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1983 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 4th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 358 points (22.4/g), 12th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 462 points (28.9/g), 28th.
 Differential of -104 points (-6.5/g), 26th.
 Expected W-L: 5.7-10.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -22 (-1.4/g), 27th.

Simple Rating System: Total -4.6, Offense: 1.1, Defense: -5.7, SoS: 1.9, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Don Coryell

 Offensive Coordinator: Ernie Zampese
 Defensive Coordinator: Tom Bass

 Other Notable Asst.: Al Saunders (Wide Receivers)

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

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 358 6197 1086 5.7 361 369 635 4661 27 33 7.0 230 423 1536 16 3.6 106 55 22 25
Team Defense 462 5955 1127 5.3 347 330 544 3782 28 16 6.6 187 552 2173 26 3.9 137 33 17 23
Lg Rank Offense 12 1 1 2 1 9 28 3 25 25 14 24 27 23
Lg Rank Defense 28 26 26 24 25 24 24 24 21 18 27 11 22 13

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 4 boxscore L 0-1 New York Jets 29 41 23 488 354 134 4 25 391 140 251 1
2 Mon September 12 boxscore W 1-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 17 14 27 443 251 192 3 13 267 222 45 2
3 Sun September 18 boxscore L 1-2 @ Seattle Seahawks 31 34 23 431 332 99 3 24 368 162 206 3
4 Sun September 25 boxscore L OT 1-3 Cleveland Browns 24 30 23 421 351 70 29 410 307 103 1
5 Sun October 2 boxscore W 2-3 @ New York Giants 41 34 28 422 302 120 4 23 441 387 54 6
6 Sun October 9 boxscore W 3-3 Seattle Seahawks 28 21 27 412 318 94 5 20 398 288 110 2
7 Sun October 16 boxscore L 3-4 @ New England Patriots 21 37 27 427 341 86 4 24 347 178 169
8 Sun October 23 boxscore L 3-5 @ Denver Broncos 6 14 17 299 193 106 3 21 261 133 128 4
9 Mon October 31 boxscore L 3-6 Washington Redskins 24 27 21 428 307 121 8 24 482 313 169 1
10 Sun November 6 boxscore L 3-7 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 3 26 11 218 159 59 4 19 288 132 156 2
11 Sun November 13 boxscore W 4-7 Dallas Cowboys 24 23 21 355 332 23 1 25 389 291 98
12 Sun November 20 boxscore L 4-8 @ St. Louis Cardinals 14 44 16 315 281 34 6 18 378 205 173 2
13 Sun November 27 boxscore W 5-8 Denver Broncos 31 7 31 428 287 141 2 15 195 112 83 3
14 Thu December 1 boxscore L 5-9 Los Angeles Raiders 10 42 18 322 248 74 4 19 323 181 142 2
15 Sun December 11 boxscore W 6-9 Kansas City Chiefs 41 38 30 476 376 100 2 25 537 406 131 3
16 Sun December 18 boxscore L 6-10 @ Los Angeles Raiders 14 30 18 312 229 83 2 23 480 325 155 1

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
14 Dan Fouts* 32 QB 10 10 5-5-0 215 340 63.2 2975 20 5.9 15 4.4 59 8.8 7.9 13.8 297.5 92.5 14 107 8.10 7.32 4.0 2 1
11 Ed Luther 26 qb 16 6 1-5-0 151 287 52.6 1875 7 2.4 17 5.9 46 6.5 4.4 12.4 117.2 56.6 13 120 5.85 3.77 4.3 0 2
12 Bruce Mathison 24 1 0 3 5 60.0 41 0 0.0 1 20.0 25 8.2 -0.8 13.7 41.0 46.7 0 0 8.20 -0.80 0.0
7 Maury Buford 23 P 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
88 Pete Holohan 24 te 16 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
47 Sherman Smith 29 rb 13 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
89 Wes Chandler* 27 WR 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 3 -3.00 -3.00 100.0
Team Total 27.0 16 6-10-0 369 635 58.1 4891 27 4.3 33 5.2 59 7.7 6.2 13.3 305.7 75.1 28 230 7.03 5.60 4.2 2 3
Opp Total 16 330 544 60.7 4051 28 5.1 16 2.9 7.4 7.15 12.3 253.2 88.6 31 269 6.6 6.3 5.4

