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1961 San Diego Chargers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-2-0, 1st in AFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Sid Gillman (12-2-0)

Points For: 396 (28.3/g) 3rd of 8

Points Against: 219 (15.6/g) 1st of 8

Expected W-L: 11.2-2.8

SRS: 11.06 (2nd of 8), SOS: -1.58

Playoffs:
Lost Championship 3-10 vs. Houston Oilers

Other Notable Asst.: Al Davis (Offensive Assistant), Jack Faulkner (Defensive Backs) and Chuck Noll (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Balboa Stadium

Principal Owner: Barron Hilton

Head Coach/General Manager: Sid Gillman

Offensive Scheme: Vertical

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: University of San Diego (San Diego, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	396	4313	842	5.1	44	19	208	190	423	2847	17	25	6.3	110	391	1466	24	3.7	81	88	682	17
Opp. Stats	219	3720	928	4.0	66	17	224	224	485	2363	16	49	4.5	124	401	1357	7	3.4	79	54	501	21
Lg Rank Offense	3	3			4	6	7		5	2	6	2	2		5	6	1	5
Lg Rank Defense	1	1			1	4	2		7	1	2	1	2		4	2	1	2

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 10		boxscore	W		1-0	@	Dallas Texans	26	10	17	365	167	198	2	16	292	83	209	6
2	Sun	September 17		boxscore	W		2-0		Oakland Raiders	44	0	23	386	183	203		13	106	21	85	6
3	Sun	September 24		boxscore	W		3-0		Houston Oilers	34	24	7	158	108	50	1	19	372	300	72	7
4	Sat	September 30		boxscore	W		4-0	@	Buffalo Bills	19	11	15	302	140	162	1	15	239	137	102	2
5	Sat	October 7		boxscore	W		5-0	@	Boston Patriots	38	27	19	399	315	84	3	17	253	148	105	3
6	Sun	October 15		boxscore	W		6-0	@	New York Titans	25	10	19	422	299	123	5	14	202	140	62	5
7	Sun	October 22		boxscore	W		7-0	@	Oakland Raiders	41	10	20	334	116	218	3	6	58	56	2	6
8	Sun	October 29		boxscore	W		8-0		Denver Broncos	37	0	13	312	211	101	5	14	304	228	76	7
9	Sun	November 5		boxscore	W		9-0		New York Titans	48	13	17	353	169	184	4	16	201	111	90	6
10	Sun	November 12		boxscore	W		10-0	@	Denver Broncos	19	16	13	224	153	71	3	19	358	272	86	5
11	Sun	November 19		boxscore	W		11-0		Dallas Texans	24	14	13	338	335	3	3	17	288	180	108	3
13	Sun	December 3		boxscore	L		11-1	@	Houston Oilers	13	33	14	306	271	35	4	22	473	351	122	3
14	Sun	December 10		boxscore	W		12-1		Buffalo Bills	28	10	7	237	190	47	2	18	279	180	99	4
15	Sun	December 17		boxscore	L		12-2		Boston Patriots	0	41	11	192	190	2	6	18	295	156	139	3
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 24		boxscore	L		12-3		Houston Oilers	3	10	15	256	177	79	6	18	256	160	96	7

