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1977 San Diego Chargers: 7-7-0
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Home 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Jeff West 72 2,707 37.6 3 10 1 40 378 31.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rolf Benirschke 0/0 5/5 6/9 6/8 0/1 17/23 21/24 72 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Fred Dean 6.0 1 22 1 Charles DeJurnett 4.0 Jerome Dove 1 32 0 Clarence Duren 1.0 4 45 0 Mike Fuller 5 61 0 Bob Horn 1 12 0 Gary Johnson 13.5 Leroy Jones 4.0 1 17 1 Louie Kelcher 11.0 John Lee 1.5 Woodrow Lowe 3.0 1 28 0 Hal Stringert 4 64 0 Mike Williams 3 36 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:

03-01-1977traded San Diego's #11 pick in the 1977 draft to Bengals for Chip Myers
04-27-1977traded Art Riley to Eagles for $20,000 cash
06-07-1977traded San Diego's #4 pick in the 1979 draft to Rams for James Harris
06-24-1977traded San Diego's #4 pick in the 1978 draft to Cardinals for Clarence Duren
07-14-1977traded the rights to Jim Stansik to Dolphins for a conditional #10 pick in the 1978 draft
07-14-1977traded Ed Flanagan to Rams for Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1978 draft
08-05-1977traded Neal Jeffrey to Oilers for Houston's #4 pick in the 1979 draft
08-11-1977traded a #11 pick in the 1978 draft to Rams for Gregg Butler
08-11-1977claimed Calvin Culliver on waivers from Broncos
08-17-1977traded San Diego's #2 pick in the 1980 draft to Rams for the rights to Bob Klein
09-11-1977placed Curtis Townsend on injured reserve
09-11-1977placed Dave Lindstrom on injured reserve
09-11-1977placed 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

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