2002 San Diego Chargers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-8-0, 3rd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marty Schottenheimer (8-8-0)

Points For: 333 (20.8/g) 20th of 32

Points Against: 367 (22.9/g) 22nd of 32

Expected W-L: 7.1-8.9

SRS: -0.72 (20th of 32), SOS: 1.40

Offensive Coordinator: Cam Cameron

Defensive Coordinator: Dale Lindsey

Other Notable Asst.: Pete Carmichael (Offensive Assistant), Steve Crosby (Special Teams), Greg Manusky (Linebackers), John Pagano (Quality Control), Brian Schottenheimer (Quarterbacks) and Clarence Shelmon (Running Backs)

Stadium: Qualcomm Stadium

Principal Owner: Alex Spanos

General Manager: John Butler

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +5000; O/U: 7.0

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						Average Drive
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	#Dr	Sc%	TO%	Start	Time	Plays	Yds	Pts
Team Stats	333	5325	1028	5.2	24	8	313	324	538	3188	17	16	5.7	166	466	2137	19	4.6	117	100	805	30	191	28.3	11.0	Own 31.3	2:36	5.53	27.8	1.60
Opp. Stats	367	6034	1056	5.7	27	10	326	375	607	4295	26	17	6.6	205	410	1739	15	4.2	91	103	854	30	196	31.6	13.8	Own 28.9	2:33	5.5	30.8	1.79
Lg Rank Offense	20	16			7	6	16		21	22	28	17	20		9	8	7	7						23	26	16	16	20	19	21
Lg Rank Defense	22	30			18	23	26		31	32	26	15	28		10	11	17	18						18	19	4	15	15	28	19

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 8	1:04PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Cincinnati Bengals	34	6	27	401	160	241		13	203	167	36	1	22.74	7.00	-3.17
2	Sun	September 15	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Houston Texans	24	3	16	267	143	124	1	7	118	29	89	3	-7.35	42.11	-13.25
3	Sun	September 22	4:05PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Arizona Cardinals	23	15	19	289	164	125	1	15	297	200	97	3	-2.10	9.41	-0.09
4	Sun	September 29	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		New England Patriots	21	14	14	342	104	238	1	25	440	353	87	3	7.34	-0.74	0.65
5	Sun	October 6	4:05PM ET	boxscore	L		4-1	@	Denver Broncos	9	26	16	314	235	79	3	20	417	300	117	1	-9.51	-7.75	1.03
6	Sun	October 13	4:15PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Kansas City Chiefs	35	34	27	465	312	153	5	17	319	231	88	2	12.73	-0.67	-11.26
7	Sun	October 20	4:05PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	6-1	@	Oakland Raiders	27	21	24	333	161	172		26	390	353	37	1	10.49	-13.94	8.51
8									Bye Week
9	Sun	November 3	4:05PM ET	boxscore	L		6-2		New York Jets	13	44	15	243	170	73	3	21	413	248	165		-11.63	-13.34	-7.92
10	Sun	November 10	1:02PM ET	boxscore	L		6-3	@	St. Louis Rams	24	28	15	256	130	126	2	25	524	453	71	4	-5.10	-0.70	1.87
11	Sun	November 17	4:05PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	7-3		San Francisco 49ers	20	17	26	441	336	105	1	21	467	331	136	1	6.43	-9.51	6.08
12	Sun	November 24	1:02PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4	@	Miami Dolphins	3	30	12	144	80	64	2	24	413	191	222		-11.90	-15.44	-0.15
13	Sun	December 1	4:05PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	8-4		Denver Broncos	30	27	25	434	214	220		20	417	261	156	3	11.93	3.03	-12.29
14	Sun	December 8	4:15PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5		Oakland Raiders	7	27	19	291	226	65	3	22	393	326	67		-10.29	-11.59	4.56
15	Sun	December 15	1:02PM ET	boxscore	L		8-6	@	Buffalo Bills	13	20	14	308	192	116		17	256	101	155	1	-9.77	2.12	2.84
16	Sun	December 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7	@	Kansas City Chiefs	22	24	20	383	235	148	1	19	376	323	53	1	-3.76	-8.72	6.97
17	Sun	December 29	4:15PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	8-8		Seattle Seahawks	28	31	24	414	326	88	1	34	591	428	163	3	12.44	-18.87	2.43

Team Conversions

Team Conversions Table
	Downs						Red Zone
Player	3DAtt	3DConv	3D%	4DAtt	4DConv	4D%	RZAtt	RZTD	RZPct
Team Stats	210	78	37.1%	12	4	33.3%	49	30	61.2%
Opp. Stats	218	83	38.1%	11	7	63.6%	49	29	59.2%
Lg Rank Offense			25			26			3
Lg Rank Defense			15			28			25

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
1	Drew Brees	23	QB	16	16	8-8-0	320	526	60.8	3284	17	3.2	16	3.0	164	42.7	52	6.2	5.52	10.3	205.3	76.9	24	180	4.36	5.64	4.95	2	4
2	Doug Flutie	40	QB	1	0		3	11	27.3	64	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	27.3	47	5.8	5.82	21.3	64.0	51.3	0	0	0.00	5.82	5.82	0	0
3	Reche Caldwell	23	WR	16	2		1	1	100.0	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	20	20.0	20.00	20.0	1.3	118.7	0	0	0.00	20.00	20.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	324	538	60.2	3188	17	3.2	16	3.0	167	42.5	52	6.3	5.55	10.4	199.3	76.5	24	180	4.27	5.67	5.00	2	4

