1963 San Diego Chargers (AFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 11-3-0 .786 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Sid Gillman |
| Walt Hackett | Defensive Line |
| Joe Madro | Offensive Line |
| Chuck Noll | Defensive Backs |
| Hugh Taylor | Offense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/3/1963 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 26-14 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 25862 | |
| Sat | 8/10/1963 | H | Boston Patriots | 50-17 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 16427 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1963 | A | Denver Broncos | 25-31 | L | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 11135 | |
| Thu | 8/22/1963 | A | Houston Oilers | 21-3 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 23635 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1963 | H | Oakland Raiders | 13-3 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 17517 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1963 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-10 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 22344 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1963 | H | Boston Patriots | 17-13 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 26097 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1963 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 24-10 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 22654 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1963 | A | Denver Broncos | 34-50 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 18428 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | H | New York Jets | 24-20 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 27189 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 38-17 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 30107 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | H | Oakland Raiders | 33-34 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 30182 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1963 | A | New York Jets | 53-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 18336 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1963 | A | Boston Patriots | 7-6 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 28402 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | A | Buffalo Bills | 23-13 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 38593 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1963 | H | Houston Oilers | 27-0 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 31713 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | A | Oakland Raiders | 27-41 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 20249 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1963 | A | Houston Oilers | 20-14 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 18540 | |
| Sun | 12/22/1963 | H | Denver Broncos | 58-20 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 31312 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/5/1964 | H | Boston Patriots | 51-10 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 30127 | |
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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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12/22/1963 | Denver Broncos | Postponed from 11/24 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Chuck Allen | 50 | MLB | 6-1 | 224 | 24 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
| Lance Alworth | 19 | FL | 6-0 | 182 | 23 | Arkansas | 14 | 14 |
| George Blair | 39 | LS | 5-11 | 194 | 25 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Buncom | 55 | RLB | 6-1 | 236 | 24 | East Los Angeles JC; Southern California | 14 | 2 |
| Reg Carolan | 89 | SE | 6-6 | 235 | 24 | Idaho | 4 | 0 |
| Sam DeLuca | 60 | LOG | 6-2 | 247 | 27 | South Carolina | 14 | 7 |
| Earl Faison | 86 | LDE | 6-5 | 263 | 24 | Indiana | 14 | 12 |
| Gary Glick | 43 | RS-RCB | 6-2 | 195 | 33 | Colorado State | 6 | 3 |
| George Gross | 79 | RDT | 6-3 | 260 | 22 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Sam Gruneisen | 65 | LOG | 6-1 | 248 | 22 | Villanova | 7 | 7 |
| John Hadl | 21 | QB | 6-1 | 213 | 23 | Kansas | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Harris | 36 | LCB-RCB-RS | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | McNeese State | 14 | 7 |
| Bobby Jackson | 40 | FB | 6-3 | 232 | 23 | Riverside CC; New Mexico State | 12 | 0 |
| Emil Karas | 56 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 30 | Dayton | 14 | 12 |
| Keith Kinderman | 24 | S | 6-0 | 213 | 23 | Iowa; Florida State | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Kocourek | 83 | TE | 6-5 | 237 | 26 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| Ernie Ladd | 77 | LDT | 6-9 | 302 | 25 | Grambling State | 14 | 1 |
| Bobby Lane | 57 | LLB | 6-2 | 222 | 24 | Cerritos JC; Baylor | 7 | 1 |
| Keith Lincoln | 22 | FB-HB | 6-2 | 212 | 24 | Washington State | 14 | 14 |
