1948 Los Angeles Dons season

American football team season November 2013 Los Angeles Dons Dons-logo-1947.jpg 1948 7–7 3rd AAFC West Jimmy Phelan Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Did not qualify Dons seasons thumb|right|260px|Program for the October 8 game against the visiting Chicago Rockets. The 1948 Los Angeles Dons season was their third in the All-America Football Conference. The team matched their previous output of 7–7,1948 Los Angeles Dons but failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season. The team's statistical leaders included Glenn Dobbs with 2,403 passing yards and 539 rushing yards and Joe Aguirre with 599 receiving yards and 56 points scored.1948 Los Angeles Dons Statistics & Players Sports Reference LLC Pro-Football-Reference.com March 1, 2020 https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/lda/1948.htm Season schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 August 27, 1948 at Chicago Rockets W 7–0 1–0 Soldier Field 26,479 Recap 2 September 3, 1948 at Cleveland Browns L 14–19 1–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 60,193 Recap 3 September 10, 1948 Brooklyn Dodgers W 17–7 2–1 L.A. Memorial Colisem 35,246 Recap 4 September 19 at San Francisco 49ers L 14-36 2–2 Kezar Stadium 45,420 Recap 5 September 29, 1948 New York Yankees W 20–10 3–2 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 35,655 Recap 6 October 8, 1948 Chicago Rockets W 49–28 4–2 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 31,119 Recap 7 October 15, 1948 Baltimore Colts L 14–29 4–3 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 40,019 Recap 8 October 24 Buffalo Bills L 21–35 4–4 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 26,818 Recap 9 October 31 at Brooklyn Dodgers W 17–0 5–4 Ebbets Field 12,825 Recap 10 November 7 at New York Yankees L 6–38 5–5 Yankee Stadium 17,386 Recap 11 November 14 at Buffalo Bills W 27–20 6–5 Civic Stadium 23,725 Recap 12 November 21 at Baltimore Colts W 17–14 6–6 Municipal Stadium 25,228 Recap 13 November 25, 1948 Cleveland Browns L 14–31 6–7 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 60,031 Recap 14 December 5 San Francisco 49ers L 21–38 6–8 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 51,460 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Division standings Roster 1948 Los Angeles Dons final rosterBacks 95 Glenn Dobbs QB/RB/DB/P 83 Jeff Durkota DB/RB 85 Mike Graham RB/DB 66 Walter Heap DB/RB 77 John Kimbrough FB/LB 68 Mickey Masini RB 60 Bob Mitchell DB/RB 80 Johnny Naumu RB 65 Dick Ottele RB/DB 88 Bill Reinhard DB/RB 99 Herman Wedemeyer RB Ends/Receivers 57 Joe Aguirre 52 Burr Baldwin 55 Bill Fisk 50 Len Ford 53 Dale Gentry Linemen/Linebackers 42 Earl Audet T/DT 29 John Brown C/LB 76 Walt Clay LB/FB 20 Jack Flagerman C/LB 34 Ray Frankowski G/LB 49 Clyde Johnson T/DT 35 Butch Levy G/MG 30 Al Lolotai MG/G 22 Bob Nelson C/LB 47 Mike Perrotti T/DT 32 Knox Ramsey LB/G 45 Bob Reinhard T/DT 33 Hank Rockwell G/MG 48 Bill Smith T/DT Special teams  3 Ben Agajanian K Reserve 44 Dick Danehe DT/T (IR) 7px 75 Bob Kelly DB (IR) 7px 97 Lin Sexton DB/RB (IR) 7px 41 Bernie Winkler T/DT (IR) 7px rookies in italics References Category:Los Angeles Dons seasons Los Angeles Dons Los Angeles Dons