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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)
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1973 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 | Dan Fouts | 22 | Rook | 6 | 87 for 194, 1,126 yards, 6 td, 13 int, & 7 rushes for 32 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1973 |
| RB | Mike Garrett | 29 | 7 | 0 | 114 rushes for 467 yards, 0 td, & 15 catches for 124 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1966 |
| RB | Clint Jones | 28 | 6 | 5 | 55 rushes for 170 yards, 1 td, & 7 catches for 125 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 2nd pick / 1967 |
| FB | Cid Edwards | 30 | 5 | 0 | 133 rushes for 609 yards, 1 td, & 25 catches for 164 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Ron Holliday | 25 | Rook | 6 | 14 catches for 182 yards, 0 td, & 6 rushes for 70 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Jerry LeVias | 27 | 4 | 11 | 30 catches for 536 yards, 3 td, & 2 rushes for 33 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| WR | Gary Garrison | 29 | 7 | 5 | 14 catches for 292 yards, 2 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 |
| TE | Pettis Norman | 34 | 11 | 12 | 13 catches for 200 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for 10 yards and 0 td | Dallas Texans / 16th / 123rd pick / 1962 |
| LT | Terry Owens | 29 | 7 | 14 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 99th pick / 1966 |
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| LG | Doug Wilkerson | 26 | 3 | 14 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
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| C | Carl Mauck | 26 | 4 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 337th pick / 1969 |
| RG | Walt Sweeney | 32 | 10 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| RT | Russ Washington | 27 | 5 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Deacon Jones | 35 | 12 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Ron East | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDT | Dave Costa | 32 | 10 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 29th pick / 1963 |
| RDE | Coy Bacon | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LLB | Mike Stratton | 32 | 11 | 10 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| LLB | Mel Rogers | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Carl Gersbach | 26 | 3 | 8 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Tim Rossovich | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 14th pick / 1968 |
| RLB | Rick Redman | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 38th pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Floyd Rice | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 212th pick / 1971 |
| LCB | Bob Howard | 29 | 6 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Lenny Dunlap | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 26th pick / 1971 |
| SS | Ron Smith | 30 | 8 | 9 | 1 interception, 6 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Joe Beauchamp | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ray Wersching | 23 | Rook | 0 | 11 of 25 field goals & 13 of 15 extra points | |
| P | Dennis Partee | 27 | 5 | 0 | 72 punts for a 41.1 average, 3 blocked | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 291st pick / 1968 |
| PR | Ron Smith | 30 | 8 | 9 | 27 punt returns for a 13.0 average and 2 td | |
| KR | Ron Smith | 30 | 8 | 9 | 36 kick returns for a 26.3 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Lionel Aldridge | 32 | DE | 10 | 0 | 254 | 6-3 | Utah State | 2/14/1941 | 10 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 47th pick / 1963 |
| Coy Bacon | 31 | DE-DT | 12 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 8/30/1942 | 5 | |
| Joe Beauchamp | 29 | DB | 9 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Iowa State | 4/11/1944 | 7 | |
| Reggie Berry | 23 | DB | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Long Beach State | 3/15/1950 | 1 | |
| Wayne Clark | 26 | QB | 11 | 4 | 203 | 6-2 | U.S. International | 5/30/1947 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 198th pick / 1970 |
| Dave Costa | 32 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah | 10/27/1941 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 29th pick / 1963 |
| Al Dennis | 22 | G | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 6/24/1951 | Rook | |
| Jay Douglas | 23 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Arkansas,Memphis | 9/1/1950 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 268th pick / 1973 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 196 | 6-1 | North Texas | 6/25/1949 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 26th pick / 1971 |
| Ron East | 30 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Montana State,Oregon State | 8/26/1943 | 6 | |
| Cid Edwards | 30 | RB | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Tennessee State | 10/10/1943 | 5 | |
| Chris Fletcher | 25 | DB | 9 | 4 | 185 | 5-11 | Temple | 12/25/1948 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 223rd pick / 1970 |
| Dan Fouts | 22 | QB | 10 | 6 | 204 | 6-3 | Oregon | 6/10/1951 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1973 |