| Paul Lowe | 23 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Compton JC; Oregon State | 14 | 12 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 38 | TE | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Colgate | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Maguire | 84 | RLB-P | 6-0 | 224 | 25 | The Citadel | 14 | 6 |
| Gerry McDougall | 20 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Long Beach CC; UCLA | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie McNeil | 27 | RS | 5-11 | 179 | 27 | Compton JC | 10 | 7 |
| Bob Mitinger | 82 | LLB-LDE-RLB | 6-2 | 232 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 3 |
| Ron Mix | 74 | ROT | 6-4 | 249 | 25 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Don Norton | 88 | SE | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Iowa | 7 | 7 |
| Ernie Park | 61 | LOR-ROT-OG | 6-3 | 247 | 23 | McMurry | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Petrich | 85 | RDE | 6-4 | 253 | 22 | Los Angeles Valley JC; West Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Robinson | 29 | SE | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Grambling State | 14 | 7 |
| Don Rogers | 52 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 27 | South Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Tobin Rote | 18 | QB | 6-3 | 211 | 35 | Rice | 14 | 14 |
| Hank Schmidt | 76 | LDT-LDE | 6-4 | 258 | 28 | East Los Angeles JC; Southern California; Trinity (Texas) | 14 | 14 |
| Pat Shea | 64 | ROG | 6-1 | 241 | 24 | San Diego CC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Walt Sweeney | 78 | OT-LOG | 6-3 | 256 | 22 | Syracuse | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Westmoreland | 25 | RCB | 6-1 | 191 | 22 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 12 |
| Bud Whitehead | 47 | LCB-RS | 6-0 | 184 | 24 | Florida State | 14 | 13 |
| Ernie Wright | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 268 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Walt Sweeney | E | Syracuse |
| 2 | 10 | Rufus Guthrie | G | Georgia Tech |
| 3 | 17 | Dave Robinson | E | Penn State |
| 3 | 18 | Keith Kinderman | HB | Florida State |
| 4 | 26 | Roy Williams | T | Pacific |
| 5 | 34 | Larry Glueck | HB | Villanova |
| 6 | 42 | Pat Emerick | LB | Western Michigan |
| 8 | 58 | Gene Heeter | E | West Virginia |
| 9 | 66 | Steve Barnett | T | Oregon |
| 10 | 74 | Don Scott | T | Tampa |
| 11 | 82 | Bob Petrich | T | West Texas A&M |
| 12 | 90 | Terry Baker | QB | Oregon State |
| 13 | 98 | Chuck Walton | G | Iowa State |
| 14 | 106 | Frank Lasky | T | Florida |
| 14 | 107 | Hatch Rosdahl | G | Penn State |
| 14 | 109 | Jack Cvercko | G | Northwestern |
| 15 | 114 | Mike Fracchia | HB | Alabama |
| 16 | 122 | Gene Breen | LB | Virginia Tech |
| 17 | 130 | Dick Drummond | HB | George Washington |
| 19 | 146 | Ernie Park | T | McMurry |
| 20 | 154 | Buddy Soefker | LB | Louisiana State |
| 21 | 162 | Dan Points | T | Cincinnati |
| 22 | 170 | Roger Gill | HB | Texas Tech |
| 23 | 178 | Paul Watters | T | Miami (Ohio) |
| 24 | 186 | Bill Frank | T | Colorado |
| 25 | 194 | Jerry Mazzanti | T | Arkansas |
| 26 | 202 | Kenny Dill | C | Mississippi |
| 27 | 210 | Harry Butsko | G | Maryland |
| 28 | 218 | Steve Berzansky | FB | West Virginia |
| 29 | 226 | Herman Hamp | HB | Fresno State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 81 | 128 | 85 | 105 | 399 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 71 | 41 | 106 | 255 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 250 | 112 | 124 | 14 | / % | / % | 77 | 773 | |
| Opponents Totals | 239 | 85 | 133 | 21 | / % | / % | 69 | 784 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blair | 0 | 44 | 48 | 91.7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 0 | 95 |
| Lance Alworth | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Paul Lowe | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Keith Lincoln | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Dave Kocourek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Bobby Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jacque MacKinnon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jerry Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tobin Rote | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chuck Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gerry McDougall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Norton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Earl Faison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 50 | 44 | 48 | 91.7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 0 | 399 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 37 | 54.1 | 0 | 255 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blair | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 0 | 42 | 5/8 | 6/7 | 4/6 | 2/7 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 0 | 42 | 5/8 | 6/7 | 4/6 | 2/7 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 37 | 54.1 | 5/ | 4/ | 9/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Lowe | 177 | 1010 | 5.7 | 66t | 8 |
