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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.
Simple Rating System: Total 7.1, Offense: 2.1, Defense: 4.9, SoS: -1.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Sid Gillman (9-2-3)
Other Notable Asst.: Chuck Noll (Defensive Assistant)
Training Camp: TraveLodge (Escondido, California)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | John Hadl* | 25 | 3 | 14 | 174 for 348, 2,798 yards, 20 td, 21 int, & 28 rushes for 91 yards and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1962 |
| HB | Paul Lowe*+ | 29 | 5 | 0 | 222 rushes for 1,121 yards, 6 td, & 17 catches for 126 yards and 1 td | |
| FB | Gene Foster | 23 | Rook | 0 | 121 rushes for 469 yards, 2 td, & 17 catches for 199 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 10th / 78th pick / 1965 Dallas Cowboys / 15th / 201st pick / 1965 |
| FB | Keith Lincoln* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 74 rushes for 302 yards, 3 td, & 23 catches for 376 yards and 4 td | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1961 Chicago Bears / 5th / 61st pick / 1961 |
| FL | Lance Alworth*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | 69 catches for 1,602 yards, 14 td, & 3 rushes for -12 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1962 Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 9th pick / 1962 |
| SE | Don Norton | 27 | 5 | 0 | 34 catches for 485 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for -5 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 56th pick / 1960 |
| TE | Dave Kocourek | 28 | 5 | 0 | 28 catches for 363 yards, 2 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 19th / 223rd pick / 1959 |
| LT | Ernie Wright* | 26 | 5 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 15th / 200th pick / 1961 | |
| LG | Ernie Park | 25 | 2 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 19th / 146th pick / 1963 | |
| C | Sam Gruneisen | 24 | 3 | 14 | San Diego Chargers / 25th / 200th pick / 1962 | |
| RG | Walt Sweeney* | 24 | 2 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 Cleveland Browns / 8th / 107th pick / 1963 |
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| RT | Ron Mix*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 10th pick / 1960 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Earl Faison*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 7th pick / 1961 Detroit Lions / 5th / 66th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | George Gross | 24 | 2 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 103rd pick / 1962 San Diego Chargers / 16th / 128th pick / 1962 |
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| RDT | Ernie Ladd*+ | 27 | 4 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 48th pick / 1961 San Diego Chargers / 15th / 119th pick / 1961 |
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| RDE | Bob Petrich | 24 | 2 | 0 | New York Giants / 6th / 82nd pick / 1963 San Diego Chargers / 11th / 82nd pick / 1963 |
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| LLB | Herb Travenio | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LLB | Dick Degen | 23 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Chuck Allen | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 28th / 223rd pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 228th pick / 1961 |
| RLB | Frank Buncom* | 26 | 3 | 14 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 48th pick / 1962 | |
| LCB | Jimmy Warren | 26 | 1 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Speedy Duncan* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Kenny Graham* | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 104th pick / 1964 Baltimore Colts / 12th / 162nd pick / 1964 |
| RS | Bud Whitehead | 26 | 4 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 16th / 127th pick / 1961 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Herb Travenio | 32 | 1 | 0 | 18 of 30 field goals & 40 of 40 extra points | |
| P | John Hadl* | 25 | 3 | 14 | 38 punts for a 40.6 average, 0 blocked | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1962 |
| PR | Speedy Duncan* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 30 punt returns for a 15.5 average and 2 td | |
| KR | Speedy Duncan* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 26 kick returns for a 23.5 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Chuck Allen | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Washington | 9/7/1939 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 28th / 223rd pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 228th pick / 1961 |
| 32 | Jim Allison | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | El Camino Col. (CA),San Diego St. | 3/2/1943 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 94th pick / 1965 |
| 19 | Lance Alworth*+ | 25 | FL-WR | 14 | 0 | 184 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 8/3/1940 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1962 Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 9th pick / 1962 |
| 15 | Don Breaux | 25 | QB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | McNeese St. | 8/3/1940 | 2 | |
| 55 | Frank Buncom* | 26 | LB | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-2 | USC | 11/2/1939 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 48th pick / 1962 |
| 89 | Ron D. Carpenter | 24 | LB | 6 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 9/2/1941 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 96th pick / 1964 |
| 26 | Kern Carson | 24 | HB | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | San Diego St. | 1/29/1941 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 229th pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 29th / 229th pick / 1963 |
| 51 | Dick Degen | 23 | LB | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Long Beach St. | 3/4/1942 | Rook | |
| 56 | Steve DeLong | 22 | DE-DT | 12 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 7/3/1943 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 6th pick / 1965 Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1965 |
| 45 | Speedy Duncan* | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Jackson St. | 8/10/1942 | 1 | |
