1965 San Diego Chargers (AFL)

1st place Western Division 9-2-3 .818

Tom Bass	Offensive Backs
Walt Hackett	Defensive Line
Joe Madro	Offensive Line
Chuck Noll	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/7/1965	H	Oakland Raiders	3-10	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	27168
Sun	8/15/1965	A	Kansas City Chiefs	31-10	W	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	13132
Sat	8/21/1965	A	Denver Broncos	21-6	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	18913
Sat	8/28/1965	N	Oakland Raiders	46-17	W	Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	15234
Sat	9/4/1965	N	Houston Oilers	10-13	L	Little Rock, AR	War Memorial Stadium	17000
Sat	9/11/1965	H	Denver Broncos	34-31	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	27022
Sun	9/19/1965	A	Oakland Raiders	17-6	W	Oakland, CA	Frank Youell Field	21406
Sun	9/26/1965	H	Kansas City Chiefs	10-10	T	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	28126
Sun	10/3/1965	H	Houston Oilers	31-14	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	28190
Sun	10/10/1965	A	Buffalo Bills	34-3	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	45260
Sun	10/17/1965	A	Boston Patriots	13-13	T	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	20924
Sat	10/23/1965	A	New York Jets	34-9	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	59001
Sun	10/31/1965	H	Boston Patriots	6-22	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	33366
Sun	11/7/1965	A	Denver Broncos	35-21	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	33073
Sun	11/14/1965	A	Kansas City Chiefs	7-31	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	21968
Thu	11/25/1965	H	Buffalo Bills	20-20	T	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	27473
Sat	12/4/1965	H	New York Jets	38-7	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	32169
Sun	12/12/1965	A	Houston Oilers	37-26	W	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	24120
Sun	12/19/1965	H	Oakland Raiders	24-14	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	26056
League Championship
Sun	12/26/1965	H	Buffalo Bills	0-23	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	30361

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

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
50	Chuck Allen	MLB	6-1	224	26	Washington	14	13
32	Jim Allison	FB-P	6-0	220	22	El Camino JC; San Diego State	14	0
19	Lance Alworth	FL	6-0	182	25	Arkansas	14	14
15	Don Breaux	QB	6-1	203	25	McNeese State	14	0
55	Frank Buncom	RLB	6-1	236	26	East Los Angeles JC; Southern California	14	14
89	Ron Carpenter	MLB	6-2	228	24	Texas A&M	6	1
26	Kern Carson	SE	6-1	202	24	San Diego State	3	0
51	Dick Degen	LLB	6-1	222	23	Cerritos JC; Long Beach State	12	9
56	Steve DeLong	RDE	6-3	251	22	Tennessee	12	0
45	Speedy Duncan	RCB	5-10	176	23	Jackson State	14	14
86	Earl Faison	LDE	6-5	263	26	Indiana	14	14
20	Miller Farr	FL	6-1	190	22	Wichita State	3	0
62	John Farris	LOG	6-4	245	25	Cerritos JC; San Diego State	14	0
37	Gene Foster	FB-HB	5-11	214	23	Arizona State	14	8
33	Kenny Graham	LS	6-0	201	24	Sacramento CC; Washington State	14	14
79	George Gross	LDT	6-3	260	24	Auburn	14	14
65	Sam Gruneisen	C	6-1	248	24	Villanova	14	14
21	John Hadl	QB	6-1	213	25	Kansas	14	14
36	Dick Harris	LCB-RS	6-0	185	28	McNeese State	14	1
30	Bob Horton	LB	6-2	230	23	Boston University	12	0
24	Jack Jacobson	DB	6-2	200	24	Oklahoma State	3	0
87	Howard Kindig	LDE	6-6	260	24	Moberly JC; Los Angeles State	14	0
72	Gary Kirner	LOT	6-3	238	23	Santa Monica JC; Southern California	14	0
88	Dave Kocourek	TE	6-5	237	28	Wisconsin	14	13
77	Ernie Ladd	RDT	6-9	302	27	Grambling State	14	14
22	Keith Lincoln	FB-HB	6-2	212	26	Washington State	10	6
23	Paul Lowe	HB	6-0	200	29	Compton JC; Oregon State	14	14
38	Jacque MacKinnon	SE-TE	6-4	245	27	Colgate	14	3
60	Ed Mitchell	OG	6-2	275	23	Nebraska; Southern University	3	0
74	Ron Mix	ROT	6-4	249	27	Southern California	14	14
71	Fred Moore	DT	6-4	260	26	Oklahoma; Memphis	12	0
88	Don Norton	SE	6-1	190	27	Iowa	14	12
61	Ernie Park	LOG-OT	6-3	247	25	McMurry	14	6
85	Bob Petrich	RDE	6-4	253	24	Los Angeles Valley JC; West Texas A&M	14	14
66	Rick Redman	LLB-P	6-0	225	22	Washington	10	5
64	Pat Shea	ROG-LOG	6-1	241	26	San Diego CC; Southern California	8	8
78	Walt Sweeney	LOG-ROG	6-3	256	24	Syracuse	14	14
81	Sammie Taylor	SE	6-0	190	25	Grambling State	12	0
13	Steve Tensi	QB	6-5	214	23	Florida State	1	0
35	Herb Travenio	K	5-10	210	32	none	14	0
49	Jimmy Warren	LCB	5-10	178	26	Illinois	14	11
25	Dick Westmoreland	LCB	6-1	191	24	North Carolina A&T State	4	2
47	Bud Whitehead	RS	6-0	184	26	Florida State	14	12
75	Ernie Wright	LOT	6-4	268	26	Ohio State	14	14
34	Bob Zeman	RS	6-1	202	28	Wisconsin	14	2

