1945 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jim Leonard (2-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1945 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 2-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jim Leonard (2-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1945 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1945 season with a record of 2 wins and 8 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
The Steelers struggled to score 79 points, worst in the circuit, and the defense allowed 220. Buzz Warren carried the ball for a team-best 292 yards for Pittsburgh, while John Lucente also buoyed the ground attack.
Buzz Warren threw for 368 yards. Tony Bova grabbed 15 passes for 215 yards.
Leon Pense picked off 3 opponent throws.
Jim Leonard coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzz Warren | 92 | 36 | 39.1 | 368 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 10.9 | 47 | 11.8 |
| Ed Stofko | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 94 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 23.5 | 26 | 19.9 |
| Al Postus | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 73 | 14.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 52 | 47.9 |
| Bill Dudley | 32 | 10 | 31.2 | 58 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6.2 | 32 | 14.6 |
| Toimi Jarvi | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 50 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 30.0 | 21 | 16.7 |
| John Petchel | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 100.0 |
| Paul Duhart | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 42.4 |
| Tony Bova | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Jackie Lowther | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 165 | 61 | 37.0 | 652 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 12.7 | 52 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzz Warren | 95 | 292 | 3.1 | 75 | 2 |
| John Lucente | 82 | 242 | 3.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Bill Dudley | 57 | 204 | 3.6 | 32 | 3 |
| Art Jones | 16 | 64 | 4.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jackie Lowther | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 17 | 0 |
| George Kiick | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Pepper Petrella | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Toimi Jarvi | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Itzel | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Bova | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Duhart | 11 | 7 | 0.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Allen Nichols | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Postus | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Sid Tinsley | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 |
| John Petchel | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Leon Pense | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 |
| John Popovich | 4 | -8 | -2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Stofko | 13 | -16 | -1.2 | 6 | 0 |
| John Naioti | 1 | -17 | -17.0 | -17 | 0 |
| Totals | 368 | 961 | 2.6 | 75 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Bova | 15 | 215 | 14.3 | 52 | 0 |
| John Lucente | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Morgan Tiller | 10 | 146 | 14.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Dick Dolly | 8 | 122 | 15.2 | 47 | 0 |
| Art Jones | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Al Olszewski | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| John Petchel | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Frank Kimble | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Naioti | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Leon Pense | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Jack Itzel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Buzz Warren | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| George Kiick | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 61 | 652 | 10.7 | 52 | 0 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 13 |
| John Naioti | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | |||
| Bill Dudley | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 2 | |||
| Jackie Lowther | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 19 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Tinsley | 57 | 2308 | 40.5 | 58 |
| Ed Stofko | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 46 |
| Toimi Jarvi | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 38 |
| Bill Dudley | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 |
| Jackie Lowther | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 |
| Totals | 65 | 2557 | 39.3 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzz Warren | 13 | 168 | 12.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Art Jones | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Pepper Petrella | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Jackie Lowther | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 337 | 10.9 | 22 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzz Warren | 5 | 135 | 27.0 | 33 | 0 |
| John Lucente | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Pepper Petrella | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Paul Duhart | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Morgan Tiller | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 20 | 0 |
| John Popovich | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Art Jones | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Tony Bova | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Leon Pense | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jackie Lowther | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| George Kiick | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Al Postus | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Pierre | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Glen Stough | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 662 | 22.1 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Pense | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Ted Doyle | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 1 |
| Buzz Warren | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Chuck Cherundolo | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Art Jones | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jack Itzel | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pepper Petrella | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Petchel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sid Tinsley | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 13 | 212 | 16.3 | 50 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lucente | 8 | 6 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Elmer Merkovsky | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leon Pense | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Bova | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Perko | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Warren | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Ted Doyle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Coomer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Naioti | 1 | 1 | -17 | 0 | |||
| Si Titus | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Stofko | 1 | 1 | -16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morgan Tiller | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sid Tinsley | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Pierre | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toimi Jarvi | 0 | 1 | -17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Popovich | 1 | 1 | -10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allen Nichols | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Stough | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pepper Petrella | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Wukits | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 32 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bill Dudley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Ben Agajanian | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| John Lucente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Buzz Warren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Ted Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Paul Duhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| George Kiick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| John Naioti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
