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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 298 points (18.6/g), 15th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 297 points (18.6/g), 12th.
Differential of 1 points (0.1/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 8.0-8.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 11th.
Coached by Art Shell (9-7-0)
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1991 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 1 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 17 | 47 | 11 | 286 | 224 | 62 | 4 | 25 | 459 | 240 | 219 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 8 | box | W | 1-1 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 13 | 16 | 273 | 140 | 133 | 12 | 247 | 214 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 15 | box | W | 2-1 | Indianapolis Colts | 16 | 0 | 15 | 268 | 153 | 115 | 16 | 266 | 193 | 73 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 22 | box | L | 2-2 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 21 | 12 | 159 | 87 | 72 | 3 | 16 | 320 | 240 | 80 | 4 |
| 5 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | 3-2 | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 6 | 18 | 220 | 127 | 93 | 1 | 17 | 339 | 213 | 126 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 6 | box | L | 3-3 | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 21 | 16 | 277 | 178 | 99 | 3 | 17 | 258 | 100 | 158 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | 4-3 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 23 | 20 | 25 | 420 | 274 | 146 | 5 | 12 | 264 | 145 | 119 | 3 |
| 8 | Sun | October 20 | box | W | 5-3 | Los Angeles Rams | 20 | 17 | 18 | 339 | 255 | 84 | 2 | 21 | 347 | 294 | 53 | 3 | |
| 9 | Mon | October 28 | box | L | 5-4 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 21 | 24 | 15 | 322 | 249 | 73 | 3 | 19 | 267 | 148 | 119 | 1 |
| 10 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | 6-4 | @ | Denver Broncos | 17 | 16 | 13 | 244 | 126 | 118 | 23 | 383 | 183 | 200 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 17 | box | W | 7-4 | Seattle Seahawks | 31 | 7 | 20 | 342 | 226 | 116 | 1 | 13 | 185 | 162 | 23 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | 8-4 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 38 | 14 | 14 | 176 | 19 | 157 | 1 | 21 | 279 | 114 | 165 | 5 |
| 14 | Sun | December 1 | box | W | 9-4 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 9 | 7 | 14 | 283 | 122 | 161 | 3 | 12 | 199 | 124 | 75 | 3 |
| 15 | Sun | December 8 | box | L | 9-5 | Buffalo Bills | 27 | 30 | 18 | 386 | 250 | 136 | 3 | 25 | 409 | 330 | 79 | 1 | |
| 16 | Mon | December 16 | box | L | 9-6 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 0 | 27 | 6 | 117 | 46 | 71 | 2 | 26 | 475 | 314 | 161 | 1 |
| 17 | Sun | December 22 | box | L | 9-7 | Kansas City Chiefs | 21 | 27 | 17 | 313 | 243 | 70 | 30 | 468 | 262 | 206 | |||
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sat | December 28 | box | L | 9-8 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 298 | 4425 | 893 | 5.0 | 248 | 220 | 414 | 2719 | 20 | 18 | 6.1 | 132 | 446 | 1706 | 8 | 3.8 | 97 | 31 | 13 | 19 |
| Team Defense | 297 | 5165 | 1002 | 5.2 | 502 | 295 | 513 | 3276 | 18 | 18 | 5.9 | 176 | 447 | 1889 | 13 | 4.2 | 305 | 31 | 13 | 21 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 15 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 7 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 12 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 18 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Schroeder | 30 | QB | 15 | 15 | 9-6-0 | 189 | 357 | 52.9 | 2562 | 15 | 4.2 | 16 | 4.5 | 78 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 13.6 | 170.8 | 71.4 | 31 | 238 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 8.0 |
| Todd Marinovich | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 23 | 40 | 57.5 | 243 | 3 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 10.6 | 243.0 | 100.3 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 0.0 | |
| Vince Evans | 36 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 127 | 1 | 7.1 | 2 | 14.3 | 80 | 9.1 | 3.4 | 21.2 | 31.8 | 59.8 | 2 | 20 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 12.5 | ||
| Marcus Allen | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 11 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 1.4 | 106.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 10.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Jeff Gossett*+ | 34 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 2.1 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 9-7-0 | 220 | 414 | 53.1 | 2977 | 20 | 4.8 | 18 | 4.3 | 80 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 13.5 | 186.1 | 74.3 | 33 | 258 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 7.4 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 295 | 513 | 57.5 | 3276 | 18 | 3.5 | 18 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 11.1 | 204.8 | 73.7 | 42 | 283 | 5.9 | 4.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Roger Craig | 31 | RB | 15 | 13 | 162 | 590 | 1 | 15 | 3.6 | 39.3 | 10.8 | 17 | 136 | 8.0 | 0 | 20 | 1.1 | 9.1 | 726 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Bell | 23 | 9 | 1 | 78 | 307 | 3 | 15 | 3.9 | 34.1 | 8.7 | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | 24 | 0.7 | 6.9 | 369 | 3 | 2 | |
| Marcus Allen | 31 | 8 | 2 | 63 | 287 | 2 | 26 | 4.6 | 35.9 | 7.9 | 15 | 131 | 8.7 | 0 | 25 | 1.9 | 16.4 | 418 | 2 | 1 | |
| Steve Smith | 27 | FB | 16 | 16 | 62 | 265 | 1 | 19 | 4.3 | 16.6 | 3.9 | 15 | 130 | 8.7 | 1 | 37 | 0.9 | 8.1 | 395 | 2 | 4 |
| Napoleon McCallum | 28 | 16 | 0 | 31 | 110 | 1 | 9 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 110 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jay Schroeder | 30 | QB | 15 | 15 | 28 | 76 | 0 | 15 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 76 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| Vince Evans | 36 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Marcus Wilson | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 3.5 | 21.0 | 6.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tim Brown* | 25 | RET | 16 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 36 | 554 | 15.4 | 5 | 78 | 2.3 | 34.6 | 570 | 5 | 1 |
