1975 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 2-12-0, Finished 4th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 189 points (13.5/g), 25th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 345 points (24.6/g), 20th.
Differential of -156 points (-11.1/g), 23rd.
Expected W-L: 2.7-11.3.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 11th.

Coached by Tommy Protho (2-12-0)

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1975 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

							Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date		Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 21	L	0-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	0	37	9	146	58	88	4	24	443	238	205	2
2	Sun	September 28	L	0-2	@	Houston Oilers	17	33	12	204	144	60	3	24	402	151	251	1
3	Sun	October 5	L	0-3		Oakland Raiders	0	6	5	93	-22	115	2	17	264	72	192	2
4	Sun	October 12	L	0-4		Los Angeles Rams	10	13	16	272	144	128	1	24	423	199	224	2
5	Sun	October 19	L	0-5		Kansas City Chiefs	10	12	16	216	61	155	2	15	356	219	137	1
6	Sun	October 26	L	0-6	@	Oakland Raiders	0	25	12	157	17	140	1	23	354	177	177	1
7	Sat	November 1	L	0-7	@	New York Giants	24	35	18	349	167	182	1	22	348	183	165	2
8	Sun	November 9	L	0-8		New England Patriots	19	33	18	358	279	79	2	24	344	224	120	3
9	Sun	November 16	L	0-9		Denver Broncos	17	27	17	307	202	105	2	22	337	225	112	2
10	Sun	November 23	L	0-10	@	Minnesota Vikings	13	28	13	228	147	81	2	25	353	191	162	2
11	Sun	November 30	L	0-11	@	Denver Broncos	10	13	3	123	64	59	2	24	336	8	328	6
12	Sun	December 7	W	1-11	@	Kansas City Chiefs	28	20	21	412	165	247	4	17	232	169	63	3
13	Mon	December 15	W	2-11		New York Jets	24	16	23	358	109	249		24	321	182	139	3
14	Sun	December 21	L	2-12	@	Cincinnati Bengals	17	47	15	188	75	113	3	27	439	272	167	4

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	189	3411	821	4.2	198	165	337	1610	7	17	4.2	89	434	1801	14	4.1	98	29	12	11
Team Defense	345	4952	1022	4.8	470	237	390	2510	16	20	6.0	139	606	2442	21	4.0	312	34	14	19
Lg Rank Offense	25	25			25		23	25	25	7	25		24	18	13	7		5	5
Lg Rank Defense	20	23			25		16	19	12	14	20		26	24	21	18		18	17

