1971 San Diego Chargers: 6-8-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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: Click on the date to view the game summary. 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