1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC) |
| 5th place • 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Jimmy Phelan |
| Jim Austin | Ends |
| Dutch Clark | Backfield |
| Marty Kordick | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/10/1949 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 7-28 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 81272 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1949 | H | Baltimore Colts | 49-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 20211 | |
| Fri | 9/9/1949 | H | Chicago Hornets | 21-23 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 30193 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1949 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-42 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31960 | |
| Thu | 9/22/1949 | A | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 7-10 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 14437 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1949 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-42 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 30466 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1949 | H | Buffalo Bills | 42-28 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 16575 | |
| Fri | 10/14/1949 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-61 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 27437 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | A | Buffalo Bills | 14-17 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 21310 | |
| Fri | 10/28/1949 | A | Chicago Hornets | 24-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 11249 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-41 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 17880 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-10 | W | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 19503 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1949 | H | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 16-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 20096 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Aguirre | 37 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 225 | 31 | St. Mary's (California) | 4 | 0 |
| Burr Baldwin | 52 | LDE-LOE | 6-1 | 199 | 27 | UCLA | 8 | 8 |
| John Brown | 29 | LB-C | 6-4 | 230 | 27 | North Carolina Central | 12 | 3 |
| Walt Clay | 76 | FB | 5-10 | 196 | 25 | Colorado | 10 | 1 |
| Paul Crowe | 83 | S-WB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 7 | 0 |
| Harper Davis | 88 | RDH-WB | 5-11 | 173 | 24 | Mississippi State | 11 | 1 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 95 | TB | 6-4 | 210 | 29 | Tulsa | 12 | 8 |
| Bob Dobelstein | 33 | ROG-LOG | 5-11 | 214 | 27 | Tennessee | 8 | 5 |
| Johnny Donaldson | 80 | TB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Georgia | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Dworsky | 65 | LLB | 6-0 | 211 | 22 | Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| Ollie Fletcher | 34 | LOG | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Santa Ana JC; Southern California | 3 | 0 |
| Len Ford | 50 | ROE | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Morgan State; Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 85 | WB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 7 |
| Ed Henke | 44 | LDE-LDT | 6-3 | 227 | 22 | Ventura JC; Southern California | 11 | 3 |
| Bob Hoffman | 66 | BB-LB | 6-1 | 208 | 32 | Southern California | 12 | 5 |
| Lew Holder | 56 | LOE-ROE | 6-0 | 191 | 26 | Texas | 12 | 1 |
| Earl Howell | 97 | WB-LDH | 5-10 | 189 | 25 | Holmes CC; Muhlenberg; Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Kelley | 40 | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 230 | 25 | Texas | 12 | 2 |
| Bob Kennedy | 82 | S-WB | 6-0 | 178 | 21 | North Carolina | 10 | 10 |
| Al Lolotai | 30 | LOG | 6-0 | 224 | 29 | Weber JC | 7 | 7 |
| Shorty McWilliams | 92 | RDH-TB-WB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Mississippi State; Army; Mississippi State | 12 | 12 |
| George Murphy | 60 | BB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Southern California | 11 | 7 |
| Bob Nelson | 22 | C | 6-1 | 214 | 29 | Baylor | 12 | 11 |
| Mike Perrotti | 47 | MG-LOG | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Ohio State; Cincinnati | 12 | 12 |
| Joyce Pipkin | 63 | S-BB | 6-1 | 204 | 25 | Arkansas | 8 | 3 |
| Knox Ramsey | 32 | ROG-MG | 6-1 | 216 | 23 | William & Mary | 12 | 8 |
| Bob Reinhard | 45 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 234 | 29 | California | 12 | 12 |
| Hosea Rodgers | 73 | FB | 6-1 | 192 | 28 | Alabama; North Carolina | 12 | 9 |
| Jim Spavital | 77 | S-FB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 12 |
| George Taliaferro | 93 | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 196 | 22 | Indiana | 11 | 4 |
| Buddy Tinsley | 48 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | Baylor | 11 | 10 |
| Ben Whaley | 36 | ROG | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | Virginia State | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Wilkins | 54 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 194 | 24 | Oregon | 11 | 11 |
| Ernie Williamson | 42 | RDT | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Apprentice; North Carolina | 12 | 12 |
| Ab Wimberly | 55 | RDE-ROE | 6-1 | 213 | 22 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Woodard | 27 | RLB-C? | 6-2 | 224 | 23 | Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST - SECRET | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 4 | Dan Dworsky | C | Michigan | |
| 2 | 12 | Jack Price | B | Baylor | |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | George Taliaferro | B | Indiana | |
| 3 | 18 | Hosea Rodgers | B | North Carolina | |
| 4 | 26 | Bob Meinert | B | Oklahoma State | |
| 5 | 34 | Billy Joe Grimes | B | Oklahoma State | |
| 6 | 42 | Joe Geri | B | Georgia | |
| 7 | 50 | Bill Renna | C | Santa Clara | |
| 8 | 58 | Bill Austin | T | Oregon State | |
| 9 | 66 | Mike Rubish | E | North Carolina | |
| 10 | 74 | Jerry Krall | B | Ohio State | |
| 11 | 82 | Chuck Drazenovich | B | Penn State | |
| 12 | 90 | Larry Klosterman | G | North Carolina | |
| 13 | 98 | Tom Blake | G | Cincinnati | |
| 14 | 106 | Dick Lorenz | E | Oregon State | |
| 15 | 114 | Bob Bastian | G | Southern California | |
| 16 | 122 | Art Steffen | B | UCLA | |
| 17 | 130 | Tom Gannon | B | Harvard | |
| 18 | 136 | Larry Hatch | B | Washington | |
| 19 | 142 | Jerry Tiblier | B | Mississippi | |
| 20 | 148 | Gene Frassetto | T | California | |
| 21 | 154 | Jim Clark | G | Mississippi | |
| 25 | 169 | Ed Ralston | B | Richmond | |
| 26 | 174 | Johnny Donaldson | B | Georgia | |
| 27 | 179 | Lloyd Eisenberg | T | Duke | |
| 28 | 184 | George Pastre | T | UCLA | |
| 29 | 189 | Joe Ethridge | G | Southern Methodist | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 63 | 66 | 35 | 89 | 253 |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 119 | 63 | 77 | 322 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 157 | 82 | 63 | 12 | / % | / % | 59 | 536 | |
