1982 San Diego Chargers: 6-3-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-1-0 (158 points scored, 121 allowed) Road record: 3-2-0 (130 points scored, 100 allowed) Head Coach: Don Coryell 288 points scored (1st of 28 teams), 221 points allowed (24th) NFL Averages: 20.2 points/game (181.4 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: 208 338 2,927 ( 1) 8.36 19 12 267 1,121 (11) 4.2 15 4,048 ( 1) 20 Defense: 233 342 2,292 (28) 6.35 10 13 230 961 ( 9) 4.2 10 3,253 (25) 25
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 6 Rolf Benirschke K 9 6'1 179 27 6 California-Davis 7 Maury Buford P 9 6'0 185 22 R Texas Tech 11 Ed Luther QB 9 6'3 202 25 3 San Jose State 14 Dan Fouts QB 9 6'3 205 31 10 Oregon 18 Charlie Joiner WR 9 5'11 180 35 14 Grambling 21 James Brooks RB 9 5'9 177 23 2 Auburn 24 Miles McPherson DB 6 5'11 175 22 R New Haven 25 John Cappelletti RB 9 6'1 215 30 8 Penn State 26 Donald Dykes DB 1 5'11 185 27 4 Southeastern Louisiana 27 Jeff Allen DB 9 5'11 194 25 2 California-Davis 28 Willie Buchanon DB 9 6'0 185 31 11 San Diego State 29 Mike Williams DB 9 5'10 186 28 8 Louisiana State 30 Bruce Laird DB 9 6'0 195 32 11 American International 37 Hank Bauer RB 9 5'10 200 28 6 California Lutheran 40 Jim Jodat RB 7 5'11 208 28 6 Carthage 42 Ricky Bell RB 4 6'2 216 27 6 Southern California 43 Bob Gregor DB 4 6'2 190 25 2 Washington State 46 Chuck Muncie RB 9 6'3 228 29 7 California 48 Tim Fox DB 7 5'11 186 28 7 Ohio State 49 Andre Young DB 8 6'0 203 21 R Louisiana Tech 50 Carlos Bradley LB 9 6'0 226 22 2 Wake Forest 51 Woodrow Lowe LB 9 6'0 226 28 7 Alabama 52 Ray Preston LB 9 6'0 220 28 7 Syracuse 53 Dave Lewis LB 9 6'4 245 28 6 Southern California 56 Bob Rush C 9 6'5 270 27 5 Memphis 57 Linden King LB 9 6'4 245 27 5 Colorado State 58 Dewey Selmon LB 8 6'1 240 28 6 Oklahoma 59 Cliff Thrift LB 9 6'2 230 26 4 East Central (OK) 60 Dennis McKnight OG 7 6'3 253 23 R Drake 62 Don Macek C 9 6'3 260 28 7 Boston College 63 Doug Wilkerson OG 9 6'2 258 35 13 North Carolina Central 64 Chuck Loewen OT 9 6'3 264 25 3 South Dakota State 66 Billy Shields OT 9 6'7 284 29 8 Georgia Tech 67 Ed White OG 9 6'2 279 35 14 California 68 Leroy Jones DE 8 6'8 270 32 7 Norfolk State 70 Russ Washington OT 9 6'7 295 35 15 Missouri 74 Louie Kelcher DT 8 6'5 310 29 8 Southern Methodist 75 Andrew Gissinger OT 9 6'5 279 23 1 Syracuse 76 Keith Ferguson DE 9 6'5 241 23 2 Ohio State 77 Sam Claphan OT 2 6'6 267 26 2 Oklahoma 79 Gary Johnson DT 9 6'2 251 30 8 Grambling 80 Kellen Winslow TE 9 6'5 251 24 4 Missouri 81 Scott Fitzkee WR 9 6'0 187 25 4 Penn State 82 Bobby Duckworth WR 5 6'3 197 23 1 Arkansas 85 Eric Sievers TE 9 6'4 235 24 2 Maryland 87 Dwight Scales WR 9 6'2 182 29 6 Grambling 88 Pete Holohan TE 9 6'4 240 23 2 Notre Dame 89 Wes Chandler WR 8 6'0 183 26 5 Florida 90 John Woodcock DE 6 6'3 257 28 6 Hawaii 91 Rick Ackerman DT 9 6'4 254 23 R Memphis 99 Wilbur Young DT 9 6'6 285 33 12 William Penn