| 86 | Earl Faison*+ | 26 | DE | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Indiana | 1/31/1939 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 7th pick / 1961 Detroit Lions / 5th / 66th pick / 1961 |
| 20 | Miller Farr | 22 | DB | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Wichita St. | 4/8/1943 | Rook | |
| 62 | John Farris | 22 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | San Diego St. | 11/2/1943 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 17th / 136th pick / 1964 Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 147th pick / 1964 |
| 37 | Gene Foster | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Arizona St. | 3/20/1942 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 10th / 78th pick / 1965 Dallas Cowboys / 15th / 201st pick / 1965 |
| 33 | Kenny Graham* | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Washington St. | 11/25/1941 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 104th pick / 1964 Baltimore Colts / 12th / 162nd pick / 1964 |
| 79 | George Gross | 24 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-3 | Auburn | 1/26/1941 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 103rd pick / 1962 San Diego Chargers / 16th / 128th pick / 1962 |
| 65 | Sam Gruneisen | 24 | C-G-LB | 14 | 14 | 242 | 6-1 | Villanova | 1/16/1941 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 25th / 200th pick / 1962 |
| 21 | John Hadl* | 25 | QB | 14 | 14 | 214 | 6-1 | Kansas | 2/15/1940 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1962 |
| 36 | Dick Harris | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | McNeese St. | 7/24/1937 | 5 | |
| 30 | Bob Horton | 23 | LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Boston Univ. | 9/15/1942 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 88th pick / 1964 Chicago Bears / 12th / 168th pick / 1964 |
| 24 | Jack Jacobson | 24 | DB | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Oklahoma St. | 6/23/1941 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 13th / 179th pick / 1965 |
| 87 | Howard Kindig | 24 | DE-T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Los Angeles St. | 6/22/1941 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 14th / 112th pick / 1964 Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 170th pick / 1964 |
| 72 | Gary Kirner | 23 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | USC | 6/22/1942 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 40th pick / 1964 |
| 83 | Dave Kocourek | 28 | TE-FL | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | Wisconsin | 8/20/1937 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 19th / 223rd pick / 1959 |
| 77 | Ernie Ladd*+ | 27 | DT | 14 | 0 | 290 | 6-9 | Grambling St. | 11/28/1938 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 48th pick / 1961 San Diego Chargers / 15th / 119th pick / 1961 |
| 22 | Keith Lincoln* | 26 | FB-HB | 10 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Washington St. | 5/8/1939 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1961 Chicago Bears / 5th / 61st pick / 1961 |
| 23 | Paul Lowe*+ | 29 | HB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Oregon St. | 9/27/1936 | 5 | |
| 38 | Jacque MacKinnon | 27 | TE-FB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Colgate | 11/10/1938 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 33rd / 264th pick / 1962 Philadelphia Eagles / 20th / 280th pick / 1961 |
| 60 | Ed Mitchell | 23 | G | 3 | 0 | 285 | 6-2 | Nebraska,Southern | 9/5/1942 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 15th / 120th pick / 1964 Cleveland Browns / 12th / 166th pick / 1964 |
| 74 | Ron Mix*+ | 27 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | USC | 3/10/1938 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 10th pick / 1960 |
| 71 | Fred Moore | 26 | DT-DE | 12 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Oklahoma,Memphis | 12/18/1939 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 15th / 120th pick / 1962 Baltimore Colts / 10th / 135th pick / 1962 |
| 88 | Don Norton | 27 | E | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Iowa | 3/13/1938 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 56th pick / 1960 |
| 61 | Ernie Park | 25 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | McMurry | 10/22/1940 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 19th / 146th pick / 1963 |
| 85 | Bob Petrich | 24 | DE | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | West Texas A&M | 3/15/1941 | 2 | New York Giants / 6th / 82nd pick / 1963 San Diego Chargers / 11th / 82nd pick / 1963 |
| 66 | Rick Redman | 22 | LB-P | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Washington | 3/7/1943 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 38th pick / 1965 Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 132nd pick / 1965 |
| 64 | Pat Shea | 26 | G | 8 | 0 | 250 | 6-1 | USC | 6/28/1939 | 3 | |
| 78 | Walt Sweeney* | 24 | G | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-4 | Syracuse | 4/18/1941 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 Cleveland Browns / 8th / 107th pick / 1963 |
| 81 | Sammie Taylor | 25 | WR | 12 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Grambling St. | 4/23/1940 | Rook | |
| 13 | Steve Tensi | 23 | QB | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Florida St. | 12/8/1942 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 30th pick / 1965 Baltimore Colts / 16th / 224th pick / 1965 |
| 35 | Herb Travenio | 32 | LB-K | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | none | 2/28/1933 | 1 | |
| 49 | Jimmy Warren | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Illinois | 7/20/1939 | 1 | |
| 25 | Dick Westmoreland | 24 | DB | 4 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | North Carolina A&T | 2/17/1941 | 2 | |
| 47 | Bud Whitehead | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Florida St. | 1/1/1939 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 16th / 127th pick / 1961 |
| 75 | Ernie Wright* | 26 | T | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Ohio St. | 11/6/1939 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 15th / 200th pick / 1961 |
| 34 | Bob Zeman | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 2/22/1937 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 119th pick / 1959 |
| Team Total | 25.0 | 14 | 226.4 | 6-1.9 | 2.1 |