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	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	24	QB	10	9	106	195	54.4	1396	2	1.0	10	5.1	57	7.2	5.0	13.2	139.6	59.3	25	197	5.5	3.5	11.4
Jesse Freitas	24		8	4	49	110	44.5	525	5	4.5	5	4.5	42	4.8	3.2	10.7	65.6	55.3	20	138	3.0	1.6	15.4
Bobby Douglass	28		3	0	7	27	25.9	53	0	0.0	1	3.7	22	2.0	0.3	7.6	17.7	24.2	4	43	0.3	-1.1	12.9
Virgil Carter	30		1	1	3	5	60.0	24	0	0.0	1	20.0	11	4.8	-4.2	8.0	24.0	32.5	1	10	2.3	-5.2	16.7
Team Total	26.0		14		165	337	49.0	1998	7	2.1	17	5.0	57	5.9	3.9	12.1	142.7	53.5	50	388	4.2	2.4	12.9
Opp Total			14		237	390	60.8	2510	16	4.1	20	5.1		6.4	4.5	10.6	179.3	71.8	26	209	6.0	3.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Rickey Young	22	RB	14	8	138	577	5	48	4.2	41.2	9.9	21	166	7.9	1	16	1.5	11.9	743	6	5
Don Woods	24	rb	5	5	87	317	2	17	3.6	63.4	17.4	13	101	7.8	0	22	2.6	20.2	418	2	1
Bo Matthews	24	FB	13	12	71	254	3	24	3.6	19.5	5.5	9	59	6.6	0	22	0.7	4.5	313	3	6
Tony Baker	30		13	1	42	131	1	18	3.1	10.1	3.2	6	27	4.5	0	7	0.5	2.1	158	1	1
Glen Bonner	23		10	1	28	120	0	12	4.3	12.0	2.8	2	8	4.0	0	5	0.2	0.8	128	0	0
Dan Fouts	24	QB	10	9	23	170	2	32	7.4	17.0	2.3								170	2	3
Sam Scarber	26		11	1	15	68	1	18	4.5	6.2	1.4	12	68	5.7	1	12	1.1	6.2	136	2	2
Jesse Freitas	24		8	4	11	56	0	17	5.1	7.0	1.4								56	0	3
Bobby Douglass	28		3	0	10	42	0	9	4.2	14.0	3.3								42	0	1
Pat Curran	30	TE	14	14	3	21	0	12	7.0	1.5	0.2	45	619	13.8	0	39	3.2	44.2	640	0	1
Gary Garrison	31	WR	14	14	3	30	0	20	10.0	2.1	0.2	27	438	16.2	2	40	1.9	31.3	468	2	0
Virgil Carter	30		1	1	2	11	0	9	5.5	11.0	2.0								11	0	0
Dave Atkins	26		3	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	1.3	0.3								4	0	0
Dwight McDonald	24	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	19	298	15.7	3	57	1.4	21.3	298	3	0
Joe Sweet	27		11	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	8	147	18.4	0	52	0.7	13.4	147	0	0
Marlin Briscoe	30		3	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	25	12.5	0	14	0.7	8.3	25	0	0
Chuck Bradley	25		4	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	42	42.0	0	42	0.3	10.5	42	0	0
Team Total	26.0		14		434	1801	14	48	4.1	128.6	31.0	165	1998	12.1	7	57	11.8	142.7	3799	21	32
Opp Total			14		606	2442	21		4.0	174.4	43.3	237	2510	10.6	16		16.9	179.3	4952	37	34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Mike Fuller	22	ss	14	6	36	410	1	52	11.4	31	725	0	34	23.4	1135
Rickey Young	22	RB	14	8						15	323	0	34	21.5	1066
Charlie H. Smith	29		4	0						8	222	0	41	27.8	222
Danny Colbert	25	lcb	13	6	2	32	0	23	16.0	5	91	0	26	18.2	123
Billy Andrews	30	rlb	14	6						6	93	0	27	15.5	93
Pat Curran	30	TE	14	14						3	28	0	15	9.3	668
Mark Markovich	23		14	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Team Total	26.0		14		38	442	1	52	11.6	69	1482	0	41	21.5	5723
Opp Total			14		48		0			40	1101	0		27.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Kicking						Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Dennis Partee	29	P	14	0							79	2910	56	1	36.8
Ray Wersching	25	K	14	0	24	12	50.0%	21	20	95.2%
Pat Curran	30	TE	14	14				1	1	100.0%
Team Total	26.0		14		24	12	50.0%	22	21	95.5%	79	2910	56	1	36.8
Opp Total			14		34	22	64.7%	39	35	89.7%	56	2229			39.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Billy Andrews	30	rlb	14	6								0	2	15	0
Tony Baker	30		13	1								1	0	0	0
Joe Beauchamp	31	LCB	8	8		1	0	0	0
Booker Brown	23	lt	11	7								0	1	0	0
Danny Colbert	25	lcb	13	6		2	10	0	10			1	1	0	0
Pat Curran	30	TE	14	14								1	0	0	0
Fred Dean	23	LDE	14	13								0	4	0	0
Bobby Douglass	28		3	0								1	0	0	0
Ed Flanagan	31	C	14	14								0	1	0	0
Chris Fletcher	27	FS	14	14		6	100	0	45			1	0	0	0
Dan Fouts	24	QB	10	9								3	1	0	0
Jesse Freitas	24		8	4								3	0	0	0
Mike Fuller	22	ss	14	6		1	1	0	1			5	3	0	0
Don Goode	24	LLB	13	12		1	37	0	37
Ira Gordon	28	RG	14	0								0	1	0	0
Tom Graham	25	MLB	14	8		2	5	0	4			1	0	0	0
Gary Johnson	23	RDT	14	8								0	1	0	0
Drew Mahalic	22		13	1		1	3	0	3			0	1	0	0
Bo Matthews	24	FB	13	12								6	3	0	0
Dennis Partee	29	P	14	0								1	1	-13	0
Floyd Rice	26	RLB	14	8		1	0	0	0			0	3	25	0
Sam Scarber	26		11	1								2	0	0	0
Doug Wilkerson	28	LG	14	14								0	4	0	0
Mike H. Williams	22	RCB	14	14		4	67	0	40			0	4	8	0
Sam Williams	23	SS	11	0		1	0	0	0
Don Woods	24	rb	5	5								1	0	0	0
Rickey Young	22	RB	14	8								5	2	0	0
Team Total	26.0		14			20	223	0	45			32	33	35	0
Opp Total			14		50							34	20					2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Ray Wersching	25	K	14	0				20	12		56
Rickey Young	22	RB	14	8	5	1					36
Bo Matthews	24	FB	13	12	3						18
Dwight McDonald	24	WR	14	13		3					18
Dan Fouts	24	QB	10	9	2						12
Gary Garrison	31	WR	14	14		2					12
Sam Scarber	26		11	1	1	1					12
Don Woods	24	rb	5	5	2						12
Tony Baker	30		13	1	1						6
Mike Fuller	22	ss	14	6			1				6
Pat Curran	30	TE	14	14				1			1
Team Total	26.0		14		14	7	1	21	12		189
Opp Total			14		21	16		35	22	2	345

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