| Keith Lincoln | 128 | 826 | 6.5 | 76t | 5 |
| Gerry McDougall | 38 | 199 | 5.2 | 22 | 1 |
| Bobby Jackson | 18 | 64 | 3.6 | 14t | 4 |
| Tobin Rote | 24 | 62 | 2.6 | 15 | 2 |
| John Hadl | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 395 | 2201 | 5.6 | 76t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 379 | 1443 | 3.8 | 41 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 286 | 170 | 59.4 | 99 | 2510 | 8.8 | 14.8 | 85t | 20 | 7.0 | 17 | 5.9 | 86.7 | |||
| John Hadl | 64 | 28 | 43.8 | 30 | 502 | 7.8 | 17.9 | 69t | 6 | 9.4 | 6 | 9.4 | 63.4 | |||
| Paul Lowe | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 100 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 71t | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Don Norton | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Gerry McDougall | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 152.1 | |||
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 357 | 202 | 56.6 | 131 | 3138 | 8.8 | 15.5 | 85t | 28 | 7.8 | 24 | 6.7 | 20 | 188 | 2950 | 84.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 472 | 232 | 49.2 | 211 | 2976 | 6.3 | 12.8 | 73t | 17 | 3.6 | 29 | 6.1 | 31 | 283 | 2693 | 55.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Alworth | 61 | 1205 | 19.8 | 85t | 11 |
| Paul Lowe | 26 | 191 | 7.3 | 31t | 2 |
| Keith Lincoln | 24 | 325 | 13.5 | 39t | 3 |
| Dave Kocourek | 23 | 359 | 15.6 | 35t | 5 |
| Don Norton | 21 | 281 | 13.4 | 36 | 1 |
| Jerry Robinson | 18 | 315 | 17.5 | 71t | 2 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 11 | 262 | 23.8 | 69t | 4 |
| Gerry McDougall | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 202 | 3138 | 15.5 | 85t | 28 |
| Opponents Totals | 232 | 2976 | 12.8 | 73t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Harris | 8 | 83 | 10.4 | 22t | 1 |
| Chuck Allen | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Paul Maguire | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Charlie McNeil | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Mitinger | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Emil Karas | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| George Blair | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Gary Glick | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bud Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 316 | 10.9 | 40 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 357 | 14.9 | 48 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Maguire | 58 | 2241 | 38.6 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 195 | 1926 | 33.2 |
| John Hadl | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2316 | 38.6 | 60 | 0 | 195 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 2185 | 43.7 | 72 | 1 | 261 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Alworth | 11 | 120 | 10.9 | 61 | 0 | |
| Keith Lincoln | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 47 | 0 | |
| Dick Harris | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 261 | 11.9 | 61 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 195 | 9.3 | 28 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Lincoln | 17 | 439 | 25.8 | 44 | 0 | |
| Lance Alworth | 10 | 216 | 21.6 | 34 | 0 | |
| Dick Westmoreland | 10 | 204 | 20.4 | 26 | 0 | |
| Paul Lowe | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 41 | 0 | |
| Gerry McDougall | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 26 | 0 | |
| Dick Harris | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jerry Robinson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Walt Sweeney | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Paul Maguire | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 52 | 1168 | 22.5 | 44 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 1715 | 22.6 | 71 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Allen | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| George Blair | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Earl Faison | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Gary Glick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dick Harris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Emil Karas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Keith Lincoln | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Paul Lowe | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gerry McDougall | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Charlie McNeil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Petrich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tobin Rote | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Westmoreland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 16 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 |
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