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1948 Los Angeles Dons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-7-0, 3rd in AAFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jimmy Phelan (7-7-0)

Points For: 258 (18.4/g) 6th of 8

Points Against: 305 (21.8/g) 4th of 8

Expected W-L: 5.6-8.4

SRS: -2.94 (6th of 8), SOS: .42

Other Notable Asst.: Mel Hein (Line Coach) and Ted Shipkey (Ends Coach)

Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

General Manager: Harry Thayer

Training Camp: Ventura Junior College (Ventura, 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	258	4051	845	4.8	40	16	186	195	406	2497	21	24	5.6	93	400	1554	11	3.9	78	77	715	15
Opp. Stats	305	5024	887	5.7	40	16	209	164	344	2568	24	24	6.9	70	514	2456	14	4.8	125	76	805	14
Lg Rank Offense	6	6			6	5	6		2	5	3	4	8		8	8	7	7
Lg Rank Defense	4	6			4	4	5		4	5	8	4	6		6	5	3	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
1	Fri	August 27	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Chicago Rockets	7	0	6	79	2	77	3	14	231	66	165	3
2	Fri	September 3	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Cleveland Browns	14	19	15	214	145	69	4	14	263	122	141	3
3	Fri	September 10	boxscore	W		2-1		Brooklyn Dodgers	17	7	8	259	87	172	2	15	277	116	161	4
4	Sun	September 19	boxscore	L		2-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	36	7	187	88	99	1	18	508	213	295	1
5	Wed	September 29	boxscore	W		3-2		New York Yankees	20	10	17	397	241	156	5	6	147	43	104
7	Fri	October 8	boxscore	W		4-2		Chicago Rockets	49	28	17	461	330	131	2	13	338	243	95	7
8	Fri	October 15	boxscore	L		4-3		Baltimore Colts	14	29	9	144	75	69	3	19	421	252	169	3
9	Sun	October 24	boxscore	L		4-4		Buffalo Bills	21	35	17	349	176	173		16	477	310	167	3
10	Sun	October 31	boxscore	W		5-4	@	Brooklyn Dodgers	17	0	16	214	53	161	3	10	165	85	80	5
11	Sun	November 7	boxscore	L		5-5	@	New York Yankees	6	38	17	214	126	88	5	15	329	149	180	3
12	Sun	November 14	boxscore	W		6-5	@	Buffalo Bills	27	20	14	247	114	133	2	15	389	200	189
13	Sun	November 21	boxscore	W		7-5	@	Baltimore Colts	17	14	9	160	91	69	2	19	367	182	185	3
14	Thu	November 25	boxscore	L		7-6		Cleveland Browns	14	31	12	205	94	111	1	18	371	215	156
15	Sun	December 5	boxscore	L		7-7		San Francisco 49ers	21	38	22	415	369	46	8	17	466	97	369	2

Passing

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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
1	Glenn Dobbs	28	TB	14	10	185	369	50.1	2403	21	5.7	20	5.4		6.5	5.21	13.0	171.6	67.4	35	452	8.66	4.83	3.64	0	0
2	Herm Wedemeyer	24	WB	14	10	9	30	30.0	79	0	0.0	3	10.0		2.6	-1.87	8.8	5.6	0.0	3	47	9.09	0.97	-3.12	0	0
3	Bob Mitchell	26		14	1	1	2	50.0	15	0	0.0	1	50.0	15	7.5	-15.00	15.0	1.1	35.4						0	0
4	Robert Nelson	28	C	14	14	0	0		0	0		0						0.0		1	7	100.00	-7.00	-7.00	0	0
5	Bill Reinhard	26		14	1	0	5	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6						0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	195	406	48.0	2497	21	5.2	24	5.9	15	7.4	4.52	15.4	178.4	65.5		506

