE	6-2	221	25	Western Michigan	10	10
40	Vince Mazza	OE-DE	6-1	216	20	none	4	0
12	Dick Mesak	LOT-LDT	6-2	225	25	St. Mary's (California)	8	5
77	Garvin Mugg	OT-DT	6-1	215	24	North Texas	3	0
22	Bob Nelson	C-LB	6-1	214	25	Baylor	9	4
62	Cotton Price	TB-LDH	6-1	182	27	Texas A&M	8	2
73	Bill Radovich	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	5-9	238	30	Southern California	8	7
66	Lake Roberson	OE-DE	6-1	210	27	Mississippi	4	0
44	Dave Ryan	TB-LDH	5-10	190	22	Hardin-Simmons	10	5
	Larry Sartori	OG-DG	6-0	208	28	Fordham	1	0
52	Dom Sigillo	ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG	6-0	230	32	Xavier (Ohio)	5	2
20	Bob Sneddon	WB-RDH	5-10	180	24	Weber JC; St. Mary's (California)	1	0
83	Frank Szymanski	C-LB	5-11	225	22	Notre Dame	4	0
6	Damon Tassos	ROG-RDG	6-1	225	22	Texas A&M	9	3
33	Jim Thomason	WB-RDH	6-0	200	25	Texas A&M	4	1
64	Ivan Trebotich	BB-S	5-10	208	25	St. Mary's (California)	9	0
81	Emil Uremovich	ROT-RDT	6-2	233	29	Indiana	8	8
11	Art Van Tone	WB-RDH	5-10	185	27	Southern Mississippi	2	2
20	Dick Weber	HB-DH	5-11	195	26	St. Louis	3	0
86	Bob Westfall	FB-LB	5-8	190	26	Michigan	10	6
30	Rex Williams	C-LB	6-1	204	27	Texas Tech	2	0
50	Alex Wojciechowicz	C-LB	5-11	217	30	Fordham	10	5

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Frank Szymanski	C	Notre Dame
3	24	Stan Mohrbacher	G	Iowa
5	39	Bob Wiese	B	Michigan
6	49	Gene Fekete	B	Ohio State
7	62	Mike Jarmoluk	T	Temple
8	72	Jack Lowther	B	Detroit Mercy
9	82	Les Joop	T	Illinois
10	95	Paul Walker	E	Yale
11	105	Howie Hansen	T	Utah State
12	115	Mike Kasap	T	Illinois
13	128	Wally Hopp	B	Nebraska
14	138	Ben Trickey	B	Iowa
15	148	Win Williams	E	Rice
16	161	Wayne Flanigan	E	Denver
17	171	O.J. Key	B	Tulane
18	181	Jim McWhorter	B	Alabama
16	182	Len Zyzda	DE	Purdue
19	194	Clyde LeForce	B	Tulsa
20	204	Mike Castronis	G	Georgia
21	214	Ken Currier	G	Wisconsin
20	227	Jack Verutti	B	St. Mary's (California)
23	237	Roy Olsen	B	Tulane
24	247	Russ Morrow	C	Tennessee
25	260	Stan Green	T	Oklahoma
26	270	Bob Ivory	G	Detroit Mercy
27	280	Dell Taylor	B	Tulsa
28	293	Len Ciesla	B	Creighton
29	303	Frank Lopp	T	Wisconsin
30	313	Paul Limont	T	Notre Dame
31	321	Ben Schadler	B	Northwestern
32	326	Tom Dorais	B	Detroit Mercy

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	42	34	55	64
Opponents Totals	28	92	40	34

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		102	40	47	15	/ %	/ %	66	673
Opponents Totals		105	48	42	17	/ %	/ %	64	568

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bob Westfall	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Bill Callihan	1	25	27	92.6	0	0		0	31
John Greene	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Dave Ryan	2	0	0		1	3	33.3	0	15
Jack Matheson	2	0	0		0	0		1	14
Chuck DeShane	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Andy Farkas	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Chuck Fenenbock	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Dick Booth	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ed Frutig	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Nelson	0	0	0		1	4	25.0	0	3
Team Totals	27	25	27	92.6	2	9	22.2	1	195
Opponents Totals	26	24	26	92.3	4	5	80.0	1	194

