San Diego Chargers

9-7-0 4th in AFC West
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PPG

22.2

6th

OPP PPG

19.3

21st

RUSH YDS/G

131.0

20th

PASS YDS/G

222.9

1st

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

Team Regular Season

GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 355 5,471 1,099 5.0 2,096 590 3.6 3,566 477 7.5 32 191 315 116 171 28 98 748
Team Rank 6th 4th 4th 6th 20th 9th 25th 1st 4th 5th 9th 26th 5th 18th 2nd 12th 7th 2nd
Opponent 16 309 4,559 1,005 4.5 2,208 510 4.3 2,825 441 6.4 54 474 273 114 141 18 99 862
Opponent Rank 21st 8th 8th 12th 15th 4th 24th 15th 18th 11th 3rd 27th 10th 8th 21st 3rd 18th 18th
Net +46 +912 +94 +0.4 -112 +80 -0.8 +741 +36 +1.1 -22 -283 +42 +2 +30 +10 -1 -114
Net Rank 7th 4th 4th 5th 15th 6th 28th 2nd 8th 3rd 2nd 28th 6th 11th 4th 3rd 11th 8th

Player Regular Season

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Dan Fouts Dan Fouts 15 224 381 58.8 25.4 2,999 7.9 199.9 24 6.3 20 5.2 55 22 130 83.0
James Harris James Harris 9 42 88 47.7 9.8 518 5.9 57.6 2 2.3 9 10.2 34 8 43 34.4
Cliff Olander Cliff Olander 9 5 8 62.5 0.9 49 6.1 5.4 0 0.0 1 12.5 22 2 18 40.1

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Lydell Mitchell Lydell Mitchell 16 214 13.4 820 3.8 51.3 3 25 271 1,320
Don Woods Don Woods 16 151 9.4 514 3.4 32.1 3 27 185 809
Hank Bauer Hank Bauer 16 85 5.3 304 3.6 19.0 8 37 95 382
Bo Matthews Bo Matthews 11 71 6.5 286 4.0 26.0 0 28 82 364
Clarence Williams Clarence Williams 10 27 2.7 76 2.8 7.6 0 12 28 93
Dan Fouts Dan Fouts 15 20 1.3 43 2.2 2.9 2 22 20 43
James Harris James Harris 9 10 1.1 7 0.7 0.8 0 9 10 7
Rickey Anderson Rickey Anderson 16 3 0.2 11 3.7 0.7 0 6 4 8
Larry Barnes Larry Barnes 4 3 0.8 8 2.7 2.0 0 4 5 21
Greg McCrary Greg McCrary 8 2 0.3 18 9.0 2.3 0 16 3 47
John Jefferson John Jefferson 14 1 0.1 7 7.0 0.5 0 7 57 1,008
Johnny Rodgers Johnny Rodgers 6 1 0.2 5 5.0 0.8 0 5 6 52
Jeff West Jeff West 16 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Cliff Olander Cliff Olander 9 1 0.1 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0 -3 1 -3

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Lydell Mitchell Lydell Mitchell 16 57 3.6 500 8.8 31.3 2 55 271 1,320
John Jefferson John Jefferson 14 56 4.0 1,001 17.9 71.5 13 46 57 1,008
Bob Klein Bob Klein 16 34 2.1 413 12.1 25.8 2 24 34 413
Don Woods Don Woods 16 34 2.1 295 8.7 18.4 0 29 185 809
Charlie Joiner Charlie Joiner 16 33 2.1 607 18.4 37.9 1 46 33 607
Bo Matthews Bo Matthews 11 11 1.0 78 7.1 7.1 0 13 82 364
Hank Bauer Hank Bauer 16 10 0.6 78 7.8 4.9 1 14 95 382
Artie Owens Artie Owens 13 9 0.7 188 20.9 14.5 0 41 9 188
Pat Curran Pat Curran 14 9 0.6 92 10.2 6.6 2 20 9 92
Larry Burton Larry Burton 3 5 1.7 127 25.4 42.3 3 55 5 127
Johnny Rodgers Johnny Rodgers 6 5 0.8 47 9.4 7.8 0 12 6 52
Dwight McDonald Dwight McDonald 12 3 0.3 84 28.0 7.0 1 37 3 84
Larry Barnes Larry Barnes 4 2 0.5 13 6.5 3.3 0 7 5 21
Greg McCrary Greg McCrary 8 1 0.1 29 29.0 3.6 1 29 3 47
Clarence Williams Clarence Williams 10 1 0.1 17 17.0 1.7 0 17 28 93
Rickey Anderson Rickey Anderson 16 1 0.1 -3 -3.0 -0.2 0 -3 4 8

