1970 San Diego Chargers: 5-6-3
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-3-2 (161 points scored, 147 allowed) Road record: 3-3-1 (121 points scored, 131 allowed) Head Coach: Charlie Waller 282 points scored (14th of 26 teams), 278 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 192 387 2,503 ( 8) 5.64 24 19 395 1,450 (22) 3.7 9 3,953 (15) 25 Defense: 207 365 2,215 (12) 5.65 13 9 480 1,967 (21) 4.1 15 4,182 (21) 24
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 13 Wayne Clark QB 1 6'2 200 23 R U.S. International 14 Marty Domres QB 8 6'3 215 23 2 Columbia 15 Mike Mercer K 14 6'0 215 34 10 Arizona State 19 Lance Alworth WR 14 6'0 180 30 9 Arkansas 20 Russ Smith RB 12 6'1 212 26 4 Miami 21 John Hadl QB 14 6'2 218 30 9 Kansas 22 Dickie Post RB 9 5'9 190 25 4 Houston 24 Bob Howard DB 14 6'1 190 25 4 San Diego State 25 Mike Garrett RB 9 5'9 200 26 5 Southern California 26 Brad Hubbert RB 8 6'1 240 29 4 Arizona 27 Gary Garrison WR 14 6'1 193 26 5 San Diego State 29 Dennis Partee P 13 6'2 218 24 3 Southern Methodist 35 Chuck Detwiler DB 11 6'0 185 23 R Utah State 37 Gene Foster RB 7 5'11 220 28 6 Arizona State 38 Roland Moss TE 2 6'3 215 24 2 Toledo 39 Jim Hill DB 14 6'2 190 24 2 Texas A&I 40 Joe Beauchamp DB 13 6'0 185 26 5 Iowa State 42 Dave Smith RB 7 6'1 210 22 R Utah 43 Jim Tolbert DB 14 6'3 207 26 5 Lincoln (Mo.) 44 Chris Fletcher DB 13 5'11 185 21 R Temple 45 Speedy Duncan DB 6 5'10 175 28 7 Jackson State 47 Jeff Queen RB 14 6'1 220 24 2 Morgan State 49 Rick Eber WR 6 6'0 185 25 3 Tulsa 50 Jack Protz LB 14 6'1 218 22 R Syracuse 51 Bill Lenkaitis OG 9 6'3 265 24 3 Penn State 56 Bob Bruggers LB 13 6'1 224 26 5 Minnesota 57 Cal Withrow C 4 6'0 240 25 1 Kentucky 59 Pete Barnes LB 14 6'3 247 25 4 Southern 60 Bob Babich LB 14 6'2 230 23 1 Miami (Ohio) 64 Jim Schmedding OG 9 6'2 250 24 3 Weber State 65 Sam Gruneisen C 14 6'1 250 29 9 Villanova 66 Rick Redman LB 14 5'11 230 27 6 Washington 68 Bob Briggs DE 10 6'4 276 25 3 Heidelberg 69 Ira Gordon OG 8 6'3 268 23 R Kansas State 70 Russ Washington OT 14 6'6 295 23 3 Missouri 72 Joe Owens DE 14 6'2 235 23 1 Alcorn State 75 Gene Ferguson DT 14 6'7 300 23 2 Norfolk State 76 Terry Owens OT 14 6'6 275 26 5 Jacksonville State 77 Bob Wells OT 4 6'4 280 25 3 Johnson C. Smith 78 Walt Sweeney OG 14 6'3 256 29 8 Syracuse 79 Andy Rice DT 9 6'3 268 30 5 Texas Southern 81 Jeff Staggs DE 14 6'2 246 26 4 San Diego State 82 Steve DeLong DT 14 6'3 252 27 6 Tennessee 83 Willie Frazier TE 14 6'4 250 28 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 84 Walker Gillette WR 13 6'5 198 23 R Richmond 86 Ron Billingsley DT 9 6'8 290 25 4 Wyoming 87 Tom Williams DT 14 6'4 250 22 R California-Davis 89 Art Strozier TE 14 6'2 220 24 1 Kansas State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating John Hadl 327 162 49.5 2,388 7.30 14.7 22 6.7 15 4.6 42 327 77.1 Marty Domres 55 28 50.9 491 8.93 17.5 2 3.6 4 7.3 13 93 63.5 Gene Foster 3 1 33.3 9 3.00 9.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 8 42.4 Wayne Clark 2 1 50.0 48 24.00 48.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 95.8 Mike Garrett 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 5 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Gary Garrison 44 1,006 22.9 12 Willie Frazier 38 497 13.1 6 Lance Alworth 35 608 17.4 4 Jeff Queen 20 236 11.8 1 Dickie Post 13 113 8.7 0 Mike Garrett 10 127 12.7 1 Gene Foster 10 92 9.2 0 Brad Hubbert 7 44 6.3 0 Russ Smith 5 44 8.8 0 Dave Smith 4 65 16.2 0 Rick Eber 2 43 21.5 0 Art Strozier 2 40 20.0 0 Walker Gillette 2 21 10.