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Steve DeLong	G	Tennessee
2	14	Roy Jefferson	E	Utah
3	22	Allen Brown	E	Mississippi
4	30	Steve Tensi	QB	Florida State
5	38	Rick Redman	LB	Washington
6	46	Willie Beasley	FB	North Carolina A&T State
7	54	Jack Snow	E	Notre Dame
8	62	Clancy Williams	HB	Washington State
9	70	Jerry Whelchel	QB	Massachusetts
10	78	Gene Foster	E	Arizona State
11	86	Veran Smith	G	Utah State
12	94	Jim Allison	FB	San Diego State
13	102	Bill Quigley	LB	Villanova
14	110	Don Floyd	E	Florida State
15	118	Mike Howell	DB	Grambling State
16	126	John Godden	LB	San Diego State
17	134	Leon Hardy	T	Texas Southern
18	142	Bobby Evans	T	Texas A&M
19	150	Braden Beck	K	Stanford
20	158	Jack Edwards	C	Florida State

DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Gary Garrison	E	San Diego State
2	14	Larry Martin	T	San Diego State
3	22	Stan Dzura	T-DE	California
4	30	Doug Woodlief	LB	Memphis
5	38	Jim Weatherwax	T	Los Angeles State
6	46	Tom Good	LB	Marshall
7	54	Wayne Waff	E	East Tennessee State
8	62	Roy Shivers	HB	Utah State
9	70	Tony Carey	HB	Notre Dame
10	78	Dave Plump	HB	Fresno State
11	86	Jeff White	E	Texas Tech
12	94	Mike Ciccolella	LB	Dayton

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	20	136	76	108
Opponents Totals	55	57	44	71

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		268	127	127	14	/ %	/ %	84	929
Opponents Totals		190	55	118	17	/ %	/ %	62	665

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Herb Travenio	0	40	40	100.0	0	18	30	60.0	0	94
Lance Alworth	14	0	0		0	0	0		0	84
Paul Lowe	8	0	0		0	0	0		0	48
Keith Lincoln	7	0	0		0	0	0		0	42
Speedy Duncan	2	0	0		0	0	0		0	12
Gene Foster	2	0	0		0	0	0		0	12
Dave Kocourek	2	0	0		0	0	0		0	12
Don Norton	2	0	0		0	0	0		0	12
Earl Faison	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Kenny Graham	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
John Hadl	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Bud Whitehead	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Don Breaux	0	0	0		1	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	41	40	40	100.0	1	18	30	60.0	0	340
Opponents Totals	25	25	25	100.0	0	16	34	47.1	2	227

