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

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.

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	August 29, 1947	at Chicago Rockets	W 24-21
2	September 7, 1947	at San Francisco 49ers	L 17-14
3	September 12, 1947	New York Yankees	L 30-14
4	September 19, 1947	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 48-21
5	October 5, 1947	Buffalo Bills	L 27-25
6	October 12, 1947	at Cleveland Browns	W 13-10
7	October 19, 1947	at Baltimore Colts	W 38-10
8	October 26, 1947	Baltimore Colts	W 56-0
9	November 2, 1947	San Francisco 49ers	L 26-16
10	November 9, 1947	at Buffalo Bills	L 25-0
11	November 16, 1947	at New York Yankees	L 16-13
12	November 23, 1947	at Brooklyn Dodgers	W 16-12
13	November 27, 1947	Cleveland Browns	L 27-17
14	December 7, 1947	Chicago Rockets	W 34-14

Division standings

AAFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	12	1	1	.923	410	185	W-2
San Francisco 49ers	8	4	2	.667	327	264	T-1
Los Angeles Dons	7	7	0	.500	328	256	W-1
Chicago Rockets	1	13	0	.071	263	425	L-3

References

1. 1947 Los Angeles Dons