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1967 San Diego Chargers
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Record: 8-5-1, Finished 3rd in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 360 points (25.7/g), 4th of 9 in the AFL.
Allowed 352 points (25.1/g), 6th.
Differential of 8 points (0.6/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 7.2-6.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 7th.
Coached by Sid Gillman (8-5-1)
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1967 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | John Hadl | 27 | 5 | 14 | 217 for 427, 3,365 yards, 24 td, 22 int, & 37 rushes for 107 yards and 3 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 |
| HB | Dickie Post* | 22 | Rook | 0 | 161 rushes for 663 yards, 7 td, & 32 catches for 278 yards and 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 94th pick / 1967 |
| FB | Brad Hubbert* | 26 | Rook | 0 | 116 rushes for 643 yards, 2 td, & 19 catches for 214 yards and 2 td | |
| FL | Lance Alworth*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 52 catches for 1,010 yards, 9 td, & 1 rush for 5 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1962 |
| SE | Gary Garrison | 23 | 1 | 14 | 44 catches for 772 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 1 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 |
| TE | Willie Frazier* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 57 catches for 922 yards, 10 td | |
| LT | Ernie Wright | 28 | 7 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 15th / 200th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Gary Kirner | 25 | 3 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 40th pick / 1964 |
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| C | Sam Gruneisen | 26 | 5 | 14 | San Diego Chargers / 25th / 200th pick / 1962 |
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| RG | Walt Sweeney*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
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| RT | Ron Mix*+ | 29 | 7 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 10th pick / 1960 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Howard Kindig | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 14th / 112th pick / 1964 |
| LDT | Houston Ridge | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 117th pick / 1966 |
| RDT | Scott Appleton | 25 | 3 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 4th pick / 1964 |
| RDE | Ron Billingsley | 22 | Rook | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 14th pick / 1967 |
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| RDE | Tom Day | 32 | 7 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
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| LLB | Jeff Staggs | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Rick Redman* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 38th pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Frank Buncom* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 48th pick / 1962 |
| LCB | Joe Beauchamp | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Speedy Duncan* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LS | Kenny Graham* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 104th pick / 1964 |
| RS | Bud Whitehead | 28 | 6 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 16th / 127th pick / 1961 |
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| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Dick Van Raaphorst | 25 | 3 | 0 | 15 of 30 field goals & 45 of 45 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 138th pick / 1964 |
| P | Rick Redman* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 58 punts for a 37.0 average, 0 blocked | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 38th pick / 1965 |
| PR | Speedy Duncan* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 36 punt returns for a 12.1 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Jim Tolbert | 23 | 1 | 3 | 18 kick returns for a 24.5 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 61st pick / 1966 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Harold Akin | 22 | T | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Oklahoma State | 1/11/1945 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 67th pick / 1967 |
| 50 | Chuck Allen | 28 | LB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Washington | 9/7/1939 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 28th / 223rd pick / 1961 |
| 32 | Jim Allison | 24 | RB | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | El Camino College (CA),San Diego State | 3/2/1943 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 94th pick / 1965 |
| 19 | Lance Alworth*+ | 27 | FL-WR | 11 | 0 | 184 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 8/3/1940 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1962 |
| 70 | Scott Appleton | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-3 | Texas | 2/20/1942 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 4th pick / 1964 |
| 84 | Johnny Baker | 26 | LB-DE | 10 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Mississippi State | 3/15/1941 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 37th pick / 1963 |
| 40 | Joe Beauchamp | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Iowa State | 4/11/1944 | 1 | |
| 86 | Ron Billingsley | 22 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 290 | 6-8 | Wyoming | 4/6/1945 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 14th pick / 1967 |
| 55 | Frank Buncom* | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | USC | 11/2/1939 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 48th pick / 1962 |
| 44 | Ollie Cordill | 24 | DB-P-E | 3 | 0 | 185 | 6-3 | Memphis | 6/20/1943 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 153rd pick / 1965 |
