1945 Yanks season

National Football League team season March 2026 November 2013 Yanks 1945 3–6–1 3rd (tied) NFL Eastern Herb Kopf Fenway Park Yankee Stadium Did not qualify ← 1944 Boston Yanks 1946 →← 1944 Brooklyn Tigers The 1945 Yanks season was their second in the National Football League. They merged with the Brooklyn Tigers (who had previously been the Brooklyn Dodgers) for the season and played under the name Yanks. The team improved on their previous season's output of 2–8, winning three games.1945 Boston Yanks They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season. Four home games were played in Boston and the home game against the New York Giants was played at Yankee Stadium. The result of these two teams merging for a season is similar to the Steagles and Card-Pitt teams. Before the season Brooklyn Tigers draftees 1945 NFL draft 1945 Brooklyn Tigers 1 3 Joe Renfroe Back Tulane 2 13 Wayne Williams Back Minnesota 3 17 Cecil Gray Center Oregon 4 30 Steve Enich Guard Marquette 5 34 Al Kowalski Back Tulsa 6 44 Dick Barwegen Guard Purdue yes 7 57 Louie Futrell Back Fresno State 8 67 John Dodds Guard California 9 77 Elting Johnson Back Bucknell 10 90 Roy Cross End Tennessee 11 100 Earl Haury Tackle Kansas State 12 110 John Martin Back East Tennessee State 13 123 George McDonald Tackle South Carolina 14 133 Hal Self Back Alabama 15 143 Tom Reilly Guard Fordham 16 156 Skimp Harrison End South Carolina 17 166 Arnie Weinmeister Tackle Washington yes yes 18 176 Charley Eikenberg Quarterback Rice 19 189 Al Kasulin Back Villanova 20 199 Charley Lively Tackle Arkansas 21 209 Ted Curran Back Iowa 22 222 Don Fabling Back Colorado 23 232 Wally Crittenden Back USC 24 242 Jules Taddie Center Rochester 25 255 Jerry Whitney Back USC 26 265 Felix Trapani Guard LSU 27 275 Hal Finney Back USC 28 288 Don Fauble Back Oklahoma 29 298 Nick Studen Back Denver 30 308 LaMar Dykstra Back Colorado nohttps://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/byk/1945_draft.htm 1945 Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers Draftees Pro Football Reference April 28, 2023 Boston Yanks draftees 1945 NFL draft 1945 Boston Yanks 1 4 Eddie Prokop Back Georgia Tech 2 15 Tom Dean Tackle SMU played with Yanks in 1946 3 20 Damon Tassos Guard Texas A&M 4 31 Don Deeks Tackle Washington yes 5 36 Johnny Strzykalski Back Marquette 6 47 Jim Mello Back Notre Dame played with Yanks in 1947 7 58 Marty Silovich Center Marquette 8 69 Ellis Jones Guard Tulsa yes 9 80 Earl Lambert Back Manhattan 10 91 Don Kasprzak Back Dartmouth 11 102 Ben Jones End Arkansas 12 113 Herb Coleman Center Notre Dame 13 124 Joe Pezelski Back Villanova 14 135 John DiGangi Tackle Holy Cross 15 146 Chan Highsmith Center North Carolina 16 157 Mike Costello End Georgetown 17 168 Paul Dromgoole End Manhattan 18 179 Dolph Czekala Tackle Syracuse 19 190 Joe Drumm Tackle Georgetown 20 201 Mario Giannelli Guard Boston College 21 212 Eric Jamison Tackle San Francisco 22 223 Walt Kretz Back Cornell 23 234 Marty Grbovaz End San Francisco 24 245 Ziggy Gory Center Villanova 25 256 Bill Iancelli End William & Mary 26 267 Al Kull Tackle Fordham 27 278 Bob Mangene Back Boston College 28 289 John Morelli Guard Georgetown Already on Yanks roster yes 29 300 John Fisher Center Harvard 30 311 Elmer Oberto Guard Georgetown no nohttps://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/byk/1945_draft.htm 1945 Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers Draftees Pro Football Reference April 28, 2023 1945 season The Yanks started well with an win at Fenway Park over Pittsburgh, played on Tuesday, September 25, as both Boston baseball teams were at home over the weekend. (As of 2024, this is the last NFL game actually scheduled to be played on a Tuesday.)Five NFL games have been since played on a Tuesday, all rescheduled from another day: the Yanks themselves had a Monday contest bumped by a rainstorm in 1946; the Eagles had a Sunday contest moved up thanks to the December 2010 North American blizzard; and the Titans and Ravens each had Sunday home games delayed in 2020 due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, the Rams had a Sunday home game postponed to Tuesday, also due to COVID-19 issues. After a victory over eventual Eastern Division champion Washington, a tie with the Giants in Yankee Stadium and splitting two road games, the Yanks were 3–1–1, tied with the 3–1 Redskins atop the East (ties did not count in the standings then). After that, it all came apart. After a tough 10–9 loss to Detroit at Fenway Park (Don Currivan caught a touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter only to watch the extra point attempt go awry), the Yanks were crushed in their final four contests, finding the end zone only three times while allowing a whopping 117 points. They finished 3–6–1, tied for third with New York. Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue 1 September 25, 1945 Pittsburgh Steelers W 28–7 1–0 Fenway Park 2 Bye 3 October 7 Washington Redskins W 28–20 2–0 Fenway Park 4 October 14 New York Giants T 13–13 2–0–1 Yankee Stadium 5 October 21 at Green Bay Packers L 14–38 2–1–1 Wisconsin State Fair Park 6 October 28 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 10–6 3–1–1 Forbes Field 7 November 4 Detroit Lions L 9–10 3–2–1 Fenway Park 8 November 11 at Washington Redskins L 7–34 3–3–1 Griffith Stadium 9 November 18 Green Bay Packers L 0–28 3–4–1 Fenway Park 10 Bye 11 December 2 at Cleveland Rams L 7–20 3–5–1 League Park 12 December 9 at Philadelphia Eagles L 7–35 3–6–1 Shibe Park Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Roster 1945 Boston Yanks final rosterQuarterbacks 18 - Scott Gudmundson S/P 31 - Ace Parker S/P Backs 10 - Bob Davis RB/QB/CB/S 12 - Frank Sachse RB/CB 19 - Hugh McCullough RB/CB/P 21 - Ken Steinmetz FB/LB 24 - Paul Duhart RB/CB 25 - Pug Manders FB/LB 29 - Babe Dimancheff RB/CB 33 - Mike Micka FB/LB 36 - John Grigas RB/CB 37 - Ned Mathews CB/RB Ends/Receivers 14 - Keith Ranspot 15 - Joe Crowley 28 - Bob Masterson 34 - Don Currivan Linemen/Linebackers 16 - John Morelli G/DG 17 - Tony Leon G/DG 20 - Jim Magee T/DT 27 - Ellis Jones G/DG 30 - Lou Mark C/LB 35 - Al Fiorentino G/DG 38 - George Doherty T/DT 41 - Augie Lio G/DG/K 40 - Edward McGee T/G/DT 42 - Floyd Rhea G/DG/T/DT 43 - George Smith C/LB 44 - George Sergienko T/DT 45 - Don Deeks T/DT rookies in italics Standings References 1945 Yanks Category:1940s in Boston Yanks Yanks Category:Long stubs with short prose