via Sports Logos.net

1976 San Diego Chargers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

Previous Season Next Season

Record: 6-8-0, 3rd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tommy Prothro (6-8-0)

Points For: 248 (17.7/g) 19th of 28

Points Against: 285 (20.4/g) 18th of 28

Expected W-L: 5.9-8.1

SRS: -1.17 (16th of 28), SOS: 1.47

Offensive Coordinator: Bill Walsh

Defensive Coordinator: Jackie Simpson

Other Notable Asst.: Ernie Zampese (Secondary)

Stadium: San Diego Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Eugene Klein

General Manager: Johnny Sanders

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: UC San Diego (San Diego, California)

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

1976 San Diego Chargers Menu

Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	248	4456	907	4.9	31	13	256	223	388	2416	17	18	5.6	127	473	2040	13	4.3	111	78	579	18
Opp. Stats	285	4676	925	5.1	31	11	259	219	386	2628	21	20	6.4	132	516	2048	10	4.0	113	92	823	14
Lg Rank Offense	19	11			7	6	13		9	8	9	15	10		22	17	18	7
Lg Rank Defense	18	22			18	25	18		20	27	25	11	26		13	14	2	13

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Kansas City Chiefs	30	16	27	467	200	267		19	330	217	113	4
2	Sun	September 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	0	16	326	131	195	2	5	125	-4	129	4
3	Sun	September 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		St. Louis Cardinals	43	24	24	451	245	206		22	364	240	124	5
4	Sun	October 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-1	@	Denver Broncos	0	26	12	240	152	88	3	17	311	170	141	2
5	Sun	October 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2		Oakland Raiders	17	27	22	383	229	154	1	22	476	323	153	1
6	Sun	October 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Houston Oilers	30	27	24	468	245	223	2	16	380	329	51	1
7	Sun	October 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3	@	Cleveland Browns	17	21	19	310	232	78	1	22	374	237	137	2
8	Sun	October 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	0	23	7	134	90	44	5	20	361	106	255	3
9	Sun	November 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5		Baltimore Colts	21	37	23	293	230	63	1	26	481	300	181	1
10	Sun	November 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6		Denver Broncos	0	17	8	128	95	33	6	13	255	194	61	2
11	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-6	@	Buffalo Bills	34	13	20	382	198	184	4	14	219	71	148	3
12	Sun	November 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7		Kansas City Chiefs	20	23	24	400	190	210	4	20	368	191	177	2
13	Sun	December 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	6-7		San Francisco 49ers	13	7	19	267	97	170		18	281	96	185	1
14	Sun	December 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-8	@	Oakland Raiders	0	24	11	207	82	125	2	25	351	158	193

