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1980 San Diego Chargers
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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 418 points (26.1/g), 4th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 327 points (20.4/g), 18th.
Differential of 91 points (5.7/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 10.3-5.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.6/g), 25th.
Coached by Don Coryell (11-5-0)
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1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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* | 29 | 7 | 16 | 348 for 589, 4,715 yards, 30 td, 24 int, & 23 rushes for 15 yards and 2 td | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1973 |
| RB | Clarence Williams | 25 | 3 | 9 | 97 rushes for 258 yards, 3 td, & 26 catches for 230 yards and 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 124th pick / 1977 |
| RB | Mike Thomas | 27 | 5 | 5 | 118 rushes for 484 yards, 3 td, & 29 catches for 218 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 5th / 108th pick / 1975 |
| FB | John Cappelletti | 28 | 6 | 8 | 101 rushes for 364 yards, 5 td, & 13 catches for 112 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1974 |
| FB | Chuck Muncie | 27 | 4 | 5 | 135 rushes for 659 yards, 4 td, & 24 catches for 234 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 3rd pick / 1976 |
| WR | John Jefferson*+ | 24 | 2 | 16 | 82 catches for 1,340 yards, 13 td, & 1 rush for 16 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 14th pick / 1978 |
| WR | Charlie Joiner*+ | 33 | 11 | 16 | 71 catches for 1,132 yards, 4 td | Houston Oilers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1969 |
| TE | Kellen Winslow*+ | 23 | 1 | 11 | 89 catches for 1,290 yards, 9 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 13th pick / 1979 |
| TE | Greg McCrary | 28 | 5 | 10 | 11 catches for 106 yards, 2 td | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 123rd pick / 1975 |
| LT | Billy Shields | 27 | 5 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 136th pick / 1975 |
| LG | Doug Wilkerson* | 33 | 10 | 16 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
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| C | Don Macek | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1976 |
| RG | Ed White | 33 | 11 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 39th pick / 1969 |
| RT | Dan Audick | 26 | 3 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 106th pick / 1977 |
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| RT | Russ Washington | 34 | 12 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Leroy Jones | 30 | 4 | 15 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 48th pick / 1975 |
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| LDT | Louie Kelcher* | 27 | 5 | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1975 |
| RDT | Gary Johnson*+ | 28 | 5 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 8th pick / 1975 |
| RDE | Fred Dean*+ | 28 | 5 | 11 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1975 |
| LLB | Ray Preston | 26 | 4 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 295th pick / 1976 |
| MLB | Bob Horn | 26 | 4 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 94th pick / 1976 |
| RLB | Woodrow Lowe | 26 | 4 | 16 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 131st pick / 1976 |
| LCB | Willie Buchanon | 30 | 8 | 16 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1972 |
| RCB | Mike H. Williams | 27 | 5 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1975 |
| SS | Pete Shaw | 26 | 3 | 11 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 152nd pick / 1977 |
| FS | Glen Edwards | 33 | 9 | 14 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Rolf Benirschke | 25 | 3 | 0 | 24 of 36 field goals & 46 of 48 extra points | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 334th pick / 1977 |
| P | Rick Partridge | 23 | 1 | 0 | 60 punts for a 39.1 average, 1 blocked | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 208th pick / 1979 |
| PR | Mike Fuller | 27 | 5 | 4 | 30 punt returns for a 9.9 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1975 |
| KR | Chuck Muncie | 27 | 4 | 5 | 16 kick returns for a 21.5 average and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 3rd pick / 1976 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Dan Audick | 26 | T-G | 15 | 9 | 252 | 6-3 | Hawaii | 11/15/1954 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 106th pick / 1977 |
| 37 | Hank Bauer | 26 | RB | 16 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | California Lutheran | 7/15/1954 | 3 | |
| 6 | Rolf Benirschke | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 171 | 6-0 | California-Davis | 2/7/1955 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 334th pick / 1977 |
| 28 | Willie Buchanon | 30 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-0 | San Diego State | 11/4/1950 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1972 |
| 25 | John Cappelletti | 28 | RB | 10 | 8 | 215 | 6-1 | Penn State | 8/9/1952 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1974 |
| 71 | Fred Dean*+ | 28 | DE | 14 | 11 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 2/24/1952 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1975 |
| 73 | Charles DeJurnett | 28 | NT-DT | 15 | 4 | 263 | 6-4 | San Jose State | 6/17/1952 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 17th / 418th pick / 1974 |
| 48 | Jerome Dove | 27 | DB | 16 | 2 | 190 | 6-0 | Colorado State | 10/3/1953 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 220th pick / 1976 |
| 47 | Frank Duncan | 24 | DB | 15 | 1 | 190 | 6-1 | San Francisco State | 11/16/1956 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 321st pick / 1979 |
| 27 | Glen Edwards | 33 | DB | 16 | 14 | 185 | 6-0 | Florida A&M | 7/31/1947 | 9 | |
| 86 | John Floyd | 24 | WR | 15 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | La-Monroe | 9/10/1956 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 104th pick / 1979 |
| 14 | Dan Fouts* | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 204 | 6-3 | Oregon | 6/10/1951 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1973 |
| 42 | Mike Fuller | 27 | DB | 16 | 4 | 188 | 5-10 | Auburn | 4/7/1953 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1975 |
