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1965 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 9-2-3, Finished 1st in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 340 points (24.3/g), 1st of 8 in the AFL.
 Allowed 227 points (16.2/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 113 points (8.1/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 10.1-3.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 3rd.

Coached by Sid Gillman (9-2-3)

1965 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sat September 11 box W 1-0 Denver Broncos 34 31 19 459 293 166 3 21 330 179 151 2
2 Sun September 19 box W 2-0 @ Oakland Raiders 17 6 18 316 136 180 12 133 97 36 4
3 Sun September 26 box T 2-0-1 Kansas City Chiefs 10 10 12 186 94 92 4 8 209 87 122 3
4 Sun October 3 box W 3-0-1 Houston Oilers 31 14 26 493 222 271 12 193 146 47 1
5 Sun October 10 box W 4-0-1 @ Buffalo Bills 34 3 18 458 369 89 2 8 150 93 57 6
6 Sun October 17 box T 4-0-2 @ Boston Patriots 13 13 15 284 168 116 2 7 178 141 37 2
7 Sat October 23 box W 5-0-2 @ New York Jets 34 9 17 342 190 152 2 15 301 222 79 4
8 Sun October 31 box L 5-1-2 Boston Patriots 6 22 17 230 150 80 4 10 253 120 133 3
9 Sun November 7 box W 6-1-2 @ Denver Broncos 35 21 21 440 264 176 2 22 276 202 74 3
10 Sun November 14 box L 6-2-2 @ Kansas City Chiefs 7 31 14 330 252 78 7 14 278 129 149 2
11 Thu November 25 box T 6-2-3 Buffalo Bills 20 20 23 361 309 52 5 13 241 194 47 3
12 Sat December 4 box W 7-2-3 New York Jets 38 7 23 403 229 174 3 12 197 156 41 4
13 Sun December 12 box W 8-2-3 @ Houston Oilers 37 26 18 361 136 225 2 13 221 202 19 2
14 Sun December 19 box W 9-2-3 Oakland Raiders 24 14 18 438 291 147 3 20 300 198 102 3
Playoffs
Championship December 26 box L 9-3-3 Buffalo Bills 0 23

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 340 5101 914 5.6 268 203 401 3103 23 26 7.3 127 486 1998 12 4.1 127 39 13 14
Team Defense 227 3262 818 4.0 325 206 474 2168 17 28 4.2 118 306 1094 7 3.6 190 41 13 17
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 1 7 1 2 5 1 1 1 4 2 3 4
Lg Rank Defense 2 1 1 7 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 4

Passing

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Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
John Hadl* 25 QB 14 14 9-2-3 174 348 50.0 2798 20 5.7 21 6.0 85 8.0 5.9 16.1 199.9 71.3
Don Breaux 25 14 0 22 43 51.2 404 2 4.7 4 9.3 66 9.4 5.7 18.4 28.9 60.6
Paul Lowe*+ 29 HB 14 0 3 4 75.0 81 0 0.0 0 0.0 42 20.3 20.3 27.0 5.8 116.7
Gene Foster 23 FB 14 0 2 3 66.7 31 0 0.0 0 0.0 21 10.3 10.3 15.5 2.2 100.7
Keith Lincoln* 26 fb 10 0 2 3 66.7 65 1 33.3 1 33.3 34 21.7 10.0 32.5 6.5 109.7
Team Total 25.0 14 9-2-3 203 401 50.6 3379 23 5.7 26 6.5 85 8.4 6.1 16.6 241.4 71.5
Opp Total 14 206 474 43.5 2168 17 3.6 28 5.9 4.6 2.3 10.5 154.9 44.7 38 312 4.2 1.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Paul Lowe*+ 29 HB 14 0 222 1121 6 59 5.0 80.1 15.9 17 126 7.4 1 45 1.2 9.0 1247 7 2
Gene Foster 23 FB 14 0 121 469 2 22 3.9 33.5 8.6 17 199 11.7 0 23 1.2 14.2 668 2 2
Keith Lincoln* 26 fb 10 0 74 302 3 24 4.1 30.2 7.4 23 376 16.3 4 66 2.3 37.6 678 7 0
Jim Allison 22 14 0 29 100 0 17 3.4 7.1 2.1 8 109 13.6 0 44 0.6 7.8 209 0 0
John Hadl* 25 QB 14 14 28 91 1 23 3.3 6.5 2.0 91 1 9
Lance Alworth*+ 25 FL 14 0 3 -12 0 -1 -4.0 -0.9 0.2 69 1602 23.2 14 85 4.9 114.4 1590 14 2
Jacque MacKinnon 27 14 0 3 17 0 9 5.7 1.2 0.2 6 106 17.7 0 38 0.4 7.6 123 0 0
Don Norton 27 SE 14 0 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.4 0.1 34 485 14.3 2 61 2.4 34.6 480 2 2
Don Breaux 25 14 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 -1 0 2
Pat Shea 26 8 0 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.6 0.1 -5 0 0
Dave Kocourek 28 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 363 13.0 2 29 2.0 25.9 363 2 0
Sammie Taylor 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 1.1 13 0 0
Team Total 25.0 14 483 2085 12 59 4.3 148.9 34.5 203 3379 16.6 23 85 14.5 241.4 5464 35 22
Opp Total 14 306 1094 7 3.6 78.1 21.9 206 2168 10.5 17 14.7 154.9 3262 24 24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Speedy Duncan* 23 RCB 14 0 30 464 2 66 15.5 26 612 0 46 23.5 1076
Miller Farr 22 3 0 7 123 0 24 17.6 123
Gene Foster 23 FB 14 0 5 108 0 36 21.6 776
Kenny Graham* 24 LS 14 0 5 36 0 12 7.2 36
Jim Allison 22 14 0 4 80 0 24 20.0 289
Dick Harris 28 14 0 3 8 0 7 2.7 1 15 0 15 15.0 23
Kern Carson 24 3 0 3 44 0 21 14.7 44
Keith Lincoln* 26 fb 10 0 2 46 0 27 23.0 724
Gary Kirner 23 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jacque MacKinnon 27 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 123
Team Total 25.0 14 38 508 2 66 13.4 50 1028 0 46 20.6 7000
Opp Total 14 27 0 66 1410 0 21.4

