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1973 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 2-11-1, Finished 4th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 188 points (13.4/g), 25th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 386 points (27.6/g), 24th.
 Differential of -198 points (-14.1/g), 25th.
 Expected W-L: 2.2-11.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -17 (-1.2/g), 25th.

Simple Rating System: Total -12.1, Offense: -3.7, Defense: -8.4, SoS: 2.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Harland Svare (1-6-1) and Ron Waller (1-5-0)

Training Camp: UC Irvine (Irvine, California)

Team Stats and Rankings

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 188 3622 831 4.4 198 161 363 1808 9 30 4.5 93 431 1814 9 4.2 88 51 21 17
Team Defense 386 4518 926 4.9 267 177 341 2254 18 16 6.1 124 559 2264 23 4.1 125 34 18 18
Lg Rank Offense 25 19 23 10 18 22 25 20 22 18 20 10 25 22
Lg Rank Defense 24 22 22 16 21 21 16 21 23 21 26 13 10 6

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 16 boxscore L 0-1 @ Washington Redskins 0 38 10 135 7 128 7 13 211 128 83 2
2 Sun September 23 boxscore W 1-1 Buffalo Bills 34 7 17 354 249 105 1 16 287 139 148 4
3 Sun September 30 boxscore L 1-2 Cincinnati Bengals 13 20 17 291 177 114 4 19 417 215 202 2
4 Sun October 7 boxscore L 1-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 21 38 20 348 181 167 6 15 286 132 154 5
5 Sun October 14 boxscore L 1-4 Oakland Raiders 17 27 18 269 179 90 4 20 367 187 180 2
6 Sun October 21 boxscore L 1-5 Atlanta Falcons 0 41 11 177 88 89 5 25 338 142 196 2
7 Sun October 28 boxscore T 1-5-1 @ Cleveland Browns 16 16 16 339 135 204 2 13 184 66 118 3
8 Sun November 4 boxscore L 1-6-1 Kansas City Chiefs 0 19 11 190 99 91 4 17 332 144 188 1
9 Sun November 11 boxscore L 1-7-1 @ Denver Broncos 19 30 14 221 101 120 2 21 413 234 179 3
10 Sun November 18 boxscore W 2-7-1 New Orleans Saints 17 14 14 288 102 186 2 22 341 199 142 3
11 Sun November 25 boxscore L 2-8-1 @ Oakland Raiders 3 31 13 235 118 117 2 22 320 165 155 2
12 Sun December 2 boxscore L 2-9-1 @ New England Patriots 14 30 11 231 44 187 3 22 359 175 184 5
13 Sun December 9 boxscore L 2-10-1 Denver Broncos 28 42 14 341 215 126 3 23 423 231 192
14 Sun December 16 boxscore L 2-11-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 6 33 12 203 113 90 6 19 240 97 143

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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% 4QC GWD
14 Dan Fouts 22 QB 10 6 0-5-1 87 194 44.8 1126 6 3.1 13 6.7 69 5.8 3.4 12.9 112.6 46.0 14 129 4.8 2.6 6.7 1 0
13 Wayne Clark 26 11 4 1-3-0 40 90 44.4 532 0 0.0 9 10.0 54 5.9 1.4 13.3 48.4 24.2 9 96 4.4 0.3 9.1
19 Johnny Unitas 40 5 4 1-3-0 34 76 44.7 471 3 3.9 7 9.2 51 6.2 2.8 13.9 94.2 40.0 14 96 4.2 1.3 15.6
81 Ron Holliday 25 WR 11 6 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0
20 Mike Garrett 29 RB 10 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.4 14 2-11-1 161 363 44.4 2129 9 2.5 30 8.3 69 5.9 2.6 13.2 152.1 37.3 37 321 4.5 1.6 9.3 1 0
Opp Total 14 177 341 51.9 2473 18 5.3 16 4.7 7.3 6.2 14.0 176.6 73.6 26 219 6.1 5.2 7.1

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
37 Cid Edwards 30 FB 13 0 133 609 1 50 4.6 46.8 10.2 25 164 6.6 0 28 1.9 12.6 773 1 3
20 Mike Garrett 29 RB 10 0 114 467 0 68 4.1 46.7 11.4 15 124 8.3 1 30 1.5 12.4 591 1 6
38 Robert Holmes 28 13 0 78 289 7 24 3.7 22.2 6.0 19 151 7.9 0 30 1.5 11.6 440 7 5
26 Clint Jones 28 rb 12 5 55 170 1 38 3.1 14.2 4.6 7 125 17.9 0 37 0.6 10.4 295 1 2
35 Bob L. Thomas 25 14 0 22 48 0 12 2.2 3.4 1.6 7 51 7.3 1 37 0.5 3.6 99 1 3
13 Wayne Clark 26 11 4 13 86 0 16 6.6 7.8 1.2 86 0 1
14 Dan Fouts 22 QB 10 6 7 32 0 16 4.6 3.2 0.7 32 0 2
81 Ron Holliday 25 WR 11 6 6 70 0 22 11.7 6.4 0.5 14 182 13.0 0 36 1.3 16.5 252 0 1
25 Jerry LeVias 27 WR 14 11 2 33 0 22 16.5 2.4 0.1 30 536 17.9 3 69 2.1 38.3 569 3 0
88 Pettis Norman 34 TE 14 12 1 10 0 10 10.0 0.7 0.1 13 200 15.4 0 24 0.9 14.3 210 0 0
27 Gary Garrison 29 wr 7 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 292 20.9 2 51 2.0 41.7 292 2 0
86 Jim Thaxton 24 10 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 119 17.0 2 31 0.7 11.9 119 2 0
84 Dave L. Williams 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 118 16.9 0 30 1.2 19.7 118 0 0
28 Willie McGee 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 67 22.3 0 50 0.3 6.1 67 0 4
Team Total 27.4 14 431 1814 9 68 4.2 129.6 30.8 161 2129 13.2 9 69 11.5 152.1 3943 18 40
Opp Total 14 559 2264 23 4.1 161.7 39.9 177 2254 12.7 18 12.6 161.0 4518 41 31

