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1976 San Diego Chargers
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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 248 points (17.7/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 285 points (20.4/g), 18th.
Differential of -37 points (-2.6/g), 17th.
Expected W-L: 5.9-8.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 15th.
Coached by Tommy Prothro (6-8-0)
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1976 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 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 208 for 359, 2,535 yards, 14 td, 15 int, & 18 rushes for 65 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1973 |
| RB | Don Woods | 25 | 2 | 10 | 126 rushes for 450 yards, 3 td, & 34 catches for 224 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 134th pick / 1974 |
| FB | Rickey Young | 23 | 1 | 14 | 162 rushes for 802 yards, 4 td, & 47 catches for 441 yards and 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 164th pick / 1975 |
| WR | Charlie Joiner* | 29 | 7 | 14 | 50 catches for 1,056 yards, 7 td | Houston Oilers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1969 |
| WR | Dwight McDonald | 25 | 1 | 10 | 11 catches for 161 yards, 4 td | |
| TE | Pat Curran | 31 | 7 | 14 | 33 catches for 349 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 12 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 151st pick / 1969 |
| LT | Billy Shields | 23 | 1 | 14 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 136th pick / 1975 |
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| LG | Doug Wilkerson | 29 | 6 | 14 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
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| C | Ed Flanagan | 32 | 11 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
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| RG | Don Macek | 22 | Rook | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1976 |
| RT | Russ Washington | 30 | 8 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Leroy Jones | 26 | Rook | 10 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 48th pick / 1975 |
| LDT | Louie Kelcher | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1975 |
| RDT | Gary Johnson | 24 | 1 | 14 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 8th pick / 1975 |
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| RDE | Fred Dean | 24 | 1 | 14 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1975 |
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| LLB | Don Goode | 25 | 2 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 15th pick / 1974 |
| MLB | Tom Graham | 26 | 4 | 8 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 102nd pick / 1972 |
| MLB | Bob Horn | 22 | Rook | 6 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 94th pick / 1976 |
| RLB | Woodrow Lowe | 22 | Rook | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 131st pick / 1976 |
| LCB | Danny Colbert | 26 | 2 | 9 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 210th pick / 1974 |
| LCB | Tom Hayes | 30 | 5 | 8 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 137th pick / 1971 |
| RCB | Mike H. Williams | 23 | 1 | 11 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1975 |
| SS | Mike Fuller | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1975 |
| FS | Chris Fletcher | 28 | 6 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 223rd pick / 1970 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Toni Fritsch | 31 | 5 | 0 | 6 of 12 field goals & 11 of 14 extra points | |
| P | Mitch Hoopes | 23 | 1 | 0 | 42 punts for a 38.8 average, 2 blocked | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 200th pick / 1975 |
| PR | Mike Fuller | 23 | 1 | 14 | 33 punt returns for a 13.2 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1975 |
| KR | Artie Owens | 23 | Rook | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 22.0 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 115th pick / 1976 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Charles Aiu | 22 | G | 12 | 0 | 251 | 6-2 | Hawaii | 5/22/1954 | Rook | |
| Eddie Bell | 30 | WR | 5 | 0 | 160 | 5-10 | Idaho State | 9/13/1946 | 6 | New York Jets / 9th / 228th pick / 1970 |
| Chuck Bradley | 26 | TE | 7 | 0 | 243 | 6-6 | Oregon | 10/13/1950 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1973 |
| Danny Colbert | 26 | DB | 13 | 9 | 175 | 5-11 | TCU,Tulsa | 12/15/1950 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 210th pick / 1974 |
| Pat Curran | 31 | TE-TB | 14 | 14 | 238 | 6-4 | Iowa State,Lakeland | 9/21/1945 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 151st pick / 1969 |
| Fred Dean | 24 | DE | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 2/24/1952 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1975 |
| Charles DeJurnett | 24 | NT-DT | 13 | 0 | 263 | 6-4 | San Jose State | 6/17/1952 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 17th / 418th pick / 1974 |
| Larry Dorsey | 23 | WR | 13 | 2 | 195 | 6-1 | Tennessee State | 8/15/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1976 |
| Ed Flanagan | 32 | C | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 2/23/1944 | 11 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| Chris Fletcher | 28 | DB | 13 | 12 | 185 | 5-11 | Temple | 12/25/1948 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 223rd pick / 1970 |
| Dan Fouts | 25 | QB | 14 | 13 | 204 | 6-3 | Oregon | 6/10/1951 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1973 |
