1980 San Diego Chargers roster and stats

1980 San Diego Chargers: 11-5-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (200 points scored, 136 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (218 points scored, 191 allowed) Head Coach: Don Coryell 418 points scored (4th of 28 teams), 327 points allowed (18th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 350 594 4,531 ( 1) 7.24 30 26 509 1,879 (16) 3.7 18 6,410 ( 1) 48 Defense: 300 519 2,849 ( 6) 4.92 18 20 478 1,842 (10) 3.9 18 4,691 ( 6) 38

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 6 Rolf Benirschke K 16 6'0 175 25 4 California-Davis 11 Ed Luther QB 5 6'3 206 23 R San Jose State 14 Dan Fouts QB 16 6'3 210 29 8 Oregon 16 Mike Wood K 1 5'11 199 26 3 Southeast Missouri State 17 Rick Partridge P 16 6'1 175 23 2 Utah 18 Charlie Joiner WR 16 5'11 183 33 12 Grambling 22 Mike Thomas RB 10 5'11 190 27 6 Nevada-Las Vegas 25 John Cappelletti RB 10 6'1 225 28 6 Penn State 26 Bernard Jackson DB 4 6'0 180 30 9 Washington State 27 Glen Edwards DB 16 6'0 183 33 10 Florida A&M 28 Willie Buchanon DB 16 6'0 185 29 9 San Diego State 29 Mike Williams DB 14 5'10 179 26 6 Louisiana State 32 Scott Perry DB 4 6'0 180 26 5 Williams 33 Don Woods RB 2 6'1 204 29 7 New Mexico 34 LaRue Harrington RB 4 6'0 210 23 R Norfolk State 37 Hank Bauer RB 16 5'10 200 26 4 California Lutheran 40 Clarence Williams RB 13 5'9 195 25 4 South Carolina 41 Booker Russell RB 15 6'2 235 24 3 Southwest Texas State 42 Mike Fuller DB 16 5'9 182 27 6 Auburn 44 Pete Shaw DB 12 5'10 178 26 4 Northwestern 45 Hal Stringert DB 10 5'11 187 28 6 Willamette 46 Chuck Muncie RB 11 6'3 233 27 5 California 47 Frank Duncan DB 15 6'1 188 23 2 San Francisco State 48 Jerome Dove DB 16 6'2 193 27 4 Colorado State 51 Woodrow Lowe LB 16 6'0 227 26 5 Alabama 52 Ray Preston LB 14 6'0 218 26 5 Syracuse 53 Ralph Perretta C 5 6'2 251 27 6 Purdue 54 Jim Laslavic LB 16 6'2 236 29 7 Penn State 55 Bob Horn LB 16 6'3 230 26 5 Oregon State 56 Bob Rush C 15 6'5 264 25 3 Memphis 57 Linden King LB 5 6'4 230 25 3 Colorado State 58 Carl McGee LB 6 6'3 228 24 1 Duke 59 Cliff Thrift LB 15 6'2 232 24 2 East Central (OK) 60 Dan Audick OT 15 6'3 253 25 4 Hawaii 62 Don Macek C 16 6'3 253 26 5 Boston College 63 Doug Wilkerson OG 16 6'2 262 33 11 North Carolina Central 64 Chuck Loewen OT 16 6'3 259 23 R South Dakota State 66 Billy Shields OT 16 6'7 275 27 6 Georgia Tech 67 Ed White OG 16 6'2 271 33 12 California 68 Leroy Jones DE 15 6'8 260 30 5 Norfolk State 69 John Lee DE 11 6'2 259 27 5 Nebraska 70 Russ Washington OT 6 6'6 284 33 13 Missouri 71 Fred Dean DE 14 6'3 230 28 6 Louisiana Tech 73 Charles DeJurnett DT 15 6'4 260 28 5 San Jose State 74 Louie Kelcher DT 15 6'5 282 27 6 Southern Methodist 79 Gary Johnson DT 16 6'2 252 28 6 Grambling 80 Kellen Winslow TE 16 6'5 252 22 2 Missouri 83 John Jefferson WR 16 6'1 198 24 3 Arizona State 84 Ron Smith WR 15 6'0 185 23 3 San Diego State 86 John Floyd WR 15 6'1 195 24 2 Northeast Louisiana 88 Greg McCrary TE 16 6'3 235 28 5 Clark Atlanta 99 Wilbur Young DE 12 6'6 290 31 10 William Penn

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Dan Fouts 589 348 59.1 4,715 8.01 13.5 30 5.1 24 4.1 32 210 84.7 Ed Luther 3 2 66.7 26 8.67 13.0 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0 54.2 Mike Thomas 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0 0.0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Kellen Winslow         89  1,290   14.5    9
John Jefferson         82  1,340   16.3   13
Charlie Joiner         71  1,132   15.9    4
Mike Thomas            29    218    7.5    0
Clarence Williams      26    230    8.8    1
Chuck Muncie           24    234    9.8    0
John Cappelletti       13    112    8.6    0
Greg McCrary           11    106    9.6    2
Ron Smith               4     48   12.0    0
John Floyd              1     31   31.0    1

