The 1948 Los Angeles Dons season was their third in the All-America Football Conference. The team matched their previous output of 7–7,1948 Los Angeles Dons but failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

The team's statistical leaders included Glenn Dobbs with 2,403 passing yards and 539 rushing yards and Joe Aguirre with 599 receiving yards and 56 points scored.

Season schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 at Chicago Rockets W 7–0 1–0 Soldier Field 26,479 Recap 2 at Cleveland Browns L 14–19 1–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 60,193 Recap 3 Brooklyn Dodgers W 17–7 2–1 L.A. Memorial Colisem 35,246 Recap 4 September 19 at San Francisco 49ers L 14-36 2–2 Kezar Stadium 45,420 Recap 5 New York Yankees W 20–10 3–2 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 35,655 Recap 6 Chicago Rockets W 49–28 4–2 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 31,119 Recap 7 Baltimore Colts L 14–29 4–3 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 40,019 Recap 8 October 24 Buffalo Bills L 21–35 4–4 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 26,818 Recap 9 October 31 at Brooklyn Dodgers W 17–0 5–4 Ebbets Field 12,825 Recap 10 November 7 at New York Yankees L 6–38 5–5 Yankee Stadium 17,386 Recap 11 November 14 at Buffalo Bills W 27–20 6–5 Civic Stadium 23,725 Recap 12 November 21 at Baltimore Colts W 17–14 6–6 Municipal Stadium 25,228 Recap 13 Cleveland Browns L 14–31 6–7 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 60,031 Recap 14 December 5 San Francisco 49ers L 21–38 6–8 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 51,460 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Division standings

Roster 1948 Los Angeles Dons final rosterBacks Glenn Dobbs QB/RB/DB/P Jeff Durkota DB/RB Mike Graham RB/DB Walter Heap DB/RB John Kimbrough FB/LB Mickey Masini RB Bob Mitchell DB/RB Johnny Naumu RB Dick Ottele RB/DB Bill Reinhard DB/RB Herman Wedemeyer RB

Ends/Receivers Joe Aguirre Burr Baldwin Bill Fisk Len Ford Dale Gentry Linemen/Linebackers Earl Audet T/DT John Brown C/LB Walt Clay LB/FB Jack Flagerman C/LB Ray Frankowski G/LB Clyde Johnson T/DT Butch Levy G/MG Al Lolotai MG/G Bob Nelson C/LB Mike Perrotti T/DT Knox Ramsey LB/G Bob Reinhard T/DT Hank Rockwell G/MG Bill Smith T/DT Special teams Ben Agajanian K

Reserve Dick Danehe DT/T (IR) Bob Kelly DB (IR) Lin Sexton DB/RB (IR) Bernie Winkler T/DT (IR)

rookies in italics

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