1961 San Diego Chargers (AFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 12-2-0 .857 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Sid Gillman |
| Al Davis | Offensive Ends |
| Jack Faulkner | Defensive Backs |
| Joe Madro | Offensive Line |
| Chuck Noll | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/6/1961 | H | Houston Oilers | 27-14 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 15000 | |
| Fri | 8/18/1961 | N | Houston Oilers | 46-28 | W | Honolulu, HI | Honolulu Stadium | 12826 | |
| Sun | 8/27/1961 | H | Oakland Raiders | 35-7 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 10436 | |
| Sun | 9/3/1961 | H | Dallas Texans | 31-10 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 15232 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1961 | A | Dallas Texans | 26-10 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 24500 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1961 | H | Oakland Raiders | 44-0 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 20216 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1961 | H | Houston Oilers | 34-24 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 29210 | |
| Sat | 9/30/1961 | A | Buffalo Bills | 19-11 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20742 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1961 | A | Boston Patriots | 38-27 | W | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 17748 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | A | New York Titans | 25-10 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 25136 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1961 | A | Oakland Raiders | 41-10 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 12014 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | H | Denver Broncos | 37-0 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 32584 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1961 | H | New York Titans | 48-13 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 33391 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1961 | A | Denver Broncos | 19-16 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 7859 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1961 | H | Dallas Texans | 24-14 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 33788 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1961 | A | Houston Oilers | 13-33 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 37845 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1961 | H | Buffalo Bills | 28-10 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 24486 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1961 | H | Boston Patriots | 0-41 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 21339 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/24/1961 | H | Houston Oilers | 3-10 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 29556 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Chuck Allen | 50 | MLB | 6-1 | 224 | 22 | Washington | 9 | 9 |
| Ernie Barnes | 61 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | North Carolina Central | 10 | 2 |
| George Belotti | 57 | C | 6-4 | 250 | 27 | Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| George Blair | 39 | K | 5-11 | 194 | 23 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Howard Clark | 87 | TE | 6-2 | 208 | 26 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 10 | 8 |
| Sam DeLuca | 60 | ROG | 6-2 | 247 | 25 | South Carolina | 14 | 13 |
| Hunter Enis | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 192 | 25 | Texas Christian | 13 | 0 |
| Earl Faison | 86 | LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 263 | 22 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Orlando Ferrante | 68 | LOG-C | 6-0 | 230 | 29 | Southern California | 14 | 13 |
| Charlie Flowers | 41 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Mississippi | 14 | 9 |
| Claude Gibson | 25 | LCB | 6-1 | 191 | 22 | North Carolina State | 14 | 13 |
| Dick Harris | 36 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | McNeese State | 14 | 14 |
| Luther Hayes | 24 | FL-SE | 6-4 | 202 | 22 | Southern California | 14 | 3 |
| Billy Hudson | 79 | LDT | 6-4 | 267 | 26 | Clemson | 14 | 13 |
| Emil Karas | 56 | LLB-MLB | 6-3 | 230 | 28 | Dayton | 14 | 11 |
| Jack Kemp | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 26 | Occidental | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Kocourek | 83 | TE-FL | 6-5 | 237 | 24 | Wisconsin | 14 | 13 |
| Ernie Ladd | 77 | RDT | 6-9 | 302 | 23 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Laraba | 53 | RLB-MLB-LLB | 6-3 | 195 | 28 | Texas-El Paso | 14 | 8 |
| Keith Lincoln | 22 | FB | 6-2 | 212 | 22 | Washington State | 14 | 5 |
| Paul Lowe | 23 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Compton JC; Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 89 | TE | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Colgate | 9 | 0 |
| Paul Maguire | 84 | RLB-P | 6-0 | 224 | 23 | The Citadel | 14 | 8 |
| Charlie McNeil | 27 | RS | 5-11 | 179 | 25 | Compton JC | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Mix | 74 | ROT-ROG-ROG-LOT | 6-4 | 249 | 23 | Southern California | 10 | 8 |
