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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 Prothro (2-12-0)
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1975 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 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 106 for 195, 1,396 yards, 2 td, 10 int, & 23 rushes for 170 yards and 2 td | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1973 |
| RB | Rickey Young | 22 | Rook | 8 | 138 rushes for 577 yards, 5 td, & 21 catches for 166 yards and 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 164th pick / 1975 |
| RB | Don Woods | 24 | 1 | 5 | 87 rushes for 317 yards, 2 td, & 13 catches for 101 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 134th pick / 1974 |
| FB | Bo Matthews | 24 | 1 | 12 | 71 rushes for 254 yards, 3 td, & 9 catches for 59 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1974 |
| WR | Gary Garrison | 31 | 9 | 14 | 27 catches for 438 yards, 2 td, & 3 rushes for 30 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Dwight McDonald | 24 | Rook | 13 | 19 catches for 298 yards, 3 td | |
| TE | Pat Curran | 30 | 6 | 14 | 45 catches for 619 yards, 0 td, & 3 rushes for 21 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 151st pick / 1969 |
| LT | Terry Owens | 31 | 9 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 99th pick / 1966 |
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| LT | Booker Brown | 23 | Rook | 7 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 154th pick / 1974 |
| LG | Doug Wilkerson | 28 | 5 | 14 | 4 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
| C | Ed Flanagan | 31 | 10 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| RG | Ira Gordon | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 190th pick / 1970 |
| RT | Russ Washington* | 29 | 7 | 14 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Fred Dean | 23 | Rook | 13 | 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1975 |
| LDT | Louie Kelcher | 22 | Rook | 13 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1975 |
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| RDT | Gary Johnson | 23 | Rook | 8 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 8th pick / 1975 |
| RDT | John Teerlinck | 24 | 1 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 105th pick / 1974 |
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| RDE | Coy Bacon | 33 | 7 | 0 | ||
| LLB | Don Goode | 24 | 1 | 12 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 15th pick / 1974 |
| MLB | Tom Graham | 25 | 3 | 8 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 102nd pick / 1972 |
| RLB | Floyd Rice | 26 | 4 | 8 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 212th pick / 1971 |
| RLB | Billy Andrews | 30 | 8 | 6 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 333rd pick / 1967 |
| LCB | Joe Beauchamp | 31 | 9 | 8 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Danny Colbert | 25 | 1 | 6 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 210th pick / 1974 |
| RCB | Mike H. Williams | 22 | Rook | 14 | 4 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1975 |
| SS | Sam Williams | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 289th pick / 1974 |
| SS | Mike Fuller | 22 | Rook | 6 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1975 |
| FS | Chris Fletcher | 27 | 5 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 223rd pick / 1970 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ray Wersching | 25 | 2 | 0 | 12 of 24 field goals & 20 of 21 extra points | |
| P | Dennis Partee | 29 | 7 | 0 | 79 punts for a 36.8 average, 1 blocked | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 291st pick / 1968 |
| PR | Mike Fuller | 22 | Rook | 6 | 36 punt returns for a 11.4 average and 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1975 |
| KR | Mike Fuller | 22 | Rook | 6 | 31 kick returns for a 23.4 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1975 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Billy Andrews | 30 | LB | 14 | 6 | 220 | 6-0 | Southeastern Louisiana | 6/14/1945 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 333rd pick / 1967 |
| Dave Atkins | 26 | RB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Texas-El Paso | 5/18/1949 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 201st pick / 1973 |
| Coy Bacon | 33 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 8/30/1942 | 7 | |
| Melvin Baker | 25 | WR | 1 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 8/12/1950 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 208th pick / 1974 |
| Tony Baker | 30 | RB | 13 | 1 | 229 | 5-11 | Iowa State | 2/16/1945 | 7 | |
| Joe Beauchamp | 31 | DB | 8 | 8 | 188 | 6-0 | Iowa State | 4/11/1944 | 9 | |
| Glen Bonner | 23 | RB | 10 | 1 | 202 | 6-2 | Washington | 5/5/1952 | 1 | |
| Chuck Bradley | 25 | TE | 4 | 0 | 243 | 6-6 | Oregon | 10/13/1950 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1973 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 30 | WR-QB-FL | 3 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Nebraska-Omaha | 9/10/1945 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| Booker Brown | 23 | T-G | 11 | 7 | 257 | 6-2 | USC | 9/25/1952 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 6th / 154th pick / 1974 |
| Virgil Carter | 30 | QB | 1 | 1 | 192 | 6-1 | BYU | 11/9/1945 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 142nd pick / 1967 |
| Danny Colbert | 25 | DB | 13 | 6 | 175 | 5-11 | TCU,Tulsa | 12/15/1950 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 210th pick / 1974 |
| Craig Cotton | 28 | TE | 9 | 0 | 216 | 6-5 | Youngstown State | 7/7/1947 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 200th pick / 1969 |
| Pat Curran | 30 | TE-TB | 14 | 14 | 238 | 6-4 | Iowa State,Lakeland | 9/21/1945 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 151st pick / 1969 |
| Fred Dean | 23 | DE | 14 | 13 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 2/24/1952 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1975 |
