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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > San Diego Chargers at New England Patriots - October 1st, 1978
San Diego Chargers 23 at New England Patriots 28
Sunday, October 1, 1978
San Diego Chargers 23, New England Patriots 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (1-4-0) | 0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| New England Patriots (3-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Scoring
| SDG | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Harold Jackson 30 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Nick Lowery kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | SDG | Pat Curran 3 yard pass from Dan Fouts (kick failed) | 6 | 7 |
| SDG | John Jefferson 21 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 13 | 7 | |
| 3rd | SDG | John Jefferson 40 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 20 | 7 |
| NWE | Harold Jackson 14 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Nick Lowery kick) | 20 | 14 | |
| 4th | NWE | Russ Francis 6 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Nick Lowery kick) | 20 | 21 |
| SDG | Rolf Benirschke 41 yard field goal | 23 | 21 | |
| NWE | Steve Grogan 4 yard rush (Nick Lowery kick) | 23 | 28 |
Team Stats
| SDG | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-160-0 | 32-101-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-20-173-3-1 | 17-29-231-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-11 | 3-33 |
| Net pass yards | 162 | 198 |
| Total yards | 322 | 299 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-63 | 5-39 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 14 | 18 | 173 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| John Jefferson | SDG | 3 | 74 | 2 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Hank Bauer | SDG | 16 | 60 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Lydell Mitchell | SDG | 8 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Don Woods | SDG | 5 | 39 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Bo Matthews | SDG | 6 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 3 | 27 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Bob Klein | SDG | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Rodgers | SDG | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Pat Curran | SDG | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| James Harris | SDG | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 17 | 29 | 231 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 4 | 106 | 2 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 5 | 64 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 6 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 7 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 5 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 10 | 23 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Mike Fuller | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Goode | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Artie Owens | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnny Rodgers | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Raymond Clayborn | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| James McAlister | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Nelson | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||