1964 San Diego Chargers Statistics
Team Record: 8-5-1
Finishing 1st in the AFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Sid Gillman (8-5-1)
Location: San Diego, California
1964 San Diego Chargers Results
The San Diego Chargers of the American Football League ended the 1964 season with a record of 8 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the AFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Chargers scored 341 points, and the defensive squad allowed 300. John Hadl threw for 2,157 yards, and Tobin Rote played quarterback, too. Lance Alworth paced pass catchers, grabbing 61 passes for 1,235 yards. Don Norton contributed to the receiving game also.
Keith Lincoln carried the ball for a team-best 632 yards for San Diego, while Paul Lowe additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Dick Westmoreland snatched 6 opponent throws.
Sid Gillman coached the team. The 1964 San Diego Chargers lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hadl | 274 | 147 | 53.6 | 2157 | 7.9 | 18 | 6.6 | 15 | 5.5 | 76 | 78.7 |
| Tobin Rote | 163 | 74 | 45.4 | 1156 | 7.1 | 9 | 5.5 | 15 | 9.2 | 82 | 49.5 |
| Keith Lincoln | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 61 | 15.2 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 135.4 |
| Paul Lowe | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Keith Kinderman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 445 | 224 | 50.3 | 3363 | 7.6 | 28 | 6.3 | 30 | 6.7 | 82 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Lincoln | 155 | 632 | 4.1 | 25 | 4 |
| Paul Lowe | 130 | 496 | 3.8 | 50 | 3 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 24 | 124 | 5.2 | 48 | 2 |
| Keith Kinderman | 24 | 111 | 4.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Gerry McDougall | 23 | 73 | 3.2 | 24 | 2 |
| John Hadl | 20 | 70 | 3.5 | 20 | 1 |
| Lance Alworth | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 35 | 2 |
| Jerry Robinson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 10 | -12 | -1.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 390 | 1564 | 4.0 | 50 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Alworth | 61 | 1235 | 20.2 | 82 | 13 |
| Don Norton | 49 | 669 | 13.7 | 58 | 6 |
| Keith Lincoln | 34 | 302 | 8.9 | 37 | 2 |
| Dave Kocourek | 33 | 593 | 18.0 | 49 | 5 |
| Paul Lowe | 14 | 182 | 13.0 | 41 | 2 |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 10 | 177 | 17.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Jerry Robinson | 10 | 93 | 9.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Gerry McDougall | 8 | 106 | 13.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Keith Kinderman | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bud Whitehead | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| Totals | 224 | 3363 | 15.0 | 82 | 28 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Lincoln | 17 | 16 | 94.1 | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 31 |
| George Blair | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 14 |
| Herb Travenio | 12 | 10 | 83.3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 16 |
| Ben Agajanian | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 14 |
| Totals | 43 | 39 | 90.7 | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 75 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Alworth | 18 | 189 | 10.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Jerry Robinson | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Speedy Duncan | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Westmoreland | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jimmy Warren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 283 | 8.3 | 43 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Westmoreland | 18 | 360 | 20.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Jimmy Warren | 13 | 353 | 27.2 | 54 | 0 |
| Speedy Duncan | 9 | 318 | 35.3 | 91 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 7 | 172 | 24.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Jerry Robinson | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Ron Carpenter | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ernie Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Norton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 53 | 1288 | 24.3 | 91 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Westmoreland | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Chuck Allen | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Harris | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Bud Whitehead | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Charlie McNeil | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jimmy Warren | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Henry Schmidt | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 1 |
| Earl Faison | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 1 |
| Ron Carpenter | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bob Petrich | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Buncom | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 487 | 16.2 | 58 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Norton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Speedy Duncan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Westmoreland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry McDougall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Lowe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Warren | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Gruneisen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hadl | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lance Alworth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keith Lincoln | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Lance Alworth | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |||||||
| Keith Lincoln | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 67 | ||||||||
| Don Norton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Dave Kocourek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Paul Lowe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Herb Travenio | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Ben Agajanian | 2 | 8 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Gerry McDougall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||||||
| George Blair | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Jacque MacKinnon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Henry Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Earl Faison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Hadl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 341 |
