1947 Los Angeles Dons season

1947 Los Angeles Dons season
1947 Los Angeles Dons season
Head coach	Mel Hein, Ted Shipkey, and Dudley DeGroot
Home field	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	7–7
Division place	3rd AAFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1946; Dons seasons; 1948 →;

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]

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

[1] 1947 Los Angeles Dons

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

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