1971 San Diego Chargers roster and stats

1971 San Diego Chargers: 6-8-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (185 points scored, 120 allowed) Road record: 0-7-0 (126 points scored, 221 allowed) Head Coaches: Sid Gillman (4-6-0), Harland Svare (2-2-0)

311 points scored (7th of 26 teams), 341 points allowed (23rd) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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:   244   450   3,134   ( 1)   6.68   23   28    390   1,604   (19)    4.1   11    4,738    ( 2)      43
Defense:   193   347   2,262   (16)   6.18   15   22    493   2,296   (24)    4.7   25    4,558    (24)      32

Team roster (starters in bold):

 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
14  Marty Domres         QB     4   6'3   215   24    3   Columbia
21  Mike Garrett         RB    13   5'9   200   27    6   Southern California
21  John Hadl            QB    14   6'2   218   31   10   Kansas
23  Mike Montgomery      RB    11   6'2   202   22    R   Kansas State
24  Bob Howard           DB    14   6'1   190   26    5   San Diego State
25  Jerry LeVias         WR    14   5'10  178   25    3   Southern Methodist
27  Gary Garrison        WR    14   6'1   193   27    6   San Diego State
28  Chuck Dicus          WR    14   6'0   172   23    R   Arkansas
29  Dennis Partee        K     14   6'2   218   25    4   Southern Methodist
30  Bryant Salter        DB    14   6'4   200   21    R   Pittsburgh
32  Billy Parks          WR    10   6'1   185   23    1   Long Beach State
35  Chuck Detwiler       DB     1   6'0   185   24    2   Utah State
36  Eddie Ray            RB     4   6'1   230   24    2   Louisiana State
38  Leon Burns           RB    14   6'2   223   31    R   Long Beach State
39  Jim Hill             DB    14   6'2   190   25    3   Texas A&I
40  Joe Beauchamp        DB    13   6'0   185   27    6   Iowa State
43  Jim Tolbert          DB    12   6'3   207   27    6   Lincoln (Mo.)
44  Chris Fletcher       DB    14   5'11  185   22    2   Temple
47  Jeff Queen           RB    14   6'1   220   25    3   Morgan State
52  Ray White            LB    14   6'1   225   22    R   Syracuse
53  Mel Rogers           LB    13   6'2   230   24    1   Florida A&M
55  Carl Mauck           C     13   6'3   234   24    3   Southern Illinois
56  Bob Bruggers         LB     3   6'1   224   27    6   Minnesota
57  Jack Porter          C      1   6'4   255   23    1   Oklahoma
58  Harris Jones         OG    11   6'4   233   26    1   Johnson C. Smith
59  Pete Barnes          LB    14   6'3   247   26    5   Southern
60  Bob Babich           LB    14   6'2   230   24    2   Miami (Ohio)
63  Doug Wilkerson       OG    14   6'2   245   24    2   North Carolina Central
65  Sam Gruneisen        C      2   6'1   250   30   10   Villanova
66  Rick Redman          LB    12   5'11  230   28    7   Washington
69  Ira Gordon           OG    14   6'3   268   24    2   Kansas State
70  Russ Washington      OT    14   6'6   295   24    4   Missouri
73  Lee Thomas           DE     9   6'5   246   25    1   Jackson State
75  Gary Nowak           DT     6   6'5   247   22    R   Michigan State
76  Terry Owens          OT    14   6'6   275   27    6   Jacksonville State
77  Ron East             DT    14   6'4   242   28    5   Montana State
78  Walt Sweeney         OG    14   6'3   256   30    9   Syracuse
79  Andy Rice            DT    12   6'3   268   31    6   Texas Southern
80  Kevin Hardy          DT    13   6'5   260   26    3   Notre Dame
81  Jeff Staggs          DE     5   6'2   246   27    5   San Diego State
82  Steve DeLong         DE    14   6'3   252   28    7   Tennessee
84  Walker Gillette      WR    12   6'5   198   24    2   Richmond
85  John Tanner          LB    14   6'4   222   26    R   Tennessee Tech
86  Wes Grant            DE     2   6'3   245   25    1   UCLA
87  Tom Williams         DT    13   6'4   250   23    2   California-Davis
88  Pettis Norman        TE    14   6'3   220   32   10   Johnson C. Smith
89  Art Strozier         TE     6   6'2   220   25    2   Kansas State

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
John Hadl            431  233   54.1  3,075   7.13  13.2  21   4.9   25   5.8    16   145    68.9
Marty Domres          12    7   58.3     97   8.08  13.9   1   8.3    3  25.0     3    26    72.6
Mike Montgomery        6    3   50.0     80  13.33  26.7   1  16.7    0   0.0     0     0   135.4
Mike Garrett           1    1  100.0     53  53.00  53.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0   118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Gary Garrison          42    889   21.2    6
Billy Parks            41    609   14.9    4
Mike Garrett           41    283    6.9    3
Mike Montgomery        28    361   12.9    2
Pettis Norman          27    358   13.3    1
Jeff Queen             23    270   11.7    3
Jerry LeVias           21    265   12.6    1
Walker Gillette        10    147   14.7    2
Chuck Dicus             6     89   14.8    1
Leon Burns              3     22    7.3    0
Art Strozier            1      6    6.0    0
John Tanner             1      6    6.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mike Garrett          140    591    4.2    4
Jeff Queen             95    318    3.3    4
Mike Montgomery        60    226    3.8    1
Leon Burns             61    223    3.7    1
Billy Parks             5     77   15.4    0
John Hadl              18     75    4.2    1
Jerry LeVias            4     73   18.2    0
Eddie Ray               2     15    7.5    0
Dennis Partee           1      7    7.0    0
Pettis Norman           1      1    1.0    0
Gary Garrison           1      0    0.0    0
Marty Domres            1      0    0.0    0
Chuck Dicus             1     -2   -2.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Jerry LeVias           24    559   23.3    0
Chris Fletcher         11    217   19.7    0
Bryant Salter           8    172   21.5    0
Leon Burns              2     19    9.5    0
Mel Rogers              1     20   20.0    0
Walt Sweeney            1     13   13.0    0
Lee Thomas              1      0    0.0    0
Doug Wilkerson          1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Jerry LeVias           22    145    6.6    8    0
Chris Fletcher         12     68    5.7    5    0
Mike Garrett            3      2    0.7    0    0

