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, the Chargers topped the circuit with 399 points. Defensively, San Diego 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 |