1962 San Diego Chargers season

1962 San Diego Chargers season
Owner	Barron Hilton
General manager	Sid Gillman
Head coach	Sid Gillman
Home field	Balboa Stadium
Results
Record	4–10
Division place	3rd Western Division
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1962 Season was the 3rd season for the San Diego Chargers as a professional AFL franchise; the team failed to improve on their 12–2 record from 1961. The Chargers finished third in the AFL West at 4–10 that season. At the time it was their worst ever season. This would be the only time the Chargers would endure a losing season during their AFL days.

Roster

1962 San Diego Chargers roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 21 John Hadl 17 Dick Wood Running backs (RB) 22 Keith Lincoln HB Wide receivers (WR) 19 Lance Alworth Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL) 74 Ron Mix RG Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB) Defensive backs (DB) Special teams

Rookies in italics

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 7, 1962	at Denver Broncos	L 30–21	28,000
2	September 16, 1962	New York Titans	W 40–14	22,003
3	September 23, 1962	Houston Oilers	L 42–17	28,061
4	September 30, 1962	at Oakland Raiders	W 42–33	13,000
5	October 7, 1962	Dallas Texans	W 32–28	23,092
6	October 13, 1962	at Buffalo Bills	L 35–10	20,074
7	October 19, 1962	at Boston Patriots	L 24–20	20,888
8	October 28, 1962	at New York Titans	L 23–3	21,467
9	November 4, 1962	Denver Broncos	L 23–20	20,827
10	November 11, 1962	Buffalo Bills	L 40–20	22,204
11	November 25, 1962	at Houston Oilers	L 33–27	28,235
12	December 2, 1962	Oakland Raiders	W 31–21	17,874
13	December 9, 1962	Boston Patriots	L 20–14	19,887
14	December 16, 1962	at Dallas Texans	L 26–17	18,384

Season summary

Week 2

Week Two: New York Titans (1–0) at San Diego Chargers (0–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Titans	0	0	0	14	14
Chargers	7	14	10	9	40

at Balboa Stadium • San Diego, California

• Date: September 16
• Game weather: 67 °F (19 °C) • Wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)
• Game attendance: 22,003
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information
Titans Lee Grosscup 20/41, 216 Yds, 2 TD, 3 INT Charlie Flowers 13 Rush, 42 Yds Art Powell 5 Rec, 75 Yds, 2 TD Chargers Jack Kemp 5/18, 184 Yds, TD, INT Keith Lincoln 13 Rush, 48 Yds Lance Alworth 2 Rec, 90 Yds, 2 TD

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP NYT SD 1 Chargers Jack Kemp 1-yard touchdown run, George Blair kick good 0 7 2 Chargers Lance Alworth 23-yard touchdown reception from Keith Lincoln, George Blair kick good 0 14 2 Chargers Bobby Jackson 5-yard touchdown run, George Blair kick good 0 21 3 Chargers Lance Alworth 67-yard touchdown reception from Jack Kemp, George Blair kick good 0 28 3 Chargers 44-yard field goal by George Blair 0 31 4 Titans Art Powell 10-yard touchdown reception from Lee Grosscup, Dick Guesman kick good 7 31 4 Chargers Kickoff returned 103 yards for touchdown by Keith Lincoln, George Blair kick no good 7 37 4 Chargers 30-yard field goal by George Blair 7 40 4 Titans Art Powell 14-yard touchdown reception from Lee Grosscup, Dick Guesman kick good 14 40 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 14 40

Standings

AFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Texans	11	3	0	.786	5–1	389	233	W2
Denver Broncos	7	7	0	.500	4–2	353	334	L5
San Diego Chargers	4	10	0	.286	3–3	314	392	L2
Oakland Raiders	1	13	0	.071	0–6	213	370	W1

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