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1970 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 5-6-3, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 282 points (20.1/g), 14th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 278 points (19.9/g), 17th.
 Differential of 4 points (0.3/g), 14th.
 Expected W-L: 7.1-6.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 13th.

Coached by Charlie Waller (5-6-3)

1970 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 20 box L 0-1 Baltimore Colts 14 16 15 288 205 83 1 19 303 202 101 3
2 Sun September 27 box T 0-1-1 Oakland Raiders 27 27 17 344 211 133 3 23 405 267 138
3 Sun October 4 box L 0-2-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 10 37 12 147 93 54 4 12 277 122 155 1
4 Mon October 12 box L 0-3-1 Green Bay Packers 20 22 14 257 40 217 5 19 341 141 200 2
5 Sun October 18 box W 1-3-1 @ Chicago Bears 20 7 20 357 274 83 15 217 117 100 2
6 Sun October 25 box T 1-3-2 Houston Oilers 31 31 16 233 157 76 2 25 448 263 185 3
7 Sun November 1 box W 2-3-2 @ Cleveland Browns 27 10 16 321 190 131 19 309 151 158 4
8 Sun November 8 box W 3-3-2 Denver Broncos 24 21 18 235 144 91 21 341 151 190 1
9 Sun November 15 box W 4-3-2 @ Boston Patriots 16 14 15 267 238 29 15 179 84 95 2
10 Sun November 22 box L 4-4-2 @ Oakland Raiders 17 20 20 331 155 176 2 22 396 213 183 1
11 Sun November 29 box L 4-5-2 @ Kansas City Chiefs 14 26 10 196 161 35 2 16 329 191 138 1
12 Sun December 6 box L 4-6-2 Cincinnati Bengals 14 17 21 280 167 113 4 11 136 136 1
13 Sun December 13 box T 4-6-3 @ Denver Broncos 17 17 15 231 145 86 1 14 264 152 112 3
14 Sun December 20 box W 5-6-3 Kansas City Chiefs 31 13 22 466 323 143 1 14 237 161 76

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 282 3953 839 4.7 231 192 387 2503 24 19 5.6 119 395 1450 9 3.7 83 25 6 29
Team Defense 278 4182 872 4.8 384 207 365 2215 13 9 5.7 117 480 1967 15 4.1 245 24 15 22
Lg Rank Offense 14 15 9 14 8 3 10 16 22 22 19 16 3 1
Lg Rank Defense 17 21 21 9 12 4 25 17 23 21 20 20 26 12

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
John Hadl 30 QB 14 12 162 327 49.5 2388 22 6.7 15 4.6 67 7.3 5.9 14.7 170.6 77.1 42 327 5.6 4.4 11.4
Marty Domres 23 8 2 28 55 50.9 491 2 3.6 4 7.3 80 8.9 6.0 17.5 61.4 63.5 13 93 5.9 3.5 19.1
Gene Foster 28 7 0 1 3 33.3 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 3.0 3.0 9.0 1.3 42.4 1 8 0.3 0.3 25.0
Wayne Clark 23 1 0 1 2 50.0 48 0 0.0 0 0.0 48 24.0 24.0 48.0 48.0 95.8 0 0 24.0 24.0 0.0
Team Total 25.5 14 192 387 49.6 2936 24 6.2 19 4.9 80 7.6 6.0 15.3 209.7 75.3 57 433 5.6 4.3 12.8
Opp Total 14 207 365 56.7 2215 13 3.6 9 2.5 6.1 5.3 10.7 158.2 76.2 27 207 5.7 4.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Jeff Queen 24 FB 14 0 77 261 1 19 3.4 18.6 5.5 20 236 11.8 1 65 1.4 16.9 497 2 4
Dickie Post 25 RB 9 0 74 225 1 18 3.0 25.0 8.2 13 113 8.7 0 30 1.4 12.6 338 1 1
Russ Smith 26 12 0 52 163 3 21 3.1 13.6 4.3 5 44 8.8 0 11 0.4 3.7 207 3 1
Brad Hubbert 29 8 0 49 175 1 11 3.6 21.9 6.1 7 44 6.3 0 11 0.9 5.5 219 1 0
Mike Garrett 26 9 0 46 146 1 22 3.2 16.2 5.1 10 127 12.7 1 44 1.1 14.1 273 2 3
Gene Foster 28 7 0 32 84 0 15 2.6 12.0 4.6 10 92 9.2 0 48 1.4 13.1 176 0 1
John Hadl 30 QB 14 12 28 188 1 34 6.7 13.4 2.0 188 1 3
Dave Smith 23 7 0 14 42 0 15 3.0 6.0 2.0 4 65 16.3 0 42 0.6 9.3 107 0 0
Marty Domres 23 8 2 14 39 0 7 2.8 4.9 1.8 39 0 2
Willie Frazier 28 TE 14 0 5 120 1 70 24.0 8.6 0.4 38 497 13.1 6 51 2.7 35.5 617 7 1
Gary Garrison* 26 WR 14 14 4 7 0 10 1.8 0.5 0.3 44 1006 22.9 12 67 3.1 71.9 1013 12 0
Lance Alworth 30 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 608 17.4 4 80 2.5 43.4 608 4 0
Rick Eber 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 43 21.5 0 31 0.3 7.2 43 0 0
Walker Gillette 23 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 21 10.5 0 12 0.2 1.6 21 0 0
Art Strozier 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 40 20.0 0 28 0.1 2.9 40 0 0
Team Total 25.5 14 395 1450 9 70 3.7 103.6 28.2 192 2936 15.3 24 80 13.7 209.7 4386 33 19
Opp Total 14 480 1967 15 4.1 140.5 34.3 207 2215 10.7 13 14.8 158.2 4182 28 21

