1969 San Diego Chargers (AFL)

3rd place Western Division 8-6-0 .571

Head Coach: Sid Gillman (4-5-0); Charlie Waller (4-1-0)

Joe Madro	Offensive Line
Bum Phillips	Defensive Coordinator
Jacki Simpson	Linebackers
Charlie Waller	Offensive Backs
Chuck Weber	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/2/1969	H	Baltimore Colts	6-26	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	51171
Sat	8/9/1969	H	New Orleans Saints	10-7	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	31683
Sat	8/16/1969	H	Oakland Raiders	10-7	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	35940
Sat	8/23/1969	H	Cleveland Browns	19-19	T	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	36005
Sat	8/30/1969	H	Los Angeles Rams	14-24	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	53071
Sun	9/14/1969	H	Kansas City Chiefs	9-27	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	47988
Sun	9/21/1969	A	Cincinnati Bengals	20-34	L	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	26243
Sun	9/28/1969	H	New York Jets	34-27	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	54042
Sat	10/4/1969	H	Cincinnati Bengals	21-14	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	52748
Sat	10/11/1969	A	Miami Dolphins	21-14	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	34585
Sun	10/19/1969	A	Boston Patriots	13-10	W	Boston, MA	Boston College Alumni Stadium	18346
Sun	10/26/1969	H	Oakland Raiders	12-24	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	54008
Sun	11/2/1969	A	Denver Broncos	0-13	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	45511
Sun	11/9/1969	A	Kansas City Chiefs	3-27	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	51104
Sun	11/16/1969	A	Oakland Raiders	16-21	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	54372
Sun	11/23/1969	H	Denver Broncos	45-24	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	34664
Thu	11/27/1969	A	Houston Oilers	21-17	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	40065
Sun	12/7/1969	H	Boston Patriots	28-18	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	33146
Sun	12/14/1969	H	Buffalo Bills	45-6	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	47582

