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1968 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 3rd in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 382 points (27.3/g), 3rd of 10 in the AFL.
 Allowed 310 points (22.1/g), 5th.
 Differential of 72 points (5.1/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 8.7-5.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.7/g), 9th.

Coached by Sid Gillman (9-5-0)

1968 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 Fri September 6 box W 1-0 Cincinnati Bengals 29 13 27 554 325 229 2 13 226 104 122 2
2 Sat September 21 box W 2-0 Houston Oilers 30 14 20 347 250 97 3 19 285 161 124 3
3 Sun September 29 box W 3-0 @ Cincinnati Bengals 31 10 18 302 201 101 1 14 195 129 66 2
4 Sat October 5 box L 3-1 @ New York Jets 20 23 15 347 319 28 4 19 302 220 82
5 Sun October 13 box W 4-1 @ Oakland Raiders 23 14 20 384 214 170 1 11 260 215 45 5
6 Sun October 20 box W 5-1 Denver Broncos 55 24 20 581 370 211 1 26 476 295 181 5
7 Sun October 27 box L 5-2 @ Kansas City Chiefs 20 27 22 395 297 98 4 15 374 180 194 1
8 Sun November 3 box W 6-2 Miami Dolphins 34 28 28 479 240 239 2 19 352 238 114 1
9 Sun November 10 box W 7-2 @ Boston Patriots 27 17 11 319 175 144 4 11 228 107 121 4
10 Sun November 17 box W 8-2 @ Buffalo Bills 21 6 15 282 206 76 5 7 151 61 90 1
11 Sun November 24 box L 8-3 New York Jets 15 37 12 235 190 45 4 22 510 368 142 1
12 Sun December 1 box W 9-3 @ Denver Broncos 47 23 27 496 335 161 1 15 287 177 110 2
13 Sun December 8 box L 9-4 Kansas City Chiefs 3 40 17 211 136 75 7 20 371 188 183 4
14 Sun December 15 box L 9-5 Oakland Raiders 27 34 18 456 365 91 6 14 316 249 67 4

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 382 5388 918 5.9 270 225 472 3623 29 33 7.4 164 428 1765 12 4.1 93 45 12 13
Team Defense 310 4333 893 4.9 360 217 430 2692 20 20 5.9 118 439 1641 13 3.7 225 35 15 17
Lg Rank Offense 3 2 2 1 1 2 9 3 5 5 6 4 9 4
Lg Rank Defense 5 6 5 8 7 6 7 8 3 3 5 4 6 3

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* 28 QB 14 14 9-5-0 208 440 47.3 3473 27 6.1 32 7.3 84 7.9 5.2 16.7 248.1 64.5
Jon Brittenum 24 14 0 9 17 52.9 125 1 5.9 1 5.9 22 7.4 5.3 13.9 8.9 71.9
Gene Foster 26 FB 10 0 6 7 85.7 169 0 0.0 0 0.0 50 24.1 24.1 28.2 16.9 118.7
Dickie Post 23 HB 13 0 1 4 25.0 23 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 5.8 5.8 23.0 1.8 51.0
Russ Smith 24 fb 14 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Jim Allison 25 12 0 1 1 100.0 23 1 100.0 0 0.0 23 23.0 33.0 23.0 1.9 158.3
Team Total 25.0 14 9-5-0 225 472 47.7 3813 29 6.1 33 7.0 84 8.1 5.5 16.9 272.4 66.8
Opp Total 14 217 430 50.5 2692 20 4.7 20 4.7 6.3 4.6 12.4 192.3 66.3 24 204 5.9 3.9

