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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.

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

1973 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 16 box L 0-1 @ Washington Redskins 0 38 10 135 7 128 7 13 211 128 83 2
2 Sun September 23 box W 1-1 Buffalo Bills 34 7 17 354 249 105 1 16 287 139 148 4
3 Sun September 30 box L 1-2 Cincinnati Bengals 13 20 17 291 177 114 4 19 417 215 202 2
4 Sun October 7 box L 1-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 21 38 20 348 181 167 6 15 286 132 154 5
5 Sun October 14 box L 1-4 Oakland Raiders 17 27 18 269 179 90 4 20 367 187 180 2
6 Sun October 21 box L 1-5 Atlanta Falcons 0 41 11 177 88 89 5 25 338 142 196 2
7 Sun October 28 box T 1-5-1 @ Cleveland Browns 16 16 16 339 135 204 2 13 184 66 118 3
8 Sun November 4 box L 1-6-1 Kansas City Chiefs 0 19 11 190 99 91 4 17 332 144 188 1
9 Sun November 11 box L 1-7-1 @ Denver Broncos 19 30 14 221 101 120 2 21 413 234 179 3
10 Sun November 18 box W 2-7-1 New Orleans Saints 17 14 14 288 102 186 2 22 341 199 142 3
11 Sun November 25 box L 2-8-1 @ Oakland Raiders 3 31 13 235 118 117 2 22 320 165 155 2
12 Sun December 2 box L 2-9-1 @ New England Patriots 14 30 11 231 44 187 3 22 359 175 184 5
13 Sun December 9 box L 2-10-1 Denver Broncos 28 42 14 341 215 126 3 23 423 231 192
14 Sun December 16 box L 2-11-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 6 33 12 203 113 90 6 19 240 97 143

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 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 4.9 409 177 341 2254 18 16 6.1 124 559 2264 23 4.1 267 34 18 18
Lg Rank Offense 25 19 23 10 18 22 25 21 22 18 20 10 25 22
Lg Rank Defense 24 22 22 16 21 21 16 21 23 21 26 13 10 6

Passing

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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%
Dan Fouts 22 QB 10 6 0-5-1 87 194 44.8 1126 6 3.1 13 6.7 69 5.8 3.1 12.9 112.6 46.0 14 129 4.8 2.3 6.7
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
Johnny Unitas 40 5 4 1-3-0 34 76 44.7 471 3 3.9 7 9.2 51 6.2 2.4 13.9 94.2 40.0 14 96 4.2 1.0 15.6
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
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 2.4 13.2 152.1 37.3 37 321 4.5 1.4 9.3
Opp Total 14 177 341 51.9 2254 18 5.3 16 4.7 6.6 5.0 12.7 161.0 70.9 26 219 6.1 4.1

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
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
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
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
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
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
Wayne Clark 26 11 4 13 86 0 16 6.6 7.8 1.2 86 0 1
Dan Fouts 22 QB 10 6 7 32 0 16 4.6 3.2 0.7 32 0 2
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ron Smith 30 SS 14 9 27 352 2 84 13.0 36 947 0 70 26.3 1299
Willie McGee 23 11 0 6 56 0 28 9.3 20 423 0 50 21.2 546
Clint Jones 28 rb 12 5 10 217 0 40 21.7 512
Jay Douglas 23 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Ron East 30 LDT 13 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Mel Rogers 26 llb 10 5 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
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

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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 27 P 14 0 1 1 1 2 1 50.0% 6 6 100.0% 72 2958 62 3 41.1
Ray Wersching 23 K 14 0 4 4 6 5 5 2 8 2 25 11 44.0% 15 13 86.7%
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

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Lionel Aldridge 32 10 0 0 3 0 0
Coy Bacon 31 RDE 12 0 1 80 1 80 0 1 0 0
Joe Beauchamp 29 FS 9 0 0 1 0 0
Wayne Clark 26 11 4 1 1 0 0
Dave Costa 32 RDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Lenny Dunlap 24 RCB 14 14 0 1 0 0
Ron East 30 LDT 13 0 0 1 0 0
Cid Edwards 30 FB 13 0 3 0 0 0
Dan Fouts 22 QB 10 6 2 1 0 0
Mike Garrett 29 RB 10 0 6 1 0 0
Carl Gersbach 26 MLB 14 8 1 9 0 9 0 1 0 0
Ira Gordon 26 6 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Holliday 25 WR 11 6 1 1 0 0
Robert Holmes 28 13 0 5 0 0 0
Bob Howard 29 LCB 13 0 5 25 0 25 0 2 2 0
Clint Jones 28 rb 12 5 2 1 0 0
Deacon Jones 35 LDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Pete Lazetich 23 12 3 0 1 0 0
Carl Mauck 26 C 14 14 0 1 0 0
Willie McGee 23 11 0 4 1 0 0
Rick Redman 30 RLB 11 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Floyd Rice 24 rlb 5 0 1 8 0 8
Mel Rogers 26 llb 10 5 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Tim Rossovich 27 mlb 13 5 1 9 0 9 0 1 0 0
Bryant Salter 23 13 0 1 20 0 20 0 1 0 0
Ron Smith 30 SS 14 9 1 4 0 4 10 6 8 0
Mike Stratton 32 LLB 14 10 3 46 0 23
Walt Sweeney 32 RG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bob L. Thomas 25 14 0 3 2 0 0
Johnny Unitas 40 5 4 3 0 0 0
Russ Washington 27 RT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.4 14 16 205 1 80 40 36 10 0
Opp Total 14 37 31 13 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ray Wersching 23 K 14 0 13 11 46
Robert Holmes 28 13 0 7 42
Jerry LeVias 27 WR 14 11 3 18
Gary Garrison 29 wr 7 5 2 12
Ron Smith 30 SS 14 9 2 12
Jim Thaxton 24 10 3 2 12
Dennis Partee 27 P 14 0 6 1 9
Coy Bacon 31 RDE 12 0 1 6
Cid Edwards 30 FB 13 0 1 6
Mike Garrett 29 RB 10 0 1 6
Clint Jones 28 rb 12 5 1 6
Floyd Rice 24 rlb 5 0 1 6
Bob L. Thomas 25 14 0 1 6
Ron Holliday 25 WR 11 6 1 1
Team Total 27.4 14 9 9 2 1 1 20 12 188
Opp Total 14 23 18 1 42 22 1 386