1979 San Diego Chargers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-4-0, 1st in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Coryell (12-4-0)

Points For: 411 (25.7/g) 2nd of 28

Points Against: 246 (15.4/g) 2nd of 28

Expected W-L: 12.3-3.7

SRS: 11.78 (2nd of 28), SOS: 1.46

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 14-17 vs. Houston Oilers

Offensive Coordinator: Joe Gibbs

Defensive Coordinator: Jackie Simpson

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Hanifan (Asst. HC/Offensive Line), Jerry Smith (Defensive Line), Larrye Weaver (Defensive Backs) and Ernie Zampese (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: San Diego Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Eugene Klein

General Manager: Johnny Sanders

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1000

Training Camp: UC San Diego (San Diego, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	411	5583	1053	5.3	35	10	330	338	541	3915	24	25	6.8	192	481	1668	25	3.5	114	108	908	24
Opp. Stats	246	4456	989	4.5	46	18	268	261	472	2549	11	28	5.0	132	475	1907	19	4.0	117	100	812	19
Lg Rank Offense	2	5			8	1	5		5	1	6	22	3		25	27	2	26
Lg Rank Defense	2	5			3	10	7		19	7	1	3	5		1	8	17	15

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Seattle Seahawks	33	16	22	356	217	139	1	19	334	153	181	6	2.63	16.54	-4.41
2	Sun	September 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Oakland Raiders	30	10	20	349	209	140	3	16	283	186	97	3	-7.45	26.95	-2.92
3	Sun	September 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Buffalo Bills	27	19	18	339	94	245	1	14	298	238	60		12.51	-2.14	1.94
4	Sun	September 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-1	@	New England Patriots	21	27	15	232	193	39	2	20	291	140	151	2	-5.34	3.35	-2.44
5	Sun	September 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1		San Francisco 49ers	31	9	22	317	246	71	2	14	242	122	120	3	2.85	15.13	5.29
6	Sun	October 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	Denver Broncos	0	7	19	374	305	69	4	11	193	33	160	1	-12.31	16.86	-13.70
7	Sun	October 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Seattle Seahawks	20	10	19	391	295	96		18	280	147	133	1	8.74	15.13	-7.43
8	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	40	16	17	391	326	65	2	24	337	233	104	8	2.81	20.16	1.41
9	Thu	October 25	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-3	@	Oakland Raiders	22	45	22	380	298	82	3	19	339	202	137		3.12	-12.22	-13.01
10	Sun	November 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	Kansas City Chiefs	20	14	23	315	229	86	2	17	283	164	119	4	-2.67	4.79	6.60
11	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3	@	Cincinnati Bengals	26	24	19	324	270	54	4	19	254	60	194		-10.52	6.54	3.75
12	Sun	November 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	35	7	14	218	120	98	4	14	191	125	66	8	-20.42	45.64	7.51
13	Sun	November 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3		Kansas City Chiefs	28	7	30	460	325	135	1	9	190	125	65	1	22.63	8.48	-7.22
14	Sun	December 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-4		Atlanta Falcons	26	28	22	410	324	86	2	22	375	222	153	2	2.48	-8.09	3.05
15	Sun	December 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4	@	New Orleans Saints	35	0	31	400	234	166		12	231	175	56	2	20.37	12.92	1.30
16	Mon	December 17	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-4		Denver Broncos	17	7	17	327	230	97	4	20	335	224	111	5	-2.91	14.88	-3.65
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		12-5		Houston Oilers	14	17	25	380	317	63	5	15	259	111	148	1	3.56	2.16	-7.07

