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
Owner	Eugene V. Klein
Head coach	Sid Gillman
General manager	Sid Gillman
Home field	San Diego Stadium
Results
Record	8–5–1
Division place	3rd Western Division
Playoff finish	Did 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 21 John Hadl Running backs 32 Jim Allison 37 Gene Foster FB 22 Dickie Post 20 Russ Smith Wide receivers 19 Lance Alworth 27 Gary Garrison Tight ends		Offensive linemen 73 Larry Little G 74 Ron Mix T 76 Terry Owens T 78 Walt Sweeney G Defensive linemen 70 Scott Appleton DT 86 Ron Billingsley DT 82 Steve DeLong DE 80 Houston Ridge DE		Linebackers 66 Rick Redman Defensive backs 40 Joe Beauchamp CB 45 Speedy Duncan CB 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 2 3 4 Total • Jets 14 14 14 0 42 Chargers 7 17 0 7 31 Date: December 24 Location: San Diego Stadium

Standings

AFL Western Division
	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.