| Toni Fritsch | 31 | K | 5 | 0 | 190 | 5-7 | none | 7/10/1945 | 5 | |
| Mike Fuller | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 188 | 5-10 | Auburn | 4/7/1953 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1975 |
| Gary Garrison | 32 | WR-SE | 2 | 2 | 193 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 1/21/1944 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 77th pick / 1965 |
| Don Goode | 25 | LB | 14 | 14 | 234 | 6-2 | Kansas | 6/21/1951 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 15th pick / 1974 |
| Tom Graham | 26 | LB | 10 | 8 | 235 | 6-2 | Oregon | 4/15/1950 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 102nd pick / 1972 |
| Tom Hayes | 30 | DB | 9 | 8 | 199 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 4/18/1946 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 137th pick / 1971 |
| Mitch Hoopes | 23 | P | 9 | 0 | 207 | 6-1 | Arizona | 7/8/1953 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 200th pick / 1975 |
| Bob Horn | 22 | LB | 14 | 6 | 235 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 2/6/1954 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 94th pick / 1976 |
| Neal Jeffrey | 23 | QB | 5 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Baylor | 7/23/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 17th / 423rd pick / 1975 |
| Gary Johnson | 24 | DT-DE-NT | 14 | 14 | 257 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 8/31/1952 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 8th pick / 1975 |
| Charlie Joiner* | 29 | WR | 14 | 14 | 188 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 10/14/1947 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1969 |
| Leroy Jones | 26 | DE | 14 | 10 | 263 | 6-8 | Norfolk State | 9/29/1950 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 48th pick / 1975 |
| Louie Kelcher | 23 | DT-NT | 14 | 14 | 291 | 6-5 | SMU | 8/23/1953 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1975 |
| John Lee | 23 | DE | 14 | 4 | 255 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 2/17/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 351st pick / 1976 |
| Clint Longley | 24 | QB | 3 | 1 | 193 | 6-1 | Abilene Christian | 7/28/1952 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 Supp |
| Woodrow Lowe | 22 | LB | 14 | 14 | 227 | 6-0 | Alabama | 6/9/1954 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 131st pick / 1976 |
| Don Macek | 22 | C-G | 14 | 14 | 261 | 6-3 | Boston College | 7/21/1954 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1976 |
| Bo Matthews | 25 | RB | 12 | 2 | 230 | 6-4 | Colorado | 11/15/1951 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1974 |
| Dwight McDonald | 25 | WR | 12 | 10 | 185 | 6-3 | San Diego State,U.S. International | 5/24/1951 | 1 | |
| Larry Mialik | 26 | TE | 7 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 5/15/1950 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 302nd pick / 1972 |
| Rick Middleton | 25 | LB | 10 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 11/28/1951 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 13th pick / 1974 |
| Mercury Morris | 29 | RB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | West Texas A&M | 1/5/1947 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1969 |
| Artie Owens | 23 | WR-RB | 14 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | West Virginia | 1/14/1953 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 115th pick / 1976 |
| Ralph Perretta | 23 | C-G | 13 | 3 | 252 | 6-2 | Purdue | 1/30/1953 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 206th pick / 1975 |
| Ray Preston | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 1/25/1954 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 295th pick / 1976 |
| Sam Scarber | 27 | RB | 14 | 2 | 230 | 6-3 | New Mexico | 6/24/1949 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 69th pick / 1971 |
| Billy Shields | 23 | T | 14 | 14 | 272 | 6-8 | Georgia Tech | 8/23/1953 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 136th pick / 1975 |
| Ron Singleton | 24 | T | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-7 | Grambling State | 4/15/1952 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 113th pick / 1976 |
| Hal Stringert | 24 | DB | 11 | 2 | 185 | 5-11 | Hawaii,Willamette | 1/2/1952 | 1 | |
| Jim Tolbert | 32 | DB | 4 | 0 | 200 | 6-4 | Lincoln (MO) | 3/12/1944 | 10 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 61st pick / 1966 |
| Russ Washington | 30 | T-DT | 14 | 14 | 289 | 6-6 | Missouri | 12/17/1946 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
| Ray Wersching | 26 | K | 9 | 0 | 213 | 5-11 | California | 8/21/1950 | 3 | |
| Jeff West | 23 | P-TE | 6 | 0 | 212 | 6-3 | Cincinnati | 4/6/1953 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 122nd pick / 1975 |
| Doug Wilkerson | 29 | G | 14 | 14 | 253 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 3/27/1947 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
| Mike H. Williams | 23 | DB | 14 | 11 | 181 | 5-10 | LSU | 11/22/1953 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1975 |
| Don Woods | 25 | RB | 11 | 10 | 210 | 6-1 | New Mexico Highlands,New Mexico | 2/17/1951 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 134th pick / 1974 |
| Rickey Young | 23 | RB | 14 | 14 | 196 | 6-2 | Jackson State | 12/7/1953 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 164th pick / 1975 |
| Team Total | 25.5 | 14 | 220.6 | 6-1.9 | 2.7 |