1966 San Diego Chargers (AFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 7-6-1 .538 |
| Head Coach: Sid Gillman |
| Tom Bass | Defensive Backs |
| Walt Hackett | Defensive Line |
| Earl Johnston | Linebackers |
| Harry Johnston | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Madro | Offensive Line |
| Charlie Waller | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1966 | H | Miami Dolphins | 38-10 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 25712 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1966 | H | Oakland Raiders | 7-14 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 20046 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | N | Kansas City Chiefs | 21-31 | L | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 36038 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | H | Boston Patriots | 31-13 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 15434 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1966 | H | Buffalo Bills | 27-7 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 27572 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1966 | H | Boston Patriots | 24-0 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 29539 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1966 | A | Oakland Raiders | 29-20 | W | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 37183 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | H | Miami Dolphins | 44-10 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 26444 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | A | New York Jets | 16-17 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63497 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | A | Buffalo Bills | 17-17 | T | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45169 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | A | Boston Patriots | 17-35 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 32371 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | H | Denver Broncos | 24-17 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 25819 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 14-24 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 40986 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | H | Oakland Raiders | 19-41 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 26230 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1966 | A | Denver Broncos | 17-20 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 24860 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1966 | A | Houston Oilers | 28-22 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 17569 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1966 | H | New York Jets | 42-27 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 25712 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1966 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-27 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 28348 | |
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 | 27 | Washington | 5 | 5 |
| Jim Allison | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 23 | El Camino JC; San Diego State | 14 | 3 |
| Lance Alworth | 19 | FL | 6-0 | 182 | 26 | Arkansas | 13 | 13 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 40 | LS | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Northwestern JC; Iowa State | 8 | 1 |
| Frank Buncom | 55 | RLB | 6-1 | 236 | 27 | East Los Angeles JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Cline | 58 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Clemson | 2 | 0 |
| Dick Degen | 51 | LLB | 6-1 | 222 | 24 | Cerritos JC; Long Beach State | 10 | 2 |
| Steve DeLong | 56 | RDT | 6-3 | 251 | 23 | Tennessee | 14 | 12 |
| Speedy Duncan | 45 | RCB | 5-10 | 176 | 24 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Don Estes | 68 | ROG | 6-2 | 250 | 28 | Louisiana State | 5 | 0 |
| Earl Faison | 86 | LDE | 6-5 | 263 | 27 | Indiana | 3 | 3 |
| Miller Farr | 20 | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Wichita State | 14 | 13 |
| John Farris | 62 | LOG | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Cerritos JC; San Diego State | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Foster | 37 | FB | 5-11 | 214 | 24 | Arizona State | 14 | 7 |
| Willie Frazier | 83 | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 24 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 3 |
| Gary Garrison | 27 | SE-FL | 6-1 | 194 | 22 | Long Beach CC; San Diego State | 14 | 11 |
| Tom Good | 54 | LB | 6-0 | 230 | 22 | Marshall | 2 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 33 | LS | 6-0 | 201 | 25 | Sacramento CC; Washington State | 13 | 12 |
| Jim Griffin | 77 | LDT-RDT-LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 258 | 24 | Grambling State | 14 | 6 |
| George Gross | 79 | LDT | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | Auburn | 14 | 10 |
| Sam Gruneisen | 65 | C | 6-1 | 248 | 25 | Villanova | 14 | 14 |
| John Hadl | 21 | QB | 6-1 | 213 | 26 | Kansas | 14 | 12 |
| Dan Henning | 15 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | William & Mary | 1 | 0 |
| Emil Karas | 58 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 33 | Dayton | 2 | 0 |
| Howard Kindig | 87 | LDE-RDE | 6-6 | 260 | 25 | Moberly JC; Los Angeles State | 14 | 10 |
| Gary Kirner | 72 | LDE-LOT | 6-3 | 238 | 24 | Santa Monica JC; Southern California | 14 | 8 |
| Paul Latzke | 52 | C | 6-4 | 242 | 24 | Pacific | 2 | 0 |
