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1948 Los Angeles Dons

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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 3rd in AAFC West Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 258 points (18.4/g), 6th of 8 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 305 points (21.8/g), 4th.
 Differential of -47 points (-3.4/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 5.6-8.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 6th.

Coached by Jimmy Phelan (7-7-0)

1948 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 August 27 box W 1-0 @ Chicago Rockets 7 0 6 97 20 77 3 14 242 77 165 3
2 Fri September 3 box L 1-1 @ Cleveland Browns 14 19 15 214 145 69 4 14 263 122 141 3
3 Fri September 10 box W 2-1 Brooklyn Dodgers 17 7 8 275 103 172 1 15 321 160 161 5
4 Sun September 19 box L 2-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 36 7 184 95 89 1 18 508 213 295 1
5 Wed September 29 box W 3-2 New York Yankees 20 10 17 418 262 156 6 6 179 75 104
6 Fri October 8 box W 4-2 Chicago Rockets 49 28 17 487 356 131 2 13 366 271 95 7
7 Fri October 15 box L 4-3 Baltimore Colts 14 29 9 235 166 69 3 19 438 269 169 3
8 Sun October 24 box L 4-4 Buffalo Bills 21 35 17 386 219 167 16 483 310 173 3
9 Sun October 31 box W 5-4 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 17 0 16 262 101 161 3 10 193 113 80 5
10 Sun November 7 box L 5-5 @ New York Yankees 6 38 17 308 220 88 5 15 353 173 180 3
11 Sun November 14 box W 6-5 @ Buffalo Bills 27 20 14 282 149 133 2 15 397 208 189 3
12 Sun November 21 box W 7-5 @ Baltimore Colts 17 14 9 188 119 69 2 19 406 215 191 3
13 Thu November 25 box L 7-6 Cleveland Browns 14 31 12 248 137 111 1 18 395 239 156
14 Sun December 5 box L 7-7 San Francisco 49ers 21 38 22 451 405 46 8 17 490 121 369 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 258 4051 806 5.0 186 195 406 2497 21 24 6.2 93 400 1554 11 3.9 78 40 16 15
Team Defense 305 5024 858 5.9 293 164 344 2568 24 24 7.5 70 514 2456 14 4.8 209 40 16 14
Lg Rank Offense 6 6 6 2 5 3 4 8 8 8 7 7 6 5
Lg Rank Defense 4 6 3 4 5 8 4 6 6 5 3 5 4 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Glenn Dobbs 28 TB 14 10 185 369 50.1 2403 21 5.7 20 5.4 0 6.5 4.6 13.0 171.6 67.4
Herm Wedemeyer 24 WB 14 10 9 30 30.0 79 0 0.0 3 10.0 0 2.6 -1.9 8.8 5.6 0.0
Bill Reinhard 26 14 1 0 5 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Bob Mitchell 27 14 1 1 2 50.0 15 0 0.0 1 50.0 15 7.5 -15.0 15.0 1.1 35.4
Team Total 26.8 14 195 406 48.0 2497 21 5.2 24 5.9 15 6.2 4.0 12.8 178.4 60.3
Opp Total 14 164 344 47.7 2568 24 7.0 24 7.0 7.5 5.0 15.7 183.4 67.1 0 0 7.5 5.0

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
Glenn Dobbs 28 TB 14 10 91 539 4 50 5.9 38.5 6.5 2 11 5.5 0 0 0.1 0.8 550 4 0
Walt Clay 24 fb 13 8 86 293 3 0 3.4 22.5 6.6 10 118 11.8 1 0 0.8 9.1 411 4 0
Herm Wedemeyer 24 WB 14 10 79 249 0 0 3.2 17.8 5.6 36 330 9.2 2 0 2.6 23.6 579 2 0
John Kimbrough 30 FB 10 3 76 189 3 0 2.5 18.9 7.6 10 131 13.1 2 0 1.0 13.1 320 5 0
Mike Graham 25 14 1 19 69 1 0 3.6 4.9 1.4 71 1 0
Jeff Durkota 25 12 4 14 66 0 0 4.7 5.5 1.2 2 12 6.0 0 0 0.2 1.0 78 0 0
Lin Sexton 22 11 1 7 39 0 0 5.6 3.5 0.6 39 0 0
Bill Reinhard 26 14 1 6 31 0 0 5.2 2.2 0.4 5 48 9.6 0 0 0.4 3.4 79 0 0
Harry Clarke 32 2 2 6 22 0 0 3.7 11.0 3.0 3 19 6.3 0 0 1.5 9.5 41 0 0
Walt Heap 27 BB 14 7 3 12 0 0 4.0 0.9 0.2 2 9 4.5 0 0 0.1 0.6 21 0 0
Len Masini 26 bb 11 5 3 12 0 0 4.0 1.1 0.3 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0.1 -0.1 11 0 0
Bob Kelly 23 4 1 3 10 0 0 3.3 2.5 0.8 10 0 0
Bob Mitchell 27 14 1 2 -2 0 0 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 -2 0 0
Dick Ottele 22 8 0 2 11 0 0 5.5 1.4 0.3 11 0 0
Bob Reinhard+ 28 LT 14 14 1 21 0 21 21.0 1.5 0.1 4 54 13.5 0 0 0.3 3.9 75 0 0
Johnny Naumu 29 9 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Robert Nelson 28 C 14 14 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.5 0.1 -7 0 0
Joe Aguirre 30 le 13 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 599 15.8 9 67 2.9 46.1 599 9 0
Len Ford 22 RE 14 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 598 19.3 7 0 2.2 42.7 598 7 0
Dale Gentry 31 re 14 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 308 11.0 0 0 2.0 22.0 308 0 0
Burr Baldwin 26 LE 12 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 96 9.6 0 0 0.8 8.0 96 0 0
Bill Fisk 32 13 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 102 11.3 0 0 0.7 7.8 102 0 0
Lou Mihajlovich 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 42 10.5 0 0 0.4 4.7 42 0 0
Team Total 26.8 14 400 1554 11 50 3.9 111.0 28.6 195 2497 12.8 21 67 13.9 178.4 4051 32 0
Opp Total 14 514 2456 14 4.8 175.4 36.7 164 2568 15.7 24 11.7 183.4 5024 38 38

