1967 San Diego Chargers (AFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 8-5-1 .615 |
| Head Coach: Sid Gillman |
| Tom Bass | Defensive Coordinator |
| Earl Johnston | Offensive Ends |
| Harry Johnston | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Madro | Offensive Line |
| Bum Phillips | Defensive Line |
| Jacki Simpson | Linebackers |
| Charlie Waller | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/5/1967 | A | Oakland Raiders | 23-24 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 24855 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1967 | A | Miami Dolphins | 20-19 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 35871 | |
| Sun | 8/20/1967 | H | Detroit Lions | 17-38 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 45988 | |
| Sun | 8/27/1967 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 7-50 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 46293 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1967 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-16 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 31620 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1967 | H | Boston Patriots | 28-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 39337 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1967 | H | Houston Oilers | 13-3 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 36032 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1967 | A | Buffalo Bills | 37-17 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 39310 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1967 | A | Boston Patriots | 31-31 | T | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 23620 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1967 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 45-31 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 45355 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1967 | A | Denver Broncos | 38-21 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 34464 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1967 | A | Oakland Raiders | 10-51 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53474 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | H | Miami Dolphins | 24-0 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 34751 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1967 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-16 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 46738 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1967 | H | Denver Broncos | 24-20 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 34586 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1967 | H | Oakland Raiders | 21-41 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 52661 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1967 | A | Miami Dolphins | 24-41 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 23007 | |
| Sat | 12/16/1967 | A | Houston Oilers | 17-24 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 19870 | |
| Sun | 12/24/1967 | H | New York Jets | 31-42 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 34580 | |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/8/1967 | Boston Patriots | Moved from Boston, MA |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Harold Akin | 71 | OT | 6-5 | 262 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Allen | 50 | MLB | 6-1 | 224 | 28 | Washington | 13 | 1 |
| Jim Allison | 32 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | El Camino JC; San Diego State | 3 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 19 | FL | 6-0 | 182 | 27 | Arkansas | 11 | 11 |
| Scott Appleton | 70 | RDT | 6-3 | 254 | 25 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Baker | 84 | RLB | 6-3 | 229 | 26 | Mississippi State | 10 | 2 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 40 | LCB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Northwestern JC; Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Billingsley | 86 | RDE | 6-8 | 278 | 22 | Wyoming | 13 | 5 |
| Frank Buncom | 55 | RLB | 6-1 | 236 | 28 | East Los Angeles JC; Southern California | 14 | 11 |
| Olie Cordill | 44 | P | 6-2 | 184 | 24 | Memphis | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Day | 88 | RDE | 6-2 | 252 | 32 | North Carolina A&T State | 11 | 9 |
| Steve DeLong | 82 | LDE | 6-3 | 251 | 24 | Tennessee | 7 | 7 |
| Speedy Duncan | 45 | RCB | 5-10 | 176 | 25 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Bernie Erickson | 62 | LLB-RLB | 6-1 | 237 | 23 | Abilene Christian | 13 | 2 |
| Gene Foster | 37 | FB | 5-11 | 214 | 25 | Arizona State | 10 | 3 |
| Willie Frazier | 83 | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 25 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 13 |
| Gary Garrison | 27 | SE | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Long Beach CC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Kenny Graham | 33 | LS | 6-0 | 201 | 26 | Sacramento CC; Washington State | 13 | 13 |
| Jim Griffin | 77 | LDE | 6-3 | 258 | 25 | Grambling State | 14 | 7 |
| George Gross | 79 | LDT | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
| Sam Gruneisen | 65 | C | 6-1 | 248 | 26 | Villanova | 14 | 14 |
| John Hadl | 21 | QB | 6-1 | 213 | 27 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Howard | 24 | CB | 6-1 | 184 | 23 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego State | 14 | 0 |
| Brad Hubbert | 26 | FB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Arizona | 14 | 11 |
| Howard Kindig | 87 | DE | 6-6 | 260 | 26 | Moberly JC; Los Angeles State | 7 | 0 |
| Gary Kirner | 72 | LOG | 6-3 | 238 | 25 | Santa Monica JC; Southern California | 14 | 12 |
| Paul Latzke | 52 | C | 6-4 | 242 | 25 | Pacific | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Little | 73 | OG | 6-1 | 270 | 22 | Bethune-Cookman | 10 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 23 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | Compton JC; Oregon State | 7 | 4 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 38 | FL-TE | 6-4 | 245 | 29 | Colgate | 14 | 4 |
| Frank Marsh | 36 | S | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Linfield; Oregon State | 1 | 0 |
| Ron McCall | 89 | LLB | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Utah State; Dixie JC; Weber State | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Mitchell | 60 | LOG | 6-2 | 275 | 25 | Nebraska; Southern University | 4 | 2 |
| Ron Mix | 74 | ROT | 6-4 | 249 | 29 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Newell | 25 | SE-FL | 6-1 | 196 | 23 | Long Beach State | 7 | 1 |
| Terry Owens | 76 | LOT | 6-6 | 263 | 23 | Alabama; Jacksonville State | 14 | 0 |
| Dickie Post | 22 | HB | 5-9 | 190 | 22 | Houston | 13 | 9 |
| Bob Print | 57 | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 23 | Dayton | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Redman | 66 | MLB-P | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Washington | 14 | 13 |
| Houston Ridge | 80 | LDT | 6-4 | 239 | 23 | Reedley JC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Russ Smith | 20 | HB | 6-1 | 214 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 1 |
| Jeff Staggs | 81 | LLB | 6-2 | 242 | 23 | Brigham Young; San Diego CC; San Diego State | 14 | 13 |
| Kay Stephenson | 18 | QB | 6-1 | 208 | 23 | Florida | 7 | 0 |
| Walt Sweeney | 78 | ROG | 6-3 | 256 | 26 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Tolbert | 43 | S | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 14 | 3 |
| Dick Van Raaphorst | 39 | K | 5-11 | 215 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
