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1966 San Diego Chargers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-6-1, 3rd in AFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Sid Gillman (7-6-1)

Points For: 335 (23.9/g) 3rd of 9

Points Against: 284 (20.3/g) 4th of 9

Expected W-L: 8.4-5.6

SRS: 4.09 (3rd of 9), SOS: .45

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Bass (Defensive Backs) and Charlie Waller (Offensive Backfield)

Stadium: Balboa Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Eugene Klein

Head Coach/General Manager: Sid Gillman

Offensive Scheme: Vertical

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: TraveLodge (Escondido, 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	335	4553	827	5.5	22	7	230	224	434	3016	29	15	6.5	137	361	1537	9	4.3	77	68	667	16
Opp. Stats	284	4558	905	5.0	35	8	260	170	382	2155	13	27	5.3	116	497	2403	19	4.8	127	60	527	17
Lg Rank Offense	3	5			1	1	6		6	3	2	1	4		9	4	7	2
Lg Rank Defense	4	7			6	7	9		1	2	1	4	3		9	9	9	9

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 4		boxscore	W		1-0		Buffalo Bills	27	7	15	290	153	137		15	267	150	117	3
2	Sat	September 10		boxscore	W		2-0		Boston Patriots	24	0	12	279	141	138		15	252	122	130	4
4	Sun	September 25		boxscore	W		3-0	@	Oakland Raiders	29	20	12	276	143	133	2	18	262	153	109	4
5	Sun	October 2		boxscore	W		4-0		Miami Dolphins	44	10	14	361	321	40	2	16	276	89	187	2
6	Sat	October 8		boxscore	L		4-1	@	New York Jets	16	17	23	445	350	95	1	12	248	129	119	3
7	Sun	October 16		boxscore	T		4-1-1	@	Buffalo Bills	17	17	12	219	169	50		22	320	107	213	2
8	Sun	October 23		boxscore	L		4-2-1	@	Boston Patriots	17	35	16	329	289	40	3	22	414	242	172	4
9	Sun	October 30		boxscore	W		5-2-1		Denver Broncos	24	17	21	334	180	154	2	15	280	155	125
10	Sun	November 6		boxscore	L		5-3-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	14	24	14	287	203	84	2	24	302	143	159	2
11	Sun	November 13		boxscore	L		5-4-1		Oakland Raiders	19	41	16	318	167	151	2	20	477	258	219
13	Sun	November 27		boxscore	L		5-5-1	@	Denver Broncos	17	20	16	286	200	86	2	16	343	173	170	3
14	Sun	December 4		boxscore	W		6-5-1	@	Houston Oilers	28	22	15	378	302	76	3	23	395	152	243	2
15	Sun	December 11		boxscore	W		7-5-1		New York Jets	42	27	25	425	203	222	1	20	335	189	146	4
16	Sun	December 18		boxscore	L		7-6-1		Kansas City Chiefs	17	27	19	326	195	131	2	22	387	93	294	2

Passing

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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	John Hadl	26	QB	14	12	7-4-1	200	375	53.3	2846	23	6.1	14	3.7	78	7.6	7.14	14.2	203.3	83.0	28	283	6.95	6.36	5.94	1	1
2	Steve Tensi	24	QB	14	2	0-2-0	21	52	40.4	405	5	9.6	1	1.9	63	7.8	8.85	19.3	28.9	92.2	3	37	5.45	6.69	7.69	0	0
3	Keith Lincoln	27	FB	14	7		2	4	50.0	71	1	25.0	0	0.0	36	17.8	22.75	35.5	5.1	135.4						0	0
4	Paul Lowe	30	HB	14	11		1	3	33.3	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	8.3	8.33	25.0	1.8	64.6	1	9	25.00	4.00	4.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-6-1	224	434	51.6	3016	29	6.7	15	3.5	78	7.7	6.73	14.9	215.4	85.1	32	331	6.87	6.47	6.27	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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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	Lance Alworth	26	FL	13	13	3	10	0	4	3.3	0.8	0.2	73	1383	18.9	13	78	5.6	106.4	76	18.3	1393	13	0	PB,AP-1
2	Paul Lowe	30	HB	14	11	146	643	3	57	4.4	45.9	10.4	12	41	3.4	0	11	0.9	2.9	158	4.3	684	3	3
3	Gary Garrison	22	LE	14	11	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1	46	642	14.0	4	36	3.3	45.9	47	13.6	639	4	0
4	Gene Foster	24	FB	14	7	81	352	1	37	4.3	25.1	5.8	26	260	10.0	2	63	1.9	18.6	107	5.7	612	3	2
5	Keith Lincoln	27	FB	14	7	58	214	1	23	3.7	15.3	4.1	14	264	18.9	2	67	1.0	18.9	72	6.6	478	3	1
6	Jacque MacKinnon	28	TE	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	26	477	18.3	6	46	1.9	34.1	26	18.3	477	6	0	PB
7	Jim Allison	23	RB	14	3	31	213	2	61	6.9	15.2	2.2	12	99	8.3	0	20	0.9	7.1	43	7.3	312	2	1
8	Willie Frazier	24	TE	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	144	16.0	2	30	0.6	10.3	9	16.0	144	2	0
9	John Hadl	26	QB	14	12	38	95	2	21	2.5	6.8	2.7	2	-13	-6.5	0	4	0.1	-0.9	40	2.1	82	2	4
10	Don Norton	28	LE	14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	50	12.5	0	18	0.3	3.6	4	12.5	50	0	0
11	Rick Redman	23	LLB	14	14	2	14	0	32	7.0	1.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	7.0	14	0	0
12	Steve Tensi	24	QB	14	2	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-1.0	-1	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	361	1537	9	61	4.3	109.8	25.8	224	3347	14.9	29	78	16.0	239.1	585	8.3	4884	38	17

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Rick Redman	23	LLB	14	14	2	7	0	7	0	0	0	1	0.0	0
2	Frank Buncom	27	RLB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
3	Speedy Duncan	24	RCB	14	13	7	67	0	31	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
4	Miller Farr	23	LCB	14	13	3	68	0	35	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Steve DeLong	23	RDT	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
6	John Hadl	26	QB	14	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Bob Petrich	25	RDE	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
8	Kenny Graham	25	SS	13	11	5	70	1	32	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
9	Paul Lowe	30	HB	14	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	George Gross	25	LDT	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
11	Howard Kindig	25	LDE	14	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
12	Bud Whitehead	27	FS	14	10	2	89	0	61	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Gene Foster	24	FB	14	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Keith Lincoln	27	FB	14	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Jim Griffin	24	LDT	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
16	Chuck Allen	27	MLB	5	5	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Jim Allison	23	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Dick Degen	24	LB	10	3	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Earl Faison	27	DE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
20	Archie Matsos	32	LB	4	3	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	John Milks	23	LB	3	3	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Joe Beauchamp	22	DB	8	2	2	24	0	21	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Steve Tensi	24	QB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bob Mitinger	26	LB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
25	Dave Plump	24	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Jim Tolbert	22	DB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	27	0	1		17	10	0	1	26	1

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