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:
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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 |
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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