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
46 Chuck Muncie 30 RB 15 12 235 886 12 34 3.8 59.1 15.7 42 396 9.4 1 27 2.8 26.4 1282 13 8
21 James Brooks 25 KR/PR/rb 15 5 127 516 3 61 4.1 34.4 8.5 25 215 8.6 0 36 1.7 14.3 731 3 8
47 Sherman Smith 29 rb 13 2 24 91 0 20 3.8 7.0 1.8 6 51 8.5 0 21 0.5 3.9 142 0 2
14 Dan Fouts* 32 QB 10 10 12 -5 1 3 -0.4 -0.5 1.2 -5 1 5
41 Earnest Jackson 24 12 0 11 39 0 6 3.5 3.3 0.9 5 42 8.4 0 10 0.4 3.5 81 0 1
11 Ed Luther 26 qb 16 6 9 -14 0 8 -1.6 -0.9 0.6 -14 0 6
89 Wes Chandler* 27 WR 16 14 2 25 0 23 12.5 1.6 0.1 58 845 14.6 5 44 3.6 52.8 870 5 3
85 Eric Sievers 26 TE 16 9 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.4 0.1 33 452 13.7 3 28 2.1 28.3 445 3 0
25 John Cappelletti 31 1 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5.0 1.0 5 0 0
12 Bruce Mathison 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 1
80 Kellen Winslow* 26 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 88 1172 13.3 8 46 5.5 73.3 1172 8 3
18 Charlie Joiner 36 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 65 960 14.8 3 33 4.1 60.0 960 3 2
88 Pete Holohan 24 te 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 272 11.8 2 35 1.4 17.0 272 2 0
82 Bobby Duckworth 25 wr 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 422 21.1 5 59 1.3 26.4 422 5 0
81 Roger Carr 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 36 18.0 0 23 0.5 9.0 36 0 0
87 Dwight Scales 30 wr 7 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 28 14.0 0 14 0.3 4.0 28 0 0
Team Total 27.0 16 423 1536 16 61 3.6 96.0 26.4 369 4891 13.3 27 59 23.1 305.7 6427 43 42
Opp Total 16 552 2173 26 3.9 135.8 34.5 330 3782 11.5 28 20.6 236.4 5955 54 26

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
21 James Brooks 25 KR/PR/rb 15 5 18 137 0 30 7.6 32 607 0 34 19.0 1475
30 Bruce Laird 33 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 15 342 0 41 22.8 342
41 Earnest Jackson 24 12 0 11 201 0 32 18.3 282
89 Wes Chandler* 27 WR 16 14 8 26 0 11 3.3 896
24 Miles McPherson 23 11 0 5 77 0 19 15.4 77
84 Hosea Fortune 24 4 0 4 16 0 9 4.0 16
40 Jim Jodat 29 15 0 3 45 0 18 15.0 45
87 Dwight Scales 30 wr 7 1 2 34 0 30 17.0 1 16 0 16 16.0 78
49 Andre Young 23 SS 15 10 3 41 0 19 13.7 41
47 Sherman Smith 29 rb 13 2 2 32 0 21 16.0 174
85 Eric Sievers 26 TE 16 9 1 6 0 6 6.0 451
54 Billy Ray Smith 22 RILB 16 16 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Team Total 27.0 16 33 213 0 30 6.5 74 1377 0 41 18.6 8017
Opp Total 16 35 0 70 1426 0 20.4

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
6 Rolf Benirschke 28 K 16 0 7 7 7 5 7 2 3 1 24 15 62.5% 45 43 95