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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -9.4, Offense: -6.0, Defense: -3.4, SoS: 1.7, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Tommy Prothro (2-12-0)
Training Camp: Alliant International University (San Diego, California)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| 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 Chicago Bears / 11th / 167th 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Billy Andrews | 30 | LB | 14 | 6 | 220 | 6-0 | SE Louisiana | 6/14/1945 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 333rd pick / 1967 |
| 28 | Dave Atkins | 26 | RB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Texas-El Paso | 5/18/1949 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 201st pick / 1973 |
| 79 | Coy Bacon | 33 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Jackson St. | 8/30/1942 | 7 | |
| 81 | Melvin Baker | 25 | WR | 1 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 8/12/1950 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 208th pick / 1974 |
| 35 | Tony Baker | 30 | RB | 13 | 1 | 229 | 5-11 | Iowa St. | 2/16/1945 | 7 | |
| 40 | Joe Beauchamp | 31 | DB | 8 | 8 | 188 | 6-0 | Iowa St. | 4/11/1944 | 9 | |
| 21 | Glen Bonner | 23 | RB | 10 | 1 | 202 | 6-2 | Washington | 5/5/1952 | 1 | |
| 88 | Chuck Bradley | 25 | TE | 4 | 0 | 243 | 6-6 | Oregon | 10/13/1950 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1973 |
| 86 | Marlin Briscoe | 30 | WR-QB-FL | 3 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Nebraska-Omaha | 9/10/1945 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| 65 | Booker Brown | 23 | T-G | 11 | 7 | 257 | 6-2 | USC | 9/25/1952 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 6th / 154th pick / 1974 |
| 7 | Virgil Carter | 30 | QB | 1 | 1 | 192 | 6-1 | BYU | 11/9/1945 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 142nd pick / 1967 |
| 46 | Danny Colbert | 25 | DB | 13 | 6 | 175 | 5-11 | TCU,Tulsa | 12/15/1950 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 210th pick / 1974 |
| 88 | Craig Cotton | 28 | TE | 9 | 0 | 216 | 6-5 | Youngstown St. | 7/7/1947 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 200th pick / 1969 |
| 82 | Pat Curran | 30 | TE-TB | 14 | 14 | 238 | 6-4 | Iowa St.,Lakeland | 9/21/1945 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 151st pick / 1969 |
| 71 | Fred Dean | 23 | DE | 14 | 13 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 2/24/1952 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1975 |
| 10 | Bobby Douglass | 28 | QB | 3 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/22/1947 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 41st pick / 1969 |
| 54 | Ed Flanagan | 31 | C | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 2/23/1944 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| 44 | Chris Fletcher | 27 | DB | 14 | 14 | 185 | 5-11 | Temple | 12/25/1948 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 223rd pick / 1970 |
| 14 | Dan Fouts | 24 | QB | 10 | 9 | 204 | 6-3 | Oregon | 6/10/1951 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1973 |
| 17 | Jesse Freitas | 24 | QB | 8 | 4 | 203 | 6-1 | Stanford,San Diego St. | 9/10/1951 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 133rd pick / 1974 |
| 42 | Mike Fuller | 22 | DB | 14 | 6 | 188 | 5-10 | Auburn | 4/7/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1975 |
| 27 | Gary Garrison | 31 | WR-SE | 14 | 14 | 193 | 6-2 | San Diego St. | 1/21/1944 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 |
| 50 | Don Goode | 24 | LB | 13 | 12 | 234 | 6-2 | Kansas | 6/21/1951 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 15th pick / 1974 |
| 69 | Ira Gordon | 28 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Kansas St. | 5/5/1947 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 190th pick / 1970 |
| 58 | Tom Graham | 25 | LB | 14 | 8 | 235 | 6-2 | Oregon | 4/15/1950 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 102nd pick / 1972 |
| 55 | Ken Hutcherson | 23 | LB | 8 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | West Alabama | 7/14/1952 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 97th pick / 1974 |
| 72 | Gary Johnson | 23 | DT-DE-NT | 14 | 8 | 257 | 6-2 | Grambling St. | 8/31/1952 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 8th pick / 1975 |
