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1963 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary

1963 AFL Champions

Scored 399 points (28.5/g), 1st of 8 in the AFL.
 Allowed 255 points (18.2/g), 1st.
 Differential of 144 points (10.3/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 10.4-3.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.6/g), 2nd.

Coached by Sid Gillman (11-3-0)

1963 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 8 box W 1-0 Buffalo Bills 14 10 17 370 239 131 1 19 306 190 116 4
2 Sat September 14 box W 2-0 Boston Patriots 17 13 11 240 164 76 2 19 303 139 164 2
3 Sun September 29 box W 3-0 Kansas City Chiefs 24 10 17 294 140 154 1 12 164 137 27 4
4 Sun October 6 box L 3-1 @ Denver Broncos 34 50 15 412 317 95 7 24 434 229 205 2
5 Sun October 13 box W 4-1 New York Jets 24 20 22 510 223 287 3 16 266 203 63
6 Sun October 20 box W 5-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 38 17 18 402 255 147 17 325 247 78 3
7 Sun October 27 box L 5-2 Oakland Raiders 33 34 18 380 146 234 6 13 296 117 179 3
8 Sat November 2 box W 6-2 @ New York Jets 53 7 25 528 371 157 1 15 235 196 39 4
9 Sun November 10 box W 7-2 @ Boston Patriots 7 6 12 271 239 32 2 15 291 188 103 5
10 Sun November 17 box W 8-2 @ Buffalo Bills 23 13 16 355 156 199 2 22 358 239 119 3
11 Sun December 1 box W 9-2 Houston Oilers 27 0 24 349 137 212 4 14 243 141 102 5
12 Sun December 8 box L 9-3 @ Oakland Raiders 27 41 17 336 291 45 3 24 406 252 154
13 Sun December 15 box W 10-3 @ Houston Oilers 20 14 14 247 85 162 2 13 289 247 42 4
14 Sun December 22 box W 11-3 Denver Broncos 58 20 23 451 181 270 2 16 231 154 77 6
Playoffs
Championship January 5 box W 12-3 Boston Patriots 51 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 399 5145 773 6.7 250 202 357 2944 28 24 7.8 124 395 2201 20 5.6 112 36 12 14
Team Defense 255 4147 884 4.7 393 231 472 2679 17 29 5.3 133 378 1468 10 3.9 239 45 16 21
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 3 8 3 3 3 1 4 1 2 1 1 1
Lg Rank Defense 1 4 5 6 5 1 3 3 4 3 1 2 3 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Tobin Rote*+ 35 QB 14 14 170 286 59.4 2510 20 7.0 17 5.9 85 8.8 6.8 14.8 179.3 86.7
John Hadl 23 14 0 28 64 43.8 502 6 9.4 6 9.4 69 7.8 4.6 17.9 35.9 63.4
Paul Lowe* 27 HB 14 0 2 4 50.0 100 1 25.0 1 25.0 71 25.0 16.3 50.0 7.1 95.8
Keith Lincoln*+ 24 FB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Gerry McDougall 28 14 0 1 1 100.0 11 1 100.0 0 0.0 11 11.0 21.0 11.0 0.8 152.1
Don Norton 25 SE 7 0 1 1 100.0 15 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 15.0 15.0 15.0 2.1 118.7
Team Total 25.1 14 202 357 56.6 3138 28 7.8 24 6.7 85 8.8 6.5 15.5 224.1 84.0
Opp Total 14 231 472 48.9 2679 17 3.6 29 6.1 5.7 3.3 11.6 191.4 52.9 34 297 5.3 2.5

