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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)
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1948 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Glenn Dobbs | 28 | 2 | 10 | 91 rushes for 539 yards, 4 td, & 2 catches for 11 yards and 0 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1943 |
| FB | John Kimbrough | 30 | 2 | 3 | 76 rushes for 189 yards, 3 td, & 10 catches for 131 yards and 2 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1941 |
| FB | Walt Clay | 24 | 2 | 8 | 86 rushes for 293 yards, 3 td, & 10 catches for 118 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 10th / 85th pick / 1946 |
| BB | Walt Heap | 27 | 1 | 7 | 3 rushes for 12 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 9 yards and 0 td | Boston Yanks / 2nd / 13th pick / 1947 |
| BB | Len Masini | 26 | 1 | 5 | 3 rushes for 12 yards, 0 td, & 1 catch for -1 yards and 0 td | |
| WB | Herm Wedemeyer | 24 | Rook | 10 | 79 rushes for 249 yards, 0 td, & 36 catches for 330 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1947 |
| LE | Burr Baldwin | 26 | 1 | 8 | 10 catches for 96 yards, 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 20th pick / 1947 |
| LE | Joe Aguirre | 30 | 7 | 4 | 38 catches for 599 yards, 9 td | Washington Redskins / 11th / 100th pick / 1941 |
| LT | Bob Reinhard+ | 28 | 2 | 14 | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 34th pick / 1942 |
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| LG | Len Levy | 27 | 3 | 14 | Cleveland Rams / 4th / 27th pick / 1942 |
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| C | Robert Nelson | 28 | 7 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1941 |
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| RG | Knox Ramsey | 22 | Rook | 7 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 32nd pick / 1948 |
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| RT | Earl Audet | 27 | 3 | 14 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1944 |
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| RE | Len Ford | 22 | Rook | 10 | 31 catches for 598 yards, 7 td | |
| RE | Dale Gentry | 31 | 2 | 5 | 28 catches for 308 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ben Agajanian | 29 | 3 | 1 | 5 of 15 field goals & 31 of 32 extra points | |
| P | Glenn Dobbs | 28 | 2 | 10 | 68 punts for a 49.1 average, 3 blocked | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1943 |
| PR | Herm Wedemeyer | 24 | Rook | 10 | 23 punt returns for a 16.0 average and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1947 |
| KR | Herm Wedemeyer | 24 | Rook | 10 | 11 kick returns for a 21.8 average and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1947 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ben Agajanian | 29 | K | 13 | 1 | 215 | 6-0 | New Mexico | 8/28/1919 | 3 | |
| Joe Aguirre | 30 | E | 13 | 4 | 225 | 6-4 | St. Mary's (CA) | 10/17/1918 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 100th pick / 1941 |
| Earl Audet | 27 | T | 14 | 14 | 252 | 6-2 | Georgetown (DC),USC | 5/14/1921 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1944 |
| Don Avery | 27 | T | 1 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | Alabama,USC | 2/10/1921 | 2 | |
| Burr Baldwin | 26 | E-DE | 12 | 8 | 197 | 6-1 | UCLA | 6/13/1922 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 20th pick / 1947 |
| John Brown | 26 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | North Carolina Central | 4/9/1922 | 1 | |
| Harry Clarke | 32 | HB-DB | 2 | 2 | 186 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 12/1/1916 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 117th pick / 1940 |
| Walt Clay | 24 | B | 13 | 8 | 196 | 5-11 | Colorado | 1/8/1924 | 2 | New York Giants / 10th / 85th pick / 1946 |
| Dick Danehe | 28 | T | 5 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | USC | 9/10/1920 | 1 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 28 | TB-QB | 14 | 10 | 210 | 6-4 | Tulsa | 7/12/1920 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1943 |
