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1946 Los Angeles Dons

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Record: 7-5-2, Finished 3rd in AAFC West Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 305 points (21.8/g), 3rd of 9 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 290 points (20.7/g), 5th.
 Differential of 15 points (1.1/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 7.4-6.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 6th.

Coached by Dudley DeGroot (7-5-2)

1946 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Fri September 13 box W 1-0 Brooklyn Dodgers 20 14 14 328 132 196 1 15 275 92 183 1
2 Fri September 20 box W 2-0 Miami Seahawks 30 14 9 236 128 108 3 7 233 250 -17 6
3 Sun September 29 box T 2-0-1 @ Buffalo Bisons 21 21 14 240 146 94 4 6 168 29 139 1
4 Sat October 5 box W 3-0-1 @ Chicago Rockets 21 9 16 306 186 120 6 7 153 109 44 3
5 Sat October 12 box L 3-1-1 San Francisco 49ers 14 23 8 178 178 2 10 229 135 94 2
6 Sun October 20 box L 3-2-1 @ Cleveland Browns 14 31 21 395 121 274 3 10 353 129 224 3
7 Sun October 27 box L 3-3-1 New York Yankees 17 31 11 299 198 101 4 9 284 152 132 2
8 Sun November 3 box W 4-3-1 Cleveland Browns 17 16 12 291 71 220 3 13 284 241 43 3
9 Sun November 10 box L 4-4-1 @ New York Yankees 12 17 10 210 149 61 2 7 130 87 43 1
10 Sun November 17 box W 5-4-1 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 19 14 13 297 98 199 2 16 292 263 29 2
11 Mon November 25 box W 6-4-1 @ Miami Seahawks 34 21 14 323 155 168 4 4 133 74 59 3
12 Sun December 1 box W 7-4-1 Buffalo Bisons 62 14 20 625 337 288 1 12 268 200 68 3
13 Sun December 8 box L 7-5-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 7 48 14 213 180 33 5 14 388 152 236 3
14 Sun December 15 box T 7-5-2 Chicago Rockets 17 17 8 197 110 87 5 13 226 132 94 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 305 4142 871 4.8 183 176 322 2193 19 30 6.8 84 549 1949 17 3.6 92 43 13 7
Team Defense 290 3457 735 4.7 217 138 284 2101 17 20 7.4 65 451 1356 19 3.0 144 37 17 8
Lg Rank Offense 3 2 1 2 3 2 8 4 2 4 3 5 5 2
Lg Rank Defense 5 6 4 6 7 5 6 5 4 4 6 4 7 8

Passing

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Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Charlie O'Rourke 29 QB 14 8 105 182 57.7 1250 12 6.6 14 7.7 68 6.9 4.1 11.9 89.3 68.7
Angelo Bertelli 25 qb 12 3 67 127 52.8 917 7 5.5 14 11.0 0 7.2 2.8 13.7 76.4 54.9
Bob Mitchell 25 11 3 3 10 30.0 19 0 0.0 2 20.0 0 1.9 -7.1 6.3 1.7 0.0
Joe Aguirre 28 LE 14 9 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Chuck Fenenbock 29 lh 13 7 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Bob Reinhard 26 LT 14 14 1 1 100.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 7.0 7.0 7.0 0.5 95.8
Team Total 27.3 14 176 322 54.7 2193 19 5.9 30 9.3 68 6.8 3.2 12.5 156.6 56.9
Opp Total 14 138 284 48.6 2101 17 6.0 20 7.0 7.4 4.8 15.2 150.1 64.0 0 0 7.4 4.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
John Kimbrough 28 FB 14 7 122 473 6 0 3.9 33.8 8.7 9 162 18.0 1 0 0.6 11.6 635 7 0
Harry Clarke 30 14 2 62 250 0 0 4.0 17.9 4.4 10 123 12.3 2 71 0.7 8.8 373 2 0
Chuck Fenenbock 29 lh 13 7 50 420 3 0 8.4 32.3 3.8 11 67 6.1 0 0 0.8 5.2 487 3 0
Earl Elsey 26 13 3 47 165 0 0 3.5 12.7 3.6 14 179 12.8 0 0 1.1 13.8 344 0 0
Charlie O'Rourke 29 QB 14 8 47 50 1 0 1.1 3.6 3.4 50 1 0
Bus Mertes 25 9 3 40 111 0 0 2.8 12.3 4.4 5 61 12.2 1 0 0.6 6.8 172 1 0
Bob Seymour 30 LH 13 8 37 165 0 0 4.5 12.7 2.8 17 188 11.1 3 0 1.3 14.5 353 3 0
Andy Marefos 29 13 4 30 93 4 0 3.1 7.2 2.3 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 1.0 106 4 0
John Polanski 28 13 3 28 77 1 0 2.8 5.9 2.2 2 15 7.5 1 0 0.2 1.2 92 2 0
Bernie Nygren 28 RH 14 5 26 111 0 0 4.3 7.9 1.9 13 170 13.1 1 0 0.9 12.1 281 1 0
Paul Vinnola 24 13 0 23 36 0 0 1.6 2.8 1.8 4 39 9.8 0 0 0.3 3.0 75 0 0
Angelo Bertelli 25 qb 12 3 11 -16 1 0 -1.5 -1.3 0.9 -16 1 0
Bob Mitchell 25 11 3 8 -12 0 0 -1.5 -1.1 0.7 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 -11 0 0
Dale Gentry 29 RE 14 9 5 29 1 0 5.8 2.1 0.4 24 341 14.2 3 0 1.7 24.4 370 4 0
Bob Nowaskey 28 le 14 5 3 14 0 0 4.7 1.0 0.2 19 198 10.4 3 0 1.4 14.1 212 3 0
Bob Sneddon 25 11 0 3 6 0 0 2.0 0.5 0.3 2 11 5.5 0 0 0.2 1.0 17 0 0
Frank Trigilio 27 1 0 3 2 0 0 0.7 2.0 3.0 2 0 0
Joe Aguirre 28 LE 14 9 2 -5 0 0 -2.5 -0.4 0.1 14 246 17.6 2 68 1.0 17.6 241 2 0
Bill Kerr 31 11 1 1 10 0 10 10.0 0.9 0.1 7 122 17.4 0 0 0.6 11.1 132 0 0
Bob Reinhard 26 LT 14 14 1 -30 0 -30 -30.0 -2.1 0.1 -30 0 0
Al Krueger 27 10 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 213 11.2 1 0 1.9 21.3 213 1 0
Jack Morton 24 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 44 11.0 1 0 0.3 3.7 44 1 0
Team Total 27.3 14 549 1949 17 10 3.6 139.2 39.2 176 2193 12.5 19 71 12.6 156.6 4142 36 0
Opp Total 14 451 1356 19 3.0 96.9 32.2 138 2101 15.2 17 9.9 150.1 3457 36 32

