1945 Yanks season

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1945 Yanks season
Head coachHerb Kopf
Home fieldFenway Park
Yankee Stadium
Results
Record3–6–1
Division place3rd (tied) NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1945 Yanks season was their second in the National Football League. They merged with the Brooklyn Tigers for the season and played under the name Yanks. The team improved on their previous season's output of 2–8, winning three games.[1] 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.

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 2021, this is the last NFL game actually scheduled to be played on a Tuesday.)[2] 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 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.

Standings[]

NFL Eastern Division
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 W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Washington Redskins 8 2 0 .800 6–2 209 121 W2
Philadelphia Eagles 7 3 0 .700 5–2 272 133 W1
Yanks 3 6 1 .333 3–2–1 123 211 L5
New York Giants 3 6 1 .333 2–4–1 179 198 L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 2 8 0 .200 1–7 79 220 L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References[]

  1. ^ 1945 Boston Yanks
  2. ^ 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.
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