1979 San Diego Chargers: 12-4-0
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Home record: 7-1-0 (214 points scored, 97 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (197 points scored, 149 allowed) Head Coach: Don Coryell
411 points scored (3rd of 28 teams), 246 points allowed (2nd) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 338 541 3,915 ( 1) 6.84 24 25 481 1,668 (27) 3.5 25 5,583 ( 5) 35
Defense: 261 472 2,549 ( 7) 4.96 11 28 475 1,907 ( 8) 4.0 19 4,456 ( 5) 46
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 6 Rolf Benirschke K 4 6'0 171 24 3 California-Davis 8 Jeff West P 16 6'3 210 26 5 Cincinnati 9 Roy Gerela K 3 5'10 185 31 11 New Mexico State 10 Cliff Olander QB 4 6'5 187 24 3 New Mexico State 12 James Harris QB 8 6'3 221 32 10 Grambling 14 Dan Fouts QB 16 6'3 210 28 7 Oregon 16 Mike Wood K 9 5'11 199 25 2 Southeast Missouri State 18 Charlie Joiner WR 16 5'11 183 32 11 Grambling 22 Mike Thomas RB 14 5'11 190 26 5 Nevada-Las Vegas 26 Lydell Mitchell RB 12 5'11 198 30 8 Penn State 27 Glen Edwards DB 15 6'0 183 32 9 Florida A&M 28 Willie Buchanon DB 16 6'0 195 28 8 San Diego State 29 Mike Williams DB 16 5'10 179 25 5 Louisiana State 33 Don Woods RB 15 6'1 208 28 6 New Mexico 37 Hank Bauer RB 16 5'10 200 25 3 California Lutheran 40 Clarence Williams RB 16 5'9 195 24 3 South Carolina 41 Bo Matthews RB 16 6'4 222 27 6 Colorado 42 Mike Fuller DB 1 5'9 182 26 5 Auburn 44 Pete Shaw DB 16 5'10 178 25 3 Northwestern 45 Hal Stringert DB 15 5'11 187 27 5 Willamette 47 Frank Duncan DB 4 6'1 188 22 R San Francisco State 48 Jerome Dove DB 16 6'2 193 26 3 Colorado State 50 Don Goode LB 12 6'2 231 28 6 Kansas 51 Woodrow Lowe LB 16 6'0 227 25 4 Alabama 52 Ray Preston LB 16 6'0 218 25 4 Syracuse 53 Ralph Perretta C 16 6'2 251 26 5 Purdue 55 Bob Horn LB 16 6'3 230 25 4 Oregon State 56 Bob Rush C 16 6'5 264 24 2 Memphis 57 Linden King LB 16 6'4 230 24 2 Colorado State 59 Cliff Thrift LB 16 6'2 232 23 R East Central (OK) 60 Dan Audick OT 16 6'3 253 24 3 Hawaii 62 Don Macek C 10 6'3 253 25 4 Boston College 63 Doug Wilkerson OG 12 6'2 263 32 10 North Carolina Central 66 Billy Shields OT 16 6'7 275 26 5 Georgia Tech 67 Ed White OG 16 6'2 271 32 11 California 68 Leroy Jones DE 16 6'8 260 29 4 Norfolk State 69 John Lee DE 10 6'2 259 26 4 Nebraska 70 Russ Washington OT 16 6'6 288 32 12 Missouri 71 Fred Dean DE 13 6'3 230 27 5 Louisiana Tech 73 Charles DeJurnett DT 12 6'4 260 27 4 San Jose State 74 Louie Kelcher DT 1 6'5 282 26 5 Southern Methodist 79 Gary Johnson DT 16 6'2 252 27 5 Grambling 80 Kellen Winslow TE 7 6'5 252 21 R Missouri 83 John Jefferson WR 15 6'1 198 23 2 Arizona State 84 Bob Klein TE 15 6'5 237 32 11 Southern California 85 Artie Owens WR 16 5'10 182 26 4 West Virginia 86 John Floyd WR 8 6'1 195 23 R Northeast Louisiana 87 Larry Burton WR 12 6'1 195 27 5 Purdue 88 Greg McCrary TE 14 6'3 235 27 4 Clark Atlanta 99 Wilbur Young DT 16 6'6 290 30 9 William Penn
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Dan Fouts 530 332 62.6 4,082 7.70 12.3 24 4.5 24 4.5 28 195 82.6
James Harris 9 5 55.6 38 4.22 7.6 0 0.0 1 11.1 2 15 26.4
Mike Thomas 1 1 100.0 18 18.00 18.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Hank Bauer 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 13 0.0
