
1965 San Diego Chargers Statistics
Team Record: 9-2-3
Finishing 1st in the AFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Sid Gillman (9-2-3)
Location: San Diego, California
1965 San Diego Chargers Results
The San Diego Chargers of the American Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 9 wins and 2 losses and 3 ties, finishing first in the AFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
On offense, the Chargers scored 340 points, best in the league. Meanwhile, the defense conceded 227 points. John Hadl threw for 2,798 yards. Lance Alworth paced the receiving corps, grabbing 69 passes for 1,602 yards.
Paul Lowe carried the ball for a team-best 1,121 yards.
Bud Whitehead intercepted 7 opponent throws.
Sid Gillman coached the team. The 1965 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 | 348 | 174 | 50.0 | 2798 | 8.0 | 20 | 5.7 | 21 | 6.0 | 85 | 71.3 |
Don Breaux | 43 | 22 | 51.2 | 404 | 9.4 | 2 | 4.7 | 4 | 9.3 | 66 | 60.6 |
Paul Lowe | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 81 | 20.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 116.7 |
Keith Lincoln | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 65 | 21.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 34 | 109.7 |
Gene Foster | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 100.7 |
Totals | 401 | 203 | 50.6 | 3379 | 8.4 | 23 | 5.7 | 26 | 6.5 | 85 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Lowe | 222 | 1121 | 5.0 | 59 | 6 |
Gene Foster | 121 | 469 | 3.9 | 22 | 2 |
Keith Lincoln | 74 | 302 | 4.1 | 24 | 3 |
Jim Allison | 29 | 100 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 |
John Hadl | 28 | 91 | 3.2 | 23 | 1 |
Jacque MacKinnon | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
Don Breaux | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Don Norton | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
Pat Shea | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
Lance Alworth | 3 | -12 | -4.0 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 483 | 2077 | 4.3 | 59 | 12 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lance Alworth | 69 | 1602 | 23.2 | 85 | 14 |
Don Norton | 34 | 485 | 14.3 | 61 | 2 |
Dave Kocourek | 28 | 363 | 13.0 | 29 | 2 |
Keith Lincoln | 23 | 376 | 16.3 | 66 | 4 |
Gene Foster | 17 | 199 | 11.7 | 23 | 0 |
Paul Lowe | 17 | 126 | 7.4 | 45 | 1 |
Jim Allison | 8 | 109 | 13.6 | 44 | 0 |
Jacque MacKinnon | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 38 | 0 |
Sammie Taylor | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 203 | 3379 | 16.6 | 85 | 23 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herb Travenio | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 94 |
Totals | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 94 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Hadl | 38 | 1544 | 40.6 | 65 |
Rick Redman | 29 | 1145 | 39.5 | 59 |
Jim Allison | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 39 |
Bud Whitehead | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 |
Totals | 70 | 2801 | 40.0 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speedy Duncan | 30 | 464 | 15.5 | 66 | 2 |
Kenny Graham | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 12 | 0 |
Dick Harris | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 38 | 508 | 13.4 | 66 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speedy Duncan | 26 | 612 | 23.5 | 46 | 0 |
Miller Farr | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 24 | 0 |
Gene Foster | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 36 | 0 |
Jim Allison | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 |
Keith Lincoln | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
Kern Carson | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 21 | 0 |
Dick Harris | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Gary Kirner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jacque MacKinnon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 50 | 1028 | 20.6 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bud Whitehead | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 35 | 1 |
Kenny Graham | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 51 | 1 |
Jimmy Warren | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 26 | 0 |
Speedy Duncan | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 26 | 0 |
Dick Degen | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
Dick Westmoreland | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
Earl Faison | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 1 |
Rick Redman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Dick Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 377 | 13.5 | 51 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Norton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Paul Lowe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Don Breaux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Speedy Duncan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Gruneisen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Hadl | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lance Alworth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gene Foster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Herb Travenio | 18 | 40 | 0 | 94 | ||||||||||
Lance Alworth | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
Paul Lowe | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Keith Lincoln | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
Speedy Duncan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Gene Foster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Don Norton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Dave Kocourek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Kenny Graham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Bud Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Earl Faison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
John Hadl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 12 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 340 |