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Herb Travenio 32 LLB 14 0 10 10 7 4 5 3 7 1 1 30 18 60.0% 40 40 100.0%
John Hadl* 25 QB 14 14 38 1544 65 0 40.6
Rick Redman 22 10 0 29 1145 59 0 39.5
Jim Allison 22 14 0 2 72 39 0 36.0
Bud Whitehead 26 RS 14 0 1 40 40 0 40.0
Team Total 25.0 14 10 10 7 4 5 3 7 1 1 30 18 60.0% 40 40 100.0% 70 2801 65 0 40.0
Opp Total 14 34 16 47.1% 25 25 100.0% 80 3472 43.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Chuck Allen 26 MLB 14 0 1 0 0 0
Lance Alworth*+ 25 FL 14 0 2 0 0 0
Don Breaux 25 14 0 2 0 0 0
Dick Degen 23 llb 12 0 2 6 0 6
Speedy Duncan* 23 RCB 14 0 4 30 0 26 2 0 0 0
Earl Faison*+ 26 LDE 14 0 1 24 1 24
Gene Foster 23 FB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Kenny Graham* 24 LS 14 0 5 108 1 51
Sam Gruneisen 24 C 14 14 1 0 0 0
John Hadl* 25 QB 14 14 9 0 0 0
Dick Harris 28 14 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Lowe*+ 29 HB 14 0 2 0 0 1
Don Norton 27 SE 14 0 2 0 0 0
Rick Redman 22 10 0 1 11 0 11
Jimmy Warren 26 LCB 14 0 5 43 0 26
Dick Westmoreland 24 4 0 1 28 0 28
Bud Whitehead 26 RS 14 0 7 127 1 35
Team Total 25.0 14 28 377 3 51 22 0 0 1
Opp Total 14 27 24 11 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Herb Travenio 32 LLB 14 0 40 18 94
Lance Alworth*+ 25 FL 14 0 14 84
Paul Lowe*+ 29 HB 14 0 6 1 1 48
Keith Lincoln* 26 fb 10 0 3 4 42
Speedy Duncan* 23 RCB 14 0 2 12
Gene Foster 23 FB 14 0 2 12
Dave Kocourek 28 TE 14 0 2 12
Don Norton 27 SE 14 0 2 12
Earl Faison*+ 26 LDE 14 0 1 6
Kenny Graham* 24 LS 14 0 1 6
John Hadl* 25 QB 14 14 1 6
Bud Whitehead 26 RS 14 0 1 6
Team Total 25.0 14 12 23 2 1 3 40 18 340
Opp Total 14 7 17 25 16 2 227