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jack Kemp	26	QB	14	14	12-2-0	165	364	45.3	2686	15	4.1	22	6.0	91	7.4	5.5	16.3	191.9	59.2	25	245	6.43	6.3	4.5	1	1	PB
2	Hunter Enis	25	QB	13	0		23	55	41.8	365	2	3.6	3	5.5	45	6.6	4.9	15.9	28.1	54.0	4	29	6.78	5.7	4.1	0	0
3	Paul Lowe	25	HB	14	14		2	4	50.0	70	0	0.0	0	0.0	36	17.5	17.5	35.0	5.0	95.8						0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	12-2-0	190	423	44.9	2847	17	4.0	25	5.9	91	7.4	5.5	16.4	203.4	59.0	29	274	6.47	6.31	4.57	1	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jack Kemp	26	QB	1	1	0-1-0	17	32	53.1	226	0	0.0	4	12.5	40	7.1	1.4	13.3	226.0	36.2	6	49	15.79	4.7	-0.1	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	17	32	53.1	177	0	0.0	4	12.5	40	7.1	1.4	13.3	177.0	36.2	6	49	15.79	4.66	-0.08	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Dave Kocourek	24	FL/RE	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	55	1055	19.2	4	76	3.9	75.4	55	19.2	1055	4	1	PB
2	Paul Lowe	25	HB	14	14	175	767	9	87	4.4	54.8	12.5	17	103	6.1	0	17	1.2	7.4	192	4.5	870	9	6
3	Don Norton	23	LE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	47	816	17.4	6	52	3.4	58.3	47	17.4	816	6	0	PB
4	Keith Lincoln	22	FB	14	5	41	150	0	17	3.7	10.7	2.9	12	208	17.3	2	91	0.9	14.9	53	6.8	358	2	0
5	Bo Roberson	26	FL	14	1	58	275	3	59	4.7	19.6	4.1	6	81	13.5	0	24	0.4	5.8	64	5.6	356	3	3
6	Charlie Flowers	24	FB	14	9	51	177	3	11	3.5	12.6	3.6	16	175	10.9	0	31	1.1	12.5	67	5.3	352	3	2
7	Luther Hayes	22	E	14	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	280	20.0	3	39	1.0	20.0	14	20.0	280	3	1
8	Howard Clark	26	TE	10	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	182	16.5	0	33	1.1	18.2	11	16.5	182	0	0
9	Bob Scarpitto	22	FL	7	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	163	18.1	2	69	1.3	23.3	9	18.1	163	2	0
10	Jack Kemp	26	QB	14	14	43	105	6	23	2.4	7.5	3.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	43	2.4	105	6	10	PB
11	Jacque MacKinnon	23	TE	9	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	58	19.3	0	45	0.3	6.4	3	19.3	58	0	0
12	Hunter Enis	25	QB	13	0	16	13	2	9	0.8	1.0	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	16	0.8	13	2	4
13	Bob Laraba	28	RLB	14	8	5	5	1	9	1.0	0.4	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	1.0	5	1	0
14	Paul Maguire	23	RLB	14	8	1	-11	0	-11	-11.0	-0.8	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-11.0	-11	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	390	1481	24	87	3.8	104.7	27.9	190	3121	16.4	17	91	13.6	222.9	580	7.9	4602	41	27

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Dave Kocourek	24	FL/RE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	123	17.6	0	40	7.0	123.0	7	17.6	123	0	0
2	Don Norton	23	LE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	48	16.0	0	28	3.0	48.0	3	16.0	48	0	0
3	Bo Roberson	26	FL	1	0	8	37	0	23	4.6	37.0	8.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	1.0	11.0	9	5.3	48	0	0
4	Paul Lowe	25	HB	1	1	5	30	0	12	6.0	30.0	5.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	1.0	10.0	6	6.7	40	0	0
5	Charlie Flowers	24	FB	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	17	8.5	0	9	2.0	17.0	2	8.5	17	0	0
6	Keith Lincoln	22	FB	1	1	3	7	0	4	2.3	7.0	3.0	1	3	3.0	0	3	1.0	3.0	4	2.5	10	0	0
7	Bob Scarpitto	22	FL	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	1.0	9.0	1	9.0	9	0	0
8	Luther Hayes	22	E	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	1.0	5.0	1	5.0	5	0	0
9	Jack Kemp	26	QB	1	1	4	5	0	17	1.3	5.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	1.3	5	0	2
	Team Totals			1	1	20	79	0	23	4.0	79.0	20.0	17	226	13.3	0	40	17.0	226.0	37	8.2	305	0	2

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Earl Faison	22	LDE	14	14	2	14	0	8	0	1	0	0	3.5	0	PB,AP-1
2	Dick Harris	24	RCB	14	14	7	140	3	56	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
3	Jack Kemp	26	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Ernie Ladd	23	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
5	Paul Lowe	25	HB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Charlie McNeil	25	FS	14	14	9	349	2	76	1	1	12	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
7	Ron Nery	27	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	8.0	0	AP-1
8	Don Norton	23	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Bob Zeman	24	SS	14	14	8	89	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Claude Gibson	22	LCB	14	13	5	43	0	23	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Bill Hudson	26	LDT	14	13	1	5	1	5	0	3	0	0	4.0	0	PB
12	Dave Kocourek	24	FL/RE	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
13	Orlando Ferrante	29	LG	14	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Emil Karas	28	LLB	14	11	3	21	0	11	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
15	Chuck Allen	22	MLB	9	9	5	111	1	59	0	3	5	0	0.0	0
16	Charlie Flowers	24	FB	14	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Bob Laraba	28	RLB	14	8	5	151	2	60	0	1	0	0	2.5	0
18	Paul Maguire	23	RLB	14	8	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
19	Luther Hayes	22	E	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Bo Roberson	26	FL	14	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Henry Schmidt	26	DT	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.5	0
22	Bud Whitehead	22	DB	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	George Blair	23	K	14	0	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
24	Hunter Enis	25	QB	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	49	929	9	76	31	17	19	0	22.5	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Jack Kemp	26	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Charlie McNeil	25	FS	1	1	2	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Bob Zeman	24	SS	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Bud Whitehead	22	DB	1	0	2	45	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	6	60	0	41	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

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