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1971 San Diego Chargers
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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 311 points (22.2/g), 7th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 341 points (24.4/g), 23rd.
Differential of -30 points (-2.1/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 6.2-7.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 20th.
Coached by Harland Svare (2-2-0) and Sid Gillman (4-6-0)
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1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | John Hadl | 31 | 9 | 14 | 233 for 431, 3,075 yards, 21 td, 25 int, & 18 rushes for 75 yards and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 |
| RB | Mike Garrett | 27 | 5 | 0 | 140 rushes for 591 yards, 4 td, & 41 catches for 283 yards and 3 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1966 |
| FB | Jeff Queen | 25 | 2 | 0 | 95 rushes for 318 yards, 4 td, & 23 catches for 270 yards and 3 td | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 317th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Gary Garrison* | 27 | 5 | 14 | 42 catches for 889 yards, 6 td, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Billy Parks | 23 | Rook | 0 | 41 catches for 609 yards, 4 td, & 5 rushes for 77 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 146th pick / 1970 |
| TE | Pettis Norman | 32 | 9 | 0 | 27 catches for 358 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 1 yards and 0 td | Dallas Texans / 16th / 123rd pick / 1962 |
| LT | Terry Owens | 27 | 5 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 99th pick / 1966 |
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| LG | Doug Wilkerson | 24 | 1 | 14 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
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| C | Carl Mauck | 24 | 2 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 337th pick / 1969 |
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| RG | Walt Sweeney* | 30 | 8 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
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| RT | Russ Washington | 25 | 3 | 14 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Tom Williams | 23 | 1 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1970 |
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| LDT | Ron East | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDT | Kevin Hardy | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 7th pick / 1968 |
| RDE | Steve DeLong | 28 | 6 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 6th pick / 1965 |
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| LLB | Rick Redman | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 38th pick / 1965 |
| MLB | Bob Babich | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 18th pick / 1969 |
| RLB | Pete Barnes | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 136th pick / 1967 |
| LCB | Bob Howard | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Joe Beauchamp | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Bryant Salter | 21 | Rook | 0 | 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 115th pick / 1971 |
| FS | Chris Fletcher | 23 | 1 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 223rd pick / 1970 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Dennis Partee | 25 | 3 | 0 | 17 of 29 field goals & 36 of 37 extra points | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 291st pick / 1968 |
| P | Dennis Partee | 25 | 3 | 0 | 55 punts for a 43.5 average, 0 blocked | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 291st pick / 1968 |
| PR | Jerry LeVias | 25 | 2 | 0 | 22 punt returns for a 6.6 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| KR | Jerry LeVias | 25 | 2 | 0 | 24 kick returns for a 23.3 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bob Babich | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Miami (OH) | 5/5/1947 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 18th pick / 1969 |
| Pete Barnes | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 239 | 6-1 | Southern | 8/31/1945 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 136th pick / 1967 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 27 | DB | 13 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Iowa State | 4/11/1944 | 5 | |
| Bob Bruggers | 27 | LB | 3 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 4/20/1944 | 5 | |
| Leon Burns | 31 | RB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | Long Beach State | 9/15/1940 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 13th pick / 1971 |
| Steve DeLong | 28 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 7/3/1943 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 6th pick / 1965 |
| Chuck Detwiler | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Utah State | 3/6/1947 | 1 | |
| Chuck Dicus | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 10/2/1948 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 169th pick / 1971 |
| Marty Domres | 24 | QB | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Columbia | 4/17/1947 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 9th pick / 1969 |
| Ron East | 28 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Montana State,Oregon State | 8/26/1943 | 4 | |
| Chris Fletcher | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 185 | 5-11 | Temple | 12/25/1948 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 223rd pick / 1970 |
