| San Diego Chargers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: November 17, 1968 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 27993 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 36 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Jacque MacKinnon 18 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bruce Alford 25 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Jacque MacKinnon 62 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dickie Post 12 run (Dennis Partee kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bruce Alford 16 FG | 21 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | SE | Gary Garrison |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 73 | LOG | Larry Little |
| 65 | C | Sam Gruneisen |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 74 | ROT | Ron Mix |
| 38 | TE | Jacque MacKinnon |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 22 | HB | Dickie Post |
| 19 | FL | Lance Alworth |
| 20 | FB | Russ Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Houston Ridge |
| 85 | LDT | Russ Washington |
| 70 | RDT | Scott Appleton |
| 82 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 81 | LLB | Jeff Staggs |
| 61 | MLB | Jim Fetherston |
| 58 | RLB | Tom Erlandson |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 33 | LS | Kenny Graham |
| 40 | RS | Joe Beauchamp |
| 45 | RCB | Speedy Duncan |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Richard Trapp |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 63 | ROG | George Flint |
| 62 | ROT | Dick Cunningham |
| 82 | TE | Paul Costa |
| 10 | QB | Dan Darragh |
| 22 | HB | Max Anderson |
| 25 | FL | Haven Moses |
| 36 | FB | Bob Cappadona |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 70 | LDT | Tom Sestak |
| 78 | RDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 89 | RDE | Tom Day |
| 59 | LLB | Paul Guidry |
| 64 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 24 | LCB | Booker Edgerson |
| 48 | LS | John Pitts |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 42 | RCB | Butch Byrd |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dickie Post | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Russ Smith | 12 | 9 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Max Anderson | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Cappadona | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gary McDermott | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 3 | 223 | 10.1 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 76.7 |
| Russ Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dan Darragh | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 0 | 38 | 1.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 1 | 35 | 2.3 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 25.7 |
| Benny Russell | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jacque MacKinnon | 3 | 103 | 34.3 | 62t | 2 |
| Gary Garrison | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Dickie Post | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Max Anderson | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Cappadona | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Gary McDermott | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Crockett | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Richard Trapp | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Kenny Graham | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Guidry | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Pitts | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ron McDole | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 10 | 343 | 34.3 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Allison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Hagood Clarke | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Jim Allison | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Paul Costa | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Max Anderson | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Monte Ledbetter | 0 | 18 | 18L | 0 | ||
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