| Opponents Totals | 174 | 89 | 69 | 16 | / % | / % | 68 | 678 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Nelson | 0 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 43 |
| George Taliaferro | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Billy Joe Grimes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Hosea Rodgers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Glenn Dobbs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dick Wilkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| John Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Earl Howell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ab Wimberly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Aguirre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harper Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Len Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Woodard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 253 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 40 | 44 | 90.9 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 322 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Nelson | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 43 | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 2/ | 0/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosea Rodgers | 131 | 494 | 3.8 | 5 | |
| George Taliaferro | 95 | 472 | 5.0 | 5 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 83 | 429 | 5.2 | 51 | 4 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 34 | 161 | 4.7 | 3 | |
| Earl Howell | 31 | 116 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Jim Spavital | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Harper Davis | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Dick Wilkins | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Tom McWilliams | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Burr Baldwin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Holder | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Johnny Donaldson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Ed Kelley | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 430 | 1838 | 4.3 | 51 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 484 | 2148 | 4.4 | 79 | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 153 | 65 | 42.5 | 79 | 825 | 5.4 | 12.7 | 4 | 2.6 | 9 | 5.9 | 44.2 | ||||
| George Taliaferro | 124 | 45 | 36.3 | 65 | 790 | 6.4 | 17.6 | 4 | 3.2 | 14 | 11.3 | 30.0 | ||||
| Billy Joe Grimes | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 105 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 67t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 158.3 | |||
| Walt Clay | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | |||
| Johnny Donaldson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Hosea Rodgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Dick Wilkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Tom McWilliams | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 286 | 114 | 39.9 | 149 | 1728 | 6.0 | 15.2 | 9 | 3.1 | 23 | 8.0 | 15 | 172 | 1556 | 37.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 290 | 148 | 51.0 | 121 | 2414 | 8.3 | 16.3 | 75t | 22 | 7.6 | 21 | 7.2 | 25 | 206 | 2208 | 74.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Ford | 36 | 577 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| Dick Wilkins | 32 | 589 | 18.4 | 3 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 13 | 189 | 14.5 | 2 | |
| Hosea Rodgers | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 0 | |
| Lew Holder | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| Earl Howell | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 1 | |
| Joe Aguirre | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 1 | |
| Ab Wimberly | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Burr Baldwin | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Harper Davis | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Hoffman | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Ed Henke | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| George Murphy | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Spavital | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 0 | 42 | 42L | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 114 | 1728 | 15.2 | 9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 148 | 2414 | 16.3 | 75 | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Spavital | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 38 | 0 |
| John Brown | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Dick Woodard | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 35t | 1 |
| Tom McWilliams | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Harper Davis | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Burr Baldwin | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Len Ford | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ab Wimberly | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Bob Hoffman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dan Dworsky | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 316 | 15.0 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 268 | 11.7 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 39 | 1650 | 42.3 | 0 | ||||||
| George Taliaferro | 27 | 982 | 36.4 | 2 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 66 | 2632 | 39.9 | 2 | 398 | 33.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 73 | 1 | 430 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McWilliams | 8 | 112 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Crowe | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Joe Grimes | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | ||
| Jim Spavital | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 0 | ||
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 52t | 1 | |
| Harper Davis | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Earl Howell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 430 | 14.3 | 1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 398 | 13.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Joe Grimes | 16 | 411 | 25.7 | 0 | ||
| George Taliaferro | 13 | 313 | 24.1 | 0 | ||
| Harper Davis | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 0 | ||
| Earl Howell | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| Jim Spavital | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Johnny Donaldson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Dan Dworsky | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoffman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 972 | 23.7 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brown | 2 | ||||||
| Paul Crowe | 1 | ||||||
| Ab Wimberly | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 31 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 2 |
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