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Herb Travenio	18	30	60.0	10/10	4/7	3/5	1/7	0/1
Team Totals	18	30	60.0	10/10	4/7	3/5	1/7	0/1
Opponents Totals	16	34	47.1	3/	5/	5/	3/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Lowe	222	1121	5.0	59t	7
Gene Foster	121	469	3.9	22	2
Keith Lincoln	74	302	4.1	24	3
Jim Allison	29	100	3.4	17	0
John Hadl	28	91	3.3	23	1
Jacque MacKinnon	3	17	5.7	9	0
Walt Sweeney	0	8		8L	0
Don Breaux	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Don Norton	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Pat Shea	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Lance Alworth	3	-12	-4.0	-1	0
Team Totals	485	2085	4.3	59t	13
Opponents Totals	306	1094	3.6	59	7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
John Hadl	348	174	50.0	153	2798	8.0	16.1	85t	20	5.7	21	6.0				71.3
Don Breaux	43	22	51.2	17	404	9.4	18.4	66t	2	4.7	4	9.3				60.6
Paul Lowe	4	3	75.0	1	81	20.3	27.0	42	0	0.0	0	0.0				116.7
Keith Lincoln	3	2	66.7	0	65	21.7	32.5	34t	1	33.3	1	33.3				109.7
Gene Foster	3	2	66.7	1	31	10.3	15.5	21	0	0.0	0	0.0				100.7
Team Totals	401	203	50.6	172	3379	8.4	16.6	85t	23	5.7	26	6.5	27	276	3103	71.5
Opponents Totals	474	206	43.5	240	2480	5.2	12.0	73t	17	3.6	28	5.9	38	312	2168	47.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lance Alworth	69	1602	23.2	85t	14
Don Norton	34	485	14.3	61	2
Dave Kocourek	28	363	13.0	29	2
Keith Lincoln	23	376	16.3	66t	4
Gene Foster	17	199	11.7	23	0
Paul Lowe	17	126	7.4	45t	1
Jim Allison	8	109	13.6	44	0
Jacque MacKinnon	6	106	17.7	38	0
Sammie Taylor	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	203	3379	16.6	85t	23
Opponents Totals	206	2480	12.0	73t	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bud Whitehead	7	127	18.1	35t	1
Kenny Graham	5	108	21.6	51t	1
Jimmy Warren	5	43	8.6	26	0
Speedy Duncan	4	30	7.5	26	0
Dick Degen	2	6	3.0	6	0
Dick Westmoreland	1	28	28.0	28	0
Earl Faison	1	24	24.0	24t	1
Rick Redman	1	11	11.0	11	0
Chuck Allen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dick Harris	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	377	13.5	51t	3
Opponents Totals	26	451	17.3	65t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John Hadl	38	1544	40.6	65	0	3	12
Rick Redman	29	1145	39.5	59	0	0
Jim Allison	2	72	36.0	39	0	0		0	72	36.0
Bud Whitehead	1	40	40.0	40	0	0		0	40	40.0
Team Totals	70	2801	40.0	65	0	3		242	2499	35.7
Opponents Totals	80	3472	43.4	70	1	0		508	2964	37.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Speedy Duncan	30	464	15.5	66t	2
Kenny Graham	5	36	7.2	12	0
Dick Harris	3	8	2.7	7	0
Team Totals	38	508	13.4	66t	2
Opponents Totals	27	242	9.0	30	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Speedy Duncan	26	612	23.5	46
Miller Farr	7	123	17.6	24
Gene Foster	5	108	21.6	36
Jim Allison	4	80	20.0	24
Kern Carson	3	44	14.7	21
Keith Lincoln	2	46	23.0	27
Dick Harris	1	15	15.0	15
Gary Kirner	1	0	0.0	0
Jacque MacKinnon	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	50	1028	20.6	46
Opponents Totals	66	1410	21.4	69

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC
Lance Alworth	2
Don Breaux	2
Speedy Duncan	2
Gene Foster	2
Sam Gruneisen	1
John Hadl	9
Paul Lowe	2
Don Norton	2
Team Totals	22	13	9	13	22
Opponents Totals	24	13	11	13	24