| 34 | LaRue Harrington | 23 | RB | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Norfolk State | 6/28/1957 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 151st pick / 1980 |
| 55 | Bob Horn | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 2/6/1954 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 94th pick / 1976 |
| 26 | Bernard Jackson | 30 | DB | 4 | 4 | 178 | 6-0 | Washington State | 8/24/1950 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 81st pick / 1972 |
| 83 | John Jefferson*+ | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 198 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 2/3/1956 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 14th pick / 1978 |
| 79 | Gary Johnson*+ | 28 | DT-DE-NT | 16 | 16 | 257 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 8/31/1952 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 8th pick / 1975 |
| 18 | Charlie Joiner*+ | 33 | WR | 16 | 16 | 188 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 10/14/1947 | 11 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1969 |
| 68 | Leroy Jones | 30 | DE | 15 | 15 | 263 | 6-8 | Norfolk State | 9/29/1950 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 48th pick / 1975 |
| 74 | Louie Kelcher* | 27 | DT-NT | 15 | 14 | 291 | 6-5 | SMU | 8/23/1953 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1975 |
| 57 | Linden King | 25 | LB | 5 | 0 | 241 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 6/28/1955 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1977 |
| 54 | Jim Laslavic | 29 | LB | 16 | 3 | 237 | 6-2 | Penn State | 10/24/1951 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 71st pick / 1973 |
| 69 | John Lee | 27 | DE | 11 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 2/17/1953 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 351st pick / 1976 |
| 64 | Chuck Loewen | 23 | T-G | 16 | 0 | 263 | 6-3 | South Dakota State | 1/23/1957 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 175th pick / 1980 |
| 51 | Woodrow Lowe | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 227 | 6-0 | Alabama | 6/9/1954 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 131st pick / 1976 |
| 11 | Ed Luther | 23 | QB | 5 | 0 | 206 | 6-3 | San Jose State | 1/2/1957 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 101st pick / 1980 |
| 62 | Don Macek | 26 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 261 | 6-3 | Boston College | 7/21/1954 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1976 |
| 88 | Greg McCrary | 28 | TE | 16 | 10 | 233 | 6-1 | Clark (GA) | 3/24/1952 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 123rd pick / 1975 |
| 58 | Carl McGee | 24 | LB | 6 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Duke | 7/15/1956 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 234th pick / 1979 |
| 46 | Chuck Muncie | 27 | RB | 11 | 5 | 227 | 6-3 | California | 3/17/1953 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 3rd pick / 1976 |
| 17 | Rick Partridge | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 175 | 6-1 | Utah | 8/26/1957 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 208th pick / 1979 |
| 53 | Ralph Perretta | 27 | C-G | 5 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Purdue | 1/30/1953 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 206th pick / 1975 |
| 32 | Scott Perry | 26 | DB | 4 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Williams | 3/11/1954 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 147th pick / 1976 |
| 52 | Ray Preston | 26 | LB | 14 | 13 | 218 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 1/25/1954 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 295th pick / 1976 |
| 56 | Bob Rush | 25 | C-T | 15 | 1 | 265 | 6-5 | Memphis | 2/27/1955 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 24th pick / 1977 |
| 41 | Booker Russell | 24 | RB | 15 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Texas State | 2/28/1956 | 2 | |
| 44 | Pete Shaw | 26 | DB | 12 | 11 | 183 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 8/25/1954 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 152nd pick / 1977 |
| 66 | Billy Shields | 27 | T | 16 | 16 | 272 | 6-8 | Georgia Tech | 8/23/1953 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 136th pick / 1975 |
| 84 | Ron B. Smith | 24 | WR | 15 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | San Diego State | 11/20/1956 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1978 |
| 45 | Hal Stringert | 28 | DB | 10 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Hawaii,Willamette | 1/2/1952 | 5 | |
| 22 | Mike Thomas | 27 | RB | 10 | 5 | 190 | 5-11 | Oklahoma,UNLV | 7/17/1953 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 108th pick / 1975 |
| 59 | Cliff Thrift | 24 | LB | 15 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | East Central (OK) | 5/3/1956 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1979 |
| 70 | Russ Washington | 34 | T-DT | 6 | 6 | 289 | 6-6 | Missouri | 12/17/1946 | 12 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1968 |
| 67 | Ed White | 33 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 269 | 6-1 | California | 4/4/1947 | 11 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 39th pick / 1969 |
| 63 | Doug Wilkerson* | 33 | G | 16 | 16 | 253 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 3/27/1947 | 10 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
| 40 | Clarence Williams | 25 | RB | 13 | 9 | 194 | 5-9 | South Carolina | 1/25/1955 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 124th pick / 1977 |
| 29 | Mike H. Williams | 27 | DB | 14 | 14 | 181 | 5-10 | LSU | 11/22/1953 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1975 |
| 80 | Kellen Winslow*+ | 23 | TE | 16 | 11 | 251 | 6-5 | Missouri | 11/5/1957 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 13th pick / 1979 |
| 16 | Mike Wood | 26 | K | 1 | 0 | 199 | 5-11 | Southeast Missouri State | 9/3/1954 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 204th pick / 1978 |
| 33 | Don Woods | 29 | RB | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | New Mexico Highlands,New Mexico | 2/17/1951 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 134th pick / 1974 |
| 99 | Wilbur Young | 31 | DE-DT | 12 | 4 | 285 | 6-6 | William Penn | 4/20/1949 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 39th pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 222.3 | 6-1.6 | 4.3 |