1945 Figment Boston Americans Season Summary - Final
Record (9-1)
Wk Result Opponent
3 W 31-14 at Pittsburgh
4 W 24-21 at Washington
5 W 7-0 Philadelphia
6 W 16-0 at New York
7 W 24-14 Cleveland
8 L 3-14 Pittsburgh
9 W 17-10 Chicago
10 W 28-21 at Philadelphia
11 W 24-21 Washington
12 W 20-7 New York
Team Statistics
Americans Opp.
Total First Downs 200 153
Rushing 88 68
Passing 91 64
Penalty 21 21
Third Down: Made/Att 71-158 49-141
Third Down Pct. 44.9 34.8
Fourth Down: Made/Att 12-20 6-17
Fourth Down Pct. 60.0 35.3
Red Zone: Made/Att 26-33 16-27
Red Zone Pct. 78.8 59.3
Total Net Yards 3655 2642
Avg.Per Game 365.5 264.2
Total Plays 724 622
Avg.Per Play 5.0 4.2
Net Yards Rushing 2020 1374
Avg.Per Game 202.0 137.4
Total Rushes 441 354
Net Yards Passing 1635 1268
Avg.Per Game 163.5 126.8
Sacked-Yds Lost 5-32 2-14
Gross Yards 3687 2656
Att-Completions 278-152 266-121
Completion Pct. 54.7 45.5
Had Intercepted 11 14
Punts-Avg. 55-42.7 66-37.2
Net Punting Avg. 36.8 33.4
Penalties-Yards Lost 97-890 61-563
Fumbles-Ball Lost 23-11 22-5
Touchdowns 25 17
Rushing 8 3
Passing 14 12
Returns 3 2
Total Pts. 194 122
Avg. Time of Poss. 29:46 30:14
PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
D.Thomas 221 136 61.5 1,510 36 14 4 5 32 95.4
Griggs 57 16 28.1 157 25 0 7 0 0 0.0
Americans 278 152 54.7 1,667 36 14 11 5 32 72.9
Opponents 266 121 45.5 1,282 50 12 14 2 14 53.2
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
Molloy 4 6 0 0 0 0 60
Littlejohn 0 1 0 23 7 0 50
B.Young 3 0 0 0 0 0 18
Bowens 0 2 0 0 0 0 12
Walsh 0 2 0 0 0 0 12
Huisinga 1 1 0 0 0 0 12
Clark 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Marcantonio 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Latimer 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
McIntyre 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Sweeney 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Americans 8 14 3 23 7 0 194
Opponents 3 12 2 17 1 0 122
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
Littlejohn 2/2 5/6 0/1 0/1 0/0
Americans 2/2 5/6 0/1 0/1 0/0
Opponents 0/2 1/2 0/2 0/1 0/0
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
B.Young 191 885 4.6 49 3
Stein 58 273 4.7 40 0
Martins 30 200 6.7 57 0
Clark 31 132 4.3 24 0
Molloy 37 128 3.5 18 4
Kelly 15 99 6.6 30 0
Kugler 25 89 3.6 14 0
Van Overloop 21 81 3.9 12 0
D.Thomas 12 70 5.8 24 0
Noll 5 32 6.4 8 0
Huisinga 10 21 2.1 6 1
Griggs 6 10 1.7 4 0
Americans 441 2,020 4.6 57 8
Opponents 354 1,374 3.9 66 3
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
Molloy 46 680 14.8 36 6
Walsh 19 237 12.5 29 2
Bowens 14 131 9.4 22 2
Littlejohn 14 117 8.4 17 1
B.Young 13 86 6.6 19 0
Clark 9 79 8.8 16 0
Sweeney 8 105 13.1 23 1
Martins 7 32 4.6 13 0
Bentley 7 87 12.4 29 0
Huisinga 5 44 8.8 29 1
Van Overloop 4 21 5.3 9 0
McIntyre 4 34 8.5 15 1
Stein 2 14 7.0 9 0
Americans 152 1,667 11.0 36 14
Opponents 121 1,282 10.6 50 12
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
Molloy 17 9 119 7.0 21 0
Van Overloop 6 1 88 14.7 20 0
Kelly 4 3 46 11.5 19 0
Americans 27 13 253 9.4 21 0
Opponents 21 14 327 15.6 42 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
Molloy 11 248 22.5 31 0
Van Overloop 8 167 20.9 27 0
Sweeney 1 11 11.0 11 0
Americans 20 426 21.3 31 0
Opponents 36 747 20.8 97 1
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
D.Thomas 55 2,349 42.7 18 67
Americans 55 2,349 42.7 18 67
Opponents 66 2,457 37.2 17 71
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Long TD
Clark 6 116 58 1
D.Thomas 4 100 36 0
Griggs 3 16 8 0
Kelly 1 0 0 0
Americans 14 232 58 1
Opponents 11 201 38 1
SACKS No Yds SAF
Americans 2 14 0
Opponents 5 32 0