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Chuck Fenenbock 29 lh 13 7 16 299 0 0 18.7 17 479 1 97 28.2 1265
Earl Elsey 26 13 3 9 147 0 0 16.3 15 335 0 0 22.3 826
Bob Seymour 30 LH 13 8 18 211 0 0 11.7 4 87 0 0 21.8 651
Paul Vinnola 24 13 0 2 24 0 0 12.0 5 83 0 0 16.6 182
John Kimbrough 28 FB 14 7 5 111 0 0 22.2 746
Harry Clarke 30 14 2 2 24 0 0 12.0 2 48 0 0 24.0 445
Bernie Nygren 28 RH 14 5 4 88 0 0 22.0 369
Bus Mertes 25 9 3 2 35 0 0 17.5 207
Lee Artoe 29 RT 14 13 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Dale Gentry 29 RE 14 9 1 14 0 14 14.0 384
Robert Nelson 26 C 10 6 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Bob Nowaskey 28 le 14 5 1 5 0 5 5.0 217
Charlie O'Rourke 29 QB 14 8 1 28 0 28 28.0 78
Team Total 27.3 14 49 724 0 14 14.8 57 1307 1 97 22.9 6173
Opp Total 14 36 1 54 1161 2 21.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Joe Aguirre 28 LE 14 9 11 4 36.4% 32 31 96.9% 2 91 0 0 45.5
Bob Reinhard 26 LT 14 14 44 1996 0 1 45.4
Robert Nelson 26 C 10 6 6 2 33.3% 5 3 60.0%
Charlie O'Rourke 29 QB 14 8 8 312 0 0 39.0
Lee Artoe 29 RT 14 13 2 1 50.0%
Angelo Bertelli 25 qb 12 3 2 76 0 0 38.0
Andy Marefos 29 13 4 2 2 100.0%
Bob Mitchell 25 11 3 1 44 44 0 44.0
Team Total 27.3 14 17 6 35.3% 41 37 90.2% 57 2519 44 1 44.2
Opp Total 14 12 7 58.3% 39 35 89.7% 84 3251 38.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Harry Clarke 30 14 2 2 7 0 0
Earl Elsey 26 13 3 2 2 0 0
Bill Kerr 31 11 1 1 34 0 34
Bus Mertes 25 9 3 1 14 0 14
Bob Mitchell 25 11 3 1 32 0 32
Jack Morton 24 12 1 1 11 0 11
Robert Nelson 26 C 10 6 1 5 0 5
Don Nolander 25 c 11 7 1 13 0 13
Bob Nowaskey 28 le 14 5 1 35 1 35
Bernie Nygren 28 RH 14 5 2 30 0 0
John Polanski 28 13 3 1 50 0 50
Bob Seymour 30 LH 13 8 4 34 0 0
Bob Sneddon 25 11 0 1 15 0 15
Paul Vinnola 24 13 0 1 4 0 4
Team Total 27.3 14 20 293 1 50
Opp Total 14 32 15

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Joe Aguirre 28 LE 14 9 2 31 4 55
John Kimbrough 28 FB 14 7 6 1 42
Dale Gentry 29 RE 14 9 1 3 1 30
Andy Marefos 29 13 4 4 2 26
Chuck Fenenbock 29 lh 13 7 3 1 24
Bob Nowaskey 28 le 14 5 3 1 24
Bob Seymour 30 LH 13 8 3 18
Harry Clarke 30 14 2 2 12
John Polanski 28 13 3 1 1 12
Robert Nelson 26 C 10 6 3 2 9
Angelo Bertelli 25 qb 12 3 1 6
Ray Frankowski 27 12 2 1 6
Al Krueger 27 10 3 1 6
Bus Mertes 25 9 3 1 6
Jack Morton 24 12 1 1 6
Bernie Nygren 28 RH 14 5 1 6
Charlie O'Rourke 29 QB 14 8 1 6
Bob Reinhard 26 LT 14 14 1 6
Lee Artoe 29 RT 14 13 1 1
Team Total 27.3 14 17 19 1 1 3 37 6 301
Opp Total 14 19 17 1 2 35 7 290