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Chuck Muncie          135    659    4.9    4
Mike Thomas           118    484    4.1    3
John Cappelletti      101    364    3.6    5
Clarence Williams      97    258    2.7    3
Booker Russell          8     41    5.1    0
Hank Bauer             10     34    3.4    1
John Jefferson          1     16   16.0    0
Dan Fouts              23     15    0.7    2
Don Woods               4     10    2.5    0
Ed Luther               3      5    1.7    0
Mike Fuller             2      0    0.0    0
Rick Partridge          3      0    0.0    0
LaRue Harrington        4     -7   -1.8    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Chuck Muncie           16    344   21.5    0
Mike Fuller            15    289   19.3    0
Ron Smith              10    186   18.6    0
Bernard Jackson         9    149   16.6    0
Frank Duncan            5     85   17.0    0
Hank Bauer              2     37   18.5    0
Jim Laslavic            2     26   13.0    0
Booker Russell          1     19   19.0    0
John Cappelletti        1      0    0.0    0
John Jefferson          1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Mike Fuller            30    298    9.9   12    0
Pete Shaw               5     20    4.0    0    0
Glen Edwards            4     17    4.2    1    0
John Floyd              1      0    0.0    0    0
Bob Horn                1      0    0.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Rick Partridge 60 2,347 39.1 3 10 1 43 359 31.6 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rolf Benirschke 0/0 7/8 8/12 6/10 3/6 24/36 46/48 118 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Willie Buchanon 2 13 0 Fred Dean 10.5 Charles DeJurnett 5.5 Glen Edwards 5 122 1 Gary Johnson 17.5 Leroy Jones 12.0 Louie Kelcher 5.5 1 2 0 Linden King 1.0 Jim Laslavic 2 11 0 John Lee 1.0 Woodrow Lowe 1.0 3 72 1 Ray Preston 2.0 Pete Shaw 4 50 0 Hal Stringert 1 0 0 Cliff Thrift 1.0 1 0 0 Mike Williams 1 0 0 Wilbur Young 2.0

1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 4 101 QB Ed Luther 61 San Jose State [pick acquired from TB] 4 108 DB Bob Gregor 30 Washington State 6 151 RB LaRue Harrington 4 Norfolk State [pick acquired from CLE] 6 163 LB Wayne Hamilton Alabama 7 175 OG Chuck Loewen 47 South Dakota State [pick acquired from BUF] 7 191 P Stuart Dodds Montana State 8 219 RB Curtis Sirmones North Alabama 9 247 RB Steve Whitman Alabama 11 303 DE John Singleton Texas-El Paso 12 331 WR Harry Price McNeese State

Traded draft picks: #1 to GB (George Cumby), #2 to CLE via LA (Cleveland Crosby), #3 to STL (Charlie Baker), #5 to DEN via WAS, CLE (Laval Short), #10 to TB (Brett Davis)

Transactions:

03-20-1980	traded San Diego's #2 pick in the 1982 draft to Rams for John Cappelletti
07-09-1980	claimed Jim Nicholson on waivers from Chiefs
08-14-1980	traded Bo Matthews to Giants for the Giants' #6 pick in the 1981 draft
08-27-1980	traded Don Goode to Browns for Cleveland's #4 pick in the 1981 draft and #4 pick in the 1983 draft
08-31-1980	traded San Diego's #8 pick in the 1981 draft to Saints for Rick Partridge
09-01-1980	traded Cliff Olander to Giants for the Giants' #11 pick in the 1981 draft
09-29-1980	traded San Diego's #2 pick in the 1981 draft to Saints for Chuck Muncie

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
01/03/81    vs Buffalo Bills           W 20-14
01/11/81    vs Oakland Raiders         L 27-34

1980 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/07/80    at Seattle Seahawks        W 34-13       1-0-0
09/14/80    vs Oakland Raiders         W 30-24 (OT)  2-0-0
09/21/80    at Denver Broncos          W 30-13       3-0-0
09/28/80    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 24-7        4-0-0
10/05/80    vs Buffalo Bills           L 24-26       4-1-0
10/12/80    at Oakland Raiders         L 24-38       4-2-0
10/19/80    vs New York Giants         W 44-7        5-2-0
10/26/80    at Dallas Cowboys          L 31-42       5-3-0
11/02/80    at Cincinnati Bengals      W 31-14       6-3-0
11/09/80    vs Denver Broncos          L 13-20       6-4-0
11/16/80    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 20-7        7-4-0
11/20/80    at Miami Dolphins          W 27-24 (OT)  8-4-0
11/30/80    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 22-21       9-4-0
12/07/80    at Washington Redskins     L 17-40       9-5-0
12/13/80    vs Seattle Seahawks        W 21-14       10-5-0
12/22/80    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 26-17       11-5-0

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