1963 San Diego Chargers season
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1963 San Diego Chargers season
| 1963 San Diego Chargers season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Sid Gillman | ||||||
| Home field | Balboa Stadium | ||||||
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| Record | 11–3 | ||||||
| Division Place | 1st Western Division | ||||||
| Playoff finish | Won AFL Championship (Patriots) (51–10) | ||||||
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The 1963 San Diego Chargers season was the team's 4th in the American Football League. The team had gone 4–10 record in 1962. They won their only AFL Championship with a win over the Boston Patriots. Lance Alworth was named the league M.V.P.
The 1963 team was the Chargers' only championship season, AFL or NFL.[1] This is also the most recent world championship ever won by a major league sports team in the city and county of San Diego.
The Chargers were the only AFL team to go undefeated against four teams in the regular season that would go on to make the postseason.[2]
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Season schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| 1 | September 8, 1963 | Buffalo Bills | W 14–10 |
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| 2 | September 14, 1963 | Boston Patriots | W 17–13 |
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| 3 | September 29, 1963 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 24–10 |
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| 4 | October 6, 1963 | at Denver Broncos | L 34–50 |
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| 5 | October 13, 1963 | New York Jets | W 24–20 |
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| 6 | October 20, 1963 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 38–17 |
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| 7 | October 27, 1963 | Oakland Raiders | L 33–34 |
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| 8 | November 2, 1963 | at New York Jets | W 53–7 |
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| 9 | November 10, 1963 | at Boston Patriots | W 7–6 |
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| 10 | November 17, 1963 | at Buffalo Bills | W 23–13 |
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| 11 | December 1, 1963 | Houston Oilers | W 27–0 |
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| 12 | December 8, 1963 | at Oakland Raiders | L 27–41 |
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| 13 | December 15, 1963 | at Houston Oilers | W 20–14 |
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| 14 | December 22, 1963 | Denver Broncos | W 58–20 |
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Playoffs
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| Championship | January 5, 1964 | Boston Patriots | W 51–10 |
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| Eastern Division | Western Division |
| Boston | Denver |
| Buffalo | Kansas City |
| Houston | Oakland |
| New York Jets | San Diego |
| 1963 AFL Draft • AFL Playoffs • 1963 AFL All-Star game Related: 1963 NFL Season |
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