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1963 San Diego Chargers Statistics
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the AFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Sid Gillman (11-3)
Location: San Diego, California
1963 San Diego Chargers Results
The San Diego Chargers of the American Football League ended the 1963 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the AFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
On offense, San Diego topped the circuit with 399 points. The defense proved to be a force, as the Chargers yielded 255 points, fewest in the league. Tobin Rote tossed for 2,510 yards. Lance Alworth grabbed 61 passes for 1,205 yards.
Paul Lowe carried the ball for a team-best 1,010 yards, while Keith Lincoln also buoyed the ground attack.
Dick Harris picked off 8 opponent throws.
Sid Gillman coached the team. The 1963 San Diego Chargers won the Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tobin Rote | 286 | 170 | 59.4 | 2510 | 8.8 | 20 | 7.0 | 17 | 5.9 | 85 | 86.7 |
John Hadl | 64 | 28 | 43.8 | 502 | 7.8 | 6 | 9.4 | 6 | 9.4 | 69 | 63.4 |
Paul Lowe | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 100 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 71 | 95.8 |
Don Norton | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 118.8 |
Gerry McDougall | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 152.1 |
Keith Lincoln | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 357 | 202 | 56.6 | 3138 | 8.8 | 28 | 7.8 | 24 | 6.7 | 85 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Lowe | 177 | 1010 | 5.7 | 66 | 8 |
Keith Lincoln | 128 | 826 | 6.5 | 76 | 5 |
Gerry McDougall | 38 | 199 | 5.2 | 22 | 1 |
Bobby Jackson | 18 | 64 | 3.6 | 14 | 4 |
Tobin Rote | 24 | 62 | 2.6 | 15 | 2 |
John Hadl | 8 | 26 | 3.2 | 33 | 0 |
Lance Alworth | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 21 | 0 |
Totals | 395 | 2201 | 5.6 | 76 | 20 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lance Alworth | 61 | 1205 | 19.8 | 85 | 11 |
Paul Lowe | 26 | 191 | 7.3 | 31 | 2 |
Keith Lincoln | 24 | 325 | 13.5 | 39 | 3 |
Dave Kocourek | 23 | 359 | 15.6 | 35 | 5 |
Don Norton | 21 | 281 | 13.4 | 36 | 1 |
Jerry Robinson | 18 | 315 | 17.5 | 36 | 2 |
Jacque MacKinnon | 11 | 262 | 23.8 | 69 | 4 |
Gerry McDougall | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 26 | 0 |
Bobby Jackson | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 26 | 0 |
Totals | 202 | 3138 | 15.5 | 85 | 28 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lance Alworth | 11 | 120 | 10.9 | 61 | 0 |
Keith Lincoln | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 47 | 0 |
Dick Harris | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 23 | 0 |
Totals | 22 | 261 | 11.9 | 61 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Keith Lincoln | 17 | 439 | 25.8 | 44 | 0 |
Lance Alworth | 10 | 216 | 21.6 | 34 | 0 |
Dick Westmoreland | 10 | 204 | 20.4 | 26 | 0 |
Paul Lowe | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 41 | 0 |
Gerry McDougall | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 26 | 0 |
Dick Harris | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 27 | 0 |
Jerry Robinson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
Walt Sweeney | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Bobby Jackson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Paul Maguire | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 52 | 1168 | 22.5 | 44 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Harris | 8 | 83 | 10.4 | 22 | 1 |
Chuck Allen | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 26 | 0 |
Paul Maguire | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 38 | 0 |
Charlie McNeil | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 |
Bob Mitinger | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 18 | 0 |
Emil Karas | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
George Blair | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
Gary Glick | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Bud Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 29 | 316 | 10.9 | 40 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tobin Rote | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Paul Lowe | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Keith Lincoln | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Chuck Allen | 0 | 1 | |||||
Bobby Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gerry McDougall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
George Blair | 0 | 17 | 44 | 0 | 95 | |||||||||
Lance Alworth | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||
Paul Lowe | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
Keith Lincoln | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
Dave Kocourek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||
Jacque MacKinnon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Bobby Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Tobin Rote | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Jerry Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Don Norton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Dick Harris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Chuck Allen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Gerry McDougall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Earl Faison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 399 |