| Keith Lincoln | 22 | FB-HB | 6-2 | 212 | 27 | Washington State | 14 | 6 |
| Mike London | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Wisconsin | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 23 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | Compton JC; Oregon State | 14 | 12 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 38 | TE | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Colgate | 14 | 11 |
| Larry Martin | 73 | DT | 6-2 | 270 | 25 | San Diego State | 1 | 0 |
| Archie Matsos | 67 | MLB | 6-0 | 215 | 32 | Michigan State | 4 | 4 |
| Jack Milks | 61 | MLB | 6-0 | 222 | 23 | Cerritos JC; San Diego State | 3 | 3 |
| Ed Mitchell | 60 | LOG | 6-2 | 275 | 24 | Nebraska; Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Mitinger | 82 | LB | 6-2 | 232 | 26 | Penn State | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Mix | 74 | ROT | 6-4 | 249 | 28 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Fred Moore | 71 | RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 260 | 27 | Oklahoma; Memphis | 13 | 1 |
| Don Norton | 88 | SE | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Iowa | 14 | 4 |
| Terry Owens | 76 | LOT-ROT | 6-6 | 263 | 22 | Alabama; Jacksonville State | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Petrich | 85 | RDE-LDE | 6-4 | 253 | 25 | Los Angeles Valley JC; West Texas A&M | 14 | 11 |
| Dave Plump | 81 | FL | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Solano CC; Fresno State | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Redman | 66 | LLB-P | 6-0 | 225 | 23 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
| Houston Ridge | 80 | RLB-LLB | 6-4 | 239 | 22 | Reedley JC; San Diego State | 11 | 0 |
| Walt Sweeney | 78 | ROG | 6-3 | 256 | 25 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Tensi | 13 | QB | 6-5 | 214 | 24 | Florida State | 14 | 2 |
| Jim Tolbert | 43 | DB | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 1 | 0 |
| John Travis | 44 | K | 6-1 | 218 | 23 | Foothill JC; San Jose State | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Van Raaphorst | 39 | K | 5-11 | 215 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
| Bud Whitehead | 47 | RS | 6-0 | 184 | 27 | Florida State | 14 | 9 |
| Nat Whitmyer | 41 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 182 | 26 | Allan Hancock JC; Washington | 14 | 1 |
| Ernie Wright | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 268 | 27 | Ohio State | 13 | 8 |
| Bob Zeman | 34 | RS-LS | 6-1 | 202 | 29 | Wisconsin | 14 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 7 | Don Davis | T | Los Angeles State | |
| 2 | 16 | Nick Rassas | HB | Notre Dame | |
| 3 | 24 | Milt Morin | E | Massachusetts | |
| 4 | 31 | Charlie Brown | DB | Syracuse | |
| 5 | 40 | Russ Smith | HB | Miami (Florida) | |
| 6 | 49 | Gary Pettigrew | DE | Stanford | |
| 7 | 61 | Jim Tolbert | E | Lincoln (Missouri) | |
| 8 | 72 | Doug Buffone | LB | Louisville | |
| 9 | 81 | Taft Reed | E-DB | Jackson State | |
| 10 | 89 | Danny Pride | LB | Tennessee State | |
| 11 | 98 | Terry Owens | E | Jacksonville State | |
| 12 | 108 | Ray Jones | HB | Los Angeles State | |
| 13 | 117 | Houston Ridge | DE | San Diego State | |
| 14 | 126 | Mike London | E | Wisconsin | |
| 15 | 135 | Shelly Novack | E | Long Beach State | |
| 16 | 144 | Bill Scott | DB | Idaho | |
| 17 | 153 | Ron Ogle | DT | Long Beach State | |
| 18 | 162 | John Travis | HB | San Jose State | |
| 19 | 171 | Jerry Bell | E-K | Central Oklahoma | |
| 20 | 180 | Bill McDowell | LB | Florida State | |
| DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 8 | Bob Windsor | E | Kentucky | |
| 2 | 17 | Diron Talbert | T | Texas | |
| 3 | 26 | Jeff Staggs | LB | San Diego State | |
| 4 | 35 | LaVerle Pratt | LB | Idaho | |
| 5 | 44 | Rhome Nixon | E | Southern University | |
| 6 | 53 | Joe Beauchamp | E-DB | Iowa State | |
| 7 | 62 | Saint Saffold | E | San Jose State | |
| 8 | 71 | Brad Hubbert | HB | Arizona | |
| 9 | 79 | Wayne Page | DB | Clemson | |
| 10 | 89 | Wayne Becker | T | Montana | |
| 11 | 97 | Hugh Wright | FB | Adams State | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 57 | 97 | 64 | 117 | 335 |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 91 | 50 | 83 | 284 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 230 | 77 | 137 | 16 | / % | / % | 68 | 667 | |
| Opponents Totals | 260 | 127 | 116 | 17 | / % | / % | 60 | 527 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Van Raaphorst | 0 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 0 | 87 |
| Lance Alworth | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Jacque MacKinnon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Gary Garrison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gene Foster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Keith Lincoln | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Paul Lowe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Allison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Willie Frazier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Hadl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kenny Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rick Redman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Tensi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 41 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 1 | 335 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 1 | 284 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Van Raaphorst | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 2 | 43 | 7/8 | 3/8 | 4/7 | 2/7 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 2 | 43 | 7/8 | 3/8 | 4/7 | 2/7 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 3/3 | 5/8 | 5/7 | 2/10 | 2/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Lowe | 146 | 643 | 4.4 | 57 | 3 |
