1975 San Diego Chargers: 2-12-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 1-6-0 (80 points scored, 144 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (109 points scored, 201 allowed) Head Coach: Tommy Prothro 189 points scored (25th of 26 teams), 345 points allowed (20th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 165 337 1,610 (25) 4.16 7 17 434 1,801 (18) 4.1 14 3,411 (25) 29 Defense: 237 390 2,510 (19) 6.03 16 20 606 2,442 (24) 4.0 21 4,952 (23) 34
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Virgil Carter QB 1 6'1 190 29 6 Brigham Young 10 Bobby Douglass QB 3 6'2 228 28 7 Kansas 14 Dan Fouts QB 10 6'3 204 24 3 Oregon 15 Ray Wersching K 14 5'11 222 25 3 California 17 Jesse Freitas QB 8 6'1 192 24 2 San Diego State 21 Glen Bonner RB 10 6'2 202 23 2 Washington 25 Maurice Tyler DB 13 6'0 190 25 4 Morgan State 26 Dave Atkins RB 3 6'1 208 26 3 Texas-El Paso 27 Gary Garrison WR 14 6'1 194 31 10 San Diego State 29 Dennis Partee P 14 6'2 235 29 8 Southern Methodist 29 Mike Williams DB 14 5'10 180 21 R Louisiana State 30 Sam Scarber RB 11 6'2 232 26 1 New Mexico 33 Don Woods RB 5 6'1 214 24 2 New Mexico 34 Rickey Young RB 14 6'2 193 21 R Jackson State 35 Tony Baker RB 13 5'11 215 30 8 Iowa State 37 Charlie Smith RB 4 6'1 205 29 8 Utah 40 Joe Beauchamp DB 8 6'0 184 31 10 Iowa State 41 Bo Matthews RB 13 6'4 230 23 2 Colorado 42 Mike Fuller DB 14 5'9 195 22 R Auburn 44 Chris Fletcher DB 14 5'11 190 26 6 Temple 45 Hal Stringert DB 6 5'11 180 23 1 Willamette 46 Danny Colbert DB 13 5'11 176 24 2 Tulsa 47 Sam Williams DB 11 6'2 186 23 2 California 50 Don Goode LB 13 6'2 225 24 2 Kansas 51 Billy Andrews LB 14 6'0 220 30 9 Southeastern Louisiana 52 Bob Stein LB 3 6'2 235 27 7 Minnesota 53 Drew Mahalic LB 13 6'4 225 22 R Notre Dame 54 Ed Flanagan C 14 6'3 245 31 11 Purdue 55 Ken Hutcherson LB 8 6'1 220 23 2 West Alabama 56 Mark Markovich C 14 6'5 256 22 2 Penn State 57 Floyd Rice LB 14 6'3 225 26 5 Alcorn State 58 Tom Graham LB 14 6'2 235 25 4 Oregon 59 Franklin Tate LB 4 6'3 225 22 R North Carolina Central 61 Ralph Perretta C 5 6'2 252 22 R Purdue 63 Doug Wilkerson OG 14 6'2 262 28 6 North Carolina Central 64 Louie Kelcher DT 13 6'5 282 22 R Southern Methodist 65 Booker Brown OG 11 6'2 257 23 1 Southern California 66 Billy Shields OT 11 6'7 260 22 R Georgia Tech 68 Greg Wojcik DT 6 6'6 270 29 4 Southern California 69 Ira Gordon OG 14 6'3 283 28 6 Kansas State 70 Russ Washington OT 14 6'6 285 28 8 Missouri 71 Fred Dean DE 14 6'3 220 23 R Louisiana Tech 72 Gary Johnson DT 14 6'2 262 23 R Grambling 74 Dave Rowe DT 1 6'6 270 30 9 Penn State 75 Dave Tipton DE 14 6'6 240 26 5 Stanford 76 Terry Owens OT 7 6'6 264 31 10 Jacksonville State 77 John Teerlinck DT 6 6'5 250 24 2 Western Illinois 79 Coy Bacon DE 14 6'4 278 33 8 Jackson State 81 Melvin Baker WR 1 6'0 192 25 2 Texas Southern 82 Pat Curran TE 14 6'3 238 30 7 Lakeland 85 Joe Sweet WR 11 6'2 193 27 4 Tennessee State 86 Marlin Briscoe WR 3 5'10 180 30 8 Nebraska-Omaha 88 Craig Cotton TE 9 6'4 222 28 6 Youngstown State 88 Chuck Bradley TE 4 6'6 232 25 1 Oregon 89 Dwight McDonald WR 14 6'2 187 24 1 San Diego State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Dan Fouts 195 106 54.4 1,396 7.16 13.2 2 1.0 10 5.1 25 197 59.3 Jesse Freitas 110 49 44.5 525 4.77 10.7 5 4.5 5 4.5 20 138 55.3 Bobby Douglass 27 7 25.9 53 1.96 7.6 0 0.0 1 3.7 4 43 24.2 Virgil Carter 5 3 60.0 24 4.80 8.0 0 0.0 1 20.0 1 10 32.5
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Pat Curran 45 619 13.8 0 Gary Garrison 27 438 16.2 2 Rickey Young 21 166 7.9 1 Dwight McDonald 19 298 15.7 3 Don Woods 13 101 7.8 0 Sam Scarber 12 68 5.7 1 Bo Matthews 9 59 6.6 0 Joe Sweet 8 147 18.4 0 Tony Baker 6 27 4.5 0 Marlin Briscoe 2 25 12.5 0 Glen Bonner 2 8 4.0 0 Chuck Bradley 1 42 42.