| Bud Whitehead | 37 | RS | 6-0 | 184 | 28 | Florida State | 14 | 14 |
| Ernie Wright | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 268 | 28 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 14 | Ron Billingsley | DT | Wyoming |
| 2 | 40 | Ron McCall | LB | Weber State |
| 2 | 48 | Bobby Howard | DB | San Diego State |
| 3 | 67 | Harold Akin | T | Oklahoma State |
| 4 | 94 | Dickie Post | HB | Houston |
| 5 | 121 | Bernie Erickson | LB | Abilene Christian |
| 6 | 147 | Nate Johns | FL | San Diego State |
| 7 | 173 | Dave Conway | K | Texas |
| 8 | 199 | Johnny Mills | E | Tennessee |
| 9 | 225 | Steve Newell | E | Long Beach State |
| 10 | 251 | Torre Ossmo | T | Western Michigan |
| 11 | 277 | Carroll Jarvis | HB | Virginia |
| 13 | 329 | Leon Carr | DB | Prairie View A&M |
| 14 | 355 | Marty Baccaglio | DT | San Jose State |
| 15 | 381 | Craig Scoggins | E | San Diego State |
| 16 | 407 | Paul Phillips | T | South Carolina |
| 17 | 433 | John Gibbs | HB | South Carolina State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 76 | 116 | 58 | 110 | 360 |
| Opponents Totals | 87 | 99 | 93 | 73 | 352 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 25:43 | 259 | 88 | 150 | 21 | / % | / % | 72 | 817 |
| Opponents Totals | 34:17 | 251 | 88 | 148 | 15 | / % | / % | 61 | 666 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Van Raaphorst | 0 | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 0 | 90 |
| Willie Frazier | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Lance Alworth | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Dickie Post | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Brad Hubbert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Speedy Duncan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| John Hadl | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gary Garrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jacque MacKinnon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Scott Appleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kenny Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Russ Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 45 | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 0 | 360 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 44 | 44 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 1 | 352 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Van Raaphorst | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 5 | 42 | 5/8 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3/11 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 5 | 42 | 5/8 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3/11 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 5/7 | 4/6 | 3/8 | 2/4 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickie Post | 161 | 663 | 4.1 | 67t | 7 |
| Brad Hubbert | 116 | 643 | 5.5 | 80t | 2 |
| Russ Smith | 22 | 115 | 5.2 | 16 | 1 |
| John Hadl | 37 | 107 | 2.9 | 26 | 3 |
| Gene Foster | 38 | 78 | 2.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 28 | 71 | 2.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Jim Allison | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Kay Stephenson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gary Garrison | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Redman | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 417 | 1715 | 4.1 | 80t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 441 | 1553 | 3.5 | 52 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hadl | 427 | 217 | 50.8 | 188 | 3365 | 7.9 | 15.5 | 72t | 24 | 5.6 | 22 | 5.2 | 9 | 91 | 3274 | 74.5 |
| Kay Stephenson | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 13 | 117 | 4.5 | 10.6 | 21 | 2 | 7.7 | 2 | 7.7 | 1 | 7 | 110 | 49.7 |
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 118.8 |
| Dickie Post | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 5 | 9 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Lance Alworth | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Gene Foster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Bud Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 463 | 230 | 49.7 | 209 | 3517 | 7.6 | 15.3 | 72t | 26 | 5.6 | 24 | 5.2 | 11 | 107 | 3410 | 72.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 464 | 230 | 49.6 | 221 | 3455 | 7.4 | 15.0 | 75t | 26 | 5.6 | 13 | 2.8 | 31 | 303 | 3152 | 81.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Frazier | 57 | 922 | 16.2 | 72t | 10 |
| Lance Alworth | 52 | 1010 | 19.4 | 71t | 9 |
| Gary Garrison | 44 | 772 | 17.5 | 62 | 2 |
| Dickie Post | 32 | 278 | 8.7 | 66t | 1 |
| Brad Hubbert | 19 | 214 | 11.3 | 48 | 2 |
| Gene Foster | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 7 | 176 | 25.1 | 71 | 2 |
| Steve Newell | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 230 | 3517 | 15.3 | 72t | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 230 | 3455 | 15.0 | 75t | 26 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Beauchamp | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Speedy Duncan | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 100t | 1 |
| Kenny Graham | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 68t | 1 |
| Rick Redman | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Chuck Allen | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bernie Erickson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Tolbert | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 274 | 21.1 | 100t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 329 | 13.7 | 40t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Redman | 58 | 2147 | 37.0 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Olie Cordill | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Hadl | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 35.0 | |
| Team Totals | 63 | 2362 | 37.5 | 56 | 0 | 224 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 3252 | 45.2 | 72 | 0 | 6 | 480 | 2652 | 36.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speedy Duncan | 36 | 6 | 434 | 12.1 | 50 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 3 | 4 | 46 | 15.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 39 | 12 | 480 | 12.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 19 | 224 | 10.7 | 78 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickie Post | 15 | 371 | 24.7 | 50 | 0 | |
| Jim Tolbert | 18 | 441 | 24.5 | 45 | 0 | |
| Speedy Duncan | 9 | 231 | 25.7 | 60 | 0 | |
| Paul Lowe | 8 | 145 | 18.1 | 29 | 0 | |
| Russ Smith | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bernie Erickson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 1239 | 22.9 | 60 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 1506 | 23.9 | 82 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Appleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Johnny Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Buncom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve DeLong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 1 | |
| Gene Foster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Frazier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Hubbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howard Kindig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dickie Post | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Redman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Ridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Staggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Tolbert | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 0 |
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