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Dan Fouts	25	QB	14	13	5-8-0	208	359	57.9	2535	14	3.9	15	4.2	81	7.1	6.0	12.2	181.1	75.4	39	220	9.80	5.82	4.8	1	2
2	Clint Longley	24	QB	3	1	1-0-0	12	24	50.0	130	2	8.3	3	12.5	28	5.4	1.5	10.8	43.3	54.5	7	51	22.58	2.55	-0.5	0	0
3	Neal Jeffrey	23	QB	5	0		2	2	100.0	11	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	5.5	5.5	5.5	2.2	89.6	0	0	0.00	5.50	5.5	0	0
4	Don Woods	25	RB	11	10		1	2	50.0	11	1	50.0	0	0.0	11	5.5	15.5	11.0	1.0	106.2	0	0	0.00	5.50	15.5	0	0
5	Charlie Joiner	29	WR	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	6-8-0	223	388	57.5	2416	17	4.4	18	4.6	81	6.9	5.7	12.0	172.6	74.1	46	271	10.60	5.57	4.48	1	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Rickey Young	23	FB	14	14	162	802	4	46	5.0	57.3	11.6	47	441	9.4	1	33	3.4	31.5	209	5.9	1243	5	2
2	Charlie Joiner	29	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	50	1056	21.1	7	81	3.6	75.4	50	21.1	1056	7	0	PB
3	Don Woods	25	RB	11	10	126	450	3	24	3.6	40.9	11.5	34	224	6.6	1	34	3.1	20.4	160	4.2	674	4	1
4	Pat Curran	31	TE	14	14	1	12	0	12	12.0	0.9	0.1	33	349	10.6	1	29	2.4	24.9	34	10.6	361	1	0
5	Sam Scarber	27	RB	14	2	61	236	1	14	3.9	16.9	4.4	14	96	6.9	1	13	1.0	6.9	75	4.4	332	2	3
6	Mercury Morris	29	RB	13	0	50	256	2	30	5.1	19.7	3.8	8	52	6.5	0	20	0.6	4.0	58	5.3	308	2	1
7	Bo Matthews	25	RB	12	2	46	199	3	42	4.3	16.6	3.8	12	81	6.8	0	15	1.0	6.8	58	4.8	280	3	3
8	Dwight McDonald	25	WR	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	161	14.6	4	44	0.9	13.4	11	14.6	161	4	0
9	Larry Dorsey	23	WR	13	2	1	-12	0	-12	-12.0	-0.9	0.1	8	108	13.5	0	19	0.6	8.3	9	10.7	96	0	1
10	Dan Fouts	25	QB	14	13	18	65	0	13	3.6	4.6	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	3.6	65	0	8
11	Gary Garrison	32	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	58	29.0	1	36	1.0	29.0	2	29.0	58	1	0
12	Artie Owens	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	54	18.0	1	28	0.2	3.9	3	18.0	54	1	1
13	Clint Longley	24	QB	3	1	4	22	0	9	5.5	7.3	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	5.5	22	0	0
14	Mitch Hoopes	23	P	9	0	2	10	0	10	5.0	1.1	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	5.0	10	0	1
15	Chuck Bradley	26	TE	7	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	1.0	1	7.0	7	0	0
16	Neal Jeffrey	23	QB	5	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
17	Jeff West	23	P	6	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	473	2040	13	46	4.3	145.7	33.8	223	2687	12.0	17	81	15.9	191.9	696	6.8	4727	30	22

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Fred Dean	24	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
2	Mike Fuller	23	SS	14	14	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Don Goode	25	LLB	14	14	6	82	0	27	1	1	0	0	1.0	0
4	Gary Johnson	24	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
5	Charlie Joiner	29	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Louie Kelcher	23	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.5	0
7	Woodrow Lowe	22	RLB	14	14	1	8	0	8	0	2	0	0	3.0	0
8	Don Macek	22	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Russ Washington	30	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Rickey Young	23	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Dan Fouts	25	QB	14	13	0	0	0	0	8	4	-5	0	0.0	0
12	Chris Fletcher	28	FS	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Ed Flanagan	32	C	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Mike Williams	23	RCB	14	11	4	76	0	35	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Leroy Jones	26	LDE	14	10	1	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
16	Don Woods	25	RB	11	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Danny Colbert	26	LCB	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Tom Graham	26	MLB	10	8	3	55	0	25	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Tom Hayes	30	LCB	9	8	2	37	1	37	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Bob Horn	22	MLB	14	6	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	John Lee	23	DE	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.5	0
22	Ralph Perretta	23	C	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-32	0	0.0	0
23	Larry Dorsey	23	WR	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bo Matthews	25	RB	12	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0.0	0
25	Sam Scarber	27	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
26	Hal Stringert	24	DB	11	2	1	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Mitch Hoopes	23	P	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-15	0	0.0	0
28	Neal Jeffrey	23	QB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-8	0	0.0	0
29	Rick Middleton	25	LB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Mercury Morris	29	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
31	Artie Owens	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
32	Ray Preston	22	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	20	299	1	37	28	25	-55	1	23.0	0

Touchdown Log

Opponent Touchdown Log

More 1976 Chargers Pages

1976 Chargers Stats

Previous Season Next Season