1961 San Diego Chargers (AFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 12-2-0 .857 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/24/1961 | H | Houston Oilers | 3-10 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 29556 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ernie Barnes | 61 | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | North Carolina Central | 1 | 1 |
| George Blair | 39 | DB | 5-11 | 194 | 23 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Enis | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 192 | 25 | Texas Christian | 1 | 0 |
| Earl Faison | 86 | LDE | 6-5 | 263 | 22 | Indiana | 1 | 1 |
| Orlando Ferrante | 68 | OG | 6-0 | 230 | 29 | Southern California | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Flowers | 41 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 |
| Claude Gibson | 25 | LCB | 6-1 | 191 | 22 | North Carolina State | 1 | 1 |
| Dick Harris | 36 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | McNeese State | 1 | 1 |
| Luther Hayes | 24 | OE | 6-4 | 202 | 22 | Southern California | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Hudson | 79 | RDT | 6-4 | 267 | 26 | Clemson | 1 | 1 |
| Emil Karas | 56 | MLB | 6-3 | 230 | 28 | Dayton | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Kemp | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 26 | Occidental | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Kocourek | 83 | TE | 6-5 | 237 | 24 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 |
| Ernie Ladd | 77 | DT | 6-9 | 302 | 23 | Grambling State | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Laraba | 53 | RLB | 6-3 | 195 | 28 | Texas-El Paso | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Lincoln | 22 | FB | 6-2 | 212 | 22 | Washington State | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Lowe | 23 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Compton JC; Oregon State | 1 | 1 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 89 | OE | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Colgate | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Maguire | 84 | LB | 6-0 | 224 | 23 | The Citadel | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie McNeil | 27 | LS | 5-11 | 179 | 25 | Compton JC | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Mix | 74 | ROG | 6-4 | 249 | 23 | Southern California | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Nery | 80 | RDE | 6-6 | 236 | 27 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 |
| Don Norton | 88 | SE | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Iowa | 1 | 1 |
| Sherman Plunkett | 70 | ROT | 6-4 | 290 | 28 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Roberson | 26 | HB | 6-1 | 192 | 26 | Cornell | 1 | 0 |
| Don Rogers | 52 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 46 | FL | 5-11 | 194 | 22 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 |
| Maury Schleicher | 81 | LLB | 6-3 | 238 | 24 | Penn State | 1 | 1 |
| Hank Schmidt | 76 | LDT | 6-4 | 258 | 26 | East Los Angeles JC; Southern California; Trinity (Texas) | 1 | 1 |
| Gene Selawski | 78 | OT | 6-4 | 252 | 26 | Purdue | 1 | 0 |
| Bud Whitehead | 47 | DB | 6-0 | 184 | 22 | Florida State | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Wright | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 268 | 22 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Zeman | 34 | RS | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | / % | / % | 10 | 106 | |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | / % | / % | 5 | 68 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blair | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Roberson | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Keith Lincoln | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 79 | 4.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 96 | 2.9 | 22 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 11 | 226 | 7.1 | 13.3 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12.5 | 6 | 49 | 177 | 36.2 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 11 | 226 | 7.1 | 13.3 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12.5 | 6 | 49 | 177 | 36.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 18 | 43.9 | 17 | 160 | 3.9 | 8.9 | 35t | 1 | 2.4 | 6 | 14.6 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 23.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Kocourek | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Don Norton | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Flowers | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Bo Roberson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Luther Hayes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 17 | 226 | 13.3 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 160 | 8.9 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Whitehead | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Charlie McNeil | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Zeman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Maguire | 6 | 200 | 33.3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 6 | 200 | 33.3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 53 | 0 | 16 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Bo Roberson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6.0 | 49.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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