1947 Los Angeles Dons season
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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. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
Los Angeles Dons
The Los Angeles Dons were an American football team in the now defunct All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949 that played in the Los Angeles Coliseum....
season was their second in the All-America Football Conference
All-America Football Conference
The All-America Football Conference was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League from 1946 to 1949. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the nation's best players, and introduced many lasting innovations...
. The team failed to improve on their previous output
1946 Los Angeles Dons season
The 1946 Los Angeles Dons season was their inaugural season in the All-America Football Conference. The team finished 7-5-2, failing to qualify for the playoffs.-Season schedule:-Division standings:-References:...
of 7-5-2, losing seven games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
Season schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 29, 1947 | at Chicago Rockets Chicago Rockets The Chicago Rockets was an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During the 1949 season, the team was known as the Chicago Hornets... |
W 24-21 |
| 2 | September 7, 1947 | at San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and... |
L 17-14 |
| 3 | September 12, 1947 | New York Yankees New York Yankees (AAFC) The New York Yankees were a professional American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. The team played in Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and often played in front of sold-out crowds . They were owned by Dan Topping, who brought many of his Brooklyn... |
L 30-14 |
| 4 | September 19, 1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) The Brooklyn Dodgers was an American Football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1948. The team is unrelated to the Brooklyn Dodgers that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943... |
W 48-21 |
| 5 | October 5, 1947 | Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills (AAFC) The Buffalo Bills was an American Football team, based in Buffalo, NY, that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During its first season in 1946, the team was known as the Buffalo Bisons... |
L 27-25 |
| 6 | October 12, 1947 | at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 13-10 |
| 7 | October 19, 1947 | Baltimore Colts | W 38-10 |
| 8 | October 26, 1947 | Baltimore Colts | W 56-0 |
| 9 | November 2, 1947 | San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and... |
L 26-16 |
| 10 | November 9, 1947 | at Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills (AAFC) The Buffalo Bills was an American Football team, based in Buffalo, NY, that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During its first season in 1946, the team was known as the Buffalo Bisons... |
L 25-0 |
| 11 | November 16, 1947 | at New York Yankees New York Yankees (AAFC) The New York Yankees were a professional American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. The team played in Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and often played in front of sold-out crowds . They were owned by Dan Topping, who brought many of his Brooklyn... |
L 16-13 |
| 12 | November 23, 1947 | at Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) The Brooklyn Dodgers was an American Football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1948. The team is unrelated to the Brooklyn Dodgers that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943... |
W 16-12 |
| 13 | November 27, 1947 | Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 27-17 |
| 14 | December 7, 1947 | Chicago Rockets Chicago Rockets The Chicago Rockets was an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During the 1949 season, the team was known as the Chicago Hornets... |
W 34-14 |
Division standings
| AAFC West | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Cleveland Browns 1947 Cleveland Browns season The 1947 Cleveland Browns season was the team's second season with the All-America Football Conference. The Browns were coached by Paul Brown, and ended their season with a record of 12–1–1, winning the Western Division for the second straight year... |
12 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 410 | 185 | W-2 |
| San Francisco 49ers 1947 San Francisco 49ers season The 1947 AAFC season was the 49ers' second season. They began the season hoping to improve upon the previous season's output of 9-5, and they had a similar output this season, 8-4-2. The team did have its first tie in franchise history, a 28-28 standoff in Week 6 against the Baltimore Colts... |
8 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 327 | 264 | T-1 |
| Los Angeles Dons | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 328 | 256 | W-1 |
| Chicago Rockets 1947 Chicago Rockets season The 1947 Chicago Rockets season was their second in the All-America Football Conference. The team failed to improve upon their previous output of 5-6-3, winning only one game. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.... |
1 | 13 | 0 | .071 | 263 | 425 | L-3 |