1967 San Diego Chargers season

The 1967 Season was the 8th season for the San Diego Chargers as a professional AFL franchise; the team improved on their 7–6–1 record in 1966 and finishing at 8–5–1. It was the team's first season at San Diego Stadium (now known as Qualcomm Stadium), and the Chargers finished in third place in the AFL West Division with a record of 8–5–1.

1967 San Diego Chargers season
OwnerEugene V. Klein
Head coachSid Gillman
General managerSid Gillman
Home fieldSan Diego Stadium
Results
Record8–5–1
Division place3rd Western Division
Playoff finishDid not qualify

In August 1967, the San Diego Chargers played their first game at the new football stadium. The city named it the San Diego Stadium. In 1980, the city officially changed it to Jack Murphy Stadium. The city revamped the stadium in 1984 and added 11,000 seats and fancy booths at a cost of 9.1 million dollars. But this was still not enough for the city and in 1997 another 11,500 seats were added along with more suites and a club level.

This was the same year that the city sold the stadium's naming rights to a San Diego company for $18 million and the name officially changed to Qualcomm Stadium.

Roster

1967 San Diego Chargers final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists



Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap
1 Bye
2 September 9 Boston Patriots W 28–14 1–0 San Diego Stadium 39,337 Recap
3 Bye
4 September 24 Houston Oilers W 13–3 2–0 San Diego Stadium 36,032 Recap
5 October 1 at Buffalo Bills W 37–17 3–0 War Memorial Stadium 39,310 Recap
6 October 8 at Boston Patriots* T 31–31 3–0–1 San Diego Stadium 23,620 Recap
7 October 15 Kansas City Chiefs W 45–31 4–0–1 San Diego Stadium 45,355 Recap
8 October 22 at Denver Broncos W 38–21 5–0–1 Bears Stadium 34,465 Recap
9 October 29 at Oakland Raiders L 10–51 5–1–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 53,474 Recap
10 Bye
11 November 12 Miami Dolphins W 24–0 6–1–1 San Diego Stadium 34,761 Recap
12 November 19 at Kansas City Chiefs W 17–16 7–1–1 Municipal Stadium 46,738 Recap
13 November 23 Denver Broncos W 24–20 8–1–1 San Diego Stadium 34,586 Recap
14 December 3 Oakland Raiders L 21–41 8–2–1 San Diego Stadium 52,661 Recap
15 December 10 at Miami Dolphins L 24–41 8–3–1 Miami Orange Bowl 23,007 Recap
16 December 16 at Houston Oilers L 17–24 8–4–1 Rice Stadium 19,870 Recap
17 December 24 New York Jets L 31–42 8–5–1 San Diego Stadium 34,580 Recap

Note:

  • Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

(*) Played at San Diego Stadium due to the Fenway Park, Patriot's home field, used by stadium's owner, Boston Red Sox, for the 1967 World Series.

Game summaries

Week 14

1 234Total
Jets 14 14140 42
Chargers 7 1707 31

Standings

AFL Western Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Oakland Raiders 1310.9296–0468233W10
Kansas City Chiefs 950.6432–4408254W3
San Diego Chargers 851.6154–2360352L4
Denver Broncos 3110.2140–6256409L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

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