| 88 | Tom Day | 32 | DE-G-DT-T | 11 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 8/20/1935 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
| 82 | Steve DeLong | 24 | DE-DT | 7 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 7/3/1943 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 6th pick / 1965 |
| 45 | Speedy Duncan* | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Jackson State | 8/10/1942 | 3 | |
| 62 | Bernie Erickson | 23 | LB | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Abilene Christian | 10/16/1944 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 121st pick / 1967 |
| 37 | Gene Foster | 25 | RB | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 3/20/1942 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 10th / 78th pick / 1965 |
| 83 | Willie Frazier* | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 6/19/1942 | 3 | |
| 27 | Gary Garrison | 23 | WR-SE | 14 | 14 | 193 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 1/21/1944 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 |
| 33 | Kenny Graham* | 26 | DB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Washington State | 11/25/1941 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 104th pick / 1964 |
| 77 | Jim Griffin | 25 | DE | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 2/8/1942 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 15th / 197th pick / 1964 |
| 79 | George Gross | 26 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-3 | Auburn | 1/26/1941 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 103rd pick / 1962 |
| 65 | Sam Gruneisen | 26 | C-G-LB | 14 | 14 | 242 | 6-1 | Villanova | 1/16/1941 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 25th / 200th pick / 1962 |
| 21 | John Hadl | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 214 | 6-1 | Kansas | 2/15/1940 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 |
| 24 | Bob Howard | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 174 | 6-2 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo,San Diego State | 11/24/1944 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1967 |
| 26 | Brad Hubbert* | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Arizona | 6/5/1941 | Rook | |
| 87 | Howard Kindig | 26 | DE-T | 7 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Los Angeles State | 6/22/1941 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 14th / 112th pick / 1964 |
| 72 | Gary Kirner | 25 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | USC | 6/22/1942 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 40th pick / 1964 |
| 52 | Paul Latzke | 25 | C | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Pacific | 3/22/1942 | 1 | |
| 73 | Larry Little | 22 | G-T | 10 | 0 | 265 | 6-1 | Bethune-Cookman | 11/2/1945 | Rook | |
| 23 | Paul Lowe | 31 | HB | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Oregon State | 9/27/1936 | 7 | |
| 38 | Jacque MacKinnon | 29 | TE-FB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Colgate | 11/10/1938 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 33rd / 264th pick / 1962 |
| 36 | Frank Marsh | 27 | DB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Oregon State | 6/19/1940 | Rook | |
| 89 | Ron McCall | 23 | LB | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Utah State,Weber State | 7/11/1944 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1967 |
| 60 | Ed Mitchell | 25 | G | 4 | 0 | 285 | 6-2 | Nebraska,Southern | 9/5/1942 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 15th / 120th pick / 1964 |
| 74 | Ron Mix*+ | 29 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | USC | 3/10/1938 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 10th pick / 1960 |
| 25 | Steve Newell | 23 | WR | 7 | 1 | 186 | 6-1 | Long Beach State | 12/27/1944 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 225th pick / 1967 |
| 76 | Terry Owens | 23 | T | 14 | 4 | 260 | 6-0 | Jacksonville State | 7/5/1944 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 99th pick / 1966 |
| 22 | Dickie Post* | 22 | RB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 5-9 | Houston | 9/27/1945 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 94th pick / 1967 |
| 57 | Bob Print | 23 | LB | 7 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Dayton | 1/16/1944 | Rook | |
| 66 | Rick Redman* | 24 | LB-P | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Washington | 3/7/1943 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 38th pick / 1965 |
| 80 | Houston Ridge | 23 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | San Diego State | 7/18/1944 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 117th pick / 1966 |
| 20 | Russ Smith | 23 | RB | 12 | 0 | 212 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 8/4/1944 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 40th pick / 1966 |
| 81 | Jeff Staggs | 23 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | BYU,San Diego State | 5/14/1944 | Rook | |
| 18 | Kay Stephenson | 23 | QB | 7 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Florida | 12/17/1944 | Rook | |
| 78 | Walt Sweeney*+ | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-4 | Syracuse | 4/18/1941 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| 43 | Jim Tolbert | 23 | DB | 14 | 3 | 200 | 6-4 | Lincoln (MO) | 3/12/1944 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 61st pick / 1966 |
| 39 | Dick Van Raaphorst | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 12/10/1942 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 138th pick / 1964 |
| 47 | Bud Whitehead | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Florida State | 1/1/1939 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 16th / 127th pick / 1961 |
| 75 | Ernie Wright | 28 | T | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 11/6/1939 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 15th / 200th pick / 1961 |
| Team Total | 25.1 | 14 | 230.3 | 6-1.9 | 2.4 |