1981 San Diego Chargers: 10-6-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-3-0 (206 points scored, 181 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (272 points scored, 209 allowed) Head Coach: Don Coryell 478 points scored (1st of 28 teams), 390 points allowed (26th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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: 368 629 4,739 ( 1) 7.31 34 18 481 2,005 (16) 4.2 26 6,744 ( 1) 40 Defense: 313 571 4,311 (28) 6.98 22 23 491 1,825 ( 5) 3.7 25 6,136 (27) 41
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 George Roberts P 16 6'0 186 26 4 Virginia Tech 6 Rolf Benirschke K 16 6'0 175 26 5 California-Davis 11 Ed Luther QB 16 6'3 206 24 2 San Jose State 14 Dan Fouts QB 16 6'3 210 30 9 Oregon 18 Charlie Joiner WR 16 5'11 183 34 13 Grambling 21 James Brooks RB 14 5'9 180 22 R Auburn 23 Irvin Phillips DB 15 6'1 192 21 R Arkansas Tech 25 John Cappelletti RB 16 6'1 220 29 7 Penn State 27 Glen Edwards DB 8 6'0 183 34 11 Florida A&M 28 Willie Buchanon DB 16 6'0 185 30 10 San Diego State 29 Mike Williams DB 14 5'10 179 27 7 Louisiana State 32 Wyatt Henderson DB 15 5'10 180 24 1 Fresno State 37 Hank Bauer RB 16 5'10 200 27 5 California Lutheran 40 Clarence Williams RB 14 5'9 195 26 5 South Carolina 43 Bob Gregor DB 14 6'2 187 24 1 Washington State 44 Pete Shaw DB 16 5'10 178 27 5 Northwestern 45 Doug Beaudoin DB 4 6'1 190 27 6 Minnesota 46 Chuck Muncie RB 15 6'3 233 28 6 California 47 Frank Duncan DB 7 6'1 188 24 3 San Francisco State 48 Allan Ellis DB 11 5'10 177 30 8 UCLA 50 Carlos Bradley LB 8 6'0 221 21 R Wake Forest 51 Woodrow Lowe LB 16 6'0 227 27 6 Alabama 52 Ray Preston LB 16 6'0 218 27 6 Syracuse 54 Jim Laslavic LB 16 6'2 236 30 8 Penn State 55 Bob Horn LB 16 6'3 230 27 6 Oregon State 56 Bob Rush C 16 6'5 264 26 4 Memphis 57 Linden King LB 16 6'4 230 26 4 Colorado State 59 Cliff Thrift LB 7 6'2 232 25 3 East Central (OK) 60 Don Reese DE 5 6'6 262 30 7 Jackson State 61 Jimmy Webb DT 16 6'5 245 29 7 Mississippi State 62 Don Macek C 15 6'3 253 27 6 Boston College 63 Doug Wilkerson OG 16 6'2 262 34 12 North Carolina Central 64 Chuck Loewen OT 9 6'3 259 24 2 South Dakota State 66 Billy Shields OT 16 6'7 275 28 7 Georgia Tech 67 Ed White OG 16 6'2 271 34 13 California 68 Leroy Jones DE 16 6'8 260 31 6 Norfolk State 70 Russ Washington OT 13 6'6 288 34 14 Missouri 71 Fred Dean DE 3 6'3 230 29 7 Louisiana Tech 72 Jeff Williams OG 12 6'4 264 26 5 Rhode Island 74 Louie Kelcher DT 14 6'5 282 28 7 Southern Methodist 76 Keith Ferguson DE 16 6'5 240 22 R Ohio State 77 Sam Claphan OT 16 6'6 267 25 1 Oklahoma 79 Gary Johnson DT 16 6'2 252 29 7 Grambling 80 Kellen Winslow TE 16 6'5 252 23 3 Missouri 81 Scott Fitzkee WR 5 6'0 187 24 3 Penn State 81 Aundra Thompson WR 1 6'0 186 28 5 East Texas State 82 Billy Brooks WR 7 6'3 202 28 5 Oklahoma 84 Ron Smith WR 9 6'0 185 24 4 San Diego State 85 Eric Sievers TE 16 6'4 234 23 R Maryland 87 Dwight Scales WR 16 6'2 185 28 5 Grambling 88 Pete Holohan TE 7 6'4 226 22 R Notre Dame 89 Wes Chandler WR 12 5'11 186 25 4 Florida 90 John Woodcock DE 12 6'3 250 27 5 Hawaii 99 Wilbur Young DE 5 6'6 290 32 11 William Penn
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Dan Fouts 609 360 59.1 4,802 7.89 13.3 33 5.4 17 2.8 19 134 90.6 Ed Luther 15 7 46.7 68 4.53 9.7 0 0.0 1 6.7 0 0 32.1 Wes Chandler 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Kellen Winslow 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Chuck Muncie 1 1 100.0 3 3.00 3.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Kellen Winslow 88 1,075 12.2 10 Charlie Joiner 70 1,188 17.0 7 Wes Chandler 52 857 16.5 5 James Brooks 46 329 7.2 3 Chuck Muncie 43 362 8.4 0 Eric Sievers 22 276 12.5 3 Dwight Scales 19 429 22.6 1 Clarence Williams 12 108 9.0 1 John Cappelletti 10 126 12.6 1 Ron Smith 3 84 28.0 2 Billy Brooks 1 21 21.0 0 Pete Holohan 1 14 14.0 0 Hank Bauer 1 4 4.