1946 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 7-5-2 .583 |
| Head Coach: Dud DeGroot |
| Ted Shipkey | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/24/1946 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 7-17 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 11000 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1946 | H | New York Yankees | 7-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 18000 | |
| Fri | 9/13/1946 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 20-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 19153 | |
| Fri | 9/20/1946 | H | Miami Seahawks | 30-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 19585 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1946 | A | Buffalo Bisons | 21-21 | T | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 18163 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1946 | A | Chicago Rockets | 21-9 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 31076 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1946 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 14-23 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 12500 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 71134 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | H | New York Yankees | 17-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 15000 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-16 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 24800 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | A | New York Yankees | 12-17 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 30765 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 19-14 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 7500 | |
| Mon | 11/25/1946 | A | Miami Seahawks | 34-21 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 9987 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | H | Buffalo Bisons | 62-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 27000 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1946 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-48 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 25000 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1946 | H | Chicago Rockets | 17-17 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 22515 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Aguirre | 58/57 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE-K | 6-3 | 225 | 28 | St. Mary's (California) | 14 | 8 |
| Lee Artoe | 44 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 234 | 29 | Santa Clara; California | 14 | 14 |
| Earle Audet | 42 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 251 | 25 | Georgetown (DC); Southern California | 13 | 0 |
| Angelo Bertelli | 65 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 5 |
| Harry Clarke | 82 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 186 | 30 | West Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Gil Duggan | 40 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 229 | 32 | Oklahoma | 11 | 0 |
| Earl Elsey | 94 | DB-ROH | 5-8 | 175 | 29 | Santa Monica JC; Loyola Marymount | 13 | 14 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 93 | LOH-ROH | 5-9 | 174 | 28 | UCLA | 14 | 5 |
| Ray Frankowski | 37/34 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 223 | 27 | Washington | 12 | 2 |
| Dale Gentry | 53 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 223 | 29 | Washington State | 14 | 13 |
| Bill Kerr | 50 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 220 | 31 | Notre Dame | 11 | 1 |
| John Kimbrough | 77 | FB-LB-ROH-DB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Texas A&M | 14 | 7 |
| Al Krueger | 52 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Southern California | 10 | 3 |
| Al Lolotai | 30 | LDG-LOG | 6-0 | 224 | 26 | Weber JC | 14 | 14 |
| Andy Marefos | 79 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 223 | 29 | St. Mary's (California) | 13 | 4 |
| Bus Mertes | 90 | ROH-DB | 6-0 | 201 | 27 | North Central; Iowa | 9 | 3 |
| Joe Mihal | 47 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 234 | 30 | Purdue | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Mitchell | 60 | QB-DB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Stanford | 11 | 2 |
| Paul Mitchell | 35/43 | ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Minnesota | 10 | 3 |
| Jack Morton | 59 | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 197 | 24 | Missouri; Purdue | 12 | 1 |
| Bob Nelson | 22 | C-LB-K | 6-1 | 214 | 26 | Baylor | 11 | 9 |
| Don Nolander | 20 | C-LB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Minnesota | 11 | 6 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 55 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | George Washington | 14 | 14 |
| Bernie Nygren | 85 | ROH-DB | 5-9 | 193 | 28 | Gustavus Adolphus; San Jose State | 14 | 5 |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 66 | QB-DB | 5-11 | 175 | 29 | Boston College | 14 | 7 |
| John Polanski | 73 | FB-LB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Wake Forest | 13 | 3 |
| Bill Radovich | 33 | RDG-ROG | 5-9 | 238 | 31 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Reinhard | 45 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 234 | 26 | California | 14 | 14 |
| Hank Rockwell | 29 | C | 6-4 | 231 | 29 | Fullerton JC; Arizona State | 13 | 1 |
| Bob Seymour | 83 | LOH-DB | 6-2 | 205 | 30 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Sneddon | 97 | DB-HB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Weber JC; St. Mary's (California) | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Trigilio | 78 | FB | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | Vermont; Alfred | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Vinnola | 84 | DB-HB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Santa Clara | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Yokas | 32 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 210 | 22 | none | 12 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 87 | 57 | 65 | 96 | 305 |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 89 | 52 | 78 | 290 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 183 | 92 | 84 | 7 | / % | / % | 50 | 379 | |
| Opponents Totals | 144 | 71 | 65 | 8 | / % | / % | 50 | 329 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Aguirre | 2 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 0 | 55 |
| John Kimbrough | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Dale Gentry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Andy Marefos | 4 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Nowaskey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Seymour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Harry Clarke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Polanski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Nelson | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 9 |
