1963 American Football League playoffs
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| Date | January 5, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Balboa Stadium, San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,127 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1963 American Football League Championship Game was the fourth AFL title game. At the end of the regular season, the San Diego Chargers (11–3) won the Western Division for the third time in the four-year existence of the AFL. The Eastern Division Boston Patriots and Buffalo Bills had identical 7–6–1 records, which required a tiebreaker playoff game on December 28.[3]
Eastern Division playoff
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Patriots | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| Bills | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
at War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo, New York
- Date: December 28, 1963
- Game weather: 20 °F (−7 °C), relative humidity 76%,
wind 11 mph (18 km/h), wind chill 9 °F (−13 °C)
Surface: Natural grass
1963 AFL Championship Game
Surface – Natural grass
San Diego fullback Keith Lincoln performed tremendously and led the Chargers to an astounding 51–10 rout of Boston.[4] Named the game's outstanding player, he rushed for 206 yards on 13 carries, led the team with 123 yards in receiving, and completed a pass for 20 yards.[5][6][7]
The Chargers' championship win 53 years ago is noted for being the only major sports title for the city of San Diego. Because of this, San Diego presently has the longest championship drought for a city that has at least two sports teams.[8][9] The Patriots did not win a league championship until the 2001 season in Super Bowl XXXVI.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Patriots | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chargers | 21 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 51 |
at Balboa Stadium, San Diego, California
- Date: January 5, 1964
- Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), relative humidity 26%, wind 10 mph (16 km/h)
- Game attendance: 30,127 [1]
- TV announcers (ABC): Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman[2]
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Scoring
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Starting lineups
Hall of Fame inductee
| Boston Patriots | Position | San Diego Chargers |
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| OFFENSE | ||
| Babe Parilli | QB | Tobin Rote |
| Ron Burton | HB | Paul Lowe |
| Larry Garron | FB | Keith Lincoln |
| Jim Colclough | FL | Lance Alworth |
| Gino Cappelletti | SE | Don Norton |
| Tony Romeo | TE | Dave Kocourek |
| Don Oakes | LT | Ernie Wright |
| Charley Long | LG | Sam DeLuca |
| Walt Cudzik | C | Don Rogers |
| Billy Neighbors | RG | Pat Shea |
| Milt Graham | RT | Ron Mix |
| DEFENSE | ||
| Larry Eisenhauer | LDE | Earl Faison |
| Jess Richardson | LDT | Henry Schmidt |
| Houston Antwine | RDT | George Gross |
| Bob Dee | RDE | Bob Petrich |
| Tom Addison | LLB | Emil Karas |
| Nick Buoniconti | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| Jack Rudolph | RLB | Paul Maguire |
| Dick Felt | LCB | Bud Whitehead |
| Bob Suci | RCB | Dick Harris |
| Ross O'Hanley | SS | George Blair |
| Ron Hall | FS | Gary Glick |
Players' shares
The attendance in San Diego was nearly 8,000 lower than the previous year's game in Houston, but the players' shares were up slightly with increased television revenue. The winning Chargers players each made around $2,500, while the Patriots received about $1,700 each.[7] These shares were less than half of those for the NFL title game in 1963, at approximately $6,000 and $4,200 each.[10]
See also
References
- 1 2 Paid Attendance | Tales from the AFL
- 1 2 1963 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews
- ↑ "Boston beats Bills for division crown". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. December 29, 1963. p. 2, sports.
- ↑ "Chargers roll over Boston in AFL final". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. January 6, 1964. p. 27.
- ↑ "Chargers rout Boston, 51-10; compared with NFL teams". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. January 6, 1964. p. 11, part 2.
- ↑ "Are Chargers good enough for NFL opponents?". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. January 6, 1964. p. 3B.
- 1 2 "Charger win Lincolnesque; Palouse Moose gains 349". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. January 6, 1964. p. 12.
- ↑ "Are San Diego Sports Teams Cursed?". San Diego 6. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ↑ Thirteen years after missing a Super Bowl-winning field – 07.12.04 – SI Vault
- ↑ "Each Bear to receive about $6,000". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 30, 1963. p. 18.
Coordinates: 32°43′14″N 117°09′02″W / 32.7205°N 117.1505°W
| Preceded by Dallas Texans 1962 AFL Champions |
San Diego Chargers American Football League Champions 1963 |
Succeeded by Buffalo Bills 1964 AFL Champions |