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1978 San Diego Chargers
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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 355 points (22.2/g), 6th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 309 points (19.3/g), 21st.
Differential of 46 points (2.9/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-0.8/g), 27th.
Simple Rating System: Total 3.6, Offense: 4.6, Defense: -0.9, SoS: 0.7, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Tommy Prothro (1-3-0) and Don Coryell (8-4-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Ray Perkins
Training Camp: UC San Diego (San Diego, California)
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Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 3 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 24 | 20 | 16 | 275 | 186 | 89 | 2 | 22 | 446 | 308 | 138 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 10 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | Oakland Raiders | 20 | 21 | 24 | 372 | 175 | 197 | 18 | 364 | 280 | 84 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Sun | September 17 | boxscore | L | 1-2 | @ | Denver Broncos | 14 | 27 | 18 | 315 | 214 | 101 | 2 | 21 | 314 | 177 | 137 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 24 | boxscore | L | 1-3 | Green Bay Packers | 3 | 24 | 20 | 245 | 154 | 91 | 11 | 9 | 127 | 9 | 118 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | L | 1-4 | @ | New England Patriots | 23 | 28 | 18 | 322 | 162 | 160 | 3 | 19 | 299 | 198 | 101 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 8 | boxscore | W | 2-4 | Denver Broncos | 23 | 0 | 19 | 298 | 170 | 128 | 2 | 11 | 156 | 80 | 76 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | L | 2-5 | Miami Dolphins | 21 | 28 | 20 | 404 | 287 | 117 | 5 | 17 | 261 | 122 | 139 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | L | 2-6 | @ | Detroit Lions | 14 | 31 | 16 | 304 | 215 | 89 | 6 | 29 | 461 | 188 | 273 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | W | 3-6 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 27 | 23 | 22 | 324 | 163 | 161 | 2 | 15 | 234 | 87 | 147 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | W | 4-6 | Cincinnati Bengals | 22 | 13 | 20 | 322 | 149 | 173 | 12 | 248 | 92 | 156 | 3 | |||
| 11 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | W | OT | 5-6 | Kansas City Chiefs | 29 | 23 | 24 | 385 | 188 | 197 | 2 | 26 | 403 | 198 | 205 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | W | 6-6 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 7 | 19 | 287 | 163 | 124 | 3 | 17 | 272 | 209 | 63 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 26 | boxscore | L | 6-7 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 23 | 11 | 239 | 164 | 75 | 6 | 19 | 353 | 115 | 238 | 3 | |
| 14 | Mon | December 4 | boxscore | W | 7-7 | Chicago Bears | 40 | 7 | 24 | 481 | 331 | 150 | 3 | 7 | 112 | 32 | 80 | 3 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 10 | boxscore | W | 8-7 | Seattle Seahawks | 37 | 10 | 20 | 381 | 286 | 95 | 1 | 17 | 239 | 103 | 136 | 3 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | W | 9-7 | @ | Houston Oilers | 45 | 24 | 24 | 517 | 368 | 149 | 3 | 14 | 270 | 153 | 117 | 3 | |