1946 Los Angeles Dons season
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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.
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 inaugural season 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 finished 7-5-2, failing to qualify for the playoffs.
Season schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 13, 1946 | 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 20-14 |
| 2 | September 20, 1946 | Miami Seahawks Miami Seahawks The Miami Seahawks were a professional American football team based in Miami, Florida. They played in the All-America Football Conference for one season, 1946, before folding... |
W 30-14 |
| 3 | September 29, 1946 | at Buffalo Bisons | T 21-21 |
| 4 | October 5, 1946 | 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 21-9 |
| 5 | October 12, 1946 | 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 23-14 |
| 6 | October 20, 1946 | 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... |
L 31-14 |
| 7 | October 27, 1946 | 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 31-17 |
| 8 | November 3, 1946 | 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 17-16 |
| 9 | November 10, 1946 | 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 17-12 |
| 10 | November 17, 1946 | 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 19-14 |
| 11 | November 25, 1946 | at Miami Seahawks Miami Seahawks The Miami Seahawks were a professional American football team based in Miami, Florida. They played in the All-America Football Conference for one season, 1946, before folding... |
W 34-21 |
| 12 | December 1, 1946 | Buffalo Bisons | W 62-14 |
| 13 | December 8, 1946 | 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 48-7 |
| 14 | December 15, 1946 | 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... |
T 17-17 |
Division standings
| AAFC West | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Cleveland Browns 1946 Cleveland Browns season The 1946 Cleveland Browns season marked the team's inaugural season in the All-America Football Conference. The Browns, coached by Paul Brown, ended their first season in the league with a record of 12–2, winning the Western Division... |
12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 423 | 137 | W-5 |
| San Francisco 49ers 1946 San Francisco 49ers season The 1946 AAFC season San Francisco 49ers season was not only their inaugural season, but also the first season of the league's existence. Despite losing their first game as a team and having a stretch of five consecutive road games, the 49ers managed to go 9-5, earning the second-best record in the... |
9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 307 | 189 | W-3 |
| Los Angeles Dons | 7 | 5 | 2 | .583 | 305 | 290 | T-1 |
| Chicago Rockets 1946 Chicago Rockets season The 1946 Chicago Rockets season was their inaugural season in the All-America Football Conference. The team finished 5-6-3, failing to qualify for the playoffs.-Season schedule:-Division standings:... |
5 | 6 | 3 | .455 | 263 | 315 | T-1 |