1977 San Diego Chargers: 7-7-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-4-0 (132 points scored, 96 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (90 points scored, 109 allowed) Head Coach: Tommy Prothro 222 points scored (18th of 28 teams), 205 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 206 369 2,244 ( 9) 5.71 11 20 488 1,761 (22) 3.6 10 4,005 (15) 31 Defense: 172 380 1,725 ( 6) 4.07 14 21 508 1,927 (16) 3.8 11 3,652 ( 6) 31
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 6 Rolf Benirschke K 14 6'0 165 22 R California-Davis 10 Cliff Olander QB 2 6'5 196 22 R New Mexico State 12 James Harris QB 9 6'3 217 30 8 Grambling 14 Dan Fouts QB 4 6'3 204 26 5 Oregon 18 Charlie Joiner WR 14 5'11 188 30 9 Grambling 19 Bill Munson QB 4 6'2 205 36 14 Utah State 20 Johnny Rodgers WR 11 5'10 180 26 1 Nebraska 21 Clarence Duren DB 14 6'1 190 26 5 California 24 Joe Washington RB 13 5'10 182 24 1 Oklahoma 29 Mike Williams DB 10 5'10 180 23 3 Louisiana State 33 Don Woods RB 14 6'1 209 26 4 New Mexico 34 Rickey Young RB 14 6'2 198 23 3 Jackson State 35 Larry Barnes RB 5 5'11 220 23 R Tennessee State 37 Hank Bauer RB 13 5'10 195 23 R California Lutheran 40 Clarence Williams RB 14 5'9 198 22 R South Carolina 41 Bo Matthews RB 12 6'4 230 25 4 Colorado 42 Mike Fuller DB 14 5'9 188 24 3 Auburn 44 Pete Shaw DB 14 5'10 184 23 R Northwestern 45 Hal Stringert DB 14 5'11 185 25 3 Willamette 48 Jerome Dove DB 14 6'2 186 24 1 Colorado State 50 Don Goode LB 14 6'2 231 26 4 Kansas 51 Woodrow Lowe LB 14 6'0 227 23 2 Alabama 52 Ray Preston LB 11 6'0 215 23 2 Syracuse 53 Ralph Perretta C 14 6'2 250 24 3 Purdue 55 Bob Horn LB 14 6'3 237 23 2 Oregon State 56 Bob Rush C 14 6'5 258 22 R Memphis 57 Rick Middleton LB 14 6'2 228 25 4 Ohio State 58 Tom Graham LB 12 6'2 235 27 6 Oregon 62 Don Macek C 14 6'3 253 23 2 Boston College 63 Doug Wilkerson OG 14 6'2 257 30 8 North Carolina Central 64 Charles Aiu OG 12 6'2 254 23 2 Hawaii 65 Booker Brown OT 6 6'2 257 25 2 Southern California 66 Billy Shields OT 13 6'7 254 24 3 Georgia Tech 68 Leroy Jones DE 14 6'8 274 27 2 Norfolk State 69 John Lee DE 12 6'2 253 24 2 Nebraska 70 Russ Washington OT 14 6'6 290 30 10 Missouri 71 Fred Dean DE 11 6'3 226 25 3 Louisiana Tech 73 Charles DeJurnett DT 11 6'4 270 25 2 San Jose State 74 Louie Kelcher DT 12 6'5 282 24 3 Southern Methodist 79 Gary Johnson DT 14 6'2 254 25 3 Grambling 80 Jeff West P 13 6'3 211 24 3 Cincinnati 82 Pat Curran TE 14 6'3 238 32 9 Lakeland 84 Bob Klein TE 12 6'5 245 30 9 Southern California 85 Artie Owens WR 14 5'10 174 24 2 West Virginia 87 Larry Dorsey WR 13 6'1 195 24 2 Tennessee State 88 Chuck Bradley TE 1 6'6 239 27 3 Oregon 89 Dwight McDonald WR 11 6'2 187 26 3 San Diego State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating James Harris 211 109 51.7 1,240 5.88 11.4 5 2.4 11 5.2 12 106 55.8 Dan Fouts 109 69 63.3 869 7.97 12.6 4 3.7 6 5.5 10 77 77.4 Bill Munson 31 20 64.5 225 7.26 11.2 1 3.2 1 3.2 1 11 83.4 Cliff Olander 16 7 43.8 76 4.75 10.9 0 0.0 2 12.5 1 4 18.8 Joe Washington 1 1 100.0 32 32.00 32.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 158.3 Don Woods 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Rickey Young 48 423 8.8 0 Charlie Joiner 35 542 15.5 6 Joe Washington 31 244 7.9 0 Bob Klein 20 244 12.2 1 Don Woods 18 218 12.1 1 Dwight McDonald 13 174 13.4 0 Johnny Rodgers 12 187 15.6 0 Larry Dorsey 10 198 19.8 2 Pat Curran 10 123 12.3 0 Bo Matthews 3 41 13.7 0 Clarence Williams 3 20 6.7 0 Hank Bauer 1 15 15.0 1 Larry Barnes 1 10 10.0 0 Jeff West 1 3 3.