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	LB	6-1	224	30	Washington	14	0
19	Lance Alworth	WR	6-0	182	29	Arkansas	14	14
59	Pete Barnes	RLB	6-2	243	24	Southern University	13	10
40	Joe Beauchamp	RCB-LCB	6-0	185	25	Northwestern JC; Iowa State	14	5
86	Ron Billingsley	RDT	6-8	278	24	Wyoming	9	8
88	Bob Briggs	LDE	6-4	265	24	Heidelberg	14	14
56	Bob Bruggers	RLB-LLB	6-1	230	25	Minnesota	12	6
53	Jimmy Campbell	LB	6-2	226	23	West Texas A&M	1	0
71	Levert Carr	DE	6-5	258	25	Independence CC; North Central	7	0
82	Steve DeLong	RDE	6-3	251	26	Tennessee	14	14
14	Marty Domres	QB	6-4	219	22	Columbia	10	4
45	Speedy Duncan	RCB	5-10	176	27	Jackson State	14	10
49	Rick Eber	WR	6-0	181	24	El Camino JC; Tulsa	5	1
33	Dick Farley	S	6-0	185	23	Boston University	14	0
75	Gene Ferguson	ROT	6-8	300	22	Norfolk State	12	7
61	Jim Fetherston	RLB	6-2	225	24	California	14	1
37	Gene Foster	RB	5-11	214	27	Arizona State	13	5
83	Willie Frazier	TE	6-4	230	27	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	11	7
27	Gary Garrison	WR	6-1	194	25	Long Beach CC; San Diego State	10	10
33	Kenny Graham	LS	6-0	201	28	Sacramento CC; Washington State	14	14
65	Sam Gruneisen	C	6-1	248	28	Villanova	14	14
21	John Hadl	QB	6-1	213	29	Kansas	14	10
39	Jim Hill	RS	6-2	191	23	Texas A&M-Kingsville	14	14
24	Bobby Howard	LCB	6-1	184	25	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego State	14	13
26	Brad Hubbert	RB	6-1	230	28	Arizona	14	10
38	Gene Huey	WR	5-11	190	22	Wyoming	4	0
72	Gary Kirner	OG	6-3	238	27	Santa Monica JC; Southern California	7	0
51	Bill Lenkaitis	LOG	6-3	260	23	Penn State	14	9
38	Jacque MacKinnon	TE	6-4	245	31	Colgate	7	6
15	Pete Mikolajewski	QB	6-1	210	27	Kent State	1	0
74	Ron Mix	ROT	6-4	249	31	Southern California	8	8
76	Terry Owens	LOT	6-6	263	25	Alabama; Jacksonville State	14	13
29	Dennis Partee	P-K	6-2	218	23	Southern Methodist	14	0
22	Dickie Post	RB	5-9	190	24	Houston	14	11
47	Jeff Queen	TE-RB	6-1	221	23	Morgan State	14	2
68	Rick Redman	MLB	6-0	225	26	Washington	14	14
48	Larry Rentz	WR	6-1	162	22	Florida	2	0
80	Houston Ridge	RDT	6-4	239	25	Reedley JC; San Diego State	5	5
52	Dan Sartin	LDT-RDT	6-1	245	23	Mississippi	13	2
31	Ron Sayers	RB	6-2	220	22	Nebraska-Omaha	8	0
64	Jim Schmedding	LOG	6-2	251	23	San Mateo JC; Weber State	14	5
20	Russ Smith	RB-WR	6-1	214	25	Miami (Florida)	14	4
81	Jeff Staggs	LLB	6-2	242	25	Brigham Young; San Diego CC; San Diego State	13	11
78	Walt Sweeney	ROG	6-3	256	28	Syracuse	14	14
43	Jim Tolbert	CB	6-3	205	25	Lincoln (Missouri)	3	0
44	Richard Trapp	WR	6-1	175	23	Florida	8	2
85	Russ Washington	LDT	6-6	295	23	Missouri	14	13
77	Bob Wells	LOT	6-4	270	24	Johnson C. Smith	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	9	Marty Domres	QB	Columbia
1	18	Bob Babich	LB	Miami (Ohio)
2	44	Ron Sayers	RB	Nebraska-Omaha
3	70	Gene Ferguson	T	Norfolk State
5	122	Harry Orszulak	FL	Pittsburgh
6	147	Terry Swarn	FL	Colorado State
8	200	Craig Cotton	FL	Youngstown State
9	226	Joe Williams	DB	Southern University
10	251	Dave Arnold	G	Northwestern State (Louisiana)
11	278	Willie Norwood	TE	Alcorn State
12	304	Jim White	RB	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
13	330	Mike Simpson	DB	Houston
14	356	Bill Ackman	DT	New Mexico State
15	382	Charlie Jarvis	RB	Army
16	408	Willie Davenport	FL	Southern University
17	434	Larry Rentz	DB	Florida

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	57	92	71	68
Opponents Totals	45	84	75	72

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	30:00	275	119	131	25	/ %	/ %	63	731
Opponents Totals	30:00	232	71	148	13	/ %	/ %	71	791

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Dennis Partee	0	33	33	100.0	0	0	15	28	53.6	78
Gary Garrison	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		42
Dickie Post	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		36
Lance Alworth	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Marty Domres	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Brad Hubbert	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Kenny Graham	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
John Hadl	2	0	0		0	2	0	0		12
Russ Smith	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Bob Briggs	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Speedy Duncan	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Rick Eber	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Gene Foster	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Team Totals	35	33	33	100.0	0	2	15	28	53.6	288
Opponents Totals	34	31	33	93.9	1	1	13	25	52.0	276

