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The 1945 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 13th season in the National Football League (NFL). The team finished the season with a record of 2–8. This season marked the first and only season played with Jim Leonard as head coach.
Regular season [ edit ]
Schedule [ edit ]
Game summaries [ edit ]
Week 1 (Tuesday September 25, 1945): Boston Yanks [ edit ]
1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers
0
0
0
7 7
Yanks
7 7 7 7 28
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)
1 2 3 4 Total
Giants
6 28 0
0
34
Steelers
0
6 0
0
6
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)
1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins
0
7 0
7 14
Steelers
0
0
0
0
0
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)
1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers
7 14 0
0
21
Giants
0
0
7 0
7
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 5 (Sunday October 28, 1945): Boston Yanks [ edit ]
1 2 3 4 Total
Yanks
0
7 0
0
7
Steelers
0
3 0
14 17
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)
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles
6 7 13 19 45
Steelers
3 0
0
0
3
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)
Philadelphia – Bleeker 14 run (Zimmerman kick)
Philadelphia – Karnofsky 19 run (kick failed)
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals
0
0
0
0
0
Steelers
0
3 0
20 23
at Forbes Field , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 13,153
Referee:
Scoring Drives:
1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers
6 0
0
0
6
Eagles
7 6 10 7 30
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 9 (Sunday November 25, 1945): Chicago Bears [ edit ]
1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers
7 0
0
0
7
Bears
14 7 0
7 28
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)
1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers
0
0
0
0
0
Redskins
7 7 0
10 24
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 [ edit ]
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
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