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Mike Fuller Mike Fuller 16 4 44 11 1 23
Glen Edwards Glen Edwards 14 3 43 14.3 0 24
Mike Williams Mike Williams 16 3 23 7.7 0 23
Hal Stringert Hal Stringert 13 2 4 2 0 2
Pete Shaw Pete Shaw 16 2 0 0 0 0
Gary Johnson Gary Johnson 15 1 52 52 1 52
Woodrow Lowe Woodrow Lowe 16 1 16 16 0 16
Jerome Dove Jerome Dove 14 1 4 4 0 4
Linden King Linden King 14 1 3 3 0 3
Rick Middleton Rick Middleton 12 1 2 2 0 2
Don Goode Don Goode 14 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Horn Bob Horn 16 1 0 0 0 0
Louie Kelcher Louie Kelcher 15 1 0 0 0 0

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Rolf Benirschke Rolf Benirschke 15 0 0 0 0 18 37 0 91
John Jefferson John Jefferson 14 0 13 0 13 0 0 0 78
Hank Bauer Hank Bauer 16 8 1 0 9 0 0 0 54
Lydell Mitchell Lydell Mitchell 16 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 30
Larry Burton Larry Burton 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 18
Don Woods Don Woods 16 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 18
Pat Curran Pat Curran 14 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12
Dan Fouts Dan Fouts 15 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12
Bob Klein Bob Klein 16 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12
Mike Fuller Mike Fuller 16 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Gary Johnson Gary Johnson 15 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Charlie Joiner Charlie Joiner 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Greg McCrary Greg McCrary 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Dwight McDonald Dwight McDonald 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Mike Fuller Mike Fuller 16 5 109 21.8 0 39 436 11.2 0 34
Johnny Rodgers Johnny Rodgers 6 11 287 26.1 0 11 88 8.0 0 15
Artie Owens Artie Owens 13 20 524 26.2 0 1 20 20.0 0 20
Clarence Williams Clarence Williams 10 6 143 23.8 0 0 0 0
Rickey Anderson Rickey Anderson 16 6 83 13.8 0 0 0 0
Pete Shaw Pete Shaw 16 0 0 0 4 46 11.5 0 16
Don Woods Don Woods 16 2 37 18.5 0 0 0 0
Bob Horn Bob Horn 16 2 27 13.5 0 0 0 0
Ray Preston Ray Preston 16 1 15 15.0 0 0 0 0
Bob Klein Bob Klein 16 1 13 13.0 0 0 0 0
Don Macek Don Macek 14 1 6 6.0 0 0 0 0
Rick Middleton Rick Middleton 12 1 5 5.0 0 0 0 0
Mark Slater Mark Slater 9 1 3 3.0 0 0 0 0
Don Goode Don Goode 14 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Hal Stringert Hal Stringert 13 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Mike Williams Mike Williams 16 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Rolf Benirschke Rolf Benirschke 15 18 22 81.8 2-2 9-10 4-6 3-4 0-0 37 43 86.0 91

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Jeff West Jeff West 16 73 2,720 37.3 59 2

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AFC North W L T PCT
1
Ravens Ravens
13 4 0 .765
2
Browns Browns
11 6 0 .647
AFC East W L T PCT
1
Bills Bills
11 6 0 .647
2
Dolphins Dolphins
11 6 0 .647
AFC West W L T PCT
1
Chiefs Chiefs
11 6 0 .647
2
Raiders Raiders
8 9 0 .471
AFC South W L T PCT
1
Texans Texans
10 7 0 .588
2
Jaguars Jaguars
9 8 0 .529
NFC North W L T PCT
1
Lions Lions
12 5 0 .706
2
Packers Packers
9 8 0 .529
NFC West W L T PCT
1
49ers 49ers
12 5 0 .706
2
Rams Rams
10 7 0 .588
NFC East W L T PCT
1
Cowboys Cowboys
12 5 0 .706
2
Eagles Eagles
11 6 0 .647
NFC South W L T PCT
1
Buccaneers Buccaneers
9 8 0 .529
2
Saints Saints
9 8 0 .529