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1972 San Diego Chargers
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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 4th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 264 points (18.9/g), 18th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 344 points (24.6/g), 20th.
Differential of -80 points (-5.7/g), 20th.
Expected W-L: 4.9-9.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-1.0/g), 25th.
Coached by Harland Svare (4-9-1)
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1972 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* | 32 | 10 | 14 | 190 for 370, 2,449 yards, 15 td, 26 int, & 22 rushes for 99 yards and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 |
| RB | Mike Garrett | 28 | 6 | 0 | 272 rushes for 1,031 yards, 6 td, & 31 catches for 245 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1966 |
| FB | Cid Edwards | 29 | 4 | 0 | 157 rushes for 679 yards, 5 td, & 40 catches for 557 yards and 2 td | |
| WR | Chuck Dicus | 24 | 1 | 0 | 18 catches for 227 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for -11 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 169th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Gary Garrison* | 28 | 6 | 13 | 52 catches for 744 yards, 7 td, & 2 rushes for -6 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 |
| TE | Pettis Norman | 33 | 10 | 0 | 19 catches for 262 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for 9 yards and 0 td | Dallas Texans / 16th / 123rd pick / 1962 |
| LT | Terry Owens | 28 | 6 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 99th pick / 1966 |
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| LG | Doug Wilkerson | 25 | 2 | 14 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
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| C | Carl Mauck | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 337th pick / 1969 |
| RG | Walt Sweeney* | 31 | 9 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
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| RT | Russ Washington | 26 | 4 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Deacon Jones* | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Ron East | 29 | 5 | 0 | ||
| RDT | Dave Costa | 31 | 9 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 29th pick / 1963 |
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| RDE | Lionel Aldridge | 31 | 9 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 47th pick / 1963 |
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| LLB | Bob Babich | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 18th pick / 1969 |
| MLB | Tim Rossovich | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 14th pick / 1968 |
| MLB | Pete Lazetich | 22 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 36th pick / 1972 |
| RLB | Rick Redman | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 38th pick / 1965 |
| LCB | Joe Beauchamp | 28 | 6 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Bob Howard | 28 | 5 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1967 |
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| RCB | Lenny Dunlap | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 26th pick / 1971 |
| SS | Bryant Salter | 22 | 1 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 115th pick / 1971 |
| FS | Chuck Detwiler | 25 | 2 | 0 | ||
| FS | Joe Beauchamp | 28 | 6 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Dennis Partee | 26 | 4 | 0 | 15 of 25 field goals & 26 of 28 extra points | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 291st pick / 1968 |
| P | Dennis Partee | 26 | 4 | 0 | 45 punts for a 40.3 average, 0 blocked | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 291st pick / 1968 |
| PR | Lenny Dunlap | 23 | 1 | 0 | 19 punt returns for a 9.4 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 26th pick / 1971 |
| KR | Jesse Taylor | 24 | Rook | 0 | 31 kick returns for a 21.8 average and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 10th / 244th pick / 1971 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Lionel Aldridge | 31 | DE | 14 | 0 | 254 | 6-3 | Utah State | 2/14/1941 | 9 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 47th pick / 1963 |
| John Andrews | 24 | TE-RB | 1 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | Indiana | 11/2/1948 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 130th pick / 1971 |
| Bob Babich | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Miami (OH) | 5/5/1947 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 18th pick / 1969 |
| Pete Barnes | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 239 | 6-1 | Southern | 8/31/1945 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 136th pick / 1967 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Iowa State | 4/11/1944 | 6 | |
| Reggie Berry | 22 | DB | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Long Beach State | 3/15/1950 | Rook | |
| Lee Roy Caffey | 31 | LB | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 6/3/1941 | 9 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 25th pick / 1963 |
| Mike Carter | 24 | WR | 5 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Sacramento State | 2/18/1948 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 15th / 380th pick / 1970 |
| Wayne Clark | 25 | QB | 13 | 0 | 203 | 6-2 | U.S. International | 5/30/1947 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 198th pick / 1970 |
| Dave Costa | 31 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah | 10/27/1941 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 29th pick / 1963 |
| Chuck Detwiler | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Utah State | 3/6/1947 | 2 | |
| Chuck Dicus | 24 | WR | 10 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 10/2/1948 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 169th pick / 1971 |