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Chris Fletcher 22 RET 13 0 16 137 0 17 8.6 17 382 0 30 22.5 519
Speedy Duncan 28 RET 6 0 5 10 0 8 2.0 19 410 0 41 21.6 420
Russ Smith 26 12 0 9 31 0 13 3.4 1 9 0 9 9.0 247
Joe Beauchamp 26 RCB 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Chuck Detwiler 23 11 0 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -5
Jim Hill 24 SS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Roland Moss 24 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Terry Owens 26 LT 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jeff Queen 24 FB 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 509
Team Total 25.5 14 31 173 0 17 5.6 42 813 0 41 19.4 5372
Opp Total 14 34 1 52 1153 0 22.2

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Dennis Partee 24 P 13 0 65 2852 62 1 43.9
Mike Mercer 35 K 14 0 3 3 3 1 5 5 8 3 19 12 63.2% 35 34 97.1% 8 283 42 0 35.4
John Hadl 30 QB 14 12 1 30 30 0 30.0
Team Total 25.5 14 3 3 3 1 5 5 8 3 19 12 63.2% 35 34 97.1% 74 3165 62 1 42.8
Opp Total 14 40 23 57.5% 30 29 96.7% 64 2822 44.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bob Babich 23 MLB 14 0 0 2 8 0
Pete Barnes 25 RLB 14 0 3 22 0 15 0 1 30 0
Joe Beauchamp 26 RCB 13 0 1 25 0 25 0 1 0 0
Bob J. Briggs 25 LDT 10 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Bruggers 26 13 0 0 1 3 0
Steve DeLong 27 RDE 14 0 1 5 0 5
Chuck Detwiler 23 11 0 1 2 20 1
Marty Domres 23 8 2 2 1 0 0
Speedy Duncan 28 RET 6 0 1 0 0 0
Chris Fletcher 22 RET 13 0 1 0 0 0
Gene Foster 28 7 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Frazier 28 TE 14 0 1 4 -4 1
Mike Garrett 26 9 0 3 1 0 0
John Hadl 30 QB 14 12 3 1 0 0
Jim Hill 24 SS 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Howard 26 LCB 14 0 2 19 0 19 0 1 7 0
Bill Lenkaitis 24 LG 9 7 0 1 0 0
Terry Owens 26 LT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Dickie Post 25 RB 9 0 1 0 0 0
Jeff Queen 24 FB 14 0 4 0 0 0
Rick Redman 27 14 0 0 1 0 0
Russ Smith 26 12 0 1 0 0 0
Jeff Staggs 26 LLB 14 0 0 3 0 0
Jim Tolbert 26 FS 14 0 2 19 0 19 0 2 1 0
Russ Washington 24 RT 14 13 0 2 0 0
Tom Williams 22 ldt 14 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.5 14 9 90 0 25 19 28 65 2 1
Opp Total 14 57 21 6

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Gary Garrison* 26 WR 14 14 12 72
Mike Mercer 35 K 14 0 34 12 70
Willie Frazier 28 TE 14 0 1 6 1 48
Lance Alworth 30 WR 14 0 4 24
Russ Smith 26 12 0 3 18
Mike Garrett 26 9 0 1 1 12
Jeff Queen 24 FB 14 0 1 1 12
Chuck Detwiler 23 11 0 1 6
John Hadl 30 QB 14 12 1 6
Brad Hubbert 29 8 0 1 6
Dickie Post 25 RB 9 0 1 6
Joe Owens 24 LDE 14 0 1 2
Team Total 25.5 14 9 24 2 34 12 1 282
Opp Total 14 15 13 1 29 23 278