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1961 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 396 points (28.3/g), 3rd of 8 in the AFL.
 Allowed 219 points (15.6/g), 1st.
 Differential of 177 points (12.6/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 11.2-2.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +22 (1.6/g), 1st.

Coached by Sid Gillman (12-2-0)

1961 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 Sun September 10 box W 1-0 @ Dallas Texans 26 10 17 365 167 198 2 16 292 83 209 6
2 Sun September 17 box W 2-0 Oakland Raiders 44 0 23 386 183 203 13 106 21 85 6
3 Sun September 24 box W 3-0 Houston Oilers 34 24 7 158 108 50 1 19 372 300 72 7
4 Sat September 30 box W 4-0 @ Buffalo Bills 19 11 15 302 140 162 1 15 239 137 102 2
5 Sat October 7 box W 5-0 @ Boston Patriots 38 27 19 399 315 84 3 17 253 148 105 3
6 Sun October 15 box W 6-0 @ New York Titans 25 10 19 422 299 123 5 14 202 140 62 5
7 Sun October 22 box W 7-0 @ Oakland Raiders 41 10 20 334 116 218 3 6 58 56 2 6
8 Sun October 29 box W 8-0 Denver Broncos 37 0 13 312 211 101 5 14 304 228 76 7
9 Sun November 5 box W 9-0 New York Titans 48 13 17 353 169 184 4 16 201 111 90 6
10 Sun November 12 box W 10-0 @ Denver Broncos 19 16 13 209 153 56 3 19 358 272 86 5
11 Sun November 19 box W 11-0 Dallas Texans 24 14 13 338 335 3 3 17 288 180 108 3
12 Sun December 3 box L 11-1 @ Houston Oilers 13 33 14 306 271 35 4 22 473 351 122 3
13 Sun December 10 box W 12-1 Buffalo Bills 28 10 7 237 190 47 2 18 279 180 99 4
14 Sun December 17 box L 12-2 Boston Patriots 0 41 11 192 190 2 6 18 295 156 139 3
Playoffs
Championship December 24 box L 12-3 Houston Oilers 3 10

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 396 4313 842 5.1 208 190 423 2847 17 25 6.3 110 391 1466 24 3.7 81 44 19 17
Team Defense 219 3720 928 4.0 369 224 485 2363 16 49 4.5 124 401 1357 7 3.4 224 66 17 21
Lg Rank Offense 3 3 7 5 2 6 2 2 5 6 1 5 4 6
Lg Rank Defense 1 1 2 7 1 2 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 4

Passing

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Age Pos G GS 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%
Jack Kemp* 26 QB 14 14 165 364 45.3 2686 15 4.1 22 6.0 91 7.4 5.1 16.3 191.9 59.2
Hunter Enis 25 13 0 23 55 41.8 365 2 3.6 3 5.5 45 6.6 4.5 15.9 28.1 54.0
Paul Lowe 25 HB 14 0 2 4 50.0 70 0 0.0 0 0.0 36 17.5 17.5 35.0 5.0 95.8
Team Total 24.5 14 190 423 44.9 3121 17 4.0 25 5.9 91 7.4 5.1 16.4 222.9 59.0
Opp Total 14 224 485 46.2 2363 16 3.3 49 10.1 4.9 0.7 10.5 168.8 32.3 42 373 4.5 -0.1

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
Paul Lowe 25 HB 14 0 175 767 9 87 4.4 54.8 12.5 17 103 6.1 0 17 1.2 7.4 870 9 6
Bo Roberson 26 RET 14 0 58 275 3 59 4.7 19.6 4.1 6 81 13.5 0 24 0.4 5.8 356 3 3
Charlie Flowers 24 FB 14 0 51 177 3 11 3.5 12.6 3.6 16 175 10.9 0 31 1.1 12.5 352 3 2
Jack Kemp* 26 QB 14 14 43 105 6 23 2.4 7.5 3.1 105 6 10
Keith Lincoln 22 14 0 41 150 0 17 3.7 10.7 2.9 12 208 17.3 2 91 0.9 14.9 358 2 0
Hunter Enis 25 13 0 16 13 2 9 0.8 1.0 1.2 13 2 4
Bob Laraba 28 rlb 14 0 5 5 1 9 1.0 0.4 0.4 5 1 0
Paul Maguire 23 RLB 14 0 1 -11 0 -11 -11.0 -0.8 0.1 -11 0 0
Dave Kocourek* 24 FL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 55 1055 19.2 4 76 3.9 75.4 1055 4 1
Don Norton* 23 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 47 816 17.4 6 52 3.4 58.3 816 6 0
Luther Hayes 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 280 20.0 3 39 1.0 20.0 280 3 1
Howard Clark 26 TE 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 182 16.5 0 33 1.1 18.2 182 0 0
Bob Scarpitto 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 163 18.1 2 69 1.3 23.3 163 2 0
Jacque MacKinnon 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 58 19.3 0 45 0.3 6.4 58 0 0
Team Total 24.5 14 390 1481 24 87 3.8 105.8 27.9 190 3121 16.4 17 91 13.6 222.9 4602 41 31
Opp Total 14 401 1357 7 3.4 96.9 28.6 224 2363 10.5 16 16.0 168.8 3720 23 33