Punting               Punts  Yards    Avg   TB  In20   Blk   Ret   Yards    Net
Dennis Partee           55   2,392   43.5    0    0     0      0      0    43.5

Kicking                0-19   20-29   30-39   40-49     50+    Total     PAT    Pts
Dennis Partee           5/5     6/6     1/3    4/12     1/3    17/29    36/37    87

Defense                Sacks    Ints    Yards     TD
Bob Babich              2.5                         
Pete Barnes                       2       57       1
Joe Beauchamp                     4       95       0
Steve DeLong            3.0                         
Ron East                3.0                         
Chris Fletcher                    3       63       1
Kevin Hardy             1.5                         
Jim Hill                          2        7       0
Bob Howard                        4       47       0
Rick Redman             1.0       1        0       0
Andy Rice               3.0                         
Bryant Salter                     6       48       0
Tom Williams            1.0

1971 Draft:

                                        NFL
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games   College
  1   13  RB   Leon Burns                28    Cal State-Long Beach    
  3   65  RB   Mike Montgomery           37    Kansas State            
  5  115  DB   Bryant Salter             71    Pittsburgh                [pick acquired from GB]
  5  117  LB   Ray White                 38    Syracuse                
  5  119  DE   Phil Asack                      Duke                      [pick acquired from CIN]
  6  143  RB   Jacob Mayes                     Tennessee State         
  7  169  WR   Chuck Dicus               24    Arkansas                
  8  195  DE   Leon Van Gorkum                 San Diego State         
  9  221  TE   John Tanner               40    Tennessee Tech          
 10  247  TE   Gary Nowak                 6    Michigan State          
 11  273  DB   Don Pinson                      Tennessee State         
 12  299  WR   Wes Garnett                     Utah State              
 13  325  WR   Sammy Milner                    Mississippi State       
 14  351  DE   Edward O'Daniel                 Texas Southern          
 15  377  LB   Eric Humston                    Muskingum               
 16  403  C    Ed Foote                        Hawaii                  
 17  429  C    Chip Kell                       Tennessee

Traded draft picks: #2 to KC (Wilbur Young), #4 to NO (D'Artagnan Martin)

Transactions:

02-01-1971	traded Jim Schmedding to Patriots for a #6 pick in the 1972 draft
03-29-1971	traded Cal Withrow to Packers for Green Bay's #17 pick in the 1972 draft
04-23-1971	traded a draft pick to Vikings for Bill Sabatino
04-23-1971	traded a draft pick to Falcons for Rich Stepanek
05-19-1971	traded Lance Alworth to Cowboys for Pettis Norman, Tony Liscio and Ron East
05-26-1971	Redskins signed Speedy Duncan as a free agent
05-26-1971	received San Francisco's #3 and #4 picks and Detroit's #5 pick in the 1973 draft from Redskins as compensation for Speedy Duncan
06-24-1971	traded San Diego's #1 pick in the 1972 draft to Packers for Kevin Hardy
07-26-1971	traded Ron Billingsley and Gene Ferguson to Oilers for Jerry LeVias
07-27-1971	traded Dickie Post to Broncos for Denver's #2 pick in the 1972 draft
09-02-1971	Falcons claimed Gene Foster on waivers
09-08-1971	traded Tony Liscio and San Diego's #4 pick in the 1972 draft to Dolphins for Carl Mauck
09-08-1971	traded San Diego's #7 pick in the 1972 draft to Patriots for Eddie Ray
09-14-1971	Patriots claimed Bill Lenkaitis on waivers
11-19-1971	traded Tony Liscio to Cowboys for Dallas' #5 pick in the 1972 draft

1971 Regular Season Game Log:
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Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/19/71    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 21-14       1-0-0
09/26/71    vs Oakland Raiders         L 0-34        1-1-0
10/03/71    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 17-21       1-2-0
10/10/71    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 10-31       1-3-0
10/17/71    at Denver Broncos          L 16-20       1-4-0
10/23/71    vs Buffalo Bills           W 20-3        2-4-0
10/31/71    vs New York Jets           W 49-21       3-4-0
11/07/71    at New York Giants         L 17-35       3-5-0
11/15/71    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 20-17       4-5-0
11/21/71    at Oakland Raiders         L 33-34       4-6-0
11/28/71    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 0-31        4-7-0
12/05/71    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 30-14       5-7-0
12/12/71    vs Denver Broncos          W 45-17       6-7-0
12/19/71    at Houston Oilers          L 33-49       6-8-0

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