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bob Nelson	1	4	25.0	0/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Dave Ryan	1	3	33.3	0/	0/	1/	0/	0/
Team Totals	2	9	22.2	0/	1/	1/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	4	5	80.0	1/	1/	1/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Westfall	82	234	2.9	19	6
Chuck Fenenbock	72	143	2.0	37	1
Andy Farkas	31	137	4.4	27	0
Dave Ryan	36	93	2.6	8	1
Bill Callihan	27	85	3.1	16	0
Cotton Price	24	71	3.0	14	0
Dick Booth	4	20	5.0	9	0
Bob Brumley	5	18	3.6	4	0
Art Van Tone	3	14	4.7	7	0
Elmer Hackney	6	13	2.2	6	0
Dick Weber	7	10	1.4	7	0
Jim Thomason	9	9	1.0	10	0
Elmer Madarik	2	5	2.5	4	0
Ivan Trebotich	3	3	1.0	4	0
Bob Keene	2	2	1.0	2	0
Team Totals	313	857	2.7	37	8
Opponents Totals	356	912	2.6		7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Chuck Fenenbock	110	45	40.9	54	754	6.9	16.8	56t	7	6.4	11	10.0	46.4
Cotton Price	52	16	30.8	28	256	4.9	16.0	63t	3	5.8	8	15.4	27.9
Dave Ryan	44	13	29.5	21	331	7.5	25.5	61t	3	6.8	10	22.7	41.6
Dick Weber	22	6	27.3	11	70	3.2	11.7	27	0	0.0	5	22.7	.8.0
Bob Westfall	4	3	75.0	1	91	22.8	30.3	63t	1	25.0	0	0.0	156.3
Bill Callihan	5	3	60.0	0	34	6.8	11.3	15	1	20.0	2	40.0	80.4
Ivan Trebotich	1	1	100.0	0	8	8.0	8.0	8	0	0.0	0	0.0	100.0
Team Totals	238	87	36.6	115	1544	6.5	17.7	63	15	6.3	36	15.1	41.0
Opponents Totals	227	89	39.2	115	1615	7.1	18.1		17	7.5	23	10.1	49.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Greene	26	550	21.2	63t	5
Jack Matheson	19	341	17.9	34t	1
Bob Westfall	12	209	17.4	43t	3
Andy Farkas	9	132	14.7	29	2
Bill Callihan	4	88	22.0	29t	1
Dick Booth	3	90	30.0	54t	1
Art Van Tone	3	67	22.3	41	0
Bob Brumley	2	27	13.5	29	0
Chuck DeShane	2	29	14.5	17	0
Ed Frutig	2	5	2.5	3t	1
Dave Ryan	2	67	33.5	63t	1
Dave Diehl	1	9	9.0	9	0
Chuck Fenenbock	1	24	24.0	24	0
Jim Thomason	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	87	1544	17.7	63t	15
Opponents Totals	89	1615	18.1		17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Ryan	3	90	30.0	42	0
Chuck DeShane	3	75	25.0	46t	1
John Greene	3	65	21.7	37	0
Damon Tassos	3	49	16.3	22	0
Ivan Trebotich	3	46	15.3	28	0
Bill Callihan	2	8	4.0	6	0
Elmer Madarik	1	40	40.0	40	0
Cotton Price	1	16	16.0	16	0
Al Kaporch	1	14	14.0	14	0
Frank Szymanski	1	11	11.0	11	0
Chuck Fenenbock	1	10	10.0	10	0
Bob Nelson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	23	424	18.4	46t	1
Opponents Totals	36	312	8.7		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Dave Ryan	17	669	39.4	50	0
Chuck Fenenbock	29	1081	37.3	57	0
Cotton Price	4	148	37.0	46	0
Joe Krol	2	74	37.0	44	0
Dick Weber	1	42	42.0	42	0
Team Totals	53	2014	38.0	57	0		28.2
Opponents Totals	64					563	21.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Ryan	15	220	14.7	58	0
Andy Farkas	7	101	14.4	32	0
Chuck DeShane	5	107	21.4	81t	1
Chuck Fenenbock	5	69	13.8	28	0
Cotton Price	3	32	10.7	14	0
Dick Booth	2	8	4.0	8	0
Bob Westfall	1	16	16.0	16	0
Jack Matheson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	39	563	14.4	81t	1
Opponents Totals	32		9.7	32	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Chuck Fenenbock	7	192	27.4	49
Andy Farkas	8	165	20.6	44
Dave Ryan	6	138	23.0	34
Cotton Price	4	79	19.8	28
Bob Westfall	2	26	13.0	15
Dick Booth	1	26	26.0	26
Dick Weber	1	24	24.0	24
Ed Frutig	1	12	12.0	12
Team Totals	30	662	22.1	49
Opponents Totals	37

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Stan Batinski	0	0	0	2	2	26	0
Dick Booth	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Brumley	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bill Callihan	2		1	0	1	-1	0
Chuck DeShane	2		2	0	2	13	0
Andy Farkas	1		2	0	2	-4	0
Chuck Fenenbock	4		2	2	4	37	1
Ed Frutig	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Greene	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Elmer Hackney	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bob Keene	1		0	0	0	0	0
Frank Kring	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Elmer Madarik	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Jack Matheson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Nelson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Cotton Price	3		2	0	2	11	0
Bill Radovich	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Ryan	4		3	0	3	-1	0
Jim Thomason	3		3	0	3	-16	0
Ivan Trebotich	1		1	0	1	0	0
Emil Uremovich	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Art Van Tone	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dick Weber	1		1	0	1	-8	0
Bob Westfall	3		3	0	3	-11	0
Team Totals	32	10	22	10	32	52	1
Opponents Totals	27	10	17	10	27		0