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Dan Fouts 330 204 61.8 2,883 8.74 14.1 17 5.2 11 3.3 12 94 93.3 Ed Luther 4 2 50.0 55 13.75 27.5 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0 56.3 Chuck Muncie 3 2 66.7 83 27.67 41.5 2 66.7 0 0.0 0 0 149.3 Kellen Winslow 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Kellen Winslow 54 721 13.4 6 Wes Chandler 49 1,032 21.1 9 Charlie Joiner 36 545 15.1 0 Chuck Muncie 25 207 8.3 1 James Brooks 13 66 5.1 0 Eric Sievers 12 173 14.4 1 John Cappelletti 7 48 6.9 0 Dwight Scales 6 105 17.5 1 Scott Fitzkee 3 47 15.7 1 Bobby Duckworth 2 77 38.5 0 Jim Jodat 1 0 0.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Chuck Muncie 138 569 4.1 8 James Brooks 87 430 4.9 6 John Cappelletti 22 82 3.7 0 Wes Chandler 5 32 6.4 0 Dan Fouts 9 8 0.9 1 Jim Jodat 3 7 2.3 0 Ricky Bell 2 6 3.0 0 Ed Luther 1 -13 -13.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD James Brooks 33 749 22.7 0 Andre Young 4 45 11.2 0 Jim Jodat 3 45 15.0 0 Hank Bauer 2 24 12.0 0 Eric Sievers 1 17 17.0 0 Ricky Bell 1 10 10.0 0 Andrew Gissinger 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD James Brooks 12 138 11.5 4 0 Wes Chandler 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1982 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 7 188 DB Hollis Hall Clemson 8 215 P Maury Buford 136 Texas Tech 9 246 DT Warren Lyles Alabama 10 273 DB Andre Young 36 Louisiana Tech 11 299 DB Anthony Watson New Mexico State
Traded draft picks: #1 to GB (Ron Hallstrom), #2 to WAS via LA (Vernon Dean), #3 to NO (John Krimm), #4 to TB (Dave Barrett), #5 to CHI (Dennis Tabron), #6 to MIA (Tom Tutson), #12 to DET (Rob Rubick)
Transactions:
| 01-27-1982 | traded San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1982 draft and San Francisco's #4 pick in the 1984 draft to Buccaneers for Dave Lewis |
| 03-04-1982 | traded San Diego's #4 pick in the 1982 draft to Buccaneers for Ricky Bell |
| 03-29-1982 | traded San Diego's #4 pick in the 1984 draft to Buccaneers for Dewey Selmon |
| 04-26-1982 | traded San Diego's #5 pick in the 1982 draft to Bears for past considerations |
| 04-27-1982 | traded Green Bay's #2 pick in the 1982 draft and San Diego's #3 pick in the 1983 draft to Patriots for Tim Fox |
| 05-26-1982 | traded San Diego's #6 pick in the 1983 draft to Colts for Bruce Laird |
| 05-28-1982 | traded a #6 pick in the 1983 draft to Vikings for Jeff Siemon |
| 06-08-1982 | traded Bob Horn to 49ers for San Francisco's #8 pick in the 1983 draft and #7 pick in the 1985 draft |
| 07-13-1982 | traded Pete Shaw to Giants for the Giants' #8 pick in the 1984 draft |
| 08-25-1982 | traded a conditional 1983 draft pick to Jets for Donald Dykes |
| 08-31-1982 | traded Jeff Williams to Bears for Chicago's #12 pick in the 1983 draft and #5 pick in the 1984 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 01/09/83 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 31-28 01/16/83 at Miami Dolphins L 13-34
1982 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/82 at Denver Broncos W 23-3 1-0-0 09/19/82 at Kansas City Chiefs L 12-19 1-1-0 11/22/82 at Los Angeles Raiders L 24-28 1-2-0 11/28/82 vs Denver Broncos W 30-20 2-2-0 12/05/82 at Cleveland Browns W 30-13 3-2-0 12/11/82 at San Francisco 49ers W 41-37 4-2-0 12/20/82 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 50-34 5-2-0 12/26/82 vs Baltimore Colts W 44-26 6-2-0 01/02/83 vs Los Angeles Raiders L 34-41 6-3-0