1963 San Diego Chargers (AFL)

1st place Western Division 11-3-0 .786

Walt Hackett	Defensive Line
Joe Madro	Offensive Line
Chuck Noll	Defensive Backs
Hugh Taylor	Offense

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/3/1963	H	Kansas City Chiefs	26-14	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	25862
Sat	8/10/1963	H	Boston Patriots	50-17	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	16427
Sat	8/17/1963	A	Denver Broncos	25-31	L	Denver, CO	University of Denver Stadium	11135
Thu	8/22/1963	A	Houston Oilers	21-3	W	Houston, TX	Jeppesen Stadium	23635
Sat	8/31/1963	H	Oakland Raiders	13-3	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	17517
Sun	9/8/1963	H	Buffalo Bills	14-10	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	22344
Sat	9/14/1963	H	Boston Patriots	17-13	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	26097
Sun	9/29/1963	H	Kansas City Chiefs	24-10	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	22654
Sun	10/6/1963	A	Denver Broncos	34-50	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	18428
Sun	10/13/1963	H	New York Jets	24-20	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	27189
Sun	10/20/1963	A	Kansas City Chiefs	38-17	W	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	30107
Sun	10/27/1963	H	Oakland Raiders	33-34	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	30182
Sat	11/2/1963	A	New York Jets	53-7	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	18336
Sun	11/10/1963	A	Boston Patriots	7-6	W	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	28402
Sun	11/17/1963	A	Buffalo Bills	23-13	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	38593
Sun	12/1/1963	H	Houston Oilers	27-0	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	31713
Sun	12/8/1963	A	Oakland Raiders	27-41	L	Oakland, CA	Frank Youell Field	20249
Sun	12/15/1963	A	Houston Oilers	20-14	W	Houston, TX	Jeppesen Stadium	18540
Sun	12/22/1963	H	Denver Broncos	58-20	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	31312
League Championship
Sun	1/5/1964	H	Boston Patriots	51-10	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	30127

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Game Score Notes
12/22/1963	Denver Broncos	Postponed from 11/24