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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	LaDainian Tomlinson	23	RB	16	16	372	1683	14	96	44.6	76	4.5	105.2	23.3	101	79	489	6.2	1	21	44.6	30	4.9	30.6	78.2	4.8	451	4.8	2172	15	3	PB,AP-2
2	Curtis Conway	31	WR	13	13	7	53	2	2	71.4	22	7.6	4.1	0.5	94	57	852	14.9	5	42	53.2	52	4.4	65.5	60.6	9.1	64	14.1	905	7	2
3	Tim Dwight	27	WR	16	14	12	108	1	5	50.0	20	9.0	6.8	0.8	93	50	623	12.5	2	33	47.3	42	3.1	38.9	53.8	6.7	62	11.8	731	3	1
4	Stephen Alexander	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	76	45	510	11.3	1	25	43.4	32	3.2	36.4	59.2	6.7	45	11.3	510	1	1
5	Eric Parker	23	WR	9	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	30	17	268	15.8	1	13	53.3	31	1.9	29.8	56.7	8.9	17	15.8	268	1	0
6	Reche Caldwell	23	WR	16	2	2	9	0	0	0.0	6	4.5	0.6	0.1	43	22	208	9.5	3	14	41.9	26	1.4	13.0	51.2	4.8	24	9.0	217	3	3
7	Josh Norman	22	TE	11	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	25	16	201	12.6	1	10	56.0	29	1.5	18.3	64.0	8.0	16	12.6	201	1	0
8	Terrell Fletcher	29	RB	10	0	26	128	1	8	50.0	15	4.9	12.8	2.6	17	10	62	6.2	0	2	35.3	13	1.0	6.2	58.8	3.6	36	5.3	190	1	0
9	Drew Brees	23	QB	16	16	38	130	1	11	31.6	15	3.4	8.1	2.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			38	3.4	130	1	2
10	Fred McCrary	30	FB	16	16	2	1	0	0	0.0	2	0.5	0.1	0.1	31	22	96	4.4	3	5	29.0	25	1.4	6.0	71.0	3.1	24	4.0	97	3	1
11	Jesse Chatman	23	RB	10	0	6	19	0	1	16.7	11	3.2	1.9	0.6	3	3	44	14.7	0	2	100.0	25	0.3	4.4	100.0	14.7	9	7.0	63	0	0
12	Justin Peelle	23	TE	15	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	3	15	5.0	0	0	0.0	10	0.2	1.0	42.9	2.1	3	5.0	15	0	0
13	Doug Flutie	40	QB	1	0	1	6	0	0	100.0	6	6.0	6.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	6.0	6	0	0
14	Tamarick Vanover	28	WR	7	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	3
	Team Totals			16	16	466	2137	19	123	43.8	76	4.6	133.6	29.1	522	324	3368	10.4	17	167	45.6	52	20.3	210.5	62.1	6.5	790	7.0	5505	36	16

Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sfty	Awards
1	Drew Brees	23	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Donnie Edwards	29	MLB	16	16	5	95	1	46	11	0	0	1	82	1	0.0	129	100	29	6	0	PB,AP-2
3	Raylee Johnson	32	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	6.5	40	32	8	9	0
4	Fred McCrary	30	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
5	Alex Molden	29	LCB	16	16	3	9	0	8	9	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	79	68	11	6	0
6	LaDainian Tomlinson	23	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0					0	PB,AP-2
7	Ryan McNeil	32	RCB	15	15	1	16	0	16	12	0	0	4	14	1	0.0	79	72	7	1	0
8	Stephen Alexander	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Tim Dwight	27	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-16	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Ben Leber	24	LLB	16	14	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	52	43	9	7	0
11	Marcellus Wiley	28	LDE	14	14	1	40	0	40	5	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	36	31	5	7	0
12	Jason Ball	23	C	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Curtis Conway	31	WR	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Jason Fisk	30	RDT	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	38	28	10	6	0
15	Rodney Harrison	30	SS	13	13	2	2	0	2	8	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	88	69	19	3	0
16	Junior Seau	33	RLB	13	13	1	25	0	25	7	1	0	0	0	0	1.5	84	60	24	11	0	PB
17	Rogers Beckett	25	FS	16	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	39	37	2	0	0
18	Jamal Williams	26	LDT	12	10	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.5	24	20	4	10	0
19	Leonardo Carson	25	LDT	16	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	31	22	9	2	0
20	Keith Lyle	30	FS	15	6	2	26	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	31	26	5	0	0
21	Kelvin Garmon	26	LG	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Quentin Jammer	23	DB	14	4	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	67	58	9	0	0
23	Adrian Dingle	25	DE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4.0	25	24	1	8	0
24	Vernon Fox	23	DB	16	3	1	25	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	24	18	6	0	0
25	Zeke Moreno	24	LB	16	3	1	8	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	43	36	7	2	0
26	Reche Caldwell	23	WR	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
27	Justin Peelle	23	TE	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0	0
28	Josh Norman	22	TE	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0
29	Darren Bennett	37	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
30	David Binn	30	LS	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	2	0	0
31	Jesse Chatman	23	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0	0
32	Steve Christie	35	K	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
33	Tay Cody	25	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	7	6	1	0	0
34	Terrell Fletcher	29	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
35	Joey Goodspeed	24	FB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	11	1	0	0
36	Ronney Jenkins	25	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
37	Carlos Polk	25	LB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	17	16	1	1	0
38	Wade Richey	26	K	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
39	Orlando Ruff	26	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	14	14	0	2	0
40	Davis Sanchez	28	DB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0	0
41	DeQuincy Scott	24	DT	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	8	8	0	1	0
42	Tamarick Vanover	28	WR	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0					0
43	Jerry Wilson	29	DB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	17	246	1	46	79	9	16	17	81	3	39.0	1006	835	171	82	0