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. The Chargers finished in third place in the AFL West Division with a record of 8–5–1.
NFL / AFL draft
1967 San Diego Chargers draft Round Pick Player Position College Notes 1 14 Ron Billingsley Defensive tackle Wyoming 2 40 Ron McCall Linebacker Weber State 2 48 Bob Howard Cornerback San Diego State 3 67 Harold Akin Tackle Oklahoma State 4 94 Dickie Post * Running back Houston 5 121 Bernie Erickson Linebacker Abilene Christian 6 147 Nate Johns Flanker San Diego State 7 173 Dave Conway Kicker Texas 8 199 John Mills End Tennessee 9 225 Steve Newell Wide receiver Long Beach State 10 251 Torre Ossmo Tackle Western Michigan 11 277 Carroll Jarvis Halfback Virginia 13 329 Leon Carr Defensive back Prairie View A&M 14 355 Martin Baccaglio Defensive end San Jose State 15 381 Craig Scoggins End Long Beach State 16 407 Paul Phillips Tackle South Carolina 17 433 John Gibbs Halfback South Carolina State Bulldogs football Made roster Made at least one AFL All-Star game or NFL Pro Bowl during career
Roster
Preseason
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 August 5 at Oakland Raiders L 23–24 0–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 2 August 12 at Miami Dolphins W 20–14 1–1 Orange Bowl 3 August 20 Detroit Lions L 17–38 1–2 San Diego Stadium 4 August 27 Los Angeles Rams L 7–50 1–3 San Diego Stadium 5 September 2 Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–16 1–4 San Diego Stadium
Regular 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 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 Fenway Park being used by the Boston Red Sox for the 1967 World Series.
Game summaries
Week 2: vs. Boston Patriots
Week 4: vs. Houston Oilers
Week 5: at Buffalo Bills
Week 6: vs. Boston
Week 7: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week 8: at Denver Broncos
Week 9: at Oakland Raiders
Week 11: vs. Miami Dolphins
Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos
Week 14: vs. Oakland Raiders
Week 15: at Miami Dolphins
Week 16: at Houston Oilers
Week 17: vs. New York Jets
The Chargers recorded their first-ever home loss to the Jets.
Standings
Awards Ten Chargers were in the West team for the AFL All-Star game, while three were named to the Associated Press All-AFL first team and one to the second team. Also, Post won the AP AFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award with 17 of the 27 votes, while Hadl and Gillman received votes for Player of the Year and Coach of the Year respectively.
Player Position All-Star AP 1st-team All-Pro AP 2nd-team All-Pro Lance Alworth Flanker Frank Buncom Linebacker Speedy Duncan Cornerback Willie Frazier Tight end Kenny Graham Safety Brad Hubbert Fullback Ron Mix Tackle Rick Redman Linebacker Walt Sweeney Guard
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