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 | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Ben Agajanian | 3 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 14 | 0 |
Joe Aguirre | 57 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 225 | 30 | St. Mary's (California) | 13 | 5 |
Earle Audet | 42 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 251 | 27 | Georgetown (DC); Southern California | 14 | 14 |
Don Avery | OT-DT | 6-4 | 254 | 27 | Pomona JC | 1 | 0 | |
Burr Baldwin | 52 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | UCLA | 11 | 8 |
John Brown | 29 | LB-C? | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 0 |
Harry Clarke | 82 | WB | 6-0 | 186 | 32 | West Virginia | 2 | 2 |
Walt Clay | 76 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 196 | 24 | Colorado | 13 | 12 |
Dick Danehe | 44 | LDT-LOT? | 6-2 | 237 | 28 | Southern California | 7 | 1 |
Glenn Dobbs | 95 | TB-DB | 6-4 | 210 | 28 | Tulsa | 14 | 12 |
Jeff Durkota | 83 | LDH-TB | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Penn State | 13 | 10 |
Chuck Fenenbock | 93 | HB | 5-9 | 174 | 30 | UCLA | 1 | 0 |
Bill Fisk | /55 | LOE | 6-0 | 199 | 32 | Southern California | 13 | 2 |
Jack Flagerman | 20 | C | 6-0 | 218 | 26 | St. Mary's (California) | 14 | 0 |
Len Ford | 50 | RDE-ROE | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Morgan State; Michigan | 14 | 13 |
Ray Frankowski | 34 | ROG-LB? | 5-11 | 223 | 29 | Washington | 14 | 4 |
Dale Gentry | 53 | LDE-ROE | 6-3 | 223 | 31 | Washington State | 14 | 8 |
Mike Graham | 85 | FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Cincinnati | 14 | 0 |
Walt Heap | 66 | BB-S | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Texas | 14 | 10 |
Clyde Johnson | 49 | ROT-RDT | 6-6 | 269 | 31 | Kentucky | 8 | 0 |
Bob Kelly | 75 | LDH | 5-10 | 193 | 23 | Notre Dame; Navy | 4 | 4 |
John Kimbrough | 77 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | Texas A&M | 9 | 7 |
Len Levy | 35 | LOG-MG? | 6-0 | 256 | 27 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
Al Lolotai | 30 | MG?-LOG?: | 6-0 | 224 | 28 | Weber JC | 14 | 6 |
Len Masini | 68 | BB | 6-0 | 225 | 26 | Fresno State | 11 | 5 |
Lou Mihajlovich | 54 | ROE | 5-11 | 177 | 23 | Indiana | 9 | 0 |
Bob Mitchell | 60 | RDH?-BB? | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Stanford | 14 | 3 |
Paul Mitchell | 43 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Minnesota | 4 | 0 |
Johnny Naumu | 80 | WB | 5-8 | 175 | 29 | Hawaii; Southern California | 8 | 0 |
Bob Nelson | 22 | C-LB | 6-1 | 214 | 28 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
Bob Nowaskey | 55 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | George Washington | 1 | 0 |
Dick Ottele | 65 | BB-RDH? | 6-3 | 212 | 22 | Washington | 9 | 4 |
Mike Perrotti | 47 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Ohio State; Cincinnati | 14 | 0 |
Knox Ramsey | 32 | ROG-R?LB? | 6-1 | 216 | 22 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
Billy Reinhard | 88 | S-TB? | 5-10 | 168 | 26 | California | 14 | 11 |
Bob Reinhard | 45 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 234 | 28 | California | 14 | 14 |
Hank Rockwell | 33 | ROG-RDG | 6-4 | 231 | 31 | Fullerton JC; Arizona State | 12 | 4 |
Lin Sexton | 89/97 | RDH-OH | 6-0 | 175 | 22 | Wichita State | 10 | 9 |
Bill Smith | 48 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 22 | North Carolina | 11 | 0 |
Herman Wedemeyer | 99 | WB-TB-DB | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | St. Mary's (California) | 14 | 12 |
Bernie Winkler | 41 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 234 | 23 | Texas Tech; Millsaps; Texas Tech | 4 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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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 | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 35 | 82 | 42 | 99 | 258 |
Opponents Totals | 58 | 69 | 97 | 81 | 305 |
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 | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Agajanian | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 51 | 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 | 50.1 | 164 | 2403 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 67 | 21 | 5.7 | 20 | 5.4 | 67.4 | |||
Herman Wedemeyer | 30 | 9 | 30.0 | 18 | 79 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Bill Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 35.4 | |||
Billy Reinhard | 5 | 0 | 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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