| Ron Nery | 80 | RDE | 6-6 | 236 | 27 | Kansas State | 14 | 14 |
| Don Norton | 88 | SE | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| Sherman Plunkett | 70 | ROT-LOT | 6-4 | 290 | 28 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 12 | 8 |
| Bo Roberson | 26 | FL-HB | 6-1 | 192 | 26 | Cornell | 14 | 1 |
| Don Rogers | 52 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | South Carolina | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 46 | FL-SE | 5-11 | 194 | 22 | Notre Dame | 7 | 3 |
| Maury Schleicher | 81 | LLB | 6-3 | 238 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | 6 |
| Hank Schmidt | 76 | LDT-LDE-RDT | 6-4 | 258 | 26 | East Los Angeles JC; Southern California; Trinity (Texas) | 14 | 1 |
| Gene Selawski | 78 | LOT | 6-4 | 252 | 26 | Purdue | 8 | 0 |
| Bud Whitehead | 47 | LCB-RCB-RS | 6-0 | 184 | 22 | Florida State | 9 | 1 |
| Ernie Wright | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 268 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Zeman | 34 | LS | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Earl Faison | E | Indiana |
| 2 | 16 | Keith Lincoln | HB | Washington State |
| 3 | 23 | Marlin McKeever | E | Southern California |
| 4 | 32 | Jimmy Johnson | HB | UCLA |
| 5 | 39 | Billy Kilmer | HB-QB | UCLA |
| 6 | 46 | Calvin Bird | HB | Kentucky |
| 6 | 48 | Cliff Roberts | T | Illinois |
| 7 | 55 | Claude Gibson | HB | North Carolina State |
| 8 | 64 | Charley Johnson | QB | New Mexico State |
| 9 | 71 | Bob Scarpitto | HB | Notre Dame |
| 10 | 80 | Willie Hector | G | Pacific |
| 11 | 87 | Greg Larson | C | Minnesota |
| 12 | 96 | Hez Braxton | FB | Virginia Union |
| 13 | 103 | Dale Messer | FB | Fresno State |
| 14 | 112 | Billy Wilson | T | Auburn |
| 15 | 119 | Ernie Ladd | T | Grambling State |
| 16 | 128 | Bud Whitehead | HB | Florida State |
| 17 | 135 | Reg Carolan | E | Idaho |
| 18 | 144 | Ed Dyas | FB | Auburn |
| 19 | 151 | Jack Espenship | HB | Florida State |
| 20 | 160 | Mike Lucci | C | Tennessee |
| 21 | 167 | Gene Gaines | HB | UCLA |
| 22 | 176 | John Brown | T | Syracuse |
| 23 | 183 | Glenn Bass | HB | East Carolina |
| 24 | 192 | Ben Balme | G | Yale |
| 25 | 199 | Don Coffey | E | Memphis |
| 26 | 208 | Bill Kinnune | G | Washington |
| 27 | 215 | Luther Hayes | E | Southern California |
| 28 | 224 | Chuck Allen | G | Washington |
| 29 | 231 | Dan Ficca | T | Southern California |
| 30 | 240 | Mike McKeever | G | Southern California |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 80 | 150 | 80 | 86 | 396 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 56 | 48 | 51 | 219 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 208 | 81 | 110 | 17 | / % | / % | 88 | 682.50 | |
| Opponents Totals | 224 | 79 | 124 | 21 | / % | / % | 54 | 501 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blair | 0 | 42 | 47 | 89.4 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 0 | 81 | |
| Paul Lowe | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||
| Jack Kemp | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Don Norton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Dave Kocourek | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Bob Laraba | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Charlie Flowers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Dick Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Luther Hayes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Keith Lincoln | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Bo Roberson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Hunter Enis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Charlie McNeil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Bob Scarpitto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Chuck Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Billy Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bob Zeman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Claude Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 52 | 43 | 49 | 87.8 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 0 | 396 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 23 | 26 | 88.5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 1 | 219 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blair | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 2 | 44 | 8/11 | 2/7 | 1/3 | 2/6 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 2 | 44 | 8/11 | 2/7 | 1/3 | 2/6 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 1/ | 4/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Lowe | 175 | 767 | 4.4 | 87t | 9 |
| Bo Roberson | 58 | 275 | 4.7 | 59t | 3 |
| Charlie Flowers | 51 | 177 | 3.5 | 11 | 3 |
| Keith Lincoln | 41 | 150 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 43 | 105 | 2.4 | 23 | 6 |
| Hunter Enis | 16 | 13 | 0.8 | 9 | 2 |
| Bob Laraba | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Paul Maguire | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 390 | 1481 | 3.8 | 87t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 401 | 1357 | 3.4 | 74t | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 364 | 165 | 45.3 | 177 | 2686 | 7.4 | 16.3 | 91t | 15 | 4.1 | 22 | 6.0 | 59.2 | |||
