1947 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC) |
| 3rd place Western Division 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Dud DeGroot (5-6-0); Co-Head Coaches: Mel Hein and Ted Shipkey (2-1-0) |
| Merl Condit | Ends |
| Mel Hein | Assistant Coach |
| Ted Shipkey | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/17/1947 | N | Brooklyn Dodgers | 17-16 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sun | 8/24/1947 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 40000 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1947 | A | Chicago Rockets | 24-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 41182 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1947 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-17 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31298 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1947 | H | New York Yankees | 14-30 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 82675 | |
| Fri | 9/19/1947 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 48-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 38817 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | H | Buffalo Bills | 25-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 36087 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | A | Cleveland Browns | 13-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 63124 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1947 | A | Baltimore Colts | 38-10 | W | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 36852 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | H | Baltimore Colts | 56-0 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 27000 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 16-26 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 53726 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | A | Buffalo Bills | 0-25 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 21293 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | A | New York Yankees | 13-16 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 37625 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16-12 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 11866 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1947 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45009 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | H | Chicago Rockets | 34-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 20856 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 3 | Ben Agajanian | K | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 14 | 0 |
| 36 | Alex Agase | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 210 | 25 | Illinois; Purdue; Illinois | 3 | 3 |
| 57 | Joe Aguirre | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 225 | 29 | St. Mary's (California) | 12 | 6 |
| 56 | Ezzrett Anderson | LDE-LOE | 6-4 | 215 | 27 | Kentucky State | 14 | 2 |
| 44 | Lee Artoe | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 234 | 30 | Santa Clara; California | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Earle Audet | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 251 | 26 | Georgetown (DC); Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | Burr Baldwin | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | UCLA | 13 | 3 |
| 40 | Pete Berezney | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 3 |
| 29 | John Brown | C-LB | 6-4 | 230 | 25 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 3 |
| 82 | Harry Clarke | ROH | 6-0 | 186 | 31 | West Virginia | 13 | 3 |
| 80 | Walt Clay | DB-HB | 5-10 | 196 | 23 | Colorado | 9 | 0 |
| Armand Cure | 6-0 | 198 | 28 | Rhode Island | ||||
| 27 | Dick Danehe | ROT-RDT-C-LB | 6-2 | 237 | 27 | Southern California | 13 | 5 |
| 76 | Glenn Dobbs | QB-DB | 6-4 | 210 | 27 | Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| 93 | Chuck Fenenbock | LOH | 5-9 | 174 | 29 | UCLA | 14 | 12 |
| 34 | Ray Frankowski | ROG-LOG | 5-11 | 223 | 28 | Washington | 14 | 8 |
| 45/36 | Bernie Gallagher | OG-DG-OT-DT | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | Pennsylvania; Princeton; Pennsylvania | 8 | 0 |
| 53 | Dale Gentry | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 223 | 30 | Washington State | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Walt Heap | DB-C | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Texas | 13 | 14 |
| 95 | Harry Hopp | DB-HB | 6-0 | 209 | 29 | Nebraska | 9 | 7 |
| 85 | Bob Kelly | ROH-DB | 5-10 | 193 | 22 | Notre Dame; Navy | 14 | 8 |
| 77 | John Kimbrough | FB-LLB | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | Texas A&M | 14 | 7 |
| 99 | Mort Landsberg | HB | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | Cornell | 9 | 0 |
| 32 | Reid Lennon | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 232 | 27 | none | 7 | 2 |
| 35 | Len Levy | DG-LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 256 | 26 | Minnesota | 11 | 11 |
| 30 | Al Lolotai | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 224 | 27 | Weber JC | 14 | 7 |
| 97 | Bob Mitchell | ROH-DB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Stanford | 12 | 3 |
| 43 | Paul Mitchell | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Minnesota | 11 | 4 |
| 22 | Bob Nelson | RLB-C | 6-1 | 214 | 27 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Bob Nowaskey | LDE-LOE | 6-0 | 205 | 29 | George Washington | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Charlie O'Rourke | QB-S | 5-11 | 175 | 30 | Boston College | 14 | 10 |
| 84 | Bert Piggott | LDH-LOH | 5-10 | 196 | 27 | Illinois | 13 | 6 |
| 33 | Bill Radovich | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 238 | 32 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Billy Reinhard | DB-QB | 5-10 | 168 | 25 | California | 8 | 2 |
| 75/45 | Bob Reinhard | FB-LOT LB? | 6-4 | 234 | 27 | California | 14 | 14 |
| 47 | Jim Smith | OT-DT | 6-4 | 270 | 25 | Colorado | 4 | 0 |
| 94 | Bob Steuber | FB | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Missouri; DePauw | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | Bob Titchenal | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 194 | 30 | Glendale CC; San Jose State | 14 | 2 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| Special Selection | Herman Wedemeyer | B | St. Mary's (California) | |
| 1 | 5 | Burr Baldwin | E | UCLA |
| 2 | 13 | Jerry Shipkey | B | UCLA |
| 3 | 21 | Lloyd Merriman | B | Stanford |
| 4 | 29 | Cal Rossi | B | UCLA |
| 5 | 37 | Boyd Clement | T | Oregon State |
| 6 | 45 | Willie Zapalac | B | Texas A&M |
| 7 | 53 | George Savitsky | T | Pennsylvania |
| 8 | 61 | Don Paul | C | UCLA |
| 9 | 69 | Paul Hart | B | Delaware |
| 10 | 77 | Walt Heap | QB | Texas |
| 11 | 85 | Mike Dimitro | G | UCLA |
| 12 | 93 | Bill Moore | T | Penn State |
| 13 | 101 | Joe Martin | B | Cornell |
| 14 | 109 | Gene Wilson | E | Southern Methodist |
| 15 | 117 | Frank Muehlheuser | B | Colgate |
| 16 | 125 | Ed Cody | B | Purdue |
| 17 | 131 | Bob Sullivan | B | Iowa |
| 18 | 137 | Lou Cullen | B | New Mexico |