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
48 Ron Smith 30 SS/PR/KR 14 9 27 352 2 84 13.0 36 947 0 70 26.3 1299
28 Willie McGee 23 11 0 6 56 0 28 9.3 20 423 0 50 21.2 546
26 Clint Jones 28 rb 12 5 10 217 0 40 21.7 512
52 Jay Douglas 23 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
77 Ron East 30 LDT 13 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
53 Mel Rogers 26 llb 10 5 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
62 Ralph Wenzel 30 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.4 14 33 408 2 84 12.4 70 1597 0 70 22.8 5948
Opp Total 14 35 0 35 862 1 24.6

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
29 Dennis Partee 27 P 14 0 1 1 1 2 1 50.0% 6 6 100.0% 72 2958 62 3 41.1
15 Ray Wersching 23 K 14 0 4 4 6 5 5 2 8 2 25 11 44.0% 15 13 86.7%
81 Ron Holliday 25 WR 11 6 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 27.4 14 5 5 7 5 5 2 8 2 27 12 44.4% 22 20 90.9% 72 2958 62 3 41.1
Opp Total 14 38 22 57.9% 46 42 91.3% 60 2586 43.1

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
48 Ron Smith 30 SS/PR/KR 14 9 1 4 0 4 0 0 10 6 8 0
20 Mike Garrett 29 RB 10 0 0 6 1 0 0
24 Bob Howard 29 LCB 13 0 5 25 0 25 0 0 0 2 2 0
38 Robert Holmes 28 13 0 0 5 0 0 0
28 Willie McGee 23 11 0 0 4 1 0 0
35 Bob L. Thomas 25 14 0 0 3 2 0 0
87 Lionel Aldridge 32 10 0 0 0 3 0 0
37 Cid Edwards 30 FB 13 0 0 3 0 0 0
14 Dan Fouts 22 QB 10 6 0 2 1 0 0
26 Clint Jones 28 rb 12 5 0 2 1 0 0
58 Mike Stratton 32 LLB 14 10 3 46 0 23 0
19 Johnny Unitas 40 5 4 0 3 0 0 0
79 Coy Bacon 31 RDE 12 0 1 80 1 80 0 0 0 1 0 0
13 Wayne Clark 26 11 4 0 1 1 0 0
54 Carl Gersbach 26 MLB 14 8 1 9 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 0
69 Ira Gordon 26 6 0 0 0 2 0 0
81 Ron Holliday 25 WR 11 6 0 1 1 0 0
66 Rick Redman 30 RLB 11 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
53 Mel Rogers 26 llb 10 5 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
82 Tim Rossovich 27 mlb 13 5 1 9 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 0
30 Bryant Salter 23 13 0 1 20 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 0
40 Joe Beauchamp 29 FS 9 0 0 0 1 0 0
64 Dave Costa 32 RDT 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
39 Lenny Dunlap 24 RCB 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
77 Ron East 30 LDT 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
75 Deacon Jones 35 LDE 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
51 Pete Lazetich 23 12 3 0 0 1 0 0
55 Carl Mauck 26 C 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
57 Floyd Rice 24 rlb 5 0 1 8 0 8 0
78 Walt Sweeney 32 RG 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
70 Russ Washington 27 RT 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.4 14 16 205 1 80 0 0 40 36 10 0
Opp Total 14 37 31 13 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
15 Ray Wersching 23 K 14 0 13 11 46
38 Robert Holmes 28 13 0 7 7 42
25 Jerry LeVias 27 WR 14 11 3 3 18
27 Gary Garrison 29 wr 7 5 2 2 12
48 Ron Smith 30 SS/PR/KR 14 9 2 2 12
86 Jim Thaxton 24 10 3 2 2 12
29 Dennis Partee 27 P 14 0 6 1 9
79 Coy Bacon 31 RDE 12 0 1 1 6
37 Cid Edwards 30 FB 13 0 1 1 6
20 Mike Garrett 29 RB 10 0 1 1 6
26 Clint Jones 28 rb 12 5 1 1 6
57 Floyd Rice 24 rlb 5 0 1 1 6
35 Bob L. Thomas 25 14 0 1 1 6
81 Ron Holliday 25 WR 11 6 1 1
Team Total 27.4 14 9 9 2 1 1 22 20 12 188
Opp Total 14 23 18 1 42 22 1 386