Rushing & Receiving

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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	Joe Aguirre	30	LE	13	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	38	599	15.8	9	67	2.9	46.1	38	15.8	599	9	0
2	Len Ford	22	RE	14	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	31	598	19.3	7		2.2	42.7	31	19.3	598	7	0
3	Herm Wedemeyer	24	WB	14	10	79	249	0		3.2	17.8	5.6	36	330	9.2	2		2.6	23.6	115	5.0	579	2	0
4	Glenn Dobbs	28	TB	14	10	91	539	4	50	5.9	38.5	6.5	2	11	5.5	0		0.1	0.8	93	5.9	550	4	0
5	Walt Clay	24	FB	13	8	86	293	3		3.4	22.5	6.6	10	118	11.8	1		0.8	9.1	96	4.3	411	4	0
6	John Kimbrough	30	FB	10	3	76	189	3		2.5	18.9	7.6	10	131	13.1	2		1.0	13.1	86	3.7	320	5	0
7	Dale Gentry	31	RE	14	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	28	308	11.0	0		2.0	22.0	28	11.0	308	0	0
8	Bill Fisk	32		13	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	102	11.3	0		0.7	7.8	9	11.3	102	0	0
9	Burr Baldwin	26	LE	12	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	96	9.6	0		0.8	8.0	10	9.6	96	0	0
10	Bill Reinhard	26		14	1	6	31	0		5.2	2.2	0.4	5	48	9.6	0		0.4	3.4	11	7.2	79	0	0
11	Jeff Durkota	25		12	4	14	66	0		4.7	5.5	1.2	2	12	6.0	0		0.2	1.0	16	4.9	78	0	0
12	Bob Reinhard	28	LT	14	14	1	21	0	21	21.0	1.5	0.1	4	54	13.5	0		0.3	3.9	5	15.0	75	0	0	AP-1
13	Mike Graham	25		14	1	19	69	1		3.6	4.9	1.4	0	2		0	2	0.0	0.1	19	3.7	71	1	0
14	Lou Mihajlovich	23		9	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	42	10.5	0		0.4	4.7	4	10.5	42	0	0
15	Harry Clarke	32		2	2	6	22	0		3.7	11.0	3.0	3	19	6.3	0		1.5	9.5	9	4.6	41	0	0
16	Lin Sexton	22		11	1	7	39	0		5.6	3.5	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	5.6	39	0	0
17	Walt Heap	27	BB	14	7	3	12	0		4.0	0.9	0.2	2	9	4.5	0		0.1	0.6	5	4.2	21	0	0
18	Len Masini	26	BB	11	5	3	12	0		4.0	1.1	0.3	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	4	2.8	11	0	0
19	Dick Ottele	22		8	0	2	11	0		5.5	1.4	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	5.5	11	0	0
20	Bob Kelly	23		4	1	3	10	0		3.3	2.5	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.3	10	0	0
21	Mike Perrotti	25		14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	0	7		0	7	0.0	0.5	0		7	0	0
22	Jack Flagerman	26		14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	0	6		0	6	0.0	0.4	0		6	0	0
23	Hank Rockwell	31		13	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	0	6		0	6	0.0	0.5	0		6	0	0
24	Johnny Naumu	29		9	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
25	Bob Mitchell	26		14	1	2	-2	0		-1.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-1.0	-2	0	0
26	Robert Nelson	28	C	14	14	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.5	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-7.0	-7	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	400	1554	11	50	3.9	111.0	28.6	195	2497	12.8	21	15	13.9	178.4	595	6.8	4051	32	36

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Robert Nelson	28	C	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Glenn Dobbs	28	TB	14	10	1	32	0	32	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Len Ford	22	RE	14	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Walt Clay	24	FB	13	8	2	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Walt Heap	27	BB	14	7	5	94	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Jeff Durkota	25		12	4	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Mike Graham	25		14	1	1	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Bob Kelly	23		4	1	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Bob Mitchell	26		14	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Bill Reinhard	26		14	1	4	52	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Lin Sexton	22		11	1	1	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	John Brown	26		14	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	24	0	2		36	20	0	0	29	0