1963 San Diego Chargers vs. Oakland Raiders Program Balboa Stadium, October 27th. Final score – Raiders 34 – Chargers 33. Program is– NR MT – MT condition (with the exception of two hole punches – this was part of a sportswriter’s collection – he kept programs in a loose leaf binder). All pages intact, tight binding, like the day this program was issued. Fantastic cover art by Dick Gibson - Chargers program from a Balboa Stadium game against upstate rival Oakland.
From the AP report the next day:
Raiders Nip Chargers In Last Minutes
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — Quarterback Cotton Davidson threw a nine-yard scoring pass to Glenn Shaw enabling the fired-up Oakland Raiders to defeat the San Diego Chargers 34–33 in the last minutes of an American Football League game Sunday.
Davidson threw three touchdown passes as four quarterbacks tossed for scores. Oakland had fought back from a 33–28 deficit on the arm of Davidson, who replaced injured Tom Flores.
Flores threw touchdown passes of 20 and 5 yards before retiring in the second quarter with a head injury.
Charger quarterback John Hadl relieved the veteran Tobin Rote in the second quarter after Rote had three passes intercepted, setting up two Oakland touchdowns.
Hadl gave the Chargers a 17–14 halftime lead when he connected with end Jacque Mackinnon on a 69-yard scoring pass.
Rote’s 32-yard pass to Lance Alworth accounted for the first Charger touchdown, but Raider linebacker Arch Matsos and cornerback Fred Williamson pilfered passes that accounted for the Raiders’ first two scores.
Fullback Keith Lincoln ran 51 yards for the last Charger score in the fourth quarter, erasing a 28–26 Oakland lead the Raiders had grabbed on Davidson’s pass to Powell.
Then Davidson’s pass to Shaw, who was activated Sunday, gave Oakland its first win in 11 meetings with the Chargers.