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Jeff Queen 77 261 3.4 1 Dickie Post 74 225 3.0 1 John Hadl 28 188 6.7 1 Brad Hubbert 49 175 3.6 1 Russ Smith 52 163 3.1 3 Mike Garrett 46 146 3.2 1 Willie Frazier 5 120 24.0 1 Gene Foster 32 84 2.6 0 Dave Smith 14 42 3.0 0 Marty Domres 14 39 2.8 0 Gary Garrison 4 7 1.8 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Speedy Duncan 19 410 21.6 0 Chris Fletcher 17 382 22.5 0 Jeff Queen 1 12 12.0 0 Russ Smith 1 9 9.0 0 Joe Beauchamp 1 0 0.0 0 Jim Hill 1 0 0.0 0 Roland Moss 1 0 0.0 0 Terry Owens 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Chris Fletcher 16 137 8.6 2 0 Russ Smith 9 31 3.4 8 0 Speedy Duncan 5 10 2.0 4 0 Chuck Detwiler 1 -5 -5.0 1 0 |
1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 15 WR Walker Gillette 91 Richmond 2 42 DT Tom Williams 27 California-Davis 4 94 TE Bill Maddox Syracuse 5 119 RB Pettus Farrar Norfolk State 6 146 WR Billy Parks 60 Long Beach State 7 171 DB Jim Fabish Texas-El Paso 8 198 QB Wayne Clark 40 U.S. International 9 223 DB Chris Fletcher 76 Temple 10 250 OG Mac Steen Florida 11 275 LB John Protz 14 Syracuse 12 302 TE Howard Gravelle California-Davis 13 327 DB Bernard Bradley Utah State 14 354 DT Tyrone Caldwell South Carolina State 15 379 RB Eugene Childs Texas-El Paso 16 406 RB Mike Green Nebraska 17 431 OG Dave Sanks Louisville
Traded draft picks: #3 to BUF (Glenn Alexander)
Transactions:
| 02-10-1970 | traded Chuck Allen to Steelers for Don Alley |
| 04-22-1970 | traded a draft pick to Rams for Lamar Lundy |
| 04-28-1970 | traded Jacque MacKinnon to Packers for Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 05-1970 | traded Jim Fetherston to Saints for Bob Miller |
| 05-03-1970 | traded San Diego's #4 pick in the 1971 draft to Saints for Joe Owens |
| 05-20-1970 | traded Gary Kirner to Bengals for Andy Rice |
| 07-01-1970 | traded Richard Trapp to Jets for Randy Beverly |
| 08-04-1970 | traded Kenny Graham to Bengals for Cincinnati's #5 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 08-18-1970 | Walt Sweeney retired |
| 08-20-1970 | Walt Sweeney unretired |
| 08-24-1970 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Jets for Bill Pierson |
| 09-09-1970 | claimed Spain Musgrove on waivers from Redskins |
| 09-09-1970 | claimed Jerry DePoyster on waivers from Lions |
| 09-09-1970 | claimed Mickey McCarty on waivers from Chiefs |
| 10-15-1970 | traded San Diego's #2 pick in the 1971 draft to Chiefs for Mike Garrett |
| 12-22-1970 | traded Willie Frazier to Oilers for Doug Wilkerson |
1970 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/20/70 vs Baltimore Colts L 14-16 0-1-0 09/27/70 vs Oakland Raiders T 27-27 0-1-1 10/04/70 at Los Angeles Rams L 10-37 0-2-1 10/12/70 vs Green Bay Packers L 20-22 0-3-1 10/18/70 at Chicago Bears W 20-7 1-3-1 10/25/70 vs Houston Oilers T 31-31 1-3-2 11/01/70 at Cleveland Browns W 27-10 2-3-2 11/08/70 vs Denver Broncos W 24-21 3-3-2 11/15/70 at Boston Patriots W 16-14 4-3-2 11/22/70 at Oakland Raiders L 17-20 4-4-2 11/29/70 at Kansas City Chiefs L 14-26 4-5-2 12/06/70 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 14-17 4-6-2 12/13/70 at Denver Broncos T 17-17 4-6-3 12/20/70 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 31-13 5-6-3