1969 San Diego Chargers (AFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 8-6-0 .571 |
| Head Coach: Sid Gillman (4-5-0); Charlie Waller (4-1-0) |
| Joe Madro | Offensive Line |
| Bum Phillips | Defensive Coordinator |
| Jacki Simpson | Linebackers |
| Charlie Waller | Offensive Backs |
| Chuck Weber | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/2/1969 | H | Baltimore Colts | 6-26 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 51171 | |
| Sat | 8/9/1969 | H | New Orleans Saints | 10-7 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 31683 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | H | Oakland Raiders | 10-7 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 35940 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1969 | H | Cleveland Browns | 19-19 | T | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 36005 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 14-24 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 53071 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1969 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 9-27 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 47988 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 20-34 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 26243 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | H | New York Jets | 34-27 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 54042 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1969 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 21-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 52748 | |
| Sat | 10/11/1969 | A | Miami Dolphins | 21-14 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 34585 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1969 | A | Boston Patriots | 13-10 | W | Boston, MA | Boston College Alumni Stadium | 18346 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | H | Oakland Raiders | 12-24 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 54008 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | A | Denver Broncos | 0-13 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 45511 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 3-27 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 51104 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | A | Oakland Raiders | 16-21 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 54372 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | H | Denver Broncos | 45-24 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 34664 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1969 | A | Houston Oilers | 21-17 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 40065 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1969 | H | Boston Patriots | 28-18 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 33146 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1969 | H | Buffalo Bills | 45-6 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 47582 | |
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 | LB | 6-1 | 224 | 30 | Washington | 14 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 19 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 29 | Arkansas | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Barnes | 59 | RLB | 6-2 | 243 | 24 | Southern University | 13 | 10 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 40 | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Northwestern JC; Iowa State | 14 | 5 |
| Ron Billingsley | 86 | RDT | 6-8 | 278 | 24 | Wyoming | 9 | 8 |
| Bob Briggs | 88 | LDE | 6-4 | 265 | 24 | Heidelberg | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Bruggers | 56 | RLB-LLB | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Minnesota | 12 | 6 |
| Jimmy Campbell | 53 | LB | 6-2 | 226 | 23 | West Texas A&M | 1 | 0 |
| Levert Carr | 71 | DE | 6-5 | 258 | 25 | Independence CC; North Central | 7 | 0 |
| Steve DeLong | 82 | RDE | 6-3 | 251 | 26 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Marty Domres | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 219 | 22 | Columbia | 10 | 4 |
| Speedy Duncan | 45 | RCB | 5-10 | 176 | 27 | Jackson State | 14 | 10 |
| Rick Eber | 49 | WR | 6-0 | 181 | 24 | El Camino JC; Tulsa | 5 | 1 |
| Dick Farley | 33 | S | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Boston University | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Ferguson | 75 | ROT | 6-8 | 300 | 22 | Norfolk State | 12 | 7 |
| Jim Fetherston | 61 | RLB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | California | 14 | 1 |
| Gene Foster | 37 | RB | 5-11 | 214 | 27 | Arizona State | 13 | 5 |
| Willie Frazier | 83 | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 27 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 11 | 7 |
| Gary Garrison | 27 | WR | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | Long Beach CC; San Diego State | 10 | 10 |
| Kenny Graham | 33 | LS | 6-0 | 201 | 28 | Sacramento CC; Washington State | 14 | 14 |
| Sam Gruneisen | 65 | C | 6-1 | 248 | 28 | Villanova | 14 | 14 |
| John Hadl | 21 | QB | 6-1 | 213 | 29 | Kansas | 14 | 10 |
| Jim Hill | 39 | RS | 6-2 | 191 | 23 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Howard | 24 | LCB | 6-1 | 184 | 25 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego State | 14 | 13 |
| Brad Hubbert | 26 | RB | 6-1 | 230 | 28 | Arizona | 14 | 10 |
| Gene Huey | 38 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Wyoming | 4 | 0 |
| Gary Kirner | 72 | OG | 6-3 | 238 | 27 | Santa Monica JC; Southern California | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Lenkaitis | 51 | LOG | 6-3 | 260 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 9 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 38 | TE | 6-4 | 245 | 31 | Colgate | 7 | 5 |
| Pete Mikolajewski | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Kent State | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Mix | 74 | ROT | 6-4 | 249 | 31 | Southern California | 8 | 8 |
| Terry Owens | 76 | LOT | 6-6 | 263 | 25 | Alabama; Jacksonville State | 14 | 13 |
| Dennis Partee | 29 | P-K | 6-2 | 218 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 0 |
| Dickie Post | 22 | RB | 5-9 | 190 | 24 | Houston | 14 | 11 |
| Jeff Queen | 47 | TE-RB | 6-1 | 221 | 23 | Morgan State | 14 | 2 |
| Rick Redman | 68 | MLB | 6-0 | 225 | 26 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Rentz | 48 | WR | 6-1 | 162 | 22 | Florida | 2 | 0 |
| Houston Ridge | 80 | RDT | 6-4 | 239 | 25 | Reedley JC; San Diego State | 5 | 5 |
| Dan Sartin | 52 | LDT-RDT | 6-1 | 245 | 23 | Mississippi | 13 | 2 |
| Ron Sayers | 31 | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Nebraska-Omaha | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Schmedding | 64 | LOG | 6-2 | 251 | 23 | San Mateo JC; Weber State | 14 | 5 |
| Russ Smith | 20 | RB-WR | 6-1 | 214 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 4 |
| Jeff Staggs | 81 | LLB | 6-2 | 242 | 25 | Brigham Young; San Diego CC; San Diego State | 13 | 11 |
| Walt Sweeney | 78 | ROG | 6-3 | 256 | 28 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Tolbert | 43 | CB | 6-3 | 205 | 25 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 3 | 0 |
| Richard Trapp | 44 | WR | 6-1 | 175 | 23 | Florida | 8 | 2 |
| Russ Washington | 85 | LDT | 6-6 | 295 | 23 | Missouri | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Wells | 77 | LOT | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Johnson C. Smith | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Marty Domres | QB | Columbia |