| Todd Marinovich | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 4.7 | 14.0 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ethan Horton* | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53 | 650 | 12.3 | 5 | 52 | 3.3 | 40.6 | 650 | 5 | 1 | |
| Mervyn Fernandez | 32 | WR | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 46 | 694 | 15.1 | 1 | 59 | 2.9 | 43.4 | 694 | 1 | 0 | |
| Willie Gault | 31 | WR | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 346 | 17.3 | 4 | 59 | 1.3 | 21.6 | 346 | 4 | 0 | |
| Sam Graddy | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 195 | 32.5 | 1 | 80 | 0.5 | 16.3 | 195 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Andrew Glover | 24 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 3 | 18 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 45 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Elvis Patterson | 31 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 34 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 446 | 1706 | 8 | 26 | 3.8 | 106.6 | 27.9 | 220 | 2977 | 13.5 | 20 | 80 | 13.8 | 186.1 | 4683 | 28 | 20 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 447 | 1889 | 13 | 4.2 | 118.1 | 27.9 | 295 | 3276 | 11.1 | 18 | 18.4 | 204.8 | 5165 | 31 | 24 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Tim Brown* | 25 | RET | 16 | 1 | 29 | 330 | 1 | 75 | 11.4 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 929 |
| Sam Graddy | 27 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 373 | 0 | 37 | 17.0 | 568 | ||||||
| Jamie Holland | 27 | RET | 16 | 0 | 22 | 421 | 0 | 27 | 19.1 | 421 | |||||
| Napoleon McCallum | 28 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 0 | 25 | 21.0 | 215 | ||||||
| Steve Smith | 27 | FB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 395 | |||||
| Dan Turk | 29 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 29 | 330 | 1 | 75 | 11.4 | 52 | 928 | 0 | 37 | 17.8 | 5941 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 41 | 0 | 58 | 1059 | 1 | 18.3 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Jeff Gossett*+ | 34 | P | 16 | 0 | 67 | 2961 | 61 | 0 | 44.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Jaeger*+ | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 29 | 85.3% | 30 | 29 | 96.7% | |||||
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 29 | 85.3% | 30 | 29 | 96.7% | 67 | 2961 | 61 | 0 | 44.2 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 28 | 16 | 57.1% | 36 | 33 | 91.7% | 61 | 2361 | 38.7 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Greg Townsend* | 30 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 13.0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |||
| Anthony Smith | 24 | 16 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ronnie Lott*+ | 32 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 93 | |||
| Jay Schroeder | 30 | QB | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Scott Davis | 26 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 6.5 | 38 | ||||||||||||
| Steve Smith | 27 | FB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Winston Moss | 26 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lionel Washington | 31 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 72 | |||||||||
| Howie Long | 31 | LDE | 14 | 13 | 3.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||
| Eddie Anderson | 28 | FS | 16 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118 | ||||
| Nick Bell | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Benson | 30 | RLB | 16 | 14 | 1.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | |||||||||
| Roger Craig | 31 | RB | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Riki Ellison | 31 | MLB | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Golic | 34 | LDT | 16 | 14 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Elvis Patterson | 31 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Aaron Wallace | 24 | 16 | 0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Marcus Allen | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tim Brown* | 25 | RET | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Torin Dorn | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Sam Graddy | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nolan Harrison | 22 | 14 | 3 | 1.0 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Ethan Horton* | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Napoleon McCallum | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Terry McDaniel | 26 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | ||||||||
| Don Mosebar* | 30 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Robinson | 35 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 42.0 | 18 | 155 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 471 | 1 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 33 | 24 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Jaeger*+ | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 116 | |||||||||
| Tim Brown* | 25 | RET | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 36 | |||||||||
| Ethan Horton* | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Willie Gault | 31 | WR | 16 | 15 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Nick Bell | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Glover | 24 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Marcus Allen | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Steve Smith | 27 | FB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Roger Craig | 31 | RB | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mervyn Fernandez | 32 | WR | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Sam Graddy | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Napoleon McCallum | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Elvis Patterson | 31 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Torin Dorn | 23 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 298 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 297 |