1948 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC) |
| 3rd place Western Division 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Jimmy Phelan |
| Mel Hein | Tackles/Centers |
| Marty Kordick | Guards |
| Earl Martineau | Backfield |
| Ted Shipkey | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/8/1948 | N | Baltimore Colts | 27-21 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 15000 | |
| Wed | 8/18/1948 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-42 | L | Pasadena, CA | Rose Bowl | 58207 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1948 | A | Chicago Rockets | 7-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 26479 | |
| Fri | 9/3/1948 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-19 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 60193 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1948 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 17-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 35246 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1948 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-36 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 45420 | |
| Wed | 9/29/1948 | H | New York Yankees | 20-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 35655 | |
| Fri | 10/8/1948 | H | Chicago Rockets | 49-28 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 31119 | |
| Fri | 10/15/1948 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-29 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40019 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | H | Buffalo Bills | 21-35 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 26818 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1948 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 17-0 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 12825 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | A | New York Yankees | 6-38 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 17386 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | A | Buffalo Bills | 27-20 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 23725 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | A | Baltimore Colts | 17-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 25228 | |
| Thu | 11/25/1948 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 60031 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1948 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 21-38 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 51460 | |
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 | 29 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 13 | 0 |
| 57 | Joe Aguirre | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 225 | 30 | St. Mary's (California) | 13 | 5 |
| 42 | Earle Audet | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 251 | 27 | Georgetown (DC); Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Don Avery | OT-DT | 6-4 | 254 | 27 | Pomona JC | 1 | 0 | |
| 52 | Burr Baldwin | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | UCLA | 11 | 8 |
| 29 | John Brown | C-LB | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | North Carolina Central | 13 | 0 |
| 82 | Harry Clarke | WB | 6-0 | 186 | 32 | West Virginia | 2 | 2 |
| 76 | Walt Clay | FB-LB | 5-10 | 196 | 24 | Colorado | 13 | 7 |
| 44 | Dick Danehe | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 237 | 28 | Southern California | 7 | 1 |
| 95 | Glenn Dobbs | TB-LDH | 6-4 | 210 | 28 | Tulsa | 14 | 10 |
| 83 | Jeff Durkota | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Penn State | 13 | 2 |
| 93 | Chuck Fenenbock | HB | 5-9 | 174 | 30 | UCLA | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Bill Fisk | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 199 | 32 | Southern California | 13 | 1 |
| 20 | Jack Flagerman | C | 6-0 | 218 | 26 | St. Mary's (California) | 11 | 0 |
| 50 | Len Ford | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Morgan State; Michigan | 14 | 11 |
| 34 | Ray Frankowski | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 223 | 29 | Washington | 13 | 3 |
| 53 | Dale Gentry | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 223 | 31 | Washington State | 14 | 3 |
| 85 | Mike Graham | FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Cincinnati | 14 | 0 |
| 66 | Walt Heap | BB-S | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Texas | 14 | 7 |
| 49 | Clyde Johnson | ROT-RDT | 6-6 | 269 | 31 | Kentucky | 8 | 0 |
| 75 | Bob Kelly | WB-RDH | 5-10 | 193 | 23 | Notre Dame; Navy | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | John Kimbrough | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | Texas A&M | 9 | 7 |
| 35 | Len Levy | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 256 | 27 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 30 | Al Lolotai | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 224 | 28 | Weber JC | 14 | 0 |
| 68 | Len Masini | BB | 6-0 | 225 | 26 | Fresno State | 11 | 5 |
| 54 | Lou Mihajlovich | WB-LOE-ROE | 5-11 | 177 | 23 | Indiana | 8 | 0 |
| 60 | Bob Mitchell | BB-S | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Stanford | 12 | 0 |
| 43 | Paul Mitchell | OT-DT | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Minnesota | 4 | 0 |
| 80 | Johnny Naumu | WB | 5-8 | 175 | 29 | Hawaii; Southern California | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | Bob Nelson | C-LB | 6-1 | 214 | 28 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Bob Nowaskey | OE-DE | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | George Washington | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Dick Ottele | BB-TB | 6-3 | 212 | 22 | Washington | 9 | 3 |
| 47 | Mike Perrotti | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Ohio State; Cincinnati | 14 | 0 |
| 32 | Knox Ramsey | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 216 | 22 | William & Mary | 12 | 7 |
| 88 | Billy Reinhard | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 168 | 26 | California | 13 | 0 |
| 45 | Bob Reinhard | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 234 | 28 | California | 14 | 13 |
| 33 | Hank Rockwell | ROG-RDG | 6-4 | 231 | 31 | Fullerton JC; Arizona State | 12 | 4 |
| 89/97 | Lin Sexton | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 175 | 22 | Wichita State | 10 | 2 |
| 48 | Bill Smith | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 22 | North Carolina | 11 | 0 |
| 99 | Herman Wedemeyer | WB-TB | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | St. Mary's (California) | 14 | 11 |
| 41 | Bernie Winkler | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 234 | 23 | Texas Tech; Millsaps; Texas Tech | 4 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Vaughn Mancha | C | Alabama |
| 3 | 14 | Len Ford | E | Michigan |
| 4 | 22 | John Novitsky | T | Oklahoma City |
| 6 | 31 | Lin Sexton | B | Wichita State |
| 7 | 37 | Weldon Edwards | T | Texas Christian |
| 8 | 45 | Jim Spavital | B | Oklahoma State |
| 9 | 49 | Knox Ramsey | G | William & Mary |
| 10 | 57 | Chi Mills | G | Virginia Military Institute |
| 11 | 61 | Lou Mihajlovich | E | Indiana |
| 12 | 69 | Harper Davis | B | Mississippi State |
| 13 | 77 | Mike Graham | B | Cincinnati |
| 14 | 85 | Bernie Winkler | T | Texas Tech |
| 15 | 93 | Bill Erickson | T | Mississippi |
| 16 | 101 | Tom McWilliams | B | Mississippi State |
| 17 | 109 | Bob Levenhagen | G | Washington |
| 18 | 117 | Weyman Sellers | E | Georgia |