| Angelo Bertelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Frankowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Krueger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bus Mertes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Morton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bernie Nygren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Radovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Lee Artoe | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 41 | 37 | 41 | 90.2 | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 2 | 305 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 35 | 39 | 89.7 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 0 | 290 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Aguirre | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 32 | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | |
| Bob Nelson | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 36 | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 2/ | 3/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kimbrough | 122 | 473 | 3.9 | 6 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 50 | 420 | 8.4 | 76t | 3 |
| Harry Clarke | 62 | 250 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Seymour | 37 | 165 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Earl Elsey | 47 | 165 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Bernie Nygren | 26 | 111 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Bus Mertes | 40 | 111 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Andy Marefos | 30 | 93 | 3.1 | 4 | |
| John Polanski | 28 | 77 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 47 | 50 | 1.1 | 1 | |
| Paul Vinnola | 23 | 36 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Dale Gentry | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 1 | |
| Bob Nowaskey | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Kerr | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Sneddon | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Frank Trigilio | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Aguirre | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | -5 | 0 |
| Bob Mitchell | 8 | -12 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| Angelo Bertelli | 11 | -16 | -1.5 | 1 | |
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | -30 | -30.0 | -30 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 549 | 1949 | 3.6 | 76t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 451 | 1356 | 3.0 | 75t | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie O'Rourke | 182 | 105 | 105 | 63 | 1250 | 6.9 | 11.9 | 68t | 12 | 6.6 | 14 | 7.7 | 68.7 | |||
| Angelo Bertelli | 127 | 67 | 67 | 46 | 917 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 71t | 7 | 5.5 | 14 | 11.0 | 54.9 | |||
| Bob Mitchell | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Joe Aguirre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 322 | 176 | 176 | 116 | 2193 | 6.8 | 12.5 | 71t | 19 | 5.9 | 30 | 9.3 | 56.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 284 | 138 | 138 | 126 | 2101 | 7.4 | 15.2 | 79t | 17 | 6.0 | 20 | 7.0 | 64.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Gentry | 24 | 341 | 14.2 | 3 | |
| Al Krueger | 19 | 213 | 11.2 | 1 | |
| Bob Nowaskey | 19 | 198 | 10.4 | 3 | |
| Bob Seymour | 17 | 188 | 11.1 | 3 | |
| Joe Aguirre | 14 | 246 | 17.6 | 68t | 2 |
| Earl Elsey | 14 | 179 | 12.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Bernie Nygren | 13 | 170 | 13.1 | 1 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | 10 | 123 | 12.3 | 71t | 2 |
| John Kimbrough | 9 | 162 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Bill Kerr | 7 | 122 | 17.4 | 0 | |
| Bus Mertes | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 1 | |
| Jack Morton | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Paul Vinnola | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| John Polanski | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 1 |
| Bob Sneddon | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Andy Marefos | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 176 | 2193 | 12.5 | 71t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 138 | 2101 | 15.2 | 79 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Seymour | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Bernie Nygren | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Earl Elsey | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Polanski | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Bill Kerr | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Mitchell | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Bob Sneddon | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bus Mertes | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Nolander | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jack Morton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Nelson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Vinnola | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 20 | 293 | 14.7 | 50 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 387 | 12.9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Reinhard | 44 | 1996 | 45.4 | 67 | 1 | |||||
| Joe Aguirre | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Mitchell | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | |||||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 8 | 312 | 39.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Angelo Bertelli | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 40 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 2519 | 44.2 | 67 | 1 | 34.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 84 | 3253 | 38.7 | 73 | 8 | 724 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Fenenbock | 16 | 299 | 18.7 | 41 | 0 | |
| Bob Seymour | 18 | 211 | 11.7 | 0 | ||
| Earl Elsey | 9 | 147 | 16.3 | 0 | ||
| Harry Clarke | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Paul Vinnola | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dale Gentry | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bob Nowaskey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 724 | 14.8 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 530 | 14.7 | 77 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Fenenbock | 17 | 479 | 28.2 | 97t | 1 | |
| Earl Elsey | 15 | 335 | 22.3 | 0 | ||
| John Kimbrough | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Nygren | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Seymour | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 0 | ||
| Paul Vinnola | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | ||
| Harry Clarke | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bus Mertes | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Charlie O'rourke | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Lee Artoe | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bob Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 57 | 1307 | 22.9 | 97t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 103 | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Frankowski | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 31 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 0 |
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