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Rickey Young 138 577 4.2 5 Don Woods 87 317 3.6 2 Bo Matthews 71 254 3.6 3 Dan Fouts 23 170 7.4 2 Tony Baker 42 131 3.1 1 Glen Bonner 28 120 4.3 0 Sam Scarber 15 68 4.5 1 Jesse Freitas 11 56 5.1 0 Bobby Douglass 10 42 4.2 0 Gary Garrison 3 30 10.0 0 Pat Curran 3 21 7.0 0 Virgil Carter 2 11 5.5 0 Dave Atkins 1 4 4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Mike Fuller 31 725 23.4 0 Rickey Young 15 323 21.5 0 Charlie Smith 8 222 27.8 0 Billy Andrews 6 93 15.5 0 Danny Colbert 5 91 18.2 0 Pat Curran 3 28 9.3 0 Mark Markovich 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Mike Fuller 36 410 11.4 0 1 Danny Colbert 2 32 16.0 0 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 DT Gary Johnson 157 Grambling 1 22 DB Mike Williams 109 LSU [pick acquired from WAS] 2 30 DT Louie Kelcher 116 SMU [pick acquired from CLE] 2 33 DE Fred Dean 141 Louisiana Tech 3 73 DB Mike Fuller 114 Auburn [pick acquired from LA via CHI] 4 101 LB Ken Bernich 5 Auburn [pick acquired from OAK] 5 111 DT Kevin Nosbusch Notre Dame 5 125 TE Charles Waddell North Carolina [pick acquired from WAS via LA, BUF] 6 134 WR John Carroll Oklahoma [pick acquired from CLE] 6 136 OT Billy Shields 142 Georgia Tech 7 164 RB Rickey Young 131 Jackson State 8 203 OT Barry Collier Georgia [pick acquired from WAS] 8 206 OG Ralph Peretta 73 Purdue [pick acquired from OAK] 9 214 LB Larry Keller 44 Houston 10 242 DT Otha Bradley USC 11 267 DB Vince Phason Arizona 11 284 WR Ike McBee San Jose State [pick acquired from OAK] 12 292 LB Jerry Dahl North Dakota State 13 320 WR Pete Demmerle Notre Dame 13 335 RB Glen Printers Southern Colorado State [pick acquired from OAK] 14 345 DB Reggie Barnett Notre Dame 15 370 OG John Roush Oklahoma 16 398 OG Chip Salvestrini Yankton 17 423 QB Neal Jeffrey 5 Baylor
Traded draft picks: #3 to GB (Willard Harrell), #4 to NE via CLE (Allen Carter), #8 to KC via WAS (Wayne Hoffman)
Transactions:
| 01-28-1975 | traded Cid Edwards to Bears for Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 01-28-1975 | traded Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1975 draft to Bears for Jim Harrison |
| 01-29-1975 | traded Ray Carr, Blenda Gay and Harold Paul to Raiders for Oakland's #11 and #13 picks in the 1975 draft |
| 02-05-1975 | traded past considerations to Patriots for Joe Sweet |
| 05-29-1975 | traded Carl Mauck to Oilers for the rights to Booker Brown and compensation rights to Benny Johnson |
| 05-29-1975 | signed Ed Flanagan from Lions as a free agent |
| 05-29-1975 | sent Washington's #2 pick in the 1976 draft to Lions as compensation for Ed Flanagan |
| 06-13-1975 | traded Reggie Berry to Broncos for Maurice Tyler |
| 06-17-1975 | traded Jerry LeVias to Oilers for Houston's #12 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 07-03-1975 | traded Bob Howard to Patriots for New England's #5 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 07-13-1975 | traded San Diego's #3 pick in the 1977 draft to Rams for Pat Curran and Howard Strickland |
| 07-16-1975 | traded Ron East to Browns for Cleveland's #5 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 07-22-1975 | traded Leonard Dunlap to Giants for a #5 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 07-22-1975 | traded Pete Lazetich to Dolphins for Bruce Bannon |
| 07-28-1975 | traded John Carroll to Bears for a #7 pick in the 1977 draft (or #6 pick if not owed to Eagles in the Mark Nordquist trade) |
| 07-29-1975 | traded a #6 pick in the 1976 draft to Colts for Ron Mayo |
| 08-07-1975 | traded Greg Wojcik to Bears for Chicago's #8 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 08-13-1975 | traded Bruce Bannon to Giants for the Giants' #9 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 08-22-1975 | traded a #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Cardinals for Marlin Briscoe |
| 08-26-1975 | claimed George Amundson on waivers from Oilers |
| 09-02-1975 | Packers claimed Ken Bernich on waivers |
| 09-09-1975 | traded a #7 pick in the 1977 draft to Cowboys for Ken Hutcherson |
| 09-15-1975 | traded a #5 pick in the 1977 draft to Rams for Tony Baker |
| 09-23-1975 | traded Dave Rowe to Raiders for Houston's #4 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 10-02-1975 | claimed Bobby Douglass on waivers from Bears |
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 0-37 0-1-0 09/28/75 at Houston Oilers L 17-33 0-2-0 10/05/75 vs Oakland Raiders L 0-6 0-3-0 10/12/75 vs Los Angeles Rams L 10-13 (OT) 0-4-0 10/19/75 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 10-12 0-5-0 10/26/75 at Oakland Raiders L 0-25 0-6-0 11/01/75 at New York Giants L 24-35 0-7-0 11/09/75 vs New England Patriots L 19-33 0-8-0 11/16/75 vs Denver Broncos L 17-27 0-9-0 11/23/75 at Minnesota Vikings L 13-28 0-10-0 11/30/75 at Denver Broncos L 10-13 (OT) 0-11-0 12/07/75 at Kansas City Chiefs W 28-20 1-11-0 12/15/75 vs New York Jets W 24-16 2-11-0 12/21/75 at Cincinnati Bengals L 17-47 2-12-0