1967 San Diego Chargers season
1967 San Diego Chargers season | |
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Head coach | Sid Gillman |
General manager | Sid Gillman |
Owner | Gene Klein |
Home field | San Diego Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 8–5–1 |
Division place | 3rd Western Division |
Playoff finish | did not qualify |
The 1967 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 7–6–1 record in 1966. 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.
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.
Season schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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1 | September 9, 1967 | Boston Patriots | W 28–14 | |
2 | September 24, 1967 | Houston Oilers | W 13–3 | |
3 | October 1, 1967 | at Buffalo Bills | W 37–17 | |
4 | October 8, 1967 | at Boston Patriots* | T 31–31 | |
5 | October 15, 1967 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 45–31 | |
6 | October 22, 1967 | at Denver Broncos | W 38–21 | |
7 | October 29, 1967 | at Oakland Raiders | L 10-51 | |
8 | November 12, 1967 | Miami Dolphins | W 24–0 | |
9 | November 19, 1967 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 17–16 | |
10 | November 23, 1967 | Denver Broncos | W 24–20 | |
11 | December 3, 1967 | Oakland Raiders | L 21-41 | |
12 | December 10, 1967 | at Miami Dolphins | L 24-41 | |
13 | December 16, 1967 | at Houston Oilers | L 17-24 | |
14 | December 24, 1967 | New York Jets | L 31-42 | |
(*) Played at San Diego Stadium due the Fenway Park, Patriot's home field, used by stadium's owner, Boston Red Sox, for 1967 World Series.
Game summaries
Week 14
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Standings
AFL Western Division | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK | ||
Oakland Raiders | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 6–0 | 468 | 233 | W10 | |
Kansas City Chiefs | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 2–4 | 408 | 254 | W3 | |
San Diego Chargers | 8 | 5 | 1 | .615 | 4–2 | 360 | 352 | L4 | |
Denver Broncos | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 0–6 | 256 | 409 | L1 |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.