| League Championship |
| Washington Redskins at Cleveland Rams |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 16, 1945 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: League Park Attendance: 32178 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Cleveland RamsCLE | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Safety, Sammy Baugh pass hit goal past | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Steve Bagarus 38 pass from Frank Filchock (Joe Aguirre kick) | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Jim Benton 37 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Cleveland RamsCLE | Jim Gillette 44 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick failed) | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bob Seymour 8 pass from Frank Filchock (Joe Aguirre kick) | 14 | 15 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| 40 | LE | Wayne Millner |
| 17 | LT | Fred Davis |
| 42 | LG | John Adams |
| 55 | C | Ki Aldrich |
| 45 | RG | Marv Whited |
| 27 | RT | Earle Audet |
| 22 | RE | Doug Turley |
| 11 | QB | Cecil Hare |
| 20 | LH | Bob Seymour |
| 44 | RH | Merl Condit |
| 18 | FB | Frank Akins |
| Cleveland Rams | ||
| 38 | LE | Floyd Konetsky |
| 40 | LT | Elbie Schultz |
| 11 | LG | Riley Matheson |
| 39 | C | Mike Scarry |
| 27 | RG | Milan Lazetich |
| 42 | RT | Gil Bouley |
| 30 | RE | Steve Pritko |
| 26 | QB | Albie Reisz |
| 10 | LH | Steve Nemeth |
| 24 | RH | Jim Gillette |
| 36 | FB | Pat West |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAS | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | / | / | 4 | 29 | 1 | 0 | |
| CLE | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | / | / | 6 | 60 | 1 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Merl Condit | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sal Rosato | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Akins | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob DeFruiter | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cecil Hare | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Todd | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill deCorrevont | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Steve Bagarus | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Filchock | 3 | -32 | -10.7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 35 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Jim Gillette | 17 | 101 | 5.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Greenwood | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Pat West | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Albie Reisz | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| George Koch | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 180 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Frank Filchock | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 2 | 172 | 12.3 | 50 | 2 | 100.9 | ||
| Sammy Baugh | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 7 | 1.2 | 7 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 2 | 179 | 9.0 | 2 | 70.6 | |||
| Cleveland Rams | |||||||||||
| Bob Waterfield | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 2 | 192 | 7.1 | 44t | 2 | 68.7 | ||
| Team Totals | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 2 | 192 | 7.1 | 2 | 68.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Steve Bagarus | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 50 | 1 |
| Cecil Hare | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Les Dye | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Doug Turley | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Seymour | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Merl Condit | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 179 | 19.9 | 2 | |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Jim Benton | 9 | 125 | 13.9 | 37t | 1 |
| Jim Gillette | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 44t | 1 |
| Steve Pritko | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Pat West | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 192 | 13.7 | 2 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Ki Aldrich | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Pat West | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Albie Reisz | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Merl Condit | 5 | 187 | 37.4 | 41 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 252 | 36.0 | ||
| Cleveland Rams | |||||
| Bob Waterfield | 8 | 303 | 37.9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 303 | 37.9 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Steve Bagarus | 4 | 0 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Todd | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| Albie Reisz | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Steve Bagarus | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Merl Condit | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bob Seymour | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Rams | ||||||
| Don Greenwood | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Nemeth | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Wayne Millner | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Team Totals | ||
| Cleveland Rams | ||
| Gil Bouley | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | ||