1969 San Diego Chargers season

1969 San Diego Chargers season
Owner	Gene Klein
General manager	Sid Gillman
Head coach	Sid Gillman
Home field	San Diego Stadium
Results
Record	8–6
Division place	3rd Western Division
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1969 San Diego Chargers season was the team's 10th as a franchise and their 9th in San Diego. It began with the team trying to improve on their 9–5 record in 1968, as this would be the last season for the team with a winning record until 1978. It was the last American Football League season before the AFL–NFL merger. It was also Sid Gillman's final season as the team's head coach.

Draft

Main article: 1969 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Roster

1969 San Diego Chargers roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 14 Marty Domres 21 John Hadl 15 Pete Mikolajewski Running backs (RB) 37 Gene Foster FB 26 Brad Hubbert 22 Dickie Post 20 Russ Smith Wide receivers (WR) 19 Lance Alworth 49 Rick Eber 27 Gary Garrison Tight ends (TE) 83 Willie Frazier 38 Jacque MacKinnon

Offensive linemen (OL) 75 Gene Ferguson T 65 Sam Gruneisen C 51 Bill Lenkaitis G 74 Ron Mix T 76 Terry Owens T 78 Walt Sweeney G Defensive linemen (DL) 86 Ron Billingsley DT 68 Bob Briggs DE 82 Steve DeLong DE 80 Houston Ridge DE 85 Russ Washington T

Linebackers (LB) 50 Chuck Allen 59 Pete Barnes 56 Bob Bruggers 61 Jim Fetherston 66 Rick Redman 81 Jeff Staggs Defensive backs (DB) 40 Joe Beauchamp CB 45 Speedy Duncan CB 39 Jim Hill SS 24 Bob Howard CB 48 Larry Rentz 43 Jim Tolbert SS Special teams 29 Dennis Partee K/P

Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 14, 1969	Kansas City Chiefs	L 27–9	47,988
2	September 21, 1969	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 34–20	26,243
3	September 28, 1969	New York Jets	W 34–27	54,042
4	October 4, 1969	Cincinnati Bengals	W 21–14	52,748
5	October 11, 1969	at Miami Dolphins	W 21–14	34,585
6	October 19, 1969	at Boston Patriots	W 13–10	18,346
7	October 26, 1969	Oakland Raiders	L 24–12	54,008
8	November 2, 1969	at Denver Broncos	L 13–0	45,511
9	November 9, 1969	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 27–3	51,104
10	November 16, 1969	at Oakland Raiders	L 21–16	54,372
11	November 23, 1969	Denver Broncos	W 45–24	34,664
12	November 27, 1969	at Houston Oilers	W 21–17	40,065
13	December 7, 1969	Boston Patriots	W 28–18	33,146
14	December 14, 1969	Buffalo Bills	W 45–6	47,582

Standings

AFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Oakland Raiders	12	1	1	.923	7–1	377	242	W6
Kansas City Chiefs	11	3	0	.786	5–3	359	177	L1
San Diego Chargers	8	6	0	.571	2–6	288	276	W4
Denver Broncos	5	8	1	.385	3–5	297	344	W1
Cincinnati Bengals	4	9	1	.308	3–5	280	367	L5

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