1945 Cleveland Rams Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Adam Walsh (9-1)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1945 Cleveland Rams RosterTeam Record: 9-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Adam Walsh (9-1)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1945 Cleveland Rams Results
The Cleveland Rams of the National Football League ended the 1945 season with a record of 9 wins and 1 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
Cleveland chalked up 244 points, while the defense yielded 136. Fred Gehrke ran for a team-leading 467 yards for the Rams, while Don Greenwood and Jim Gillette also aided the ground game.
Bob Waterfield threw for 1,609 yards. Jim Benton topped all receivers, hauling in 45 balls for 1,067 yards.
The opportunistic defense created 44 turnovers, best in the league. Bob Waterfield intercepted 6 opponent throws.
Adam Walsh coached the team. The 1945 Cleveland Rams won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 171 | 89 | 52.0 | 1609 | 9.4 | 14 | 8.2 | 17 | 9.9 | 84 | 72.4 |
| Albie Reisz | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 146 | 7.0 | 2 | 9.5 | 3 | 14.3 | 44 | 55.0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 64.6 |
| Steve Nemeth | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Tom Colella | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 199 | 100 | 50.3 | 1767 | 8.9 | 16 | 8.0 | 20 | 10.1 | 84 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Gehrke | 74 | 467 | 6.3 | 72 | 7 |
| Jim Gillette | 63 | 390 | 6.2 | 52 | 1 |
| Don Greenwood | 101 | 376 | 3.7 | 35 | 4 |
| Tom 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 | 16 | 5 |
| Harvey Jones | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Walt Zirinsky | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Worden | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albie Reisz | 12 | -2 | -0.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 372 | 1714 | 4.6 | 72 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Benton | 45 | 1067 | 23.7 | 84 | 8 |
| Steve Pritko | 19 | 255 | 13.4 | 35 | 4 |
| Fred Gehrke | 8 | 90 | 11.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Tom Colella | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 20 | 2 |
| Jim Gillette | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Red Hickey | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Ray Hamilton | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Greenwood | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Harvey Jones | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 44 | 1 |
| Albie Reisz | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pat West | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 100 | 1767 | 17.7 | 84 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Waterfield | 39 | 1585 | 40.6 | 68 |
| Albie Reisz | 7 | 258 | 36.9 | 51 |
| Jack Jacobs | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 |
| Totals | 47 | 1886 | 40.1 | 68 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Tom Colella | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Riley Matheson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 353 | 11.4 | 49 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Gehrke | 9 | 173 | 19.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Don Greenwood | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom Colella | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 20 | 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 |
| Totals | 26 | 448 | 17.2 | 30 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Totals | 28 | 398 | 14.2 | 55 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albie Reisz | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 0 | 9 | 4 | -2 | 0 | ||
| Pat West | 2 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Gehrke | 0 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 0 | ||
| Ray Hamilton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Sikich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Greenwood | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Benton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Jacobs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Bernard | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Eason | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Bouley | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Riley Matheson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Hickey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elbie Schultz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harvey Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Gillette | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Colella | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 31 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bob Waterfield | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 64 | |||||||
| Jim Benton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Fred Gehrke | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||
| Steve Pritko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Tom Colella | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Don Greenwood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Harvey Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Totals | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 244 |