| Hunter Enis | 55 | 23 | 41.8 | 29 | 365 | 6.6 | 15.9 | 45 | 2 | 3.6 | 3 | 5.5 | 54.0 | |||
| Paul Lowe | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 70 | 17.5 | 35.0 | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 423 | 190 | 44.9 | 208 | 3121 | 7.4 | 16.4 | 91t | 17 | 4.0 | 25 | 5.9 | 28 | 274 | 2847 | 59.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 485 | 224 | 46.2 | 212 | 2736 | 5.6 | 12.2 | 87t | 16 | 3.3 | 49 | 10.1 | 42 | 373 | 2363 | 35.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Kocourek | 55 | 1055 | 19.2 | 76t | 4 |
| Don Norton | 47 | 816 | 17.4 | 52 | 6 |
| Paul Lowe | 17 | 103 | 6.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Charlie Flowers | 16 | 175 | 10.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Luther Hayes | 14 | 280 | 20.0 | 39 | 3 |
| Keith Lincoln | 12 | 208 | 17.3 | 91t | 2 |
| Howard Clark | 11 | 182 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 9 | 163 | 18.1 | 53t | 2 |
| Bo Roberson | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 190 | 3121 | 16.4 | 91t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 224 | 2736 | 12.2 | 87t | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie McNeil | 9 | 349 | 38.8 | 76t | 2 |
| Bob Zeman | 8 | 89 | 11.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Dick Harris | 7 | 140 | 20.0 | 56t | 3 |
| Bob Laraba | 5 | 151 | 30.2 | 60t | 2 |
| Chuck Allen | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 59t | 1 |
| Claude Gibson | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Emil Karas | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Earl Faison | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| George Blair | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Hudson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Paul Maguire | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bud Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 49 | 929 | 19.0 | 76t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 272 | 10.9 | 33 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Maguire | 63 | 2615 | 41.5 | 82 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 192 | 2343 | 37.2 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 2615 | 41.5 | 82 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 192 | 2343 | 37.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2805 | 40.1 | 64 | 2 | 418 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Gibson | 14 | 209 | 14.9 | 39 | 0 | |
| Keith Lincoln | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 57t | 1 | |
| Bob Scarpitto | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Bob Zeman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 418 | 15.5 | 57t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 192 | 8.7 | 22 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Roberson | 13 | 207 | 15.9 | 32 | 0 | |
| Paul Lowe | 10 | 240 | 24.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Keith Lincoln | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bob Scarpitto | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Claude Gibson | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 | |
| Hank Schmidt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Emil Karas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| George Blair | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gene Selawski | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Orlando Ferrante | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Mix | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 642 | 16.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 1521 | 23.4 | 76 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Allen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Hunter Enis | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Orlando Ferrante | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Charlie Flowers | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Claude Gibson | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Luther Hayes | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Hudson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Emil Karas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Kemp | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Dave Kocourek | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Ernie Ladd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Laraba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Paul Lowe | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Charlie McNeil | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Nery | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Don Norton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bo Roberson | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Hank Schmidt | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bud Whitehead | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 32 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 2 |
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