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Dennis Partee	15	28	53.6	4/4	5/8	3/9	2/5	1/2
Team Totals	15	28	53.6	4/4	5/8	3/9	2/5	1/2
Opponents Totals	13	25	52.0	2/3	3/4	5/7	3/8	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dickie Post	182	873	4.8	60	6
Brad Hubbert	94	333	3.5	24	4
Gene Foster	64	236	3.7	24	0
Russ Smith	51	211	4.1	16	2
Marty Domres	19	145	7.6	22	4
John Hadl	26	109	4.2	17	2
Ron Sayers	14	53	3.8	8	0
Lance Alworth	5	25	5.0	16	0
Team Totals	455	1985	4.4	60	18
Opponents Totals	366	1442	3.9	49	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
John Hadl	324	158	48.8	155	2253	7.0	14.3	76t	10	3.1	11	3.4	18	190	2063	67.8
Marty Domres	112	47	42.0	55	631	5.6	13.4	55	2	1.8	10	8.9	14	101	530	29.3
Gene Foster	5	2	40.0	3	39	7.8	19.5	30t	1	20.0	0	0.0	0	0	39	107.5
Dickie Post	2	1	50.0	1	4	2.0	4.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	4	56.3
Brad Hubbert	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Pete Mikolajewski	0	0			0				0		0		1	10	-10
Team Totals	444	208	46.8	215	2927	6.6	14.1	76t	13	2.9	21	4.7	33	301	2626	58.6
Opponents Totals	423	241	57.0	151	3075	7.3	12.8	80t	22	5.2	31	7.3	35	280	2795	66.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lance Alworth	64	1003	15.7	76t	4
Gary Garrison	40	804	20.1	50	7
Dickie Post	24	235	9.8	46	0
Willie Frazier	17	205	12.1	50	0
Gene Foster	14	83	5.9	28	1
Brad Hubbert	11	43	3.9	18	0
Jeff Queen	10	148	14.8	42	0
Russ Smith	10	144	14.4	55	0
Rick Eber	9	141	15.7	43	1
Jacque MacKinnon	7	82	11.7	23	0
Richard Trapp	2	39	19.5	24	0
Team Totals	208	2927	14.1	76t	13
Opponents Totals	241	3075	12.8	80t	22

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Hill	7	92	13.1	42	0
Speedy Duncan	6	118	19.7	72t	1
Bobby Howard	6	50	8.3	19	0
Pete Barnes	5	64	12.8	25	0
Kenny Graham	4	112	28.0	65t	2
Bob Bruggers	1	5	5.0	5	0
Rick Redman	1	3	3.0	3	0
Jimmy Campbell	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	31	444	14.3	72t	3
Opponents Totals	21	265	12.6	43	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dennis Partee	71	3169	44.6	62	8	24	291	2718	38.3
Team Totals	71	3169	44.6	62	8		291	2718	38.3
Opponents Totals	76	3059	40.3	62	1		300	2739	36.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Speedy Duncan	27	7	280	10.4	38
Kenny Graham	3	24	15	5.0	9
Russ Smith	1	0	5	5.0	5
Richard Trapp	0	1	0
Team Totals	31	32	300	9.7	38
Opponents Totals	30	7	291	9.7	45

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Speedy Duncan	21	587	28.0	52
Russ Smith	6	138	23.0	27
Dickie Post	4	74	18.5	27
Jim Fetherston	3	0	0.0	0
Ron Sayers	2	42	21.0	21
Gene Foster	1	1	1.0	1
Bob Briggs	1	0	0.0	0
Gene Huey	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	39	842	21.6	52
Opponents Totals	53	1238	23.4	38

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Chuck Allen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Pete Barnes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Briggs	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Marty Domres	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Speedy Duncan	4		1	0	1	0	0
Gene Foster	3		0	0	0	0	0
Willie Frazier	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Garrison	1		0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Graham	4		4	0	4	2	0
John Hadl	3		2	0	2	-7	0
Jim Hill	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bobby Howard	1		1	1	2	0	0
Brad Hubbert	5		3	0	3	0	0
Pete Mikolajewski	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dickie Post	3		0	0	0	0	0
Rick Redman	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ron Sayers	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Staggs	0	0	0	1	1	21	0
Team Totals	27	13	14	6	20	16	1
Opponents Totals	13	6	6	13	19		1