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Rickey Young 157 543 3.5 4 Don Woods 118 405 3.4 1 Joe Washington 62 217 3.5 0 Clarence Williams 50 215 4.3 2 Bo Matthews 43 193 4.5 0 Larry Barnes 24 70 2.9 0 Johnny Rodgers 3 44 14.7 0 Cliff Olander 7 30 4.3 0 Dan Fouts 6 13 2.2 0 James Harris 10 13 1.3 2 Mike Fuller 1 7 7.0 1 Hank Bauer 4 4 1.0 0 Artie Owens 1 3 3.0 0 Pat Curran 1 2 2.0 0 Bill Munson 1 2 2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Clarence Williams 24 481 20.0 0 Artie Owens 8 132 16.5 0 Johnny Rodgers 4 66 16.5 0 Don Woods 1 27 27.0 0 Rick Middleton 1 20 20.0 0 Charlie Joiner 1 8 8.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Mike Fuller 28 360 12.9 2 1 Johnny Rodgers 15 158 10.5 0 0 Jerome Dove 1 3 3.0 0 0 Clarence Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0 Pete Shaw 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 24 C Bob Rush 117 Memphis [pick acquired from DAL] 3 77 DB Linden King 164 Colorado State [pick acquired from WAS] 5 124 RB Clarence Williams 67 South Carolina 5 128 QB Cliff Olander 15 New Mexico State [pick acquired from CLE] 6 146 DE Dave Lindstrom 118 Boston University [pick acquired from ATL] 6 151 RB Larry Barnes 34 Tennessee State 6 152 DB Pete Shaw 114 Northwestern [pick acquired from DET] 7 181 DB Ron Bush USC 9 235 WR Gene Washington 2 Georgia 10 265 LB Curtis Townsend 9 Arkansas 12 319 TE Jim Stansik Eastern Michigan
Traded draft picks: #1 to SEA via DAL (Steve August), #2 to SEA via DAL (Terry Beeson), #3 to LA (Ed Fulton), #4 to HOU via MIA (Warren Anderson), #8 to DAL (Al Cleveland), #11 to CIN (Joel Parrish)
Transactions:
| 03-01-1977 | traded San Diego's #11 pick in the 1977 draft to Bengals for Chip Myers |
| 04-27-1977 | traded Art Riley to Eagles for $20,000 cash |
| 06-07-1977 | traded San Diego's #4 pick in the 1979 draft to Rams for James Harris |
| 06-24-1977 | traded San Diego's #4 pick in the 1978 draft to Cardinals for Clarence Duren |
| 07-14-1977 | traded the rights to Jim Stansik to Dolphins for a conditional #10 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 07-14-1977 | traded Ed Flanagan to Rams for Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 08-05-1977 | traded Neal Jeffrey to Oilers for Houston's #4 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-11-1977 | traded a #11 pick in the 1978 draft to Rams for Gregg Butler |
| 08-11-1977 | claimed Calvin Culliver on waivers from Broncos |
| 08-17-1977 | traded San Diego's #2 pick in the 1980 draft to Rams for the rights to Bob Klein |
| 09-11-1977 | placed Curtis Townsend on injured reserve |
| 09-11-1977 | placed Dave Lindstrom on injured reserve |
| 09-11-1977 | placed Keith King on injured reserve |
1977 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 at Oakland Raiders L 0-24 0-1-0 09/25/77 at Kansas City Chiefs W 23-7 1-1-0 10/02/77 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 24-3 2-1-0 10/09/77 at New Orleans Saints W 14-0 3-1-0 10/16/77 vs New England Patriots L 20-24 3-2-0 10/23/77 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 16-21 3-3-0 10/30/77 at Miami Dolphins W 14-13 4-3-0 11/06/77 at Detroit Lions L 0-20 4-4-0 11/13/77 vs Denver Broncos L 14-17 4-5-0 11/20/77 vs Oakland Raiders W 12-7 5-5-0 11/27/77 at Seattle Seahawks W 30-28 6-5-0 12/04/77 vs Cleveland Browns W 37-14 7-5-0 12/11/77 at Denver Broncos L 9-17 7-6-0 12/18/77 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 9-10 7-7-0