| 19 | 125 | Ab Wimberly | E | Louisiana State |
| 20 | 133 | Frank Ziegler | B | Georgia Tech |
| 21 | 141 | Ed Smith | B | Texas-El Paso |
| 22 | 149 | Paul Mortellaro | G | Florida |
| 23 | 157 | Ted Kenfield | B | California |
| 24 | 165 | Buddy Mulligan | B | Duke |
| 25 | 173 | George Lambert | T | Mississippi |
| 26 | 181 | Jim Still | QB | Georgia Tech |
| 27 | 189 | Charley Tatom | G | Texas |
| 28 | 197 | Lou Creekmur | T | William & Mary |
| 29 | 205 | Leon McLaughlin | C | UCLA |
| 30 | 213 | Gus Kitchens | T | Tulsa |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 35 | 82 | 42 | 99 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 69 | 97 | 81 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 186 | 78 | 93 | 15 | / % | / % | 77 | 715 | |
| Opponents Totals | 209 | 125 | 70 | 14 | / % | / % | 76 | 808 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Aguirre | 9 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | |
| Ben Agajanian | 0 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 0 | 46 |
| Len Ford | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| John Kimbrough | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Walt Clay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Glenn Dobbs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Billy Reinhard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Herman Wedemeyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mike Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Heap | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 33 | 35 | 94.3 | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 0 | 258 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 3 | 305 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 2/ |
| Team Totals | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 2/ |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 0/ | 3/ | 1/ | 2/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 91 | 539 | 5.9 | 50 | 4 |
| Walt Clay | 86 | 293 | 3.4 | 3 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 79 | 249 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| John Kimbrough | 76 | 189 | 2.5 | 3 | |
| Mike Graham | 19 | 69 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Jeff Durkota | 14 | 66 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Lin Sexton | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Billy Reinhard | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Walt Heap | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Len Masini | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Ottele | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Kelly | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Johnny Naumu | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Mitchell | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nelson | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 400 | 1554 | 3.9 | 50 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 514 | 2456 | 4.8 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 369 | 185 | 185 | 164 | 2403 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 67 | 21 | 5.7 | 20 | 5.4 | 67.4 | |||
| Herman Wedemeyer | 30 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 79 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Bill Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 35.4 | |||
| Billy Reinhard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 406 | 195 | 48.0 | 187 | 2497 | 6.2 | 12.8 | 67 | 21 | 5.2 | 24 | 5.9 | 60.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 344 | 164 | 47.7 | 156 | 2568 | 7.5 | 15.7 | 70t | 24 | 7.0 | 24 | 7.0 | 67.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Aguirre | 38 | 599 | 15.8 | 67 | 9 |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 36 | 330 | 9.2 | 66 | 2 |
| Len Ford | 31 | 598 | 19.3 | 51 | 7 |
| Dale Gentry | 28 | 308 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| John Kimbrough | 10 | 131 | 13.1 | 2 | |
| Walt Clay | 10 | 118 | 11.8 | 1 | |
| Burr Baldwin | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Bill Fisk | 9 | 102 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Billy Reinhard | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Bob Reinhard | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Lou Mihajlovich | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Jeff Durkota | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Walt Heap | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Len Masini | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Perrotti | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | |
| Jack Flagerman | 0 | 6 | 6L | 0 | |
| Hank Rockwell | 0 | 6 | 6L | 0 | |
| Mike Graham | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 195 | 2497 | 12.8 | 67 | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 164 | 2568 | 15.7 | 70 | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Heap | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 53 | 1 |
| Billy Reinhard | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Kelly | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Mitchell | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Lin Sexton | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Mike Graham | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jeff Durkota | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| John Brown | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Len Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 295 | 12.3 | 53 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 206 | 8.6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 68 | 3336 | 49.1 | 80 | 3 | |||||
| Bob Reinhard | 6 | 204 | 34.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Johnny Naumu | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |||||
| Herman Wedemeyer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 76 | 3584 | 47.2 | 80 | 3 | 644 | 38.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 1 | 730 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Wedemeyer | 23 | 368 | 16.0 | 61 | 0 | |
| Billy Reinhard | 16 | 276 | 17.3 | 86t | 1 | |
| Lin Sexton | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | ||
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 730 | 16.6 | 86t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 644 | 12.4 | 91 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Wedemeyer | 11 | 240 | 21.8 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Durkota | 9 | 198 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Graham | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Naumu | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 0 | ||
| John Kimbrough | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Reinhard | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Lin Sexton | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | ||
| Walt Clay | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Ottele | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 16 | 0 | |
| Billy Reinhard | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Len Ford | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Joe Aguirre | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1093 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 56 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 36 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 1 |
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