| Gene Foster | 81 | 352 | 4.3 | 37 | 1 |
| Keith Lincoln | 58 | 214 | 3.7 | 23 | 1 |
| Jim Allison | 31 | 213 | 6.9 | 61t | 2 |
| John Hadl | 38 | 95 | 2.5 | 21 | 2 |
| Rick Redman | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Tensi | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gary Garrison | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 361 | 1537 | 4.3 | 61t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 497 | 2403 | 4.8 | 64 | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hadl | 375 | 200 | 53.3 | 161 | 2846 | 7.6 | 14.2 | 78t | 23 | 6.1 | 14 | 3.7 | 83.0 | |||
| Steve Tensi | 52 | 21 | 40.4 | 30 | 405 | 7.8 | 19.3 | 63t | 5 | 9.6 | 1 | 1.9 | 92.2 | |||
| Keith Lincoln | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 71 | 17.8 | 35.5 | 36t | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 135.4 | |||
| Paul Lowe | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 25 | 8.3 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 64.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 434 | 224 | 51.6 | 195 | 3347 | 7.7 | 14.9 | 78t | 29 | 6.7 | 15 | 3.5 | 32 | 331 | 3016 | 85.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 382 | 170 | 44.5 | 185 | 2386 | 6.2 | 14.0 | 68 | 13 | 3.4 | 27 | 7.1 | 26 | 231 | 2155 | 47.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Alworth | 73 | 1383 | 18.9 | 78t | 13 |
| Gary Garrison | 46 | 642 | 14.0 | 36 | 4 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 26 | 477 | 18.3 | 46 | 6 |
| Gene Foster | 26 | 260 | 10.0 | 63t | 2 |
| Keith Lincoln | 14 | 264 | 18.9 | 67t | 2 |
| Jim Allison | 12 | 99 | 8.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Frazier | 9 | 144 | 16.0 | 30t | 2 |
| Don Norton | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 2 | -13 | -6.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 224 | 3347 | 14.9 | 78t | 29 |
| Opponents Totals | 170 | 2386 | 14.0 | 68 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speedy Duncan | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Miller Farr | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Bud Whitehead | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 61 | 0 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rick Redman | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Milks | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chuck Allen | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dick Degen | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Archie Matsos | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Howard Kindig | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Tolbert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 359 | 13.3 | 61 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 278 | 18.5 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Redman | 66 | 2442 | 37.0 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 84 | 2278 | 34.5 |
| Team Totals | 66 | 2442 | 37.0 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 84 | 2278 | 34.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 2235 | 43.0 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 257 | 1838 | 35.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speedy Duncan | 18 | 4 | 238 | 13.2 | 81t | 1 |
| Kenny Graham | 2 | 4 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Plump | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 8 | 257 | 12.2 | 81t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 16 | 84 | 5.3 | 33 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speedy Duncan | 25 | 642 | 25.7 | 50 | 0 | |
| Dave Plump | 15 | 345 | 23.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Paul Lowe | 7 | 167 | 23.9 | 54 | 0 | |
| Joe Beauchamp | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Miller Farr | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Nat Whitmyer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Sam Gruneisen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 1282 | 23.3 | 54 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 1387 | 21.0 | 53 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Allison | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Beauchamp | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Degen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Steve DeLong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Speedy Duncan | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Estes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gene Foster | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Gross | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| John Hadl | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Lowe | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Plump | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rick Redman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Steve Tensi | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 17 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0 |
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