1947 Los Angeles Dons season

1947 Los Angeles Dons season
Head coachMel Hein, Ted Shipkey, and Dudley DeGroot
Home fieldLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record7–7
Division place3rd AAFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify
The Dons' October 26 home game against the expansion Baltimore Colts was the most one-sided win of the season.
(R-L: John Kimbrough, Dale Gentry, Burr Baldwin, Bob Nowasky, Sugarfoot Anderson.)
Program for the Dons' November 2 matchup with the rival San Francisco 49ers. (L-R: Joe Aguirre, Ray Frankowski, Earl Audet. Below: Al Lolotai.)

The 1947 Los Angeles Dons season was their second in the All-America Football Conference. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 7–5–2, losing seven games.[1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

The team's statistical leaders included Charlie O'Rourke with 1,449 passing yards, John Kimbrough with 562 rushing yards, Dale Gentry with 352 receiving yards, and Ben Agajanian with 84 points scored (39 extra points, 15 field goals).[2]

  1. ^ 1947 Los Angeles Dons
  2. ^ "1947 Los Angeles Dons Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2020.