| 74 | Louie Kelcher | 22 | DT-NT | 13 | 13 | 291 | 6-5 | SMU | 8/23/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1975 |
| 53 | Drew Mahalic | 22 | LB | 13 | 1 | 225 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 5/22/1953 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 69th pick / 1975 |
| 56 | Mark Markovich | 23 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-5 | Penn St. | 11/7/1952 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1974 |
| 41 | Bo Matthews | 24 | RB | 13 | 12 | 230 | 6-4 | Colorado | 11/15/1951 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1974 |
| 89 | Dwight McDonald | 24 | WR | 14 | 13 | 185 | 6-3 | U.S. International,San Diego St. | 5/24/1951 | Rook | |
| 76 | Terry Owens | 31 | T | 7 | 0 | 260 | 6-0 | Jacksonville St. | 7/5/1944 | 9 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 99th pick / 1966 Chicago Bears / 11th / 167th pick / 1966 |
| 29 | Dennis Partee | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 229 | 6-1 | SMU | 9/1/1946 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 291st pick / 1968 |
| 61 | Ralph Perretta | 22 | C-G | 5 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Purdue | 1/30/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 206th pick / 1975 |
| 57 | Floyd Rice | 26 | LB-TE | 14 | 8 | 223 | 6-3 | Alcorn St. | 8/31/1949 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 212th pick / 1971 |
| 74 | Dave Rowe | 30 | DT-NT | 1 | 0 | 280 | 6-7 | Penn St. | 6/20/1945 | 8 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1967 |
| 30 | Sam Scarber | 26 | RB | 11 | 1 | 230 | 6-3 | New Mexico | 6/24/1949 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 69th pick / 1971 |
| 66 | Billy Shields | 22 | T | 11 | 0 | 272 | 6-8 | Georgia Tech | 8/23/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 136th pick / 1975 |
| 23 | Charlie H. Smith | 29 | RB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Utah | 1/18/1946 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 110th pick / 1968 |
| 52 | Bob Stein | 27 | LB | 3 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 1/22/1948 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 126th pick / 1969 |
| 45 | Hal Stringert | 23 | DB | 6 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Hawaii,Willamette | 1/2/1952 | Rook | |
| 83 | Joe Sweet | 27 | WR | 11 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Tennessee St. | 7/5/1948 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 435th pick / 1971 |
| 59 | Franklin Tate | 23 | LB | 4 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | North Carolina Central | 11/14/1952 | Rook | |
| 77 | John Teerlinck | 24 | DT | 6 | 5 | 248 | 6-5 | West. Illinois | 4/9/1951 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 105th pick / 1974 |
| 75 | Dave Tipton | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-6 | Stanford | 4/23/1949 | 4 | New York Giants / 4th / 96th pick / 1971 |
| 25 | Maurice Tyler | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Morgan St. | 7/19/1950 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 235th pick / 1972 |
| 70 | Russ Washington* | 29 | T-DT | 14 | 14 | 289 | 6-6 | Missouri | 12/17/1946 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
| 15 | Ray Wersching | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 213 | 5-11 | California | 8/21/1950 | 2 | |
| 63 | Doug Wilkerson | 28 | G | 14 | 14 | 253 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 3/27/1947 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
| 20 | Mike H. Williams | 22 | DB | 14 | 14 | 181 | 5-10 | LSU | 11/22/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1975 |
| 47 | Sam Williams | 23 | DB | 11 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | New Mex. Highlands,California | 7/22/1952 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 289th pick / 1974 |
| 68 | Gregory Wojcik | 29 | DT | 6 | 0 | 268 | 6-6 | USC | 1/27/1946 | 4 | |
| 33 | Don Woods | 24 | RB | 5 | 5 | 210 | 6-1 | New Mex. Highlands,New Mexico | 2/17/1951 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 134th pick / 1974 |
| 34 | Rickey Young | 22 | RB | 14 | 8 | 196 | 6-2 | Jackson St. | 12/7/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 164th pick / 1975 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 14 | 224.7 | 6-2.3 | 3.3 |