1983 San Diego Chargers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-10-0, 4th in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Coryell (6-10-0)

Points For: 358 (22.4/g) 12th of 28

Points Against: 462 (28.9/g) 28th of 28

Expected W-L: 5.7-10.3

SRS: -4.64 (25th of 28), SOS: 1.86

Offensive Coordinator: Dave Levy

Defensive Coordinator: Tom Bass

Other Notable Asst.: Al Saunders (Wide Receivers), Jerry Smith (Defensive Line), Chuck Weber (Linebackers) and Ernie Zampese (Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator)

Stadium: Jack Murphy Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Eugene Klein

General Manager: Johnny Sanders

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +800

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	358	6197	1086	5.7	55	22	361	369	635	4661	27	33	7.0	230	423	1536	16	3.6	106	115	961	25
Opp. Stats	462	5955	1127	5.3	33	17	347	330	544	3782	28	16	6.6	187	552	2173	26	3.9	137	111	953	23
Lg Rank Offense	12	1			27	23	1		2	1	9	28	3		25	25	14	24
Lg Rank Defense	28	26			22	13	26		24	25	24	24	24		21	18	27	11

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 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		New York Jets	29	41	23	488	354	134	4	25	391	140	251	1	16.66	-9.89	-13.91
2	Mon	September 12	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	17	14	27	443	251	192	3	13	267	222	45	2	5.41	0.97	-2.46
3	Sun	September 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Seattle Seahawks	31	34	23	431	332	99	3	24	368	162	206	3	7.04	-2.14	-5.70
4	Sun	September 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	1-3		Cleveland Browns	24	30	23	421	351	70		29	410	307	103	1	20.66	-19.97	-12.60
5	Sun	October 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3	@	New York Giants	41	34	28	422	302	120	4	23	441	387	54	6	5.37	1.98	-2.00
6	Sun	October 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		Seattle Seahawks	28	21	27	412	318	94	5	20	398	288	110	2	5.85	7.22	-2.97
7	Sun	October 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4	@	New England Patriots	21	37	27	427	341	86	4	24	347	178	169		-4.24	-6.78	-2.92
8	Sun	October 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5	@	Denver Broncos	6	14	17	299	193	106	3	21	261	133	128	4	-15.69	6.21	0.60
9	Mon	October 31	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-6		Washington Redskins	24	27	21	428	307	121	8	24	482	313	169	1	-2.05	-12.11	11.27
10	Sun	November 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	3	26	11	218	159	59	4	19	288	132	156	2	-27.69	6.12	-4.10
11	Sun	November 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-7		Dallas Cowboys	24	23	21	355	332	23	1	25	389	291	98		5.75	-7.72	-0.67
12	Sun	November 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-8	@	St. Louis Cardinals	14	44	16	315	281	34	6	18	378	205	173	2	-24.03	-2.12	2.29
13	Sun	November 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-8		Denver Broncos	31	7	31	428	287	141	2	15	195	112	83	3	15.09	20.34	-14.44
14	Thu	December 1	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9		Los Angeles Raiders	10	42	18	322	248	74	4	19	323	181	142	2	-34.76	-2.54	4.53
15	Sun	December 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-9		Kansas City Chiefs	41	38	30	476	376	100	2	25	537	406	131	3	23.70	-20.24	0.10
16	Sun	December 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-10	@	Los Angeles Raiders	14	30	18	312	229	83	2	23	480	325	155	1	1.04	-14.57	-4.50

Passing

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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	32	QB	10	10	5-5-0	215	340	63.2	2975	20	5.9	15	4.4	145	54.2	59	8.8	7.94	13.8	297.5	92.5	14	107	3.95	8.10	7.32	2	1	PB
2	Ed Luther	26	QB	16	6	1-5-0	151	287	52.6	1875	7	2.4	17	5.9	86	40.3	46	6.5	4.36	12.4	117.2	56.6	13	120	4.33	5.85	3.77	0	2
3	Bruce Mathison	24	QB	1	0		3	5	60.0	41	0	0.0	1	20.0	1	60.0	25	8.2	-0.80	13.7	41.0	46.7	0	0	0.00	8.20	-0.80	0	0
4	Maury Buford	23	P	16	0		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
5	Wes Chandler	27	WR	16	14		0	0		0	0		0		0						0.0		1	3	100.00	-3.00	-3.00	0	0	PB
6	Pete Holohan	24	TE	16	3		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
7	Sherman Smith	29	RB	13	2		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	6-10-0	369	635	58.1	4661	27	4.3	33	5.2	232	47.7	59	7.7	6.21	13.3	291.3	75.1	28	230	4.22	7.03	5.60	2	3