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Chuck Muncie 251 1,144 4.6 19 James Brooks 109 525 4.8 3 John Cappelletti 68 254 3.7 4 Dan Fouts 22 56 2.5 0 Clarence Williams 20 26 1.3 0 Hank Bauer 2 7 3.5 0 George Roberts 1 2 2.0 0 Wes Chandler 5 -1 -0.2 0 Ed Luther 3 -8 -2.7 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD James Brooks 40 949 23.7 0 Wes Chandler 8 125 15.6 0 Pete Shaw 6 103 17.2 0 Clarence Williams 4 47 11.8 0 Bob Gregor 3 47 15.7 0 Aundra Thompson 2 44 22.0 0 Ron Smith 2 32 16.0 0 Eric Sievers 2 4 2.0 0 Doug Beaudoin 1 31 31.0 0 Wyatt Henderson 1 26 26.0 0 Hank Bauer 1 14 14.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD James Brooks 22 290 13.2 6 0 Wes Chandler 5 79 15.8 3 0 Hank Bauer 1 7 7.0 0 0 Glen Edwards 1 1 1.0 0 0 Pete Shaw 1 1 1.0 0 0 Irvin Phillips 1 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Williams 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 24 RB James Brooks 162 Auburn 3 77 DB Irvin Phillips 20 Arkansas Tech 4 103 RB Amos Lawrence 21 North Carolina 4 107 TE Eric Sievers 122 Maryland [pick acquired from CLE] 5 131 LB Keith Ferguson 134 Ohio State 6 141 OT Andy Gissinger 41 Syracuse [pick acquired from NYG] 6 162 WR Bobby Duckworth 62 Arkansas 7 189 TE Pete Holohan 163 Notre Dame 10 268 RB Robert Parham Grambling 11 280 OT Matt Petrzelka Iowa [pick acquired from NYG] 11 300 LB Carlos Bradley 54 Wake Forest 12 327 WR Stacy Charles Bethune-Cookman
Traded draft picks: #2 to NO (Ricky Jackson), #8 to NO (Kevin Evans)
Transactions:
| 05-15-1981 | traded Wilbur Young to Redskins for Jeff Williams |
| 08-10-1981 | traded Billy Mullins to Bears for a conditional #12 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 08-17-1981 | traded Stacy Charles to Bears for future considerations |
| 08-18-1981 | traded Dan Audick to 49ers for San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 08-18-1981 | traded Booker Russell to Eagles for a draft pick |
| 08-25-1981 | traded Gregg McCrary and John Floyd to Redskins for Washington's #11 pick in the 1983 draft and an undisclosed draft pick |
| 08-31-1981 | traded San Diego's #6 pick in the 1982 draft to Dolphins for George Roberts |
| 08-31-1981 | traded Mike Wood to Colts for Baltimore's #6 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 09-10-1981 | traded Amos Lawrence to 49ers for San Francisco's #4 pick in the 1984 draft |
| 09-15-1981 | traded San Diego's #12 pick in the 1982 draft to Lions for John Woodcock |
| 09-17-1981 | traded John Jefferson to Packers for Aundra Thompson, Green Bay's #2 pick in the 1982 draft, #1 pick in the 1983 draft, #2 pick in the 1984 draft and the option (which was exercised) to swap #1 picks in the 1982 draft |
| 09-29-1981 | traded Aundra Thompson, Green Bay's #1 pick and San Diego's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Saints for Wes Chandler |
| 10-02-1981 | traded Fred Dean to 49ers for San Francisco's #2 pick and the option (which was exercised) to swap #1 picks in the 1983 draft |
| 10-08-1981 | traded San Diego's #5 pick in the 1982 draft to Bears for Allan Ellis |
| 10-22-1981 | claimed Doug Beaudoin on waivers from Dolphins |
| 11-16-1981 | Patriots claimed John Lee on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 01/02/82 at Miami Dolphins W 41-38 (OT) 01/10/82 at Cincinnati Bengals L 7-27
1981 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/81 at Cleveland Browns W 44-14 1-0-0 09/13/81 vs Detroit Lions W 28-23 2-0-0 09/20/81 at Kansas City Chiefs W 42-31 3-0-0 09/27/81 at Denver Broncos L 24-42 3-1-0 10/04/81 vs Seattle Seahawks W 24-10 4-1-0 10/11/81 vs Minnesota Vikings L 31-33 4-2-0 10/18/81 at Baltimore Colts W 43-14 5-2-0 10/25/81 at Chicago Bears L 17-20 (OT) 5-3-0 11/01/81 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 22-20 6-3-0 11/08/81 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 17-40 6-4-0 11/16/81 at Seattle Seahawks L 23-44 6-5-0 11/22/81 at Oakland Raiders W 55-21 7-5-0 11/29/81 vs Denver Broncos W 34-17 8-5-0 12/06/81 vs Buffalo Bills L 27-28 8-6-0 12/13/81 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 24-23 9-6-0 12/21/81 vs Oakland Raiders W 23-10 10-6-0