| 1 | 18 | Bob Babich | LB | Miami (Ohio) |
| 2 | 44 | Ron Sayers | RB | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 3 | 70 | Gene Ferguson | T | Norfolk State |
| 5 | 122 | Harry Orszulak | FL | Pittsburgh |
| 6 | 147 | Terry Swarn | FL | Colorado State |
| 8 | 200 | Craig Cotton | FL | Youngstown State |
| 9 | 226 | Joe Williams | DB | Southern University |
| 10 | 251 | Dave Arnold | G | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 11 | 278 | Willie Norwood | TE | Alcorn State |
| 12 | 304 | Jim White | RB | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 13 | 330 | Mike Simpson | DB | Houston |
| 14 | 356 | Bill Ackman | DT | New Mexico State |
| 15 | 382 | Charlie Jarvis | RB | Army |
| 16 | 408 | Willie Davenport | FL | Southern University |
| 17 | 434 | Larry Rentz | DB | Florida |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 57 | 92 | 71 | 68 | 288 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 84 | 75 | 72 | 276 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:00 | 275 | 119 | 131 | 25 | / % | / % | 63 | 731 |
| Opponents Totals | 30:00 | 232 | 71 | 148 | 13 | / % | / % | 71 | 791 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Partee | 0 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 0 | 78 |
| Gary Garrison | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Dickie Post | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Lance Alworth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Marty Domres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Brad Hubbert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Kenny Graham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Hadl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Russ Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Briggs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rick Eber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gene Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 0 | 288 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 0 | 276 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Partee | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 3 | 50 | 4/4 | 5/8 | 3/9 | 2/5 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 3 | 50 | 4/4 | 5/8 | 3/9 | 2/5 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5/7 | 3/8 | 0/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickie Post | 182 | 873 | 4.8 | 60 | 6 |
| Brad Hubbert | 94 | 333 | 3.5 | 24 | 4 |
| Gene Foster | 64 | 236 | 3.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 51 | 211 | 4.1 | 16 | 2 |
| Marty Domres | 19 | 145 | 7.6 | 22 | 4 |
| John Hadl | 26 | 109 | 4.2 | 17 | 2 |
| Ron Sayers | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 455 | 1985 | 4.4 | 60 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 366 | 1442 | 3.9 | 49 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hadl | 324 | 158 | 48.8 | 155 | 2253 | 7.0 | 14.3 | 76t | 10 | 3.1 | 11 | 3.4 | 18 | 190 | 2063 | 67.8 |
| Marty Domres | 112 | 47 | 42.0 | 55 | 631 | 5.6 | 13.4 | 55 | 2 | 1.8 | 10 | 8.9 | 14 | 101 | 530 | 29.3 |
| Gene Foster | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 3 | 39 | 7.8 | 19.5 | 30t | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 107.5 |
| Dickie Post | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56.3 |
| Brad Hubbert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Pete Mikolajewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -10 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 444 | 208 | 46.8 | 215 | 2927 | 6.6 | 14.1 | 76t | 13 | 2.9 | 21 | 4.7 | 33 | 301 | 2626 | 58.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 423 | 241 | 57.0 | 151 | 3075 | 7.3 | 12.8 | 80t | 22 | 5.2 | 31 | 7.3 | 35 | 280 | 2795 | 66.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Alworth | 64 | 1003 | 15.7 | 76t | 4 |
| Gary Garrison | 40 | 804 | 20.1 | 50 | 7 |
| Dickie Post | 24 | 235 | 9.8 | 46 | 0 |
| Willie Frazier | 17 | 205 | 12.1 | 50 | 0 |
| Gene Foster | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 28 | 1 |
| Brad Hubbert | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Jeff Queen | 10 | 148 | 14.8 | 42 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 10 | 144 | 14.4 | 55 | 0 |
| Rick Eber | 9 | 141 | 15.7 | 43 | 1 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Richard Trapp | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 208 | 2927 | 14.1 | 76t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 241 | 3075 | 12.8 | 80t | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hill | 7 | 92 | 13.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Speedy Duncan | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 72t | 1 |
| Bobby Howard | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Pete Barnes | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 4 | 112 | 28.0 | 65t | 2 |
| Bob Bruggers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rick Redman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 444 | 14.3 | 72t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 265 | 12.6 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Partee | 71 | 3169 | 44.6 | 62 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 291 | 2718 | 38.3 |
| Team Totals | 71 | 3169 | 44.6 | 62 | 0 | 8 | 291 | 2718 | 38.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 3059 | 40.3 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 300 | 2739 | 36.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speedy Duncan | 27 | 7 | 280 | 10.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 3 | 24 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Richard Trapp | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 32 | 300 | 9.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 7 | 291 | 9.7 | 45 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speedy Duncan | 21 | 587 | 28.0 | 52 | 0 | |
| Russ Smith | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Dickie Post | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jim Fetherston | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Sayers | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Gene Foster | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Briggs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Huey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 842 | 21.6 | 52 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1238 | 23.4 | 38 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Briggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Marty Domres | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Speedy Duncan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Foster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Garrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Graham | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Hadl | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 | |
| Jim Hill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Hubbert | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Mikolajewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dickie Post | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Redman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Sayers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Staggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 1 |
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