1974 San Diego Chargers: 5-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-4-0 (133 points scored, 125 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (79 points scored, 150 allowed) Head Coach: Tommy Prothro 212 points scored (20th of 26 teams), 275 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 18.2 points/game (254.5 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: 165 349 2,304 (10) 6.19 12 22 508 2,111 ( 8) 4.2 15 4,415 ( 7) 33 Defense: 222 367 2,670 (26) 6.94 13 15 508 2,160 (23) 4.3 21 4,830 (26) 28
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 13 Don Horn QB 12 6'2 195 29 8 San Diego State 14 Dan Fouts QB 11 6'3 193 23 2 Oregon 15 Ray Wersching K 14 5'11 210 24 2 California 17 Jesse Freitas QB 5 6'1 203 23 R San Diego State 21 Glen Bonner RB 12 6'2 202 22 R Washington 23 George Hoey DB 13 5'10 180 27 4 Michigan 24 Bob Howard DB 14 6'1 177 29 8 San Diego State 25 Jerry LeVias WR 13 5'10 177 28 6 Southern Methodist 27 Gary Garrison WR 14 6'1 195 30 9 San Diego State 29 Dennis Partee K 14 6'2 209 28 7 Southern Methodist 33 Don Woods RB 12 6'1 210 23 R New Mexico 35 Bob Thomas RB 14 5'10 202 26 4 Arizona State 37 Cid Edwards RB 10 6'2 230 31 7 Tennessee State 38 Tommy Thompson RB 12 6'1 205 23 R Southern Illinois 39 Lenny Dunlap DB 8 6'1 198 25 4 North Texas State 40 Joe Beauchamp DB 10 6'0 188 30 9 Iowa State 41 Bo Matthews RB 14 6'4 230 22 R Colorado 44 Chris Fletcher DB 12 5'11 182 25 5 Temple 45 Reggie Berry DB 13 6'0 185 24 3 Long Beach State 46 Danny Colbert DB 6 5'11 167 23 R Tulsa 47 Sam Williams DB 13 6'2 192 22 R California 50 Don Goode LB 14 6'2 234 23 R Kansas 51 Pete Lazetich DE 9 6'3 245 24 3 Stanford 52 Jay Douglas C 14 6'6 260 24 2 Memphis 53 Chip Myrtle LB 8 6'2 225 29 7 Maryland 53 Mel Rogers LB 3 6'2 233 27 3 Florida A&M 54 Carl Gersbach LB 12 6'1 230 27 5 West Chester 55 Carl Mauck C 14 6'3 243 27 6 Southern Illinois 56 Fred Forsberg LB 6 6'1 225 30 6 Washington 57 Floyd Rice LB 12 6'3 223 25 4 Alcorn State 58 Mike Lee LB 7 6'0 232 23 R Nevada-Las Vegas 59 Charles Anthony LB 13 6'1 230 22 R Southern California 61 Blenda Gay DE 2 6'5 250 23 1 Fayetteville State 62 Harold Paul OT 1 6'5 245 24 1 Oklahoma 63 Doug Wilkerson OG 14 6'2 256 27 5 North Carolina Central 65 Mark Markovich OG 9 6'5 256 21 R Penn State 68 Brian Vertefeuille OT 14 6'3 252 23 R Idaho State 69 Ira Gordon OG 14 6'3 265 27 5 Kansas State 70 Russ Washington OT 14 6'6 290 27 7 Missouri 73 Bon Boatwright DT 10 6'5 262 23 R Oklahoma State 74 Dave Rowe DT 14 6'6 265 29 8 Penn State 75 Dave Tipton DE 11 6'6 240 25 4 Stanford 75 Raymond Baylor DE 1 6'5 263 27 1 Texas Southern 76 Terry Owens OT 13 6'6 260 30 9 Jacksonville State 77 John Teerlinck DT 14 6'5 245 23 R Western Illinois 78 Bob Brown DT 14 6'5 290 35 9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 79 Coy Bacon DE 14 6'4 270 32 7 Jackson State 80 Gary Parris TE 14 6'2 226 24 2 Florida State 81 Jeff Staggs LB 3 6'2 240 30 8 San Diego State 82 Dave Grannell TE 9 6'4 230 22 R Arizona State 85 Jim Beirne WR 14 6'2 206 28 7 Purdue 86 Jim Thaxton TE 2 6'2 240 25 2 Tennessee State 87 Harrison Davis WR 12 6'4 220 22 R Virginia 88 Dick Gordon WR 7 5'11 190 30 10 Michigan State 89 Wayne Stewart TE 14 6'7 230 27 5 California
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Dan Fouts 237 115 48.5 1,732 7.31 15.1 8 3.4 13 5.5 12 99 61.4 Jesse Freitas 109 49 45.0 719 6.60 14.7 3 2.8 8 7.3 11 76 45.6 Don Woods 3 1 33.3 28 9.33 28.0 1 33.3 1 33.3 0 0 68.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Gary Garrison 41 785 19.1 5 Don Woods 26 349 13.4 3 Wayne Stewart 19 283 14.9 1 Harrison Davis 18 432 24.0 2 Cid Edwards 13 102 7.8 0 Bo Matthews 12 90 7.5 0 Glen Bonner 11 101 9.2 1 Jerry LeVias 9 105 11.7 0 Jim Beirne 7 121 17.3 0 Dave Grannell 3 51 17.0 0 Gary Parris 3 36 12.0 0 Dick Gordon 2 15 7.5 0 Bob Thomas 1 9 9.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Don Woods 227 1,162 5.1 7 Bo Matthews 95 328 3.5 4 Cid Edwards 65 261 4.0 0 Glen Bonner 66 199 3.0 3 Dan Fouts 19 63 3.3 1 Bob Thomas 21 56 2.7 0 Dick Gordon 1 25 25.0 0 Jesse Freitas 6 16 2.7 0 Tommy Thompson 6 8 1.3 0 Harrison Davis 2 -7 -3.