The 1968 season was the 9th season for the San Diego Chargers as a professional AFL franchise; the team improved on their 8–5–1 record from 1967, finishing at 9–5. This was also Sid Gillman's final full year as Chargers head coach.
Offseason
NFL/AFL draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1968 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeMike FairQuarterbackSouth CarolinaCurt JonesGuardMissouriDick RiesLinebackerNorthern Arizona
Roster
Preseason
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 August 3 San Francisco 49ers W 30–18 1–0 San Diego Stadium 2 August 10 at Oakland Raiders L 7–31 1–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 3 August 17 Pittsburgh Steelers L 33–36 1–2 San Diego Stadium 4 August 24 Los Angeles Rams W 35–13 2–2 San Diego Stadium 5 August 30 vs. Denver Broncos W 6–3 3–2 Alamo Stadium (San Antonio)
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 September 6 Cincinnati Bengals W 29–13 1–0 San Diego Stadium 33,687 Recap 2 Bye 3 September 21 Houston Oilers W 30–14 2–0 San Diego Stadium 46,217 Recap 4 September 29 at Cincinnati Bengals W 31–10 3–0 Nippert Stadium 28,642 Recap 5 October 5 at New York Jets L 20–23 3–1 Shea Stadium 63,786 Recap 6 October 13 at Oakland Raiders W 23–14 4–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 53,257 Recap 7 October 20 Denver Broncos W 55–24 5–1 San Diego Stadium 42,953 Recap 8 October 27 at Kansas City Chiefs L 20–27 5–2 Municipal Stadium 50,344 Recap 9 November 3 Miami Dolphins W 34–28 6–2 San Diego Stadium 37,284 Recap 10 November 10 at Boston Patriots W 27–17 7–2 Fenway Park 19,278 Recap 11 November 17 at Buffalo Bills W 21–6 8–2 War Memorial Stadium 27,993 Recap 12 November 24 New York Jets L 15–37 8–3 San Diego Stadium 51,175 Recap 13 December 1 at Denver Broncos W 47–23 9–3 Mile High Stadium 35,312 Recap 14 December 8 Kansas City Chiefs L 3–40 9–4 San Diego Stadium 51,174 Recap 15 December 15 Oakland Raiders L 27–34 9–5 San Diego Stadium 40,698 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 1: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Week 3: vs. Houston Oilers
Week 4: at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 5: at New York Jets
Week 6: at Oakland Raiders
Week 7: vs. Denver Broncos
Week 8: at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 9: vs. Miami Dolphins
Week 10: at Boston Patriots
Week 11: at Buffalo Bills
Week 12: vs. New York Jets
Week 13: at Denver Broncos
Week 14: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week 15: vs. Oakland Raiders
Standings
Awards Seven 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 two to the second team. Also, Alworth and Hadl received votes for the AP AFL Player of the Year award (4 votes and 2 votes respectively), Washington received 2 votes for AFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, and Gillman received 3 votes for AFL Coach of the Year.
Player Position All-Star AP 1st-team All-Pro AP 2nd-team All-Pro Lance Alworth Flanker Gary Garrison End Kenny Graham Safety John Hadl Quarterback Jacque MacKinnon Tight end Ron Mix Tackle Dickie Post Running back Walt Sweeney Guard
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