| Oscar Dragon | 22 | RB | 13 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 3/2/1950 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 17th / 423rd pick / 1972 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | North Texas | 6/25/1949 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 26th pick / 1971 |
| Ron East | 29 | DT-DE | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Montana State,Oregon State | 8/26/1943 | 5 | |
| Cid Edwards | 29 | RB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Tennessee State | 10/10/1943 | 4 | |
| Chris Fletcher | 24 | DB | 1 | 1 | 185 | 5-11 | Temple | 12/25/1948 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 223rd pick / 1970 |
| Mike Garrett | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 191 | 5-9 | USC | 4/12/1944 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1966 |
| Gary Garrison* | 28 | WR-SE | 14 | 13 | 193 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 1/21/1944 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 |
| Ira Gordon | 25 | G-T | 6 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Kansas State | 5/5/1947 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 190th pick / 1970 |
| Sam Gruneisen | 31 | C-G-LB | 7 | 0 | 242 | 6-1 | Villanova | 1/16/1941 | 10 | San Diego Chargers / 25th / 200th pick / 1962 |
| John Hadl* | 32 | QB | 14 | 14 | 214 | 6-1 | Kansas | 2/15/1940 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 |
| Kevin Hardy | 27 | DT | 6 | 0 | 276 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 7/28/1945 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 7th pick / 1968 |
| Bob Howard | 28 | DB | 5 | 0 | 174 | 6-2 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo,San Diego State | 11/24/1944 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1967 |
| Deacon Jones* | 34 | DE | 14 | 0 | 272 | 6-5 | Miss. Valley State,South Carolina State | 12/9/1938 | 11 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Ray Jones | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Southern | 12/24/1947 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 34th pick / 1970 |
| Pete Lazetich | 22 | DE-LB-DT-NT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Stanford | 2/4/1950 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 36th pick / 1972 |
| Jerry LeVias | 26 | WR | 1 | 0 | 177 | 5-9 | SMU | 9/5/1946 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| John Mackey | 31 | TE | 13 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 9/24/1941 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 19th pick / 1963 |
| Carl Mauck | 25 | C | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-4 | Southern Illinois | 7/7/1947 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 337th pick / 1969 |
| Bill McClard | 23 | K | 9 | 0 | 202 | 5-10 | Arkansas | 10/15/1949 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 61st pick / 1972 |
| Pettis Norman | 33 | TE-SE | 13 | 0 | 222 | 6-3 | Johnson C. Smith | 1/4/1939 | 10 | Dallas Texans / 16th / 123rd pick / 1962 |
| Terry Owens | 28 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-0 | Jacksonville State | 7/5/1944 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 99th pick / 1966 |
| Dennis Partee | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 229 | 6-1 | SMU | 9/1/1946 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 291st pick / 1968 |
| Rick Redman | 29 | LB-P | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Washington | 3/7/1943 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 38th pick / 1965 |
| Tim Rossovich | 26 | LB-DE | 6 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | USC | 3/14/1946 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 14th pick / 1968 |
| Bryant Salter | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 1/22/1950 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 115th pick / 1971 |
| Cal Snowden | 26 | DE | 8 | 0 | 253 | 6-4 | Indiana | 11/29/1946 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 227th pick / 1969 |
| Walt Sweeney* | 31 | G | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-4 | Syracuse | 4/18/1941 | 9 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| John Sykes | 23 | WR | 2 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Morgan State | 5/13/1949 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 169th pick / 1972 |
| Jesse Taylor | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 5/26/1948 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 10th / 244th pick / 1971 |
| Lee Thomas | 26 | DE | 14 | 0 | 246 | 6-5 | Jackson State,Wiley | 3/12/1946 | 1 | |
| Russ Washington | 26 | T-DT | 14 | 14 | 289 | 6-6 | Missouri | 12/17/1946 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
| Ralph Wenzel | 29 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | San Diego State,San Jose State | 3/13/1943 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 168th pick / 1966 |
| Lee White | 26 | RB | 8 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Weber State | 5/9/1946 | 4 | New York Jets / 1st / 17th pick / 1968 |
| Ray White | 23 | LB | 4 | 0 | 227 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 5/18/1949 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 117th pick / 1971 |
| Doug Wilkerson | 25 | G | 14 | 14 | 253 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 3/27/1947 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
| Dave L. Williams | 27 | WR-SE | 12 | 0 | 207 | 6-2 | Washington | 8/10/1945 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1967 |
| Gregory Wojcik | 26 | DT | 7 | 0 | 268 | 6-6 | USC | 1/27/1946 | 1 | |
| Ernie Wright | 33 | T | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 11/6/1939 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 15th / 200th pick / 1961 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 226.0 | 6-1.9 | 4.2 |