Sunday, October 16, 1983
San Diego Chargers 21, New England Patriots 37| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (3-4-0) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| New England Patriots (3-4-0) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 37 |
| SDG | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SDG | James Brooks 1 yard rush (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NWE | Fred Steinfort 35 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | SDG | Bobby Duckworth 40 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 14 | 3 |
| NWE | Tony Collins 7 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| SDG | James Brooks 1 yard rush (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| 3rd | NWE | Fred Steinfort 20 yard field goal | 21 | 13 |
| 4th | NWE | Fred Steinfort 32 yard field goal | 21 | 16 |
| NWE | Mark van Eeghen 1 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) | 21 | 23 | |
| NWE | Tony Collins 10 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) | 21 | 30 | |
| NWE | Steve Grogan 1 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) | 21 | 37 |
| SDG | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 27 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-86-2 | 37-169-4 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-37-357-1-1 | 17-33-180-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-16 | 1-2 |
| Net pass yards | 341 | 178 |
| Total yards | 427 | 347 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 3-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-45 | 3-28 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 25 | 37 | 357 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Brooks | SDG | 24 | 72 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| Kellen Winslow | SDG | 6 | 94 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Wes Chandler | SDG | 4 | 54 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Duckworth | SDG | 2 | 51 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 3 | 44 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Roger Carr | SDG | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Pete Holohan | SDG | 2 | 20 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Muncie | SDG | 3 | 14 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Eric Sievers | SDG | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Collins | NWE | 19 | 94 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 17 | 33 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 10 | 56 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 2 | 44 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 3 | 39 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Robert Weathers | NWE | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Ramsey | NWE | 2 | 13 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Weathers | NWE | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mark van Eeghen | NWE | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| James Brooks | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wes Chandler | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Linden King | SDG | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bruce Laird | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Ray Smith | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sherman Smith | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 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 | |||
| Dave Browning | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Keith Lee | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis Owens | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Sanford | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ricky Smith | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||