Los Angeles Dons

Los Angeles Dons

First Season
1946
Team History
Los Angeles Dons (1946-49)
Conference/Division
All-America Football Conference (1946-49) unconferenced (1949) 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
preseason	August 16	Dons intrasquad	Ventura Junior College Stadium
preseason	August 20	Dons intrasquad	Mustang Stadium
preseason	August 30	vs. New York Yankees	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 1	September 13	vs. Brooklyn Dodgers	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 2	September 20	vs. Miami Seahawks	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 3	September 29	at Buffalo Bisons	Civic Stadium
Week 4	October 5	at Chicago Rockets	Soldier Field
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
preseason	August 24	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium
Week 1	August 29	at Chicago Rockets	Soldier Field
Week 2	September 7	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium
Week 3	September 12	vs. New York Yankees	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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
Week 13	November 27	vs. Cleveland Browns	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1948
preseason	July 31	Dons intrasquad	Ventura Junior College Stadium
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 7	October 8	vs. Chicago Rockets	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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

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1940s	1947 • 1949

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