1945 Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-6-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Herb Kopf (3-6-1)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1945 Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers Roster
1945 Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers Results

The Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers of the National Football League ended the 1945 season with a record of 3 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.

Boston/Brooklyn scored 123 points, while the defense allowed 211. Pug Manders carried the ball for a team-high 238 yards for the Yanks/Tigers, and Johnny Martin also aided the ground game.

Scott Gudmundson threw for 299 yards, and Frank Sachse threw the ball, too. Don Currivan led pass catchers, grabbing 16 receptions for 397 yards.

Bob Davis seized 6 opponent throws.

Herb Kopf coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Scott Gudmundson	43	17	39.5	299	7.0	1	2.3	5	11.6	43	32.2
Frank Sachse	21	9	42.9	203	9.7	2	9.5	0	0.0	80	109.8
George Cafego	26	13	50.0	149	5.7	0	0.0	4	15.4	29	28.0
Ace Parker	24	10	41.7	123	5.1	0	0.0	5	20.8	41	18.6
John Grigas	14	5	35.7	85	6.1	0	0.0	1	7.1	30	27.4
Bob Davis	10	5	50.0	73	7.3	3	30.0	0	0.0	23	113.8
Pug Manders	9	5	55.6	42	4.7	0	0.0	1	11.1	12	28.2
Paul Duhart	6	2	33.3	26	4.3	0	0.0	2	33.3	21	8.3
Ned Mathews	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Hugh McCullough	6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	50.0	0	0.0
Totals	160	66	41.2	1000	6.2	6	3.8	21	13.1	80

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Pug Manders	76	238	3.1	34	6
Johnny Martin	39	191	4.9	76	1
John Grigas	64	160	2.5	45	2
Ned Mathews	27	146	5.4	49	0
Bob Davis	29	91	3.1	12	0
Babe Dimancheff	30	69	2.3	15	0
Ken Steinmetz	4	12	3.0	9	0
Frank Martin	2	10	5.0	7	0
Paul Duhart	6	10	1.7	9	0
Frank Sachse	5	9	1.8	29	0
Mike Micka	1	5	5.0	5	0
Scott Gudmundson	23	4	0.2	20	0
Hugh McCullough	2	1	0.5	2	0
Ace Parker	18	-49	-2.7	7	0
George Cafego	19	-51	-2.7	3	0
Totals	345	846	2.5	76	9

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Don Currivan	16	397	24.8	80	4
Bob Masterson	15	186	12.4	21	0
Bob Davis	9	56	6.2	29	0
Keith Ranspot	8	117	14.6	30	0
John Grigas	5	59	11.8	29	0
Ned Mathews	4	56	14.0	23	1
Johnny Martin	2	20	10.0	17	0
George Cafego	2	20	10.0	15	0
Frank Martin	1	53	53.0	53	1
Hugh McCullough	1	17	17.0	17	0
Babe Dimancheff	1	15	15.0	15	0
Joe Crowley	1	12	12.0	12	0
Scott Gudmundson	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Totals	66	1000	15.2	80	6

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Augie Lio	16	15	93.8	5	4	80.0	27
Bob Masterson				1		0.0	0
Totals	16	15	93.8	6	4	66.7	27

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Scott Gudmundson	17	612	36.0	52
Johnny Martin	14	575	41.1	58
George Smith	9	355	39.4	47
Ken Steinmetz	8	239	29.9	46
Ace Parker	7	224	32.0	51
George Cafego	6	213	35.5	39
Bob Davis	3	129	43.0	56
Hugh McCullough	2	64	32.0	37
Totals	66	2411	36.5	58

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Babe Dimancheff	8	99	12.4	26
Bob Davis	11	94	8.5	21
Scott Gudmundson	4	36	9.0	15
Johnny Martin	4	7	1.8	7
George Cafego	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	28	236	8.4	26

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Johnny Martin	13	302	23.2	43
Bob Davis	6	131	21.8	35
Babe Dimancheff	4	123	30.8	52
Ned Mathews	4	108	27.0	33
John Grigas	4	65	16.2	27
George Cafego	2	47	23.5	26
Paul Duhart	2	32	16.0	0
Mike Micka	1	21	21.0	21
Pug Manders	2	10	5.0	8
Don Currivan	1	3	3.0	3
Bill Walker	1	3	3.0	3
George Smith	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	41	845	20.6	52

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bob Davis	6	28	4.7	10
Ned Mathews	3	42	14.0	18
Augie Lio	3	42	14.0	20
Pug Manders	3	5	1.7	5
Frank Sachse	2	25	12.5	22
Scott Gudmundson	2	23	11.5	17
George Smith	2	23	11.5	13
Joe Crowley	1	45	45.0	45
Johnny Martin	1	10	10.0	10
John Morelli	1	10	10.0	10
Jim Magee	1	6	6.0	6
John Grigas	1	3	3.0	3
George Cafego	1	2	2.0	2
Mike Micka	1	0	0.0	0
Ken Steinmetz	1	0	0.0	0
Babe Dimancheff	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	30	264	8.8	45

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Pug Manders		0	6	4	-12
Scott Gudmundson		0	3	2	-1	0
Ned Mathews		0	3	2	0
Augie Lio		0	0	2	0
Johnny Martin		0	4	2	3
John Grigas		0	4	2	-14
George Cafego		0	2	2	18	0
Ace Parker			2	1	-4	0
George Sergienko			0	1	0	0
Keith Ranspot			0	1	0	0
Don Currivan			0	1	0
Ed McGee			0	1	0	0
Bob Davis		0	2	0	0	0
George Smith		0	1	0	0	0
Frank Sachse		0	2	0	0	0
Babe Dimancheff		0	2	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	31	21	-10	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Pug Manders	6			0		0			0	0	0			36
Augie Lio						0			4	15	0			27
Don Currivan		4		0					0	0	0			24
John Grigas	2	0		0		0			0	0	0			12
Johnny Martin	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	0	0			12
Ned Mathews	0	1		0		0			0	0	0			6
Frank Martin	0	1							0	0	0			6
Totals	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	15	0	0	0	123