• The team announced they had hired ex-Vikings defensive back Charlie Sumner to coach the secondary.

• The Tribune reported that the team had acquired the negotiating rights to former USC lineman Mike McKeever.

• McKeever had been drafted in 1960 by both the Rams and the Chargers, but had not reported to either team following a head injury that required brain surgery.

• After a three-year absence from the game, McKeever had been cleared by doctors to play again.

• The Rams had given up on McKeever and because of an agreement made by the league earlier in the month awarding the Raiders the right of first refusal to Rams castoffs, the rights to McKeever appeared to go to them.

• Chargers head coach Sid Gillman protested the decision to the league, saying they had never relinquished their rights to McKeever after drafting him.