1972 San Diego Chargers: 4-9-1
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-5-0 (151 points scored, 160 allowed) Road record: 2-4-1 (113 points scored, 184 allowed) Head Coach: Harland Svare 264 points scored (18th of 26 teams), 344 points allowed (20th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 192 377 2,304 (10) 5.76 15 28 504 1,995 (15) 4.0 12 4,299 (10) 48 Defense: 201 358 2,208 (17) 5.75 18 24 436 1,673 ( 5) 3.8 18 3,881 (10) 34
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Bill McClard K 9 5'10 202 23 R Arkansas 13 Wayne Clark QB 13 6'2 200 25 2 U.S. International 21 Mike Garrett RB 14 5'9 200 28 7 Southern California 21 John Hadl QB 14 6'2 214 32 11 Kansas 23 Ray Jones DB 14 6'0 187 24 3 Southern 24 Bob Howard DB 5 6'1 175 27 6 San Diego State 25 Jerry LeVias WR 1 5'10 178 26 4 Southern Methodist 27 Gary Garrison WR 14 6'1 193 28 7 San Diego State 28 Chuck Dicus WR 10 6'0 176 24 2 Arkansas 29 Dennis Partee K 14 6'2 230 26 5 Southern Methodist 30 Bryant Salter DB 14 6'4 194 22 2 Pittsburgh 34 Oscar Dragon RB 13 6'0 214 22 R Arizona State 35 Chuck Detwiler DB 13 6'0 185 25 3 Utah State 37 Cid Edwards RB 12 6'2 230 29 5 Tennessee State 38 Lee White RB 8 6'4 240 26 5 Weber State 39 Lenny Dunlap DB 14 6'1 195 23 2 North Texas State 40 Joe Beauchamp DB 14 6'0 182 28 7 Iowa State 42 Jessie Taylor RB 14 6'0 200 24 1 Cincinnati 44 Chris Fletcher DB 1 5'11 185 23 3 Temple 45 Reggie Berry DB 9 6'0 190 22 R Long Beach State 46 John Sykes RB 2 5'11 195 23 R Morgan State 50 Lee Roy Caffey LB 12 6'3 250 31 10 Texas A&M 51 Pete Lazetich LB 14 6'3 245 22 R Stanford 52 Ray White LB 4 6'1 242 23 2 Syracuse 54 Ralph Wenzel OG 14 6'3 250 29 6 San Diego State 55 Carl Mauck C 14 6'3 245 25 4 Southern Illinois 59 Pete Barnes LB 14 6'3 240 27 6 Southern 60 Bob Babich LB 14 6'2 230 25 3 Miami (Ohio) 63 Doug Wilkerson OG 14 6'2 250 25 3 North Carolina Central 64 Dave Costa DT 14 6'2 260 31 10 Utah 65 Sam Gruneisen C 7 6'1 250 31 11 Villanova 66 Rick Redman LB 10 5'11 222 29 8 Washington 68 Greg Wojcik DT 7 6'6 268 26 2 Southern California 69 Ira Gordon OT 6 6'3 268 25 3 Kansas State 70 Russ Washington OT 14 6'6 294 25 5 Missouri 71 Cal Snowden DE 8 6'4 253 25 4 Indiana 73 Lee Thomas DE 14 6'5 246 26 2 Jackson State 75 Deacon Jones DE 14 6'5 250 33 12 Mississippi Valley State 76 Terry Owens OT 14 6'6 268 28 7 Jacksonville State 77 Ron East DT 12 6'4 236 29 6 Montana State 78 Walt Sweeney OG 14 6'3 256 31 10 Syracuse 79 Ernie Wright OT 14 6'4 270 32 13 Ohio State 80 Kevin Hardy DT 6 6'5 276 27 4 Notre Dame 81 John Andrews LB 1 6'3 225 23 1 Indiana 82 Tim Rossovich LB 6 6'4 240 26 5 Southern California 83 Mike Carter WR 5 6'1 210 24 2 San Francisco State 84 Dave Williams WR 12 6'2 200 27 6 Washington 87 Lionel Aldridge DE 14 6'4 245 31 10 Utah State 88 Pettis Norman TE 13 6'3 220 33 11 Johnson C. Smith 89 John Mackey TE 13 6'3 234 31 10 Syracuse
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating John Hadl 370 190 51.4 2,449 6.62 12.9 15 4.1 26 7.0 19 187 56.7 Wayne Clark 6 2 33.3 67 11.17 33.5 0 0.0 2 33.3 2 9 36.8 Mike Garrett 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 16 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Gary Garrison 52 744 14.3 7 Cid Edwards 40 557 13.9 2 Mike Garrett 31 245 7.9 1 Pettis Norman 19 262 13.8 0 Chuck Dicus 18 227 12.6 2 Dave Williams 14 315 22.5 3 John Mackey 11 110 10.0 0 Lee White 3 20 6.7 0 Mike Carter 2 24 12.0 0 Jerry LeVias 1 8 8.0 0 John Hadl 1 4 4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mike Garrett 272 1,031 3.8 6 Cid Edwards 157 679 4.3 5 John Hadl 22 99 4.5 1 Lee White 23 75 3.3 0 Jessie Taylor 13 58 4.5 0 Oscar Dragon 9 30 3.3 0 Mike Carter 1 25 25.0 0 Dave Williams 1 14 14.0 0 Pettis Norman 1 9 9.0 0 Gary Garrison 2 -6 -3.0 0 Wayne Clark 2 -8 -4.0 0 Chuck Dicus 1 -11 -11.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Jessie Taylor 31 676 21.8 0 Lenny Dunlap 12 271 22.6 0 Reggie Berry 7 138 19.7 0 Chuck Detwiler 4 94 23.5 0 Ray Jones 3 41 13.7 0 John Sykes 2 44 22.0 0 Joe Beauchamp 1 0 0.0 0 Dave Williams 0 9 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Lenny Dunlap 19 179 9.4 11 0 Mike Garrett 2 10 5.0 1 0 Jessie Taylor 1 0 0.0 0 0 Jerry LeVias 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 Chuck Detwiler 0 0 ? 5 0 |
