| New York Jets at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1965 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Balboa Stadium Attendance: 32169 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 69 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Keith Lincoln 1 run (Herb Travenio kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Keith Lincoln 25 pass from John Hadl (Herb Travenio kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Herb Travenio 26 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Kenny Graham 51 interception return (Herb Travenio kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 21 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lance Alworth 46 pass from John Hadl (Herb Travenio kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lance Alworth 36 pass from John Hadl (Herb Travenio kick) | 7 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | SE | Bake Turner |
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill |
| 65 | LOG | Sam DeLuca |
| 52 | C | Mike Hudock |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 79 | ROT | Sherman Plunkett |
| 83 | TE | George Sauer |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 31 | HB | Bill Mathis |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| 41 | FB | Matt Snell |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 78 | RDT | Jim Harris |
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 54 | MLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 22 | LCB | Willie West |
| 40 | LS | Dainard Paulson |
| 46 | RS | Billy Baird |
| 42 | RCB | Clyde Washington |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Don Norton |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 61 | LOG | Ernie Park |
| 65 | C | Sam Gruneisen |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 74 | ROT | Ron Mix |
| 38 | TE | Jacque MacKinnon |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 23 | HB | Paul Lowe |
| 19 | FL | Lance Alworth |
| 22 | FB | Keith Lincoln |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Earl Faison |
| 79 | LDT | George Gross |
| 77 | RDT | Ernie Ladd |
| 85 | RDE | Bob Petrich |
| 51 | LLB | Dick Degen |
| 50 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 55 | RLB | Frank Buncom |
| 36 | LCB | Dick Harris |
| 33 | LS | Kenny Graham |
| 47 | RS | Bud Whitehead |
| 45 | RCB | Speedy Duncan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Paul Lowe | 14 | 71 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Keith Lincoln | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 8 | 1 |
| Gene Foster | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Allison | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 3 | 179 | 5.3 | 22 | 1 | 41.2 | ||
| Mike Taliaferro | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 6 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 1 | 236 | 12.4 | 46t | 3 | 128.5 | ||
| Don Breaux | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 22 | 1 |
| George Sauer | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lance Alworth | 7 | 147 | 21.0 | 46t | 2 |
| Keith Lincoln | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Don Norton | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Allison | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Kocourek | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Dainard Paulson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Willie West | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Kenny Graham | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 51t | 1 |
| Dick Degen | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 47 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| John Hadl | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Jim Allison | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Billy Baird | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Kenny Graham | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dick Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Kern Carson | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bake Turner | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Gene Foster | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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