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	Chuck Muncie	30	RB	15	12	235	886	12	67	48.1	34	3.8	59.1	15.7	51	42	396	9.4	1	17	54.9	27	2.8	26.4	82.4	7.8	277	4.6	1282	13	8
2	Kellen Winslow	26	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	138	88	1172	13.3	8	62	56.5	46	5.5	73.3	63.8	8.5	88	13.3	1172	8	3	PB
3	Charlie Joiner	36	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	107	65	960	14.8	3	50	58.9	33	4.1	60.0	60.7	9.0	65	14.8	960	3	2
4	Wes Chandler	27	WR	16	14	2	25	0	1	50.0	23	12.5	1.6	0.1	120	58	845	14.6	5	40	41.7	44	3.6	52.8	48.3	7.0	60	14.5	870	5	3	PB
5	James Brooks	25	RB	15	6	127	516	3	29	50.4	61	4.1	34.4	8.5	38	25	215	8.6	0	5	47.4	36	1.7	14.3	65.8	5.7	152	4.8	731	3	8
6	Eric Sievers	26	TE	16	8	1	-7	0	0	0.0	-7	-7.0	-0.4	0.1	53	33	452	13.7	3	21	60.4	28	2.1	28.3	62.3	8.5	34	13.1	445	3	0
7	Bobby Duckworth	25	WR	16	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	36	20	422	21.1	5	15	47.2	59	1.3	26.4	55.6	11.7	20	21.1	422	5	0
8	Pete Holohan	24	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	27	23	272	11.8	2	13	66.7	35	1.4	17.0	85.2	10.1	23	11.8	272	2	0
9	Sherman Smith	29	RB	13	2	24	91	0	4	45.8	20	3.8	7.0	1.8	6	6	51	8.5	0	3	66.7	21	0.5	3.9	100.0	8.5	30	4.7	142	0	2
10	Earnest Jackson	24	RB	12	0	11	39	0	4	54.5	6	3.5	3.3	0.9	5	5	42	8.4	0	2	80.0	10	0.4	3.5	100.0	8.4	16	5.1	81	0	1
11	Roger Carr	31	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	2	36	18.0	0	2	40.0	23	0.5	9.0	40.0	7.2	2	18.0	36	0	0
12	Dwight Scales	30	WR	7	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	2	28	14.0	0	2	40.0	14	0.3	4.0	40.0	5.6	2	14.0	28	0	0
13	John Cappelletti	31	RB	1	0	1	5	0	1	100.0	5	5.0	5.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	5.0	5	0	0
14	Hosea Fortune	24	WR	4	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	1
15	Bruce Mathison	24	QB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
16	Dan Fouts	32	QB	10	10	12	-5	1	2	16.7	3	-0.4	-0.5	1.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			12	-0.4	-5	1	5	PB
17	Ed Luther	26	QB	16	6	9	-14	0	0	0.0	8	-1.6	-0.9	0.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	-1.6	-14	0	6
	Team Totals			16	16	423	1536	16	108	46.8	61	3.6	96.0	26.4	592	369	4891	13.3	27	232	53.4	59	23.1	305.7	62.3	8.3	792	8.1	6427	43	40

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						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	Keith Ferguson	24	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
2	Mike Green	22	LILB	16	16	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	AP DRoY-11
3	Gary Johnson	31	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
4	Charlie Joiner	36	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Linden King	28	LOLB	16	16	1	19	0	19	0	2	0	0	8.0	0	0	0	0
6	Woodrow Lowe	29	ROLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	0	0	0	0
7	Billy Ray Smith	22	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	AP DRoY-8
8	Danny Walters	23	RCB	16	16	7	55	0	33	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	AP DRoY-3
9	Ed White	36	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Kellen Winslow	26	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
11	Wes Chandler	27	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
12	Rick Ackerman	24	NT	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.5	0	0	0	0
13	Gill Byrd	22	LCB	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	AP DRoY-5
14	Chuck Muncie	30	RB	15	12	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Don Macek	29	C	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Dan Fouts	32	QB	10	10	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
17	Andre Young	23	SS	15	10	2	49	1	40	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
18	Ken Greene	27	FS	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Dennis McKnight	24	C	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Tim Fox	30	FS	12	8	2	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	James Brooks	25	RB	15	6	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Ed Luther	26	QB	16	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Reuben Henderson	25	DB	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
24	Bill Elko	24	NT	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
25	Sherman Smith	29	RB	13	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Carlos Bradley	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
27	Hosea Fortune	24	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Earnest Jackson	24	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Jim Jodat	29	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Leroy Jones	33	DE	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Bruce Laird	33	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Bruce Mathison	24	QB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Miles McPherson	23	DB	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
34	Ray Preston	29	LB	16	0	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	16	153	1	40	42	32	15	0	30.0	0	0	0	0