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1949 Los Angeles Dons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-8-0, 5th in AAFC (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jimmy Phelan (4-8-0)

Points For: 253 (21.1/g) 3rd of 7

Points Against: 322 (26.8/g) 6th of 7

Expected W-L: 4.3-7.7

SRS: -4.93 (5th of 7), SOS: .82

Other Notable Asst.: Dutch Clark (Backfield Coach)

Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

General Manager: Harry Thayer

Training Camp: Woodrow Wilson High School (Long Beach, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	253	3566	731	4.9	40	17	157	114	286	1728	9	23	5.7	63	430	1838	19	4.3	82	59	536	12
Opp. Stats	322	4562	799	5.7	38	17	174	148	290	2414	22	21	7.7	69	484	2148	20	4.4	89	68	678	16
Lg Rank Offense	3	5			3	1	4		5	6	6	6	6		4	4	3	2
Lg Rank Defense	6	7			5	3	6		4	7	7	4	6		6	5	5	5

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
2	Fri	September 2		boxscore	W		1-0		Baltimore Colts	49	17	21	512	218	294	2	13	287	178	109	5
3	Fri	September 9		boxscore	L		1-1		Chicago Hornets	21	23	15	296	215	81	4	11	258	146	112	2
4	Sun	September 18		boxscore	L		1-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	42	17	215	120	95	6	9	408	164	244	6
5	Thu	September 22		boxscore	L		1-3	@	New York Yankees	7	10	5	107	38	69	2	7	230	18	212	3
6	Sun	October 2		boxscore	L		1-4	@	Cleveland Browns	7	42	12	295	116	179	2	22	533	291	242	1
7	Sun	October 9		boxscore	W		2-4		Buffalo Bills	42	28	19	470	283	187	2	19	489	302	187	6
8	Fri	October 14		boxscore	L		2-5		Cleveland Browns	14	61	13	245	64	181	5	15	581	397	184	1
9	Sun	October 23		boxscore	L		2-6	@	Buffalo Bills	14	17	7	184	74	110	2	23	463	138	325	2
10	Fri	October 28		boxscore	W		3-6	@	Chicago Hornets	24	14	17	346	197	149	6	11	171	99	72	6
12	Sun	November 13		boxscore	L		3-7		San Francisco 49ers	24	41	14	285	74	211	4	12	408	220	188	3
13	Sun	November 20		boxscore	W		4-7	@	Baltimore Colts	21	10	7	209	78	131	1	19	309	174	135	1
14	Thu	November 24		boxscore	L		4-8		New York Yankees	16	17	10	230	79	151	4	13	219	81	138	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Glenn Dobbs	29	TB	12	6	65	153	42.5	825	4	2.6	9	5.9		5.4	3.3	12.7	68.8	44.2	7	65	4.38	4.75	2.7	0	0
2	George Taliaferro	22	TB	11	4	45	124	36.3	790	4	3.2	14	11.3		6.4	1.9	17.6	71.8	30.0	8	107	6.06	5.17	1.0	0	0
3	Billy Grimes	22	RH	12	7	3	3	100.0	105	1	33.3	0	0.0		35.0	41.7	35.0	8.8	158.3						0	0
4	Walt Clay	25		10	1	1	1	100.0	8	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	8.0	8.0	8.0	0.8	100.0						0	0
5	Shorty McWilliams	23		12	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
6	Hosea Rodgers	28	FB	12	9	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
7	Dick Wilkins	24	LE	11	3	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	114	285	40.0	1728	9	3.2	23	8.1	8	6.6	3.1	15.2	144.0	40.0	15	172	5.14	5.19	1.9	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Billy Grimes	22	RH	12	7	83	429	4	51	5.2	35.8	6.9	13	189	14.5	2		1.1	15.8	96	6.4	618	6	0
2	Dick Wilkins	24	LE	11	3	8	28	0		3.5	2.5	0.7	32	589	18.4	3		2.9	53.5	40	15.4	617	3	0
3	Hosea Rodgers	28	FB	12	9	131	494	5		3.8	41.2	10.9	7	97	13.9	0		0.6	8.1	138	4.3	591	5	0
4	Len Ford	23	RE	12	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	36	577	16.0	1		3.0	48.1	36	16.0	577	1	0
5	George Taliaferro	22	TB	11	4	95	472	5		5.0	42.9	8.6	0	42		1	42	0.0	3.8	95	5.4	514	6	0
6	Glenn Dobbs	29	TB	12	6	34	161	3		4.7	13.4	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	34	4.7	161	3	0
7	Earl Howell	25		12	3	31	116	1		3.7	9.7	2.6	5	11	2.2	1		0.4	0.9	36	3.5	127	2	0
8	Lew Holder	26		12	1	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	5	71	14.2	0		0.4	5.9	6	11.7	70	0	0
9	Harper Davis	24		11	0	13	33	1		2.5	3.0	1.2	2	13	6.5	0		0.2	1.2	15	3.1	46	1	0
10	Jim Spavital	23		12	3	15	44	0		2.9	3.7	1.3	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	16	2.7	43	0	0
11	Joe Aguirre	31	/	4	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	37	12.3	1		0.8	9.3	3	12.3	37	1	0
12	Walt Clay	25		10	1	9	34	0		3.8	3.4	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	3.8	34	0	0
13	Burr Baldwin	27	LE	9	8	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	2	26	13.0	0		0.2	2.9	3	9.0	27	0	0
14	Ab Wimberly	23		12	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	22	7.3	0		0.3	1.8	3	7.3	22	0	0
15	Bob Hoffman	32	BB	12	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	21	10.5	0		0.2	1.8	2	10.5	21	0	0
16	George Murphy	22	BB	11	7	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	1	17	17.0	0	17	0.1	1.5	2	8.5	17	0	0
17	Ed Henke	22		11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.1	1.4	1	15.0	15	0	0
18	Shorty McWilliams	23		12	2	3	15	0		5.0	1.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	5.0	15	0	0
19	Bob Kennedy	21		10	1	2	14	0		7.0	1.4	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	7.0	14	0	0
20	Paul Crowe	25		7	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
21	Bob Reinhard	29	LT	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.1	0.2	1	2.0	2	0	0	AP-2
22	John Donaldson	24		1	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-2.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
23	Ed Kelley	25		12	2	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	430	1838	19	51	4.3	153.2	35.8	114	1728	15.2	9	42	9.5	144.0	544	6.6	3566	28	0

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Burr Baldwin	27	LE	9	8	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Len Ford	23	RE	12	8	1	45	0	45	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Bob Hoffman	32	BB	12	5	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Ab Wimberly	23		12	4	1	16	1	16	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	John Brown	27		12	3	3	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Jim Spavital	23		12	3	4	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Shorty McWilliams	23		12	2	2	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Bob Kennedy	21		10	1	1	33	0	33	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Paul Crowe	25		7	0	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Harper Davis	24		11	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Dan Dworsky	22		11	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Dick Woodard	23		12	0	2	39	1	33	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	21	316	2	45	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

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