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{{Infobox NFL team
{{Infobox NFL team
| name = Los Angeles Dons
| name = Los Angeles Dons
| first = 1946
| first = [[1946 AAFC season|1946]]
| team =
| team = Los Angeles Dons (1946-49)
'''Los Angeles Dons (1946-49)'''
| alignment =  
| alignment =  
'''[[All-America Football Conference]] (1946–1949)'''
[[All-America Football Conference]] (1946-49)
*unconferenced (1949)
*Western Division (1946-48)
*Western Division (1946–1948)
| venue = [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] (1946-49)
| venue =  
'''[[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] (1946-49)'''
}}
}}


The '''Los Angeles Dons''' were an American football team in the [[All-America Football Conference]]. The Dons played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. They were the first professional football team to play a regular season game in Los Angeles, two weeks before the first game of the rival [[Los Angeles Rams]] of the [[National Football League]].
The '''Los Angeles Dons''' were an American football team in the [[All-America Football Conference]]. The Dons played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. They were the first professional football team to play a regular-season game in Los Angeles, two weeks before the first game of the rival [[Los Angeles Rams]] of the [[National Football League]].


When the AAFC merged with the NFL after the 1949 season the Dons did not became part of the NFL.
When the AAFC merged with the NFL after the 1949 season the Dons did not become part of the NFL.


==Publications==
===Programs by season===
====1940s====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
|-
!Week!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue
|-
! colspan="4"| 1946
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/09-20_mia-la.html Week 2]
| September 20
| vs. [[Miami Seahawks]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/10-12_sf-la.html Week 5]
| October 12
| vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/10-20_la-cle.html Week 6]
| October 20
| at [[Cleveland Browns]]
| [[Cleveland Stadium]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/10-27_ny-la.html Week 7]
| October 27
| vs. [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/11-03_cle-la.html Week 8]
| November 3
| vs. [[Cleveland Browns]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/11-10_la-ny.html Week 10]
| November 10
| at [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]]
| Yankee Stadium
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/11-17_la-bkn.html Week 11]
| November 17
| at [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]
| [[Ebbets Field]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/12-01_buf-la.html Week 12]
| December 1
| vs. [[Buffalo Bills (AAFC)|Buffalo Bisons]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/12-08_la-sf.html Week 13]
| December 8
| at [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| [[Kezar Stadium]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1946/12-15_chi-la.html Week 14]
| December 15
| vs. [[Chicago Rockets]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
! colspan="4"| 1947
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/08-29_la-chi.html Week 1]
| August 29
| at [[Chicago Rockets]]
| [[Soldier Field]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/09-07_la-sf.html Week 2]
| September 7
| at [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| [[Kezar Stadium]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/09-19_bkn-la.html Week 4]
| September 19
| vs. [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/10-05_buf-la.html Week 5]
| October 5
| vs. [[Buffalo Bills (AAFC)|Buffalo Bills]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/10-12_la-cle.html Week 6]
| October 12
| at [[Cleveland Browns]]
| [[Cleveland Stadium]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/10-19_la-bal.html Week 7]
| October 19
| at [[Baltimore Colts (1947-50)|Baltimore Colts]]
| Municipal Stadium
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/10-26_bal-la.html Week 8]
| October 26
| vs. [[Baltimore Colts (1947-50)|Baltimore Colts]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/11-02_sf-la.html Week 9]
| November 2
| vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/11-16_la-ny.html Week 11]
| November 16
| at [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]]
| Yankee Stadium
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/11-23_la-bkn.html Week 12]
| November 23
| at [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]
| [[Ebbets Field]]
|-
! colspan="4"| 1948
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/08-08_bal-la.html preseason]
| August 8
| vs. [[Baltimore Colts (1947-50)|Baltimore Colts]]
| [[Multnomah Stadium]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/08-18_sf-la.html preseason]
| August 18
| vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| [[Rose Bowl]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/08-27_la-chi.html Week 1]
| August 27
| at [[Chicago Rockets]]
| [[Soldier Field]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/09-03_la-cle.html Week 2]
| September 3
| at [[Cleveland Browns]]
| [[Cleveland Stadium]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/09-10_bkn-la.html Week 3]
| September 10
| vs. [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/09-19_la-sf.html Week 4]
| September 19
| at [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| [[Kezar Stadium]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/10-15_bal-la.html Week 8]
| October 15
| vs. [[Baltimore Colts (1947-50)|Baltimore Colts]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/10-24_buf-la.html Week 9]
| October 24
| vs. [[Buffalo Bills (AAFC)|Buffalo Bills]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/11-07_la-ny.html Week 10]
| November 7
| at [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]]
| Yankee Stadium
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/11-21_la-bal.html Week 11]
| November 21
| at [[Baltimore Colts (1947-50)|Baltimore Colts]]
| Municipal Stadium
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/11-25_cle-la.html Week 12]
| November 25
| vs. [[Cleveland Browns]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1948/12-05_sf-la.html Week 14]
| December 5
| vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
! colspan="4"| 1949
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/08-10_sf-la.html preseason]
| August 10
| vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/09-02_bal-la.html Week 1]
| September 2
| vs. [[Baltimore Colts (1947-50)|Baltimore Colts]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/09-09_chi-la.html Week 2]
| September 9
| vs. [[Chicago Hornets]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/09-18_la-sf.html Week 3]
| September 18
| at [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| [[Kezar Stadium]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/10-09_buf-la.html Week 6]
| October 9
| vs. [[Buffalo Bills (AAFC)|Buffalo Bills]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [[Los Angeles Dons vs. Cleveland Browns (October 14, 1949)|Week 7]]
| October 14
| vs. [[Cleveland Browns]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/10-23_la-buf.html Week 8]
| October 23
| at [[Buffalo Bills (AAFC)|Buffalo Bills]]
| [[Civic Stadium]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/10-28_la-chi.html Week 9]
| October 28
| at [[Chicago Hornets]]
| [[Soldier Field]]
|-
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/11-13_sf-la.html Week 12]
| November 13
| vs. [[San Francisco 49ers]]
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
|-
| [[Baltimore Colts vs. Los Angeles Dons (November 20, 1949)|Week 13]]
| November 20
| at [[Baltimore Colts (1947-50)|Baltimore Colts]]
| Municipal Stadium
|}