| Mike Garrett | 29 | RB | 10 | 0 | 191 | 5-9 | USC | 4/12/1944 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1966 |
| Gary Garrison | 29 | WR-SE | 7 | 5 | 193 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 1/21/1944 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 |
| Carl Gersbach | 26 | LB | 14 | 8 | 230 | 6-1 | Duke,West Chester | 1/8/1947 | 3 | |
| Ira Gordon | 26 | G-T | 6 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Kansas State | 5/5/1947 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 190th pick / 1970 |
| Ron Holliday | 25 | WR | 11 | 6 | 168 | 5-9 | Pittsburgh | 2/12/1948 | Rook | |
| Robert Holmes | 28 | RB | 13 | 0 | 221 | 5-9 | Southern | 10/5/1945 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 375th pick / 1968 |
| Bob Howard | 29 | DB | 13 | 0 | 174 | 6-2 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo,San Diego State | 11/24/1944 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1967 |
| Clint Jones | 28 | RB | 12 | 5 | 205 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 5/24/1945 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 2nd pick / 1967 |
| Deacon Jones | 35 | DE | 12 | 0 | 272 | 6-5 | Miss. Valley State,South Carolina State | 12/9/1938 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Pete Lazetich | 23 | DE-LB-DT-NT | 12 | 3 | 245 | 6-3 | Stanford | 2/4/1950 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 36th pick / 1972 |
| Jerry LeVias | 27 | WR | 14 | 11 | 177 | 5-9 | SMU | 9/5/1946 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| Carl Mauck | 26 | C | 14 | 14 | 243 | 6-4 | Southern Illinois | 7/7/1947 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 337th pick / 1969 |
| Willie McGee | 23 | WR | 11 | 0 | 179 | 5-11 | Alcorn State | 5/14/1950 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 123rd pick / 1973 |
| Pettis Norman | 34 | TE-SE | 14 | 12 | 222 | 6-3 | Johnson C. Smith | 1/4/1939 | 11 | Dallas Texans / 16th / 123rd pick / 1962 |
| Terry Owens | 29 | T | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-0 | Jacksonville State | 7/5/1944 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 99th pick / 1966 |
| Gary Parris | 23 | TE | 9 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Florida State | 6/13/1950 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 15th / 372nd pick / 1973 |
| Dennis Partee | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 229 | 6-1 | SMU | 9/1/1946 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 291st pick / 1968 |
| Rick Redman | 30 | LB-P | 11 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Washington | 3/7/1943 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 38th pick / 1965 |
| Floyd Rice | 24 | LB-TE | 5 | 0 | 223 | 6-3 | Alcorn State | 8/31/1949 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 212th pick / 1971 |
| Mel Rogers | 26 | LB | 10 | 5 | 231 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 4/23/1947 | 2 | |
| Tim Rossovich | 27 | LB-DE | 13 | 5 | 240 | 6-4 | USC | 3/14/1946 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 14th pick / 1968 |
| Bryant Salter | 23 | DB | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 1/22/1950 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 115th pick / 1971 |
| Ron Smith | 30 | DB-WR | 14 | 9 | 195 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 5/3/1943 | 8 | |
| Cal Snowden | 27 | DE | 4 | 0 | 253 | 6-4 | Indiana | 11/29/1946 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 227th pick / 1969 |
| Mike Stratton | 32 | LB | 14 | 10 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 11 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| Walt Sweeney | 32 | G | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-4 | Syracuse | 4/18/1941 | 10 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1963 |
| Jim Thaxton | 24 | TE-WR | 10 | 3 | 240 | 6-2 | Tennessee State | 1/11/1949 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 84th pick / 1973 |
| Bob L. Thomas | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 201 | 5-10 | Arizona State | 8/23/1948 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 15th / 379th pick / 1971 |
| Johnny Unitas | 40 | QB | 5 | 4 | 194 | 6-1 | Louisville | 5/7/1933 | 17 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1955 |
| Russ Washington | 27 | T-DT | 14 | 14 | 289 | 6-6 | Missouri | 12/17/1946 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
| Ralph Wenzel | 30 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | San Diego State,San Jose State | 3/13/1943 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 168th pick / 1966 |
| Ray Wersching | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 213 | 5-11 | California | 8/21/1950 | Rook | |
| Doug Wilkerson | 26 | G | 14 | 14 | 253 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 3/27/1947 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
| Dave L. Williams | 28 | WR-SE | 6 | 0 | 207 | 6-2 | Washington | 8/10/1945 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1967 |
| Gregory Wojcik | 27 | DT | 10 | 0 | 268 | 6-6 | USC | 1/27/1946 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 27.4 | 14 | 224.6 | 6-1.9 | 4.7 |