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
Claude Gibson 22 LCB 14 0 14 209 0 39 14.9 3 17 0 9 5.7 226
Bo Roberson 26 RET 14 0 13 207 0 32 15.9 563
Keith Lincoln 22 14 0 7 150 1 57 21.4 4 98 0 31 24.5 606
Paul Lowe 25 HB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 10 240 0 35 24.0 1110
Bob Scarpitto 22 7 0 4 47 0 28 11.8 3 50 0 22 16.7 260
George Blair* 23 K 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Orlando Ferrante 29 LG 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Emil Karas* 28 LLB 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Ron Mix*+ 23 RT 10 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Henry Schmidt 26 14 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 22
Gene Selawski 26 8 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
Bob Zeman 24 LS 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Team Total 24.5 14 27 418 1 57 15.5 39 642 0 35 16.5 5662
Opp Total 14 21 0 65 1521 0 23.4

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
George Blair* 23 K 14 0 14 8 5 2 3 1 5 2 27 13 48.1% 47 42 89.4%
Paul Maguire 23 RLB 14 0 63 2615 82 1 41.5
Bob Laraba 28 rlb 14 0 2 1 50.0%
Team Total 24.5 14 14 8 5 2 3 1 5 2 27 13 48.1% 49 43 87.8% 63 2615 82 1 41.5
Opp Total 14 23 10 43.5% 26 23 88.5% 71 2804 39.5

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 22 MLB 9 0 5 111 1 59
George Blair* 23 K 14 0 2 4 0 4
Hunter Enis 25 13 0 4 0 0 0
Earl Faison*+ 22 LDE 14 0 2 14 0 8
Orlando Ferrante 29 LG 14 0 1 0 0 0
Charlie Flowers 24 FB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Claude Gibson 22 LCB 14 0 5 43 0 23 1 0 0 0
Dick Harris*+ 24 RCB 14 0 7 140 3 56
Luther Hayes 22 14 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Hudson* 26 LDT 14 0 1 5 1 5
Emil Karas* 28 LLB 14 0 3 21 0 11
Jack Kemp* 26 QB 14 14 10 0 0 0
Dave Kocourek* 24 FL 14 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Laraba 28 rlb 14 0 5 151 2 60
Paul Lowe 25 HB 14 0 6 0 0 0
Paul Maguire 23 RLB 14 0 1 2 0 2
Charlie McNeil*+ 25 RS 14 0 9 349 2 76 1 0 0 0
Bo Roberson 26 RET 14 0 3 0 0 0
Henry Schmidt 26 14 0 1 0 0 0
Bud Whitehead 22 9 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Zeman 24 LS 14 0 8 89 0 21
Team Total 24.5 14 49 929 9 76 31 0 0 0
Opp Total 14 28 33 16 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
George Blair* 23 K 14 0 42 13 81
Paul Lowe 25 HB 14 0 9 54
Jack Kemp* 26 QB 14 14 6 36
Don Norton* 23 SE 14 0 6 36
Dave Kocourek* 24 FL 14 0 4 24
Bob Laraba 28 rlb 14 0 1 2 1 19
Charlie Flowers 24 FB 14 0 3 18
Dick Harris*+ 24 RCB 14 0 3 18
Luther Hayes 22 14 0 3 18
Keith Lincoln 22 14 0 2 1 18
Bo Roberson 26 RET 14 0 3 18
Hunter Enis 25 13 0 2 12
Charlie McNeil*+ 25 RS 14 0 2 12
Bob Scarpitto 22 7 0 2 12
Chuck Allen 22 MLB 9 0 1 6
Bill Hudson* 26 LDT 14 0 1 6
Bob Zeman 24 LS 14 0 1 6
Claude Gibson 22 LCB 14 0 1 2
Team Total 24.5 14 24 17 1 9 1 1 43 13 396
Opp Total 14 7 16 23 10 1 219