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
50	Chuck Allen	MLB	6-1	224	24	Washington	14	14
19	Lance Alworth	FL	6-0	182	23	Arkansas	14	14
39	George Blair	LS	5-11	194	25	Mississippi	14	14
55	Frank Buncom	RLB	6-1	236	24	East Los Angeles JC; Southern California	14	2
89	Reg Carolan	SE	6-6	235	24	Idaho	4	0
60	Sam DeLuca	LOG	6-2	247	27	South Carolina	14	7
86	Earl Faison	LDE	6-5	263	24	Indiana	14	12
43	Gary Glick	RS-RCB	6-2	195	33	Colorado State	6	3
79	George Gross	RDT	6-3	260	22	Auburn	14	14
65	Sam Gruneisen	LOG	6-1	248	22	Villanova	7	7
21	John Hadl	QB	6-1	213	23	Kansas	14	0
36	Dick Harris	LCB-RCB-RS	6-0	185	26	McNeese State	14	7
40	Bobby Jackson	FB	6-3	232	23	Riverside CC; New Mexico State	12	0
56	Emil Karas	LLB	6-3	230	30	Dayton	14	12
24	Keith Kinderman	S	6-0	213	23	Iowa; Florida State	3	0
83	Dave Kocourek	TE	6-5	237	26	Wisconsin	14	14
77	Ernie Ladd	LDT	6-9	302	25	Grambling State	14	1
57	Bobby Lane	LLB	6-2	222	24	Cerritos JC; Baylor	7	1
22	Keith Lincoln	FB-HB	6-2	212	24	Washington State	14	14
23	Paul Lowe	HB	6-0	200	27	Compton JC; Oregon State	14	12
38	Jacque MacKinnon	TE	6-4	245	25	Colgate	14	0
84	Paul Maguire	RLB-P	6-0	224	25	The Citadel	14	6
20	Gerry McDougall	FB	6-2	225	28	Long Beach CC;UCLA	14	0
27	Charlie McNeil	RS	5-11	179	27	Compton JC	10	7
82	Bob Mitinger	LLB-LDE-RLB	6-2	232	23	Penn State	14	3
74	Ron Mix	ROT	6-4	249	25	Southern California	14	14
88	Don Norton	SE	6-1	190	25	Iowa	7	7
61	Ernie Park	LOR-ROT-OG	6-3	247	23	McMurry	7	0
85	Bob Petrich	RDE	6-4	253	22	Los Angeles Valley JC; West Texas A&M	14	14
29	Jerry Robinson	SE	5-11	195	24	Grambling State	14	7
52	Don Rogers	C	6-2	245	27	South Carolina	14	14
18	Tobin Rote	QB	6-3	211	35	Rice	14	14
76	Hank Schmidt	LDT-LDE	6-4	258	28	East Los Angeles JC; Southern California; Trinity (Texas)	14	14
64	Pat Shea	ROG	6-1	241	24	San Diego CC; Southern California	14	14
78	Walt Sweeney	OT-LOG-ROG	6-3	256	22	Syracuse	14	0
25	Dick Westmoreland	RCB	6-1	191	22	North Carolina A&T State	14	12
47	Bud Whitehead	LCB-RS	6-0	184	24	Florida State	14	13
75	Ernie Wright	LOT	6-4	268	24	Ohio State	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Walt Sweeney	E	Syracuse
2	10	Rufus Guthrie	G	Georgia Tech
3	17	Dave Robinson	E	Penn State
3	18	Keith Kinderman	HB	Florida State
4	26	Roy Williams	T	Pacific
5	34	Larry Glueck	HB	Villanova
6	42	Pat Emerick	LB	Western Michigan
8	58	Gene Heeter	E	West Virginia
9	66	Steve Barnett	T	Oregon
10	74	Don Scott	T	Tampa
11	82	Bob Petrich	T	West Texas A&M
12	90	Terry Baker	QB	Oregon State
13	98	Chuck Walton	G	Iowa State
14	106	Frank Lasky	T	Florida
14	107	Hatch Rosdahl	G	Penn State
14	109	Jack Cvercko	G	Northwestern
15	114	Mike Fracchia	HB	Alabama
16	122	Gene Breen	LB	Virginia Tech
17	130	Dick Drummond	HB	George Washington
19	146	Ernie Park	T	McMurry
20	154	Buddy Soefker	LB	Louisiana State
21	162	Dan Points	T	Cincinnati
22	170	Roger Gill	HB	Texas Tech
23	178	Paul Watters	T	Miami (Ohio)
24	186	Bill Frank	T	Colorado
25	194	Jerry Mazzanti	T	Arkansas
26	202	Kenny Dill	C	Mississippi
27	210	Harry Butsko	G	Maryland
28	218	Steve Berzansky	FB	West Virginia
29	226	Herman Hamp	HB	Fresno State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	81	128	85	105
Opponents Totals	37	71	41	106

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		250	112	124	14	/ %	/ %	77	773
Opponents Totals		239	85	133	21	/ %	/ %	69	784

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
George Blair	0	44	48	91.7	0	0	17	28	60.7	95
Lance Alworth	11	0	0		0	0	0	0		66
Paul Lowe	10	0	0		0	0	0	0		60
Keith Lincoln	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		48
Dave Kocourek	5	0	0		1	1	0	0		32
Bobby Jackson	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Jacque MacKinnon	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Jerry Robinson	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Tobin Rote	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Chuck Allen	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Dick Harris	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Gerry McDougall	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Don Norton	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Earl Faison	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		2
Team Totals	50	44	48	91.7	2	2	17	28	60.7	399
Opponents Totals	28	27	27	100.0	0	1	20	37	54.1	255