1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 36 DE Pete Lazetich 62 Stanford 3 61 K Bill McClard 34 Arkansas 5 116 TE Jim Bishop Tennessee Tech 5 130 DE Harry Gooden Alcorn A&M [pick acquired from DAL] 6 141 OG Bruce Ward San Diego State 9 221 DT Fran Schmitz St. Norbert 10 246 LB Lon Kolstad Wisconsin-Whitewater 11 270 TE John Turner Long Beach State 12 295 LB Sam Key Elon 13 321 LB Andy Selfridge 53 Virginia 14 351 DE John Van Reenen Washington State 15 376 DB Charles Neugent Tuskegee 16 401 DB James Shaw Tulsa 17 423 RB Oscar Dragon 13 Arizona State [pick acquired from GB] 17 426 OT Bob Tackett Texas-El Paso
Traded draft picks: #1 to GB (Jerry Tagge), #4 to MIA (Larry Ball), #7 to NE (John Tarver), #8 to BAL (Al Qualls)
Transactions:
| 01-29-1972 | traded Jeff Staggs, Denver's #2 pick in the 1972 draft, and San Diego's #2 and #3 picks in the 1973 draft to Rams for Deacon Jones, Greg Wojcik and Lee White |
| 01-31-1972 | traded Leon Burns to Cardinals for Cid Edwards |
| 01-31-1972 | traded Walker Gillette to Cardinals for Dave Williams |
| 03-27-1972 | traded San Diego's #7 pick in the 1973 draft to Patriots for Ed Philpott |
| 04-18-1972 | traded Jim Hill to Packers for Lionel Aldridge and Green Bay's #3 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 05-05-1972 | traded Andy Rice to Chiefs for a #7 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 05-09-1972 | traded Bob Bruggers to Bengals for Ernie Wright |
| 06-19-1972 | traded San Diego's #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Bills for Cal Snowden |
| 07-11-1972 | traded a #6 pick in the 1973 draft to Dolphins for John Richardson |
| 07-22-1972 | traded Gary Nowak to Chiefs for a #9 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-22-1972 | traded Jim Bishop to Chiefs for a #6 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-26-1972 | traded Steve DeLong to Bears for St. Louis' #4 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-26-1972 | Lee White retired |
| 07-31-1972 | traded Billy Parks and Mike Montgomery to Cowboys for Duane Thomas |
| 07-31-1972 | traded San Diego's #8 pick in the 1972 draft and San Diego's #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Colts for George Wright |
| 07-31-1972 | traded San Diego's #7 pick in the 1974 draft to Rams for Jesse Taylor and Los Angeles' #8 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-31-1972 | traded cash to Rams for Luther Palmer |
| 07-31-1972 | traded San Diego's #1 pick in the 1973 draft to Eagles for Tim Rossovich |
| 08-01-1972 | traded Eddie Ray and San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Broncos for Dave Costa |
| 08-01-1972 | traded Jeff Queen to Raiders for Atlanta's #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 08-07-1972 | traded Marty Domres to Colts for John Andrews and Washington's #1 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-04-1972 | traded San Diego's #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Colts for Leonard Dunlap |
| 09-05-1972 | traded George Wright to Browns for Cleveland's #5 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-07-1972 | placed Harris Jones on injured reserve |
| 09-07-1972 | claimed Jim Fassel on waivers from Bears |
| 09-13-1972 | Oilers claimed Jim Fassel on waivers |
| 10-25-1972 | Oilers claimed Jim Tolbert on waivers |
1972 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/17/72 at San Francisco 49ers L 3-34 0-1-0 09/24/72 vs Denver Broncos W 37-14 1-1-0 10/01/72 at Oakland Raiders T 17-17 1-1-1 10/08/72 at Baltimore Colts W 23-20 2-1-1 10/15/72 at Miami Dolphins L 10-24 2-2-1 10/22/72 at Detroit Lions L 20-34 2-3-1 10/29/72 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 14-26 2-4-1 11/05/72 vs Dallas Cowboys L 28-34 2-5-1 11/13/72 vs Cleveland Browns L 17-21 2-6-1 11/19/72 at Kansas City Chiefs W 27-17 3-6-1 11/26/72 vs Houston Oilers W 34-20 4-6-1 12/03/72 vs Oakland Raiders L 19-21 4-7-1 12/10/72 at Denver Broncos L 13-38 4-8-1 12/17/72 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 2-24 4-9-1