===Media guides and yearbooks===
====Media guides====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
|-
! 1940s
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1947/media-guide-1947_la.html 1947]{{·}}[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/aafc/seasons/1949/media-guide-1949_la.html 1949]
|}
==Seasons==
{{Los Angeles Dons seasons}}
{{AAFC}}
{{Infobox portal franchise}}
{{Infobox portal franchise}}


[[Category: Los Angeles Dons]]
[[Category: All-America Football Conference franchises]]
[[Category: All-America Football Conference franchises]]
[[Category: Los Angeles Dons]]
[[Category: Franchises established in 1946]]
[[Category: Franchises established in 1946]]
[[Category: Franchises disestablished in 1949]]
[[Category: Football franchises in California]]
[[Category: Football franchises in California]]

Latest revision as of 10:29, 14 November 2024

Los Angeles Dons
First Season
1946
Team History
Los Angeles Dons (1946-49)
Conference/Division
All-America Football Conference (1946-49)
  • Western Division (1946-48)
Venue
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1946-49)
Key People
Players • Head Coaches • Executives


The Los Angeles Dons were an American football team in the All-America Football Conference. The Dons played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. They were the first professional football team to play a regular-season game in Los Angeles, two weeks before the first game of the rival Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League.

When the AAFC merged with the NFL after the 1949 season the Dons did not become part of the NFL.

Publications

Programs by season

1940s

Week Date Opponent Venue
1946
Week 2 September 20 vs. Miami Seahawks Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 5 October 12 vs. San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 6 October 20 at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Stadium
Week 7 October 27 vs. New York Yankees Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 8 November 3 vs. Cleveland Browns Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 10 November 10 at New York Yankees Yankee Stadium
Week 11 November 17 at Brooklyn Dodgers Ebbets Field
Week 12 December 1 vs. Buffalo Bisons Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 13 December 8 at San Francisco 49ers Kezar Stadium
Week 14 December 15 vs. Chicago Rockets Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1947
Week 1 August 29 at Chicago Rockets Soldier Field
Week 2 September 7 at San Francisco 49ers Kezar Stadium
Week 4 September 19 vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 5 October 5 vs. Buffalo Bills Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 6 October 12 at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Stadium
Week 7 October 19 at Baltimore Colts Municipal Stadium
Week 8 October 26 vs. Baltimore Colts Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 9 November 2 vs. San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 11 November 16 at New York Yankees Yankee Stadium
Week 12 November 23 at Brooklyn Dodgers Ebbets Field
1948
preseason August 8 vs. Baltimore Colts Multnomah Stadium
preseason August 18 vs. San Francisco 49ers Rose Bowl
Week 1 August 27 at Chicago Rockets Soldier Field
Week 2 September 3 at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Stadium
Week 3 September 10 vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 4 September 19 at San Francisco 49ers Kezar Stadium
Week 8 October 15 vs. Baltimore Colts Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 9 October 24 vs. Buffalo Bills Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 10 November 7 at New York Yankees Yankee Stadium
Week 11 November 21 at Baltimore Colts Municipal Stadium
Week 12 November 25 vs. Cleveland Browns Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 14 December 5 vs. San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1949
preseason August 10 vs. San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 1 September 2 vs. Baltimore Colts Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 2 September 9 vs. Chicago Hornets Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 3 September 18 at San Francisco 49ers Kezar Stadium
Week 6 October 9 vs. Buffalo Bills Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 7 October 14 vs. Cleveland Browns Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 8 October 23 at Buffalo Bills Civic Stadium
Week 9 October 28 at Chicago Hornets Soldier Field
Week 12 November 13 vs. San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 13 November 20 at Baltimore Colts Municipal Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks

Media guides

1940s 1947 • 1949

Seasons

Los Angeles Dons publications by season
1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949


All-America Football Conference
Teams Baltimore Colts • Brooklyn-New York Yankees • Buffalo Bills • Chicago Hornets • Cleveland Browns • Los Angeles Dons • San Francisco 49ers
Seasons 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949
Venues Burdine Stadium • Civic Stadium • Ebbets Field • Kezar Stadium • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Soldier Field • Yankee Stadium
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