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
Herm Wedemeyer 24 WB 14 10 23 368 0 0 16.0 11 240 0 0 21.8 1187
Bill Reinhard 26 14 1 16 276 1 87 17.3 2 41 0 0 20.5 396
Jeff Durkota 25 12 4 9 198 0 0 22.0 276
Mike Graham 25 14 1 6 145 0 0 24.2 216
Johnny Naumu 29 9 0 6 131 0 0 21.8 131
Lin Sexton 22 11 1 3 47 0 0 15.7 3 49 0 0 16.3 135
Walt Clay 24 fb 13 8 4 48 0 0 12.0 459
John Kimbrough 30 FB 10 3 4 54 0 0 13.5 374
Bob Reinhard+ 28 LT 14 14 1 23 0 23 23.0 3 51 0 0 17.0 149
Dick Ottele 22 8 0 3 47 0 0 15.7 58
Harry Clarke 32 2 2 1 16 0 16 16.0 1 17 0 17 17.0 74
Glenn Dobbs 28 TB 14 10 2 38 0 0 19.0 588
Joe Aguirre 30 le 13 4 1 10 0 10 10.0 609
Len Ford 22 RE 14 10 1 24 0 24 24.0 622
Team Total 26.8 14 44 730 1 87 16.6 56 1093 0 24 19.5 5874
Opp Total 14 52 1 45 962 0 21.4

Kicking & Punting

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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
Glenn Dobbs 28 TB 14 10 68 3336 0 3 49.1
Ben Agajanian 29 K 13 1 15 5 33.3% 32 31 96.9%
Bob Reinhard+ 28 LT 14 14 6 204 0 0 34.0
Joe Aguirre 30 le 13 4 3 2 66.7%
Johnny Naumu 29 9 0 1 34 34 0 34.0
Herm Wedemeyer 24 WB 14 10 1 10 10 0 10.0
Team Total 26.8 14 15 5 33.3% 35 33 94.3% 76 3584 34 3 47.2
Opp Total 14 12 7 58.3% 40 38 95.0% 67 2727 40.7

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
John Brown 26 14 0 1 1 0 1
Walt Clay 24 fb 13 8 2 33 0 0
Glenn Dobbs 28 TB 14 10 1 32 0 32
Jeff Durkota 25 12 4 1 18 0 18
Len Ford 22 RE 14 10 1 0 0 0
Mike Graham 25 14 1 1 20 0 20
Walt Heap 27 BB 14 7 5 94 1 0
Bob Kelly 23 4 1 3 14 0 0
Bob Mitchell 27 14 1 3 1 0 0
Robert Nelson 28 C 14 14 1 0 0 0
Bill Reinhard 26 14 1 4 52 1 0
Lin Sexton 22 11 1 1 30 0 30
Team Total 26.8 14 24 295 2 32
Opp Total 14 38 22 3

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Joe Aguirre 30 le 13 4 9 2 56
Ben Agajanian 29 K 13 1 31 5 46
Len Ford 22 RE 14 10 7 42
John Kimbrough 30 FB 10 3 3 2 30
Walt Clay 24 fb 13 8 3 1 24
Glenn Dobbs 28 TB 14 10 4 24
Bill Reinhard 26 14 1 1 1 12
Herm Wedemeyer 24 WB 14 10 2 12
Mike Graham 25 14 1 1 6
Walt Heap 27 BB 14 7 1 6
Team Total 26.8 14 11 21 1 2 33 5 258
Opp Total 14 14 24 1 38 7 3 305