| Mike Garrett | 27 | RB | 13 | 0 | 191 | 5-9 | USC | 4/12/1944 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1966 |
| Gary Garrison* | 27 | WR-SE | 14 | 14 | 193 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 1/21/1944 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 |
| Walker Gillette | 24 | WR | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-5 | Richmond | 3/16/1947 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 15th pick / 1970 |
| Ira Gordon | 24 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Kansas State | 5/5/1947 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 190th pick / 1970 |
| Wes Grant | 25 | DE-DT | 2 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | UCLA | 9/24/1946 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 97th pick / 1970 |
| Sam Gruneisen | 30 | C-G-LB | 2 | 0 | 242 | 6-1 | Villanova | 1/16/1941 | 9 | San Diego Chargers / 25th / 200th pick / 1962 |
| John Hadl | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 214 | 6-1 | Kansas | 2/15/1940 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 |
| Kevin Hardy | 26 | DT | 13 | 0 | 276 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 7/28/1945 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 7th pick / 1968 |
| Jim Hill | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 10/21/1946 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 18th pick / 1968 |
| Bob Howard | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 174 | 6-2 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo,San Diego State | 11/24/1944 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1967 |
| Harris Jones | 26 | G | 11 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Johnson C. Smith | 10/3/1945 | Rook | |
| Jerry LeVias | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 177 | 5-9 | SMU | 9/5/1946 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| Carl Mauck | 24 | C | 13 | 0 | 243 | 6-4 | Southern Illinois | 7/7/1947 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 337th pick / 1969 |
| Mike Montgomery | 22 | RB-WR | 11 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 7/10/1949 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1971 |
| Pettis Norman | 32 | TE-SE | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-3 | Johnson C. Smith | 1/4/1939 | 9 | Dallas Texans / 16th / 123rd pick / 1962 |
| Gary Nowak | 23 | DT | 5 | 0 | 258 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 12/8/1948 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 10th / 247th pick / 1971 |
| Terry Owens | 27 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-0 | Jacksonville State | 7/5/1944 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 99th pick / 1966 |
| Billy Parks | 23 | WR | 10 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Long Beach State | 1/1/1948 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 146th pick / 1970 |
| Dennis Partee | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 229 | 6-1 | SMU | 9/1/1946 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 291st pick / 1968 |
| Jack Porter | 23 | C | 1 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 7/27/1948 | Rook | New York Jets / 8th / 187th pick / 1970 |
| Jeff Queen | 25 | RB-TE | 14 | 0 | 217 | 6-1 | Morgan State | 8/15/1946 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 317th pick / 1968 |
| Eddie Ray | 24 | RB-TE | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | LSU | 4/5/1947 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 4th / 83rd pick / 1970 |
| Rick Redman | 28 | LB-P | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Washington | 3/7/1943 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 38th pick / 1965 |
| Andy Rice | 31 | DT | 12 | 0 | 268 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 9/6/1940 | 5 | |
| Mel Rogers | 24 | LB | 13 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 4/23/1947 | Rook | |
| Bryant Salter | 21 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 1/22/1950 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 115th pick / 1971 |
| Jeff Staggs | 27 | LB-DE | 5 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | BYU,San Diego State | 5/14/1944 | 4 | |
| Art Strozier | 25 | TE | 6 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 5/23/1946 | 1 | |
| Walt Sweeney* | 30 | G | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-4 | Syracuse | 4/18/1941 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| John Tanner | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 241 | 6-4 | Tennessee Tech | 3/8/1945 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 221st pick / 1971 |
| Lee Thomas | 25 | DE | 9 | 0 | 246 | 6-5 | Jackson State,Wiley | 3/12/1946 | Rook | |
| Jim Tolbert | 27 | DB | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-4 | Lincoln (MO) | 3/12/1944 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 61st pick / 1966 |
| Russ Washington | 25 | T-DT | 14 | 14 | 289 | 6-6 | Missouri | 12/17/1946 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
| Ray White | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 5/18/1949 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 117th pick / 1971 |
| Doug Wilkerson | 24 | G | 14 | 14 | 253 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 3/27/1947 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
| Tom Williams | 23 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | California-Davis | 7/21/1948 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1970 |
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 227.2 | 6-2.2 | 2.7 |