Rushing & Receiving

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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
Dickie Post 23 HB 13 0 151 758 3 62 5.0 58.3 11.6 18 165 9.2 0 23 1.4 12.7 923 3 0
Gene Foster 26 FB 10 0 109 394 1 22 3.6 39.4 10.9 23 224 9.7 0 48 2.3 22.4 618 1 2
Russ Smith 24 fb 14 0 88 426 4 37 4.8 30.4 6.3 7 71 10.1 0 24 0.5 5.1 497 4 4
Brad Hubbert 27 2 0 28 119 2 21 4.3 59.5 14.0 5 11 2.2 0 10 2.5 5.5 130 2 0
Jim Allison 25 12 0 23 31 0 6 1.3 2.6 1.9 2 22 11.0 0 12 0.2 1.8 53 0 0
John Hadl* 28 QB 14 14 23 14 2 9 0.6 1.0 1.6 14 2 6
Lance Alworth*+ 28 FL 14 0 3 18 0 10 6.0 1.3 0.2 68 1312 19.3 10 80 4.9 93.7 1330 10 0
Jon Brittenum 24 14 0 2 -4 0 0 -2.0 -0.3 0.1 -4 0 0
Paul Lowe 32 1 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9.0 1.0 9 0 0
Gary Garrison* 24 SE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 52 1103 21.2 10 84 3.7 78.8 1103 10 1
Jacque MacKinnon* 30 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 646 19.6 6 62 2.4 46.1 646 6 0
Willie Frazier 26 te 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 237 14.8 3 48 1.8 26.3 237 3 0
Ken Dyer 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 22 22.0 0 22 0.1 1.6 22 0 0
Team Total 25.0 14 428 1765 12 62 4.1 126.1 30.6 225 3813 16.9 29 84 16.1 272.4 5578 41 20
Opp Total 14 439 1641 13 3.7 117.2 31.4 217 2692 12.4 20 15.5 192.3 4333 33 26

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Speedy Duncan 26 RCB 10 0 18 206 1 95 11.4 25 586 0 53 23.4 792
Kenny Graham* 27 LS 14 0 13 61 0 22 4.7 61
Dickie Post 23 HB 13 0 10 199 0 38 19.9 1122
Russ Smith 24 fb 14 0 8 25 0 8 3.1 1 20 0 20 20.0 542
Jim Allison 25 12 0 7 121 0 23 17.3 174
Marty Baccaglio 24 9 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0
Keith Lincoln 29 1 0 2 37 0 27 18.5 37
Bud Whitehead 29 3 0 2 81 0 63 40.5 81
Paul Latzke 26 7 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Dick Speights 22 2 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
Team Total 25.0 14 39 292 1 95 7.5 51 1065 0 63 20.9 6935
Opp Total 14 21 1 60 1251 0 20.9

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
Dennis Partee 22 P 14 0 4 4 10 8 10 6 7 4 1 32 22 68.8% 43 40 93.0% 56 2281 60 0 40.7
Team Total 25.0 14 4 4 10 8 10 6 7 4 1 32 22 68.8% 43 40 93.0% 56 2281 60 0 40.7
Opp Total 14 31 19 61.3% 36 35 97.2% 74 3130 42.3

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Chuck Allen 29 MLB 11 0 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 0
Scott Appleton 26 RDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Marty Baccaglio 24 9 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Beauchamp 24 RS 14 10 5 114 2 35 0 2 0 0
Bob J. Briggs 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Speedy Duncan 26 RCB 10 0 1 4 0 4 3 0 0 0
Ken Dyer 22 14 0 0 1 0 1
Tom Erlandson 28 RLB 10 0 2 22 0 16 0 2 0 0
Lane Fenner 23 11 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Fetherston 23 mlb 13 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Gene Foster 26 FB 10 0 2 1 0 0
Gary Garrison* 24 SE 14 14 1 0 0 0
Kenny Graham* 27 LS 14 0 5 87 0 42 3 1 0 0
Sam Gruneisen 27 C 14 14 0 1 0 0
John Hadl* 28 QB 14 14 6 0 0 0
Bob Howard 24 LCB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Paul Latzke 26 7 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Little 23 14 4 0 1 0 0
Terry Owens 24 LT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Russ Smith 24 fb 14 0 4 1 0 0
Jeff Staggs 24 LLB 12 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
Jim Tolbert 24 12 0 2 42 0 22
Team Total 25.0 14 20 275 2 42 20 22 1 1
Opp Total 14 18 26 11 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Dennis Partee 22 P 14 0 40 22 106
Lance Alworth*+ 28 FL 14 0 10 1 62
Gary Garrison* 24 SE 14 14 10 60
Jacque MacKinnon* 30 TE 14 0 6 1 38
Russ Smith 24 fb 14 0 4 24
Willie Frazier 26 te 9 0 3 18
Dickie Post 23 HB 13 0 3 18
Joe Beauchamp 24 RS 14 10 2 12
John Hadl* 28 QB 14 14 2 12
Brad Hubbert 27 2 0 2 12
Speedy Duncan 26 RCB 10 0 1 6
Ken Dyer 22 14 0 1 6
Gene Foster 26 FB 10 0 1 6
Team Total 25.0 14 12 29 1 1 2 2 40 22 380
Opp Total 14 13 20 1 35 19 1 310