| Detroit Lions at Boston Yanks |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 4, 1945 Location: Boston, MA Venue: Fenway Park Attendance: 17631 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 34 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Boston YanksBOS | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Boston YanksBOS | Augie Lio 26 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Bob Nelson 26 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Chuck DeShane 81 punt return (Bill Callihan kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Boston YanksBOS | Don Currivan 6 pass from Bob Davis (Augie Lio run failed) | 10 | 9 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 10 | LOE/DE | John Greene |
| 12 | LOT/DT | Dick Mesak |
| 73 | LOG/DG | Bill Radovich |
| 50 | C/LB | Alex Wojciechowicz |
| 6 | ROG/DG | Damon Tassos |
| 81 | ROT/DT | Emil Uremovich |
| 82 | ROE/DE | Jack Matheson |
| 25 | BB/DB | Bill Callihan |
| 62 | TB/DB | Cotton Price |
| 42 | WB/DB | Andy Farkas |
| 86 | FB/LB | Bob Westfall |
| Boston Yanks | ||
| 14 | LOE/DE | Keith Ranspot |
| 44 | LOT/DT | George Sergienko |
| 41 | LOG/DG | Augie Lio |
| 43 | C/LB | George Smith |
| 17 | ROG/DG | Tony Leon |
| 38 | ROT/DT | George Doherty |
| 34 | ROE/DE | Don Currivan |
| 11 | QB/DB | George Cafego |
| 36 | LOH/DB | Johnny Grigas |
| 33 | WB/DB | John Martin |
| 25 | FB/LB | Pug Manders |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Cotton Price | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Dave Ryan | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Bob Westfall | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Callihan | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Andy Farkas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Thomason | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Johnny Grigas | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Ace Parker | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| John Martin | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Ken Steinmetz | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Scotty Gudmundson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| George Cafego | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Boston Yanks | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Matheson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Westfall | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Don Currivan | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 35 | 1 |
| Bob Davis | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Bob Davis | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Martin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| John Martin | 7 | 266 | 38.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Chuck DeShane | 1 | |||||
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
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