| Bobby Douglass | 28 | QB | 3 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/22/1947 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 41st pick / 1969 |
| Ed Flanagan | 31 | C | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 2/23/1944 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| Chris Fletcher | 27 | DB | 14 | 14 | 185 | 5-11 | Temple | 12/25/1948 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 223rd pick / 1970 |
| Dan Fouts | 24 | QB | 10 | 9 | 204 | 6-3 | Oregon | 6/10/1951 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1973 |
| Jesse Freitas | 24 | QB | 8 | 4 | 203 | 6-1 | San Diego State,Stanford | 9/10/1951 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 133rd pick / 1974 |
| Mike Fuller | 22 | DB | 14 | 6 | 188 | 5-10 | Auburn | 4/7/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1975 |
| Gary Garrison | 31 | WR-SE | 14 | 14 | 193 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 1/21/1944 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 |
| Don Goode | 24 | LB | 13 | 12 | 234 | 6-2 | Kansas | 6/21/1951 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 15th pick / 1974 |
| Ira Gordon | 28 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Kansas State | 5/5/1947 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 190th pick / 1970 |
| Tom Graham | 25 | LB | 14 | 8 | 235 | 6-2 | Oregon | 4/15/1950 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 102nd pick / 1972 |
| Ken Hutcherson | 23 | LB | 8 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | West Alabama | 7/14/1952 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 97th pick / 1974 |
| Gary Johnson | 23 | DT-DE-NT | 14 | 8 | 257 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 8/31/1952 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 8th pick / 1975 |
| Louie Kelcher | 22 | DT-NT | 13 | 13 | 291 | 6-5 | SMU | 8/23/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1975 |
| Drew Mahalic | 22 | LB | 13 | 1 | 225 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 5/22/1953 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 69th pick / 1975 |
| Mark Markovich | 23 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-5 | Penn State | 11/7/1952 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1974 |
| Bo Matthews | 24 | RB | 13 | 12 | 230 | 6-4 | Colorado | 11/15/1951 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1974 |
| Dwight McDonald | 24 | WR | 14 | 13 | 185 | 6-3 | San Diego State,U.S. International | 5/24/1951 | Rook | |
| Terry Owens | 31 | T | 7 | 0 | 260 | 6-0 | Jacksonville State | 7/5/1944 | 9 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 99th pick / 1966 |
| Dennis Partee | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 229 | 6-1 | SMU | 9/1/1946 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 291st pick / 1968 |
| Ralph Perretta | 22 | C-G | 5 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Purdue | 1/30/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 206th pick / 1975 |
| Floyd Rice | 26 | LB-TE | 14 | 8 | 223 | 6-3 | Alcorn State | 8/31/1949 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 212th pick / 1971 |
| Dave Rowe | 30 | DT-NT | 1 | 0 | 280 | 6-7 | Penn State | 6/20/1945 | 8 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1967 |
| Sam Scarber | 26 | RB | 11 | 1 | 230 | 6-3 | New Mexico | 6/24/1949 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 69th pick / 1971 |
| Billy Shields | 22 | T | 11 | 0 | 272 | 6-8 | Georgia Tech | 8/23/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 136th pick / 1975 |
| Charlie H. Smith | 29 | RB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Utah | 1/18/1946 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 110th pick / 1968 |
| Bob Stein | 27 | LB | 3 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 1/22/1948 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 126th pick / 1969 |
| Hal Stringert | 23 | DB | 6 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Hawaii,Willamette | 1/2/1952 | Rook | |
| Joe Sweet | 27 | WR | 11 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Tennessee State | 7/5/1948 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 435th pick / 1971 |
| Franklin Tate | 23 | LB | 4 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | North Carolina Central | 11/14/1952 | Rook | |
| John Teerlinck | 24 | DT | 6 | 5 | 248 | 6-5 | Western Illinois | 4/9/1951 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 105th pick / 1974 |
| Dave Tipton | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-6 | Stanford | 4/23/1949 | 4 | New York Giants / 4th / 96th pick / 1971 |
| Maurice Tyler | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Morgan State | 7/19/1950 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 235th pick / 1972 |
| Russ Washington* | 29 | T-DT | 14 | 14 | 289 | 6-6 | Missouri | 12/17/1946 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
| Ray Wersching | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 213 | 5-11 | California | 8/21/1950 | 2 | |
| Doug Wilkerson | 28 | G | 14 | 14 | 253 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 3/27/1947 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
| Mike H. Williams | 22 | DB | 14 | 14 | 181 | 5-10 | LSU | 11/22/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1975 |
| Sam Williams | 23 | DB | 11 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | California,New Mexico Highlands | 7/22/1952 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 289th pick / 1974 |
| Gregory Wojcik | 29 | DT | 6 | 0 | 268 | 6-6 | USC | 1/27/1946 | 4 | |
| Don Woods | 24 | RB | 5 | 5 | 210 | 6-1 | New Mexico Highlands,New Mexico | 2/17/1951 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 134th pick / 1974 |
| Rickey Young | 22 | RB | 14 | 8 | 196 | 6-2 | Jackson State | 12/7/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 164th pick / 1975 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 14 | 224.7 | 6-2.3 | 3.3 |