John Hadl had been drafted in 1962 as quarterback, but the 1963 season would have 35-year old Tobin Rote as the primary starter at quarterback. Thar year, under an MVP season from Rote (with Alworth second in the balloting), they captured the only league championship the franchise ever won by outscoring the Boston Patriots, 51–10, in the American Football League championship game in Balboa Stadium. Gillman crafted a game plan, "Feast or Famine", that used motion, then seldom seen, to negate the Patriots' blitzes. His plan freed running back Keith Lincoln to rush for 206 yards, and have another 123 yards receiving.
John Hadl had been drafted in 1962 as quarterback, but the 1963 season would have 35-year old Tobin Rote as the primary starter at quarterback. Thar year, under an MVP season from Rote (with Alworth second in the balloting), they captured the only league championship the franchise ever won by outscoring the Boston Patriots, 51–10, in the American Football League cham,pionship game in Balboa Stadium. Gillman crafted a game plan, "Feast or Famine", that used motion, then seldom seen, to negate the Patriots' blitzes. His plan freed r:unning back Keith Lincoln to rush for 206 yards, and ,have another 123 yards receiving.