Mike Fuller 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Charlie Joiner 72 1,008 14.0 4 John Jefferson 61 1,090 17.9 10 Clarence Williams 51 352 6.9 0 Bob Klein 37 424 11.5 5 Mike Thomas 32 388 12.1 0 Kellen Winslow 25 255 10.2 2 Lydell Mitchell 19 159 8.4 1 Artie Owens 15 176 11.7 1 John Floyd 10 152 15.2 1 Bo Matthews 7 40 5.7 0 Greg McCrary 5 32 6.4 0 Larry Burton 4 62 15.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Clarence Williams 200 752 3.8 12 Mike Thomas 91 353 3.9 1 Lydell Mitchell 63 211 3.3 0 Artie Owens 40 151 3.8 1 Bo Matthews 30 112 3.7 1 Dan Fouts 26 49 1.9 2 Hank Bauer 22 28 1.3 8 James Harris 6 26 4.3 0 Mike Fuller 1 0 0.0 0 Jeff West 1 -2 -2.0 0 Charlie Joiner 1 -12 -12.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Artie Owens 35 791 22.6 0 Mike Fuller 6 115 19.2 0 Hank Bauer 4 92 23.0 0 Clarence Williams 1 19 19.0 0 Lydell Mitchell 1 15 15.0 0 Cliff Thrift 1 11 11.0 0 Ralph Perretta 1 9 9.0 0 Bo Matthews 1 4 4.0 0 Don Woods 0 10 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Mike Fuller 46 448 9.7 7 0 Mike Williams 3 19 6.3 0 0 Pete Shaw 2 21 10.5 2 0 Don Goode 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 13 TE Kellen Winslow 109 Missouri [pick acquired from CLE] 3 73 LB Cliff Thrift 97 East Central Oklahoma 4 104 WR John Floyd 27 N.E. Louisiana [pick acquired from HOU] 8 210 RB Wilbert Haslip 5 Hawaii 9 237 WR Alvin Garrett 55 Angelo State 10 265 DT Tony Petruccio Penn State [pick acquired from PHI] 10 269 DB Al Green LSU 11 295 QB Dave Rader Tulsa 12 321 DB Frank Duncan 26 San Francisco State
Traded draft picks: #1 to CLE (Willis Adams), #2 to CLE (Sam Claphan), #4 to LA (Derwin Tucker), #5 to DET via BAL (Walt Brown), #6 to PIT (Bill Murrell), #7 to GB (Rich Wingo)
Transactions:
| 04-26-1979 | traded San Diego's #7 pick in the 1979 draft and #1 pick in the 1980 draft to Packers for Willie Buchanon |
| 05-03-1979 | traded San Diego's #1 and #2 picks in the 1979 draft to Browns for Cleveland's #1 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 05-18-1979 | traded San Diego's #5 pick in the 1980 draft to Redskins for Mike Thomas |
| 05-31-1979 | traded San Diego's #10 pick in the 1980 draft to Buccaneers for Charles White |
| 08-10-1979 | traded Rickey Anderson to Browns for Cleveland's #6 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Jim Laslavic on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Milton Hardaway on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Pat Curran on injured reserve |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/29/79 vs Houston Oilers L 14-17
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 at Seattle Seahawks W 33-16 1-0-0 09/09/79 vs Oakland Raiders W 30-10 2-0-0 09/16/79 vs Buffalo Bills W 27-19 3-0-0 09/23/79 at New England Patriots L 21-27 3-1-0 09/30/79 vs San Francisco 49ers W 31-9 4-1-0 10/07/79 at Denver Broncos L 0-7 4-2-0 10/14/79 vs Seattle Seahawks W 20-10 5-2-0 10/21/79 at Los Angeles Rams W 40-16 6-2-0 10/25/79 at Oakland Raiders L 22-45 6-3-0 11/04/79 at Kansas City Chiefs W 20-14 7-3-0 11/11/79 at Cincinnati Bengals W 26-24 8-3-0 11/18/79 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 35-7 9-3-0 11/25/79 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 28-7 10-3-0 12/02/79 vs Atlanta Falcons L 26-28 10-4-0 12/09/79 at New Orleans Saints W 35-0 11-4-0 12/17/79 vs Denver Broncos W 17-7 12-4-0
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