| Jeff Durkota | 25 | FB-LB | 12 | 4 | 205 | 6-0 | Penn State | 12/20/1923 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 16th / 140th pick / 1947 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 31 | HB-TB | 1 | 0 | 174 | 5-9 | UCLA | 8/28/1917 | 5 | |
| Bill Fisk | 32 | E-DE | 13 | 2 | 200 | 6-0 | USC | 11/5/1916 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 21st pick / 1940 |
| Jack Flagerman | 26 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | St. Mary's (CA) | 3/27/1922 | Rook | |
| Len Ford | 22 | DE-E | 14 | 10 | 245 | 6-4 | Michigan,Morgan State | 2/18/1926 | Rook | |
| Ray Frankowski | 29 | G | 14 | 3 | 223 | 5-11 | Washington | 9/14/1919 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1942 |
| Dale Gentry | 31 | E | 14 | 5 | 223 | 6-3 | St. Mary's (CA),Washington State | 7/2/1917 | 2 | |
| Mike Graham | 25 | B | 14 | 1 | 198 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 4/3/1923 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 70th pick / 1948 |
| Walt Heap | 27 | B | 14 | 7 | 210 | 6-1 | Texas | 9/18/1921 | 1 | Boston Yanks / 2nd / 13th pick / 1947 |
| Clyde Johnson | 31 | T | 9 | 0 | 269 | 6-6 | Kentucky | 8/22/1917 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 5th / 35th pick / 1943 |
| Bob Kelly | 23 | HB-DB | 4 | 1 | 190 | 5-10 | Navy,Notre Dame | 6/6/1925 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 81st pick / 1947 |
| John Kimbrough | 30 | FB | 10 | 3 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 6/14/1918 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1941 |
| Len Levy | 27 | G | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 2/19/1921 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 4th / 27th pick / 1942 |
| Al Lolotai | 28 | G | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-0 | Weber Junior College | 6/22/1920 | 3 | |
| Len Masini | 26 | BB-FB-LB | 11 | 5 | 225 | 6-0 | Fresno State | 10/6/1922 | 1 | |
| Lou Mihajlovich | 23 | DE | 9 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Indiana | 2/19/1925 | Rook | |
| Bob Mitchell | 27 | HB-QB-DB | 14 | 1 | 195 | 5-11 | Stanford | 1/27/1921 | 2 | |
| Paul Mitchell | 28 | DT-T | 4 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 8/10/1920 | 2 | Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers / 2nd / 12th pick / 1944 |
| Johnny Naumu | 29 | HB | 9 | 0 | 175 | 5-8 | Hawaii,USC | 9/30/1919 | Rook | |
| Robert Nelson | 28 | C-T-DT-LB | 14 | 14 | 214 | 6-1 | Baylor | 1/30/1920 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1941 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 30 | E-DE | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | George Washington | 2/3/1918 | 8 | Cleveland Rams / 7th / 55th pick / 1940 |
| Dick Ottele | 22 | BB-DB | 8 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Washington | 12/8/1926 | Rook | New York Giants / 9th / 66th pick / 1948 |
| Mike Perrotti | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | Cincinnati,Ohio State | 6/12/1923 | Rook | |
| Knox Ramsey | 22 | G | 13 | 7 | 216 | 6-1 | William & Mary | 2/13/1926 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 5th / 32nd pick / 1948 |
| Bill Reinhard | 26 | B | 14 | 1 | 168 | 5-10 | California | 5/17/1922 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 23rd / 237th pick / 1944 |
| Bob Reinhard+ | 28 | T-FB | 14 | 14 | 234 | 6-4 | California | 10/17/1920 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 34th pick / 1942 |
| Hank Rockwell | 31 | G | 13 | 4 | 231 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 2/10/1917 | 8 | |
| Lin Sexton | 22 | HB-DB | 11 | 1 | 180 | 6-0 | Wichita State | 4/16/1926 | Rook | |
| Bill Smith | 22 | T | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 10/23/1926 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1948 |
| Herm Wedemeyer | 24 | B | 14 | 10 | 178 | 5-10 | St. Mary's (CA) | 5/20/1924 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1947 |
| Bernie Winkler | 23 | T | 4 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | Millsaps,Texas Tech | 12/5/1925 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 30th / 281st pick / 1947 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 214.9 | 6-1.0 | 2.2 |