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
George Blair	17	28	60.7	5/8	6/7	4/7	2/6	0/0
Team Totals	17	28	60.7	5/8	6/7	4/7	2/6	0/0
Opponents Totals	20	37	54.1	5/	4/	9/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Lowe	177	1010	5.7	66t	8
Keith Lincoln	128	826	6.5	76t	5
Gerry McDougall	38	199	5.2	22	1
Bobby Jackson	18	64	3.6	14t	4
Tobin Rote	24	62	2.6	15	2
John Hadl	8	26	3.3	33	0
Lance Alworth	2	14	7.0	21	0
Team Totals	395	2201	5.6	76t	20
Opponents Totals	379	1443	3.8	41	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Tobin Rote	286	170	59.4	99	2510	8.8	14.8	85t	20	7.0	17	5.9				86.7
John Hadl	64	28	43.8	30	502	7.8	17.9	69t	6	9.4	6	9.4				63.4
Paul Lowe	4	2	50.0	1	100	25.0	50.0	71t	1	25.0	1	25.0				95.8
Don Norton	1	1	100.0	0	15	15.0	15.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0				118.8
Gerry McDougall	1	1	100.0	0	11	11.0	11.0	11t	1	100.0	0	0.0				152.1
Keith Lincoln	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	357	202	56.6	131	3138	8.8	15.5	85t	28	7.8	24	6.7	20	188	2950	84.0
Opponents Totals	472	232	49.2	211	2976	6.3	12.8	73t	17	3.6	29	6.1	31	283	2693	55.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lance Alworth	61	1205	19.8	85t	11
Paul Lowe	26	191	7.3	31t	2
Keith Lincoln	24	325	13.5	39t	3
Dave Kocourek	23	359	15.6	35t	5
Don Norton	21	281	13.4	36	1
Jerry Robinson	18	315	17.5	71t	2
Jacque MacKinnon	11	262	23.8	69t	4
Gerry McDougall	10	115	11.5	26	0
Bobby Jackson	8	85	10.6	26	0
Team Totals	202	3138	15.5	85t	28
Opponents Totals	232	2976	12.8	73t	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Harris	8	83	10.4	22t	1
Chuck Allen	5	37	7.4	26	0
Paul Maguire	4	47	11.8	38	0
Charlie McNeil	4	40	10.0	21	0
Bob Mitinger	3	26	8.7	18	0
Emil Karas	2	30	15.0	30	0
George Blair	1	40	40.0	40	0
Gary Glick	1	13	13.0	13	0
Bud Whitehead	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	29	316	10.9	40	1
Opponents Totals	24	357	14.9	48	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Paul Maguire	58	2241	38.6	60	0	6	6	195	1926	33.2
John Hadl	2	75	37.5	38	0			0
Team Totals	60	2316	38.6	60	0			195
Opponents Totals	50	2185	43.7	72	1			261

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Lance Alworth	11	120	10.9	61
Keith Lincoln	7	98	14.0	47
Dick Harris	4	43	10.8	23
Team Totals	22	261	11.9	61
Opponents Totals	21	195	9.3	28

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Keith Lincoln	17	439	25.8	44
Lance Alworth	10	216	21.6	34
Dick Westmoreland	10	204	20.4	26
Paul Lowe	5	132	26.4	41
Gerry McDougall	3	77	25.7	26
Dick Harris	2	34	17.0	27
Jerry Robinson	2	27	13.5	20
Walt Sweeney	1	18	18.0	18
Bobby Jackson	1	16	16.0	16
Paul Maguire	1	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	52	1168	22.5	44
Opponents Totals	76	1715	22.6	71

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Chuck Allen	0	0				1
Bobby Jackson	1					0
Keith Lincoln	5					0
Paul Lowe	7					0
Gerry McDougall	1					0
Tobin Rote	2					0
Team Totals	16	12	4	16	20	1
Opponents Totals	21	16	5	12	17	0