| 19 | 143 | John Killilea | B | Boston College |
| 20 | 149 | Plato Andros | G | Oklahoma |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 57 | 90 | 82 | 99 | |
| Opponents Totals | 89 | 61 | 70 | 36 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 161 | 86 | 62 | 13 | / % | / % | 58 | 478 | |
| Opponents Totals | 160 | 76 | 68 | 16 | / % | / % | 59 | 507 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 0 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 0 | 84 |
| John Kimbrough | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Joe Aguirre | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Harry Clarke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dale Gentry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Walt Heap | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Nelson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ezzrett Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Burr Baldwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bert Piggott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Reinhard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 2 | 328 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 26 | 35 | 74.3 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 1 | 256 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 53 | 2/ | 3/ | 4/ | 4/ | 2/ | |
| Team Totals | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 2/ | 3/ | 4/ | 4/ | 2/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 2/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kimbrough | 131 | 562 | 4.3 | 8 | |
| Bob Kelly | 51 | 205 | 4.0 | 2 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 58 | 185 | 3.2 | 3 | |
| Harry Clarke | 44 | 173 | 3.9 | 2 | |
| Bert Piggott | 46 | 161 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Reinhard | 41 | 150 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 28 | 90 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Bob Mitchell | 32 | 85 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 24 | 55 | 2.3 | 1 | |
| Harry Hopp | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Ezzrett Anderson | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Walt Heap | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| Billy Reinhard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Titchenal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mort Landsberg | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 487 | 1780 | 3.7 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 461 | 1668 | 3.6 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie O'Rourke | 178 | 89 | 89 | 73 | 1449 | 8.1 | 16.3 | 54t | 13 | 7.3 | 16 | 9.0 | 11 | 85 | 1364 | 64.6 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 109 | 49 | 49 | 53 | 650 | 6.0 | 13.3 | 70t | 6 | 5.5 | 7 | 6.4 | 9 | 115 | 535 | 56.0 |
| Bob Reinhard | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 65.6 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Billy Reinhard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 300 | 141 | 141 | 134 | 2127 | 7.1 | 15.1 | 70t | 19 | 6.3 | 25 | 8.3 | 21 | 208 | 1919 | 57.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 310 | 157 | 157 | 129 | 2376 | 7.7 | 15.1 | 80t | 24 | 7.7 | 24 | 7.7 | 29 | 271 | 2105 | 69.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Gentry | 22 | 352 | 16.0 | 54t | 2 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 20 | 276 | 13.8 | 70t | 2 |
| John Kimbrough | 16 | 281 | 17.6 | 3 | |
| Burr Baldwin | 12 | 275 | 22.9 | 1 | |
| Ezzrett Anderson | 11 | 126 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 1 | |
| Joe Aguirre | 11 | 219 | 19.9 | 51t | 5 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 8 | 106 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Bert Piggott | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Titchenal | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Bob Mitchell | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Bob Reinhard | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 20 | 1 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Walt Heap | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Walt Clay | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Mort Landsberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Danehe | 0 | 8 | 8L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 141 | 2127 | 15.1 | 70t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 157 | 2376 | 15.1 | 80 | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Heap | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 55t | 1 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Bob Nelson | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Bob Kelly | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Mitchell | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bert Piggott | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Reinhard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 5L | 0 |
| John Brown | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 345 | 14.4 | 55t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 465 | 18.6 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Reinhard | 28 | 1279 | 45.7 | 81 | 1 | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 30 | 1330 | 44.3 | 77 | 2 | |||||
| Team Totals | 58 | 2609 | 45.0 | 81 | 3 | 39.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 1 | 583 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 19 | 215 | 11.3 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 17 | 210 | 12.4 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kelly | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | ||
| Harry Clarke | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bob Nowaskey | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Billy Reinhard | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Bert Piggott | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 583 | 12.4 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 324 | 10.8 | 52 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Fenenbock | 18 | 452 | 25.1 | 56 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | 8 | 225 | 28.1 | 51 | 0 | |
| Bert Piggott | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Dobbs | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 0 | ||
| Bob Mitchell | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 0 | ||
| John Kimbrough | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kelly | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| Bob Reinhard | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Charlie O'rourke | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Lee Artoe | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 1287 | 23.4 | 56 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 98 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | ||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 29 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 13 | 30 | 14 | 44 | 1 |
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