1945 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 2 (Tuesday September 25, 1945): Boston Yanks

at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 27,502
• Referee:

Scoring Drives:

• Boston – J. Martin 5 run (Lio kick)
• Boston – F. Martin 53 pass from Cafego (Lio kick)
• Boston – Manders 1 run (Lio kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lucente 60 lateral from Bova after 10 pass from Jarvi (Naioti kick)
• Boston – Manders 2 run (Lio kick)

Week 3 (Sunday, October 7, 1945): New York Giants

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 20,097
• Referee:

Scoring Drives:

• New York – FG Strong 21
• New York – FG Strong 42
• Pittsburgh – Duhart 3 run (kick failed)
• New York – Filpowicz – 10 pass from Herber (Strong kick)
• New York – Leibel 38 pass from Herber (Strong kick)
• New York – Piccolo 7 fumble run (Strong kick)

Week 4 (Sunday October 14, 1945): Washington Redskins

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 14,050
• Referee:

Scoring Drives:

• Washington – Dye 13 pass from Baugh (Aguirre kick)
• Washington – Rosato 3 run (Aguirre kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 21, 1945): New York Giants

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 43,070
• Referee:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – Lucente 3 run (Naioti kick)
• Pittsburgh – Warren 1 run (Naioti kick)
• Pittsburgh – Doyle 50 interception (Naioti kick)
• New York – Livingston 15 pass from Herber (Strong kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 28, 1945): Boston Yanks

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 25,447
• Referee:

Scoring Drives:

• Boston – FG Lio 19
• Pittsburgh – FG Agajanian 19
• Pittsburgh – FG Agajanian 25
• Boston Martin 25 lateral from Currivan after 27 pass from Gudmundson (Lio kick)

Week 7 (Sunday November 4, 1945): Philadelphia Eagles

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 23,018
• Referee:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Agajanian 31
• Philadelphia – Ferrante 26 pass from Zimmerman (kick failed)
• Philadelphia – Ferrante 65 pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman kick)
• Philadelphia – Van Buren 20 run (kick failed)
• Philadelphia – Meyer 27 pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman kick)
• Philadelphia – Banta 22 run (kick failed)
• Philadlephia – Bleeker 14 run (Zimmerman kick)
• Philadelphia – Karnofsky 19 run (kick failed)

Week 8 (Sunday November 11, 1945): Chicago Cardinals

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 13,153
• Referee:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Agajanian 15
• Pittsburgh – Dudley 1 run (Dudley kick)
• Pittsburgh – Dudley 1 run (kick failed)
• Pittsburgh – Warren 75 run (Dudley kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 18, 1945): Philadelphia Eagles

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 23,838
• Referee:

Scoring Drives:

• Philadelphia – Karnofsky 12 run (Zimmerman kick)
• Pittsburgh – Kiick 1 run (kick failed)
• Philadelphia – Van Buren 3 run (kick failed)
• Philadelphia – FG Zimmerman 30
• Philadelphia – Van Buren 6 run (Zimmerman kick)
• Philadelphia – Steele 4 run (Rogalla kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 25, 1945): Chicago Bears

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 20,689
• Referee:

Scoring Drives:

• Chicago Bears – McAffee 33 run (Gudauskas kick)
• Pittsburgh – Dudley 4 run (Agajanian kick)
• Chicago Bears – McAfee 65 pass from Luckman (Gudauskas kick)
• Chicago Bears – Grygo 33 pass from Luckman (Gudauskas kick)
• Chicago Bears – McAfee 2 run (Gudauskas kick)

Week 11 (Sunday December 2, 1945): Washington Redskins

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 34,788
• Referee:

Scoring Drives:

• Washington – Bagarus 70 pass from Baugh (Aguirre kick)
• Washington – Turley 10 pass from Baugh (Aguirre kick)
• Washington – FG Aguirre 26
• Washington – Bagarus 29 pass from Baugh (Aguirre kick)

Standings

References