Passing

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Dan Fouts	28	QB	16	16	12-4-0	332	530	62.6	4082	24	4.5	24	4.5	190	50.2	65	7.7	6.57	12.3	255.1	82.6	28	195	5.02	6.97	5.89	1	1	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-2
2	James Harris	32	QB	8	0		5	9	55.6	38	0	0.0	1	11.1	1	45.5	10	4.2	-0.78	7.6	4.8	26.4	2	15	18.18	2.09	-2.00	0	0
3	Mike Thomas	26	RB	14	9		1	1	100.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	18	18.0	18.00	18.0	1.3	118.7	0	0	0.00	18.00	18.00	0	0
4	Hank Bauer	25	RB	16	0		0	0		0	0		0		0						0.0		1	13	100.00	-13.00	-13.00	0	0
5	Mike Fuller	26	SS	16	15		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12-4-0	338	541	62.5	3915	24	4.4	25	4.6	192	50.0	65	7.6	6.46	12.2	244.7	81.6	31	223	5.42	6.84	5.72	1	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Dan Fouts	28	QB	1	1	0-1-0	25	47	53.2	333	0	0.0	5	10.6	17	42.9	34	7.1	2.30	13.3	333.0	36.3	2	16	4.08	6.47	1.88	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	25	47	53.2	317	0	0.0	5	10.6	17	42.9	34	7.1	2.30	13.3	317.0	36.3	2	16	4.08	6.47	1.88	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Clarence Williams	24	FB	16	16	200	752	12	46	47.0	55	3.8	47.0	12.5	66	51	352	6.9	0	18	56.1	14	3.2	22.0	77.3	5.3	251	4.4	1104	12	1
2	John Jefferson	23	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	112	61	1090	17.9	10	41	50.0	65	4.1	72.7	54.5	9.7	61	17.9	1090	10	0	PB,AP-1
3	Charlie Joiner	32	WR	16	16	1	-12	0	0	0.0	-12	-12.0	-0.8	0.1	119	72	1008	14.0	4	53	55.5	39	4.5	63.0	60.5	8.5	73	13.6	996	4	1	PB
4	Mike Thomas	26	RB	14	9	91	353	1	19	41.8	21	3.9	25.2	6.5	54	32	388	12.1	0	19	55.6	32	2.3	27.7	59.3	7.2	123	6.0	741	1	4
5	Bob Klein	32	TE	15	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	48	37	424	11.5	5	24	68.8	54	2.5	28.3	77.1	8.8	37	11.5	424	5	0
6	Lydell Mitchell	30	RB	12	5	63	211	0	10	42.9	15	3.3	17.6	5.3	23	19	159	8.4	1	7	65.2	24	1.6	13.3	82.6	6.9	82	4.5	370	1	2
7	Artie Owens	26	RB	16	2	40	151	1	12	42.5	23	3.8	9.4	2.5	24	15	176	11.7	1	8	54.2	32	0.9	11.0	62.5	7.3	55	5.9	327	2	1
8	Kellen Winslow	22	TE	7	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	36	25	255	10.2	2	10	47.2	30	3.6	36.4	69.4	7.1	25	10.2	255	2	1
9	John Floyd	23	WR	8	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	10	152	15.2	1	6	66.7	40	1.3	19.0	83.3	12.7	10	15.2	152	1	0
10	Bo Matthews	28	RB	16	0	30	112	1	9	43.3	22	3.7	7.0	1.9	9	7	40	5.7	0	2	44.4	13	0.4	2.5	77.8	4.4	37	4.1	152	1	1
11	Larry Burton	28	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	16	4	62	15.5	0	2	25.0	23	0.3	5.2	25.0	3.9	4	15.5	62	0	0
12	Dan Fouts	28	QB	16	16	26	49	2	6	26.9	26	1.9	3.1	1.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			26	1.9	49	2	13	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-2
13	Greg McCrary	27	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	5	32	6.4	0	2	42.9	19	0.4	2.3	71.4	4.6	5	6.4	32	0	0
14	Hank Bauer	25	RB	16	0	22	28	8	11	63.6	6	1.3	1.8	1.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			22	1.3	28	8	1
15	James Harris	32	QB	8	0	6	26	0	1	16.7	18	4.3	3.3	0.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	4.3	26	0	1
16	Mike Fuller	26	SS	16	15	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	4
17	Leroy Jones	29	LDE	16	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
18	Jeff West	26	P	16	0	1	-2	0	0	0.0	-2	-2.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	481	1668	25	114	43.9	55	3.5	104.3	30.1	527	338	4138	12.2	24	192	54.3	65	21.1	258.6	64.1	7.9	819	7.1	5806	49	30

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Charlie Joiner	32	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	4	81	20.3	0	4	50.0	30	4.0	81.0	50.0	10.1	4	20.3	81	0	0
2	John Jefferson	23	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	4	70	17.5	0	4	28.6	21	4.0	70.0	28.6	5.0	4	17.5	70	0	0
3	Clarence Williams	24	FB	1	1	11	30	1	5	54.5	8	2.7	30.0	11.0	5	4	30	7.5	0	2	60.0	12	4.0	30.0	80.0	6.0	15	4.0	60	1	0
4	Lydell Mitchell	30	RB	1	1	8	33	1	1	62.5	8	4.1	33.0	8.0	6	4	26	6.5	0	1	50.0	9	4.0	26.0	66.7	4.3	12	4.9	59	1	0
5	John Floyd	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	3	51	17.0	0	2	100.0	23	3.0	51.0	100.0	17.0	3	17.0	51	0	0
6	Bob Klein	32	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	5	41	8.2	0	3	33.3	16	5.0	41.0	55.6	4.6	5	8.2	41	0	0
7	Greg McCrary	27	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	34	34.0	0	1	100.0	34	1.0	34.0	100.0	34.0	1	34.0	34	0	0
8	Mike Thomas	26	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	19	63	2	6	57.9	8	3.3	63.0	19.0	47	25	333	13.3	0	17	44.7	34	25.0	333.0	53.2	7.1	44	9.0	396	2	0

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles					Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Willie Buchanon	29	LCB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Dan Fouts	28	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	13	6	-20	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-2
3	Bob Horn	25	MLB	16	16	2	44	0	30	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Charlie Joiner	32	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
5	Ray Preston	25	LLB	16	16	5	121	0	35	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Billy Shields	26	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Clarence Williams	24	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Mike Williams	26	RCB	16	16	4	55	0	50	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Wilbur Young	30	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	14.0	0	0	0	1
10	Mike Fuller	26	SS	16	15	4	39	0	23	4	1	-8	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Gary Johnson	27	RDT	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	2	36	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	PB
12	Leroy Jones	29	LDE	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	7.5	0	0	0	0
13	Bob Klein	32	TE	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Woodrow Lowe	25	RLB	16	14	5	150	2	77	0	1	2	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
15	Glen Edwards	32	FS	15	13	4	99	0	53	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Fred Dean	27	RDE	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	PB
17	Doug Wilkerson	32	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Mike Thomas	26	RB	14	9	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Lydell Mitchell	30	RB	12	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Charles DeJurnett	27	DT	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
21	Pete Shaw	25	DB	16	3	3	54	0	30	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	John Lee	26	DE	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
23	Artie Owens	26	RB	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Don Goode	28	LB	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Linden King	24	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Kellen Winslow	22	TE	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Hank Bauer	25	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Jerome Dove	26	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	James Harris	32	QB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Bo Matthews	28	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Greg McCrary	27	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1
32	Cliff Thrift	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	28	562	2	77	31	37	37	1	41.0	0	0	0	2

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Mike Williams	26	RCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

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