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Dick Gordon 14 354 25.3 0 Tommy Thompson 12 242 20.2 0 Danny Colbert 10 215 21.5 0 Jerry LeVias 6 116 19.3 0 George Hoey 3 73 24.3 0 Don Woods 3 61 20.3 0 Gary Parris 3 29 9.7 0 Bob Thomas 2 32 16.0 0 Lenny Dunlap 1 19 19.0 0 Wayne Stewart 1 1 1.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Danny Colbert 15 128 8.5 1 0 Dick Gordon 8 39 4.9 3 0 Jerry LeVias 5 41 8.2 0 0 George Hoey 4 38 9.5 0 0 Harrison Davis 4 34 8.5 0 0 Jim Beirne 1 7 7.0 0 0 |
1974 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 RB Bo Matthews 101 Colorado 1 15 LB Don Goode 112 Kansas [pick acquired from CLE] 2 43 C Mark Markovich 41 Penn State [pick acquired from BUF] 3 59 RB Bill Rudder Tennessee [pick acquired from STL] 4 81 WR Harrison Davis 12 Virginia 5 105 DT John Teerlinck 20 Western Illinois [pick acquired from HOU via WAS] 6 133 QB Jesse Freitas 13 San Diego State 8 185 OG Tom Forrest 8 Cincinnati 8 206 OT Bon Boatwright 10 Oklahoma State [pick acquired from LA] 9 210 DB Danny Colbert 32 Tulsa 10 237 LB John Ketchoyian Santa Clara 11 262 TE Dave Grannell 9 Arizona State 12 289 DB Sam Williams 28 California 13 314 OT Brian Vertefeuille 14 Idaho State 14 341 DB Greg Bailey Long Beach State 15 366 LB Charles Anthony 13 USC 15 386 TE Greg Meczka Bowling Green [pick acquired from WAS] 16 393 DE Neal Skarin Arizona State 17 418 DT Charles DeJurnett 118 San Jose State
Traded draft picks: #2 to MIN (John Holland), #3 to CHI (Wayne Wheeler), #5 to BUF (Gary Hayman), #7 to LA (John Harvey)
Transactions:
| 01-09-1974 | traded Wayne Clark to Bengals for Virgil Carter |
| 01-29-1974 | traded Walt Sweeney to Redskins for Houston's #5 pick in the 1974 draft, a #6 pick in the 1975 draft, and Washington's #4 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 03-01-1974 | traded the rights to Wayne Clark and $1 cash to Bengals for Reece Morrison (acq. 3/7/1974) |
| 04-03-1974 | Lionel Aldridge retired |
| 04-10-1974 | traded Bryant Salter and San Diego's #8 pick in the 1975 draft to Redskins for Washington's #3 pick in the 1976 draft, their #2 pick in the 1977 draft, and a #4 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 07-02-1974 | Mike Garrett retired |
| 07-23-1974 | Johnny Unitas retired |
| 08-02-1974 | traded $100 cash to Bills for Fred Forsberg |
| 08-06-1974 | traded Tom Forrest to Bears for $100 cash |
| 08-06-1974 | traded $100 cash to Rams for Jon Knoble |
| 08-10-1974 | traded Deacon Jones and a draft pick to Redskins for a draft pick |
| 08-15-1974 | traded Ron Smith to Raiders for Oakland's #4 and #8 picks in the 1975 draft |
| 08-23-1974 | traded a #6 pick in the 1975 draft to Patriots for Dave Rowe |
| 08-29-1974 | traded Bill Rudder to Giants for a #7 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 09-05-1974 | traded Dave Costa to Bills for a #5 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 09-05-1974 | traded San Diego's #3 pick in the 1975 draft to Packers for Bob Brown |
| 09-06-1974 | traded Willie McGee to Rams for Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 09-17-1974 | claimed Don Woods on waivers from Packers |
| 09-24-1974 | traded Jim Thaxton to Browns for Cleveland's #6 pick in the 1975 draft |
1974 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/15/74 at Houston Oilers L 14-21 0-1-0 09/22/74 at Cincinnati Bengals W 20-17 1-1-0 09/29/74 vs Miami Dolphins L 21-28 1-2-0 10/06/74 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 7-13 1-3-0 10/13/74 vs Oakland Raiders L 10-14 1-4-0 10/20/74 at Denver Broncos L 7-27 1-5-0 10/27/74 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 14-24 1-6-0 11/03/74 vs Cleveland Browns W 36-25 2-6-0 11/10/74 at Kansas City Chiefs W 14-7 3-6-0 11/17/74 at Oakland Raiders L 10-17 3-7-0 11/24/74 at Green Bay Packers L 0-34 3-8-0 12/01/74 at New York Jets L 14-27 3-9-0 12/08/74 vs Chicago Bears W 28-21 4-9-0 12/15/74 vs Denver Broncos W 17-0 5-9-0