| San Diego Chargers at New York Jets Game Statistics | 
| Date: October 8, 1966 Location: New York, NY | 
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 63497 | 
| Weather: Clear Temp: 65 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 8 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | NYJ | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dick Van Raaphorst 14 FG | 3 | 0 | 
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Matt Snell 27 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 3 | 7 | 
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dick Van Raaphorst 17 FG | 6 | 7 | 
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 33 FG | 6 | 10 | 
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dick Van Raaphorst 42 FG | 9 | 10 | 
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Keith Lincoln 67 pass from John Hadl (Dick Van Raaphorst kick) | 16 | 10 | 
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 8 run (Jim Turner kick) | 16 | 17 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Don Norton | 
| 72 | LOT | Gary Kirner | 
| 60 | LOG | Ed Mitchell | 
| 65 | C | Sam Gruneisen | 
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney | 
| 74 | ROT | Ron Mix | 
| 38 | TE | Jacque MacKinnon | 
| 13 | QB | Steve Tensi | 
| 23 | HB | Paul Lowe | 
| 19 | FL | Lance Alworth | 
| 37 | FB | Gene Foster | 
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Howard Kindig | 
| 77 | LDT | Jim Griffin | 
| 56 | RDT | Steve DeLong | 
| 85 | RDE | Bob Petrich | 
| 66 | LLB | Rick Redman | 
| 50 | MLB | Chuck Allen | 
| 55 | RLB | Frank Buncom | 
| 20 | LCB | Miller Farr | 
| 33 | LS | Kenny Graham | 
| 47 | RS | Bud Whitehead | 
| 45 | RCB | Speedy Duncan | 
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | George Sauer | 
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill | 
| 65 | LOG | Sam DeLuca | 
| 52 | C | John Schmitt | 
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman | 
| 79 | ROT | Sherman Plunkett | 
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons | 
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath | 
| 31 | HB | Bill Mathis | 
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard | 
| 41 | FB | Matt Snell | 
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin | 
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester | 
| 78 | RDT | Jim Harris | 
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs | 
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker | 
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson | 
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham | 
| 24 | LCB | Johnny Sample | 
| 25 | LS | Ray Abruzzese | 
| 40 | RS | Dainard Paulson | 
| 46 | RCB | Billy Baird | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gene Foster | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 28 | 0 | 
| Paul Lowe | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 | 
| Keith Lincoln | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 | 
| John Hadl | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 12 | 0 | 
| Jim Allison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 20 | 0 | 
| Bill Mathis | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 6 | 0 | 
| Emerson Boozer | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 8t | 1 | 
| Joe Namath | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 41 | 22 | 53.7 | 0 | 331 | 8.1 | 67t | 1 | 88.6 | ||
| Steve Tensi | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 45 | 4.5 | 32 | 0 | 6.2 | ||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 3 | 129 | 5.9 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lance Alworth | 10 | 149 | 14.9 | 31 | 0 | 
| Jacque MacKinnon | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 32 | 0 | 
| Keith Lincoln | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 67t | 1 | 
| Gary Garrison | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 30 | 0 | 
| Gene Foster | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 | 
| Don Norton | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bill Mathis | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 44 | 0 | 
| George Sauer | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 | 
| Pete Lammons | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Matt Snell | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 17t | 1 | 
| Don Maynard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Miller Farr | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 
| Kenny Graham | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| Al Atkinson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rick Redman | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 48 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 6 | 275 | 45.8 | 60 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Speedy Duncan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bake Turner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Dave Plump | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bake Turner | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Sherman Lewis | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
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