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* 27 HB 14 0 177 1010 8 66 5.7 72.1 12.6 26 191 7.3 2 31 1.9 13.6 1201 10 7
Keith Lincoln*+ 24 FB 14 0 128 826 5 76 6.5 59.0 9.1 24 325 13.5 3 39 1.7 23.2 1151 8 5
Gerry McDougall 28 14 0 38 199 1 22 5.2 14.2 2.7 10 115 11.5 0 26 0.7 8.2 314 1 1
Tobin Rote*+ 35 QB 14 14 24 62 2 15 2.6 4.4 1.7 62 2 2
Bobby Jackson 23 12 0 18 64 4 14 3.6 5.3 1.5 8 85 10.6 0 26 0.7 7.1 149 4 1
John Hadl 23 14 0 8 26 0 33 3.3 1.9 0.6 26 0 0
Lance Alworth*+ 23 FL 14 0 2 14 0 21 7.0 1.0 0.1 61 1205 19.8 11 85 4.4 86.1 1219 11 0
Dave Kocourek* 26 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 359 15.6 5 35 1.6 25.6 359 5 0
Don Norton 25 SE 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 281 13.4 1 36 3.0 40.1 281 1 0
Jerry Robinson 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 315 17.5 2 36 1.3 22.5 315 2 0
Jacque MacKinnon 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 262 23.8 4 69 0.8 18.7 262 4 0
Team Total 25.1 14 395 2201 20 76 5.6 157.2 28.2 202 3138 15.5 28 85 14.4 224.1 5339 48 16
Opp Total 14 378 1468 10 3.9 104.9 27.0 231 2679 11.6 17 16.5 191.4 4147 27 21

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
Keith Lincoln*+ 24 FB 14 0 7 98 0 47 14.0 17 439 0 44 25.8 1688
Lance Alworth*+ 23 FL 14 0 11 120 0 61 10.9 10 216 0 34 21.6 1555
Dick Westmoreland 22 14 0 10 204 0 26 20.4 204
Dick Harris 26 RCB 14 0 4 43 0 23 10.8 2 34 0 27 17.0 77
Paul Lowe* 27 HB 14 0 5 132 0 41 26.4 1333
Gerry McDougall 28 14 0 3 77 0 26 25.7 391
Jerry Robinson 24 14 0 2 27 0 20 13.5 342
Bobby Jackson 23 12 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 165
Paul Maguire 25 RLB 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Walt Sweeney 22 14 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Team Total 25.1 14 22 261 0 61 11.9 52 1168 0 44 22.5 6768
Opp Total 14 21 0 76 1714 0 22.6

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 25 LS 14 0 8 5 7 6 7 4 6 2 28 17 60.7% 48 44 91.7%
Paul Maguire 25 RLB 14 0 58 2241 60 0 38.6
John Hadl 23 14 0 2 75 38 0 37.5
Team Total 25.1 14 8 5 7 6 7 4 6 2 28 17 60.7% 48 44 91.7% 60 2316 60 0 38.6
Opp Total 14 37 20 54.1% 27 27 100.0% 51 2229 43.7

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* 24 MLB 14 0 5 37 0 26
George Blair 25 LS 14 0 1 40 0 40
Gary Glick 33 RS 6 0 1 13 0 13
Dick Harris 26 RCB 14 0 8 83 1 22
Bobby Jackson 23 12 0 1 0 0 0
Emil Karas* 30 LLB 14 0 2 30 0 30
Keith Lincoln*+ 24 FB 14 0 5 0 0 0
Paul Lowe* 27 HB 14 0 7 0 0 0
Paul Maguire 25 RLB 14 0 4 47 0 38
Gerry McDougall 28 14 0 1 0 0 0
Charlie McNeil 27 10 0 4 40 0 21
Bob Mitinger 23 14 0 3 26 0 18
Tobin Rote*+ 35 QB 14 14 2 0 0 0
Bud Whitehead 24 LCB 14 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.1 14 29 316 1 40 16 0 0 1
Opp Total 14 21 21 5

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
George Blair 25 LS 14 0 44 17 95
Lance Alworth*+ 23 FL 14 0 11 66
Paul Lowe* 27 HB 14 0 8 2 60
Keith Lincoln*+ 24 FB 14 0 5 3 48
Dave Kocourek* 26 TE 14 0 5 1 32
Bobby Jackson 23 12 0 4 24
Jacque MacKinnon 25 14 0 4 24
Jerry Robinson 24 14 0 2 12
Tobin Rote*+ 35 QB 14 14 2 12
Chuck Allen* 24 MLB 14 0 1 6
Dick Harris 26 RCB 14 0 1 6
Gerry McDougall 28 14 0 1 6
Don Norton 25 SE 7 0 1 6
Earl Faison*+ 24 LDE 14 0 1 2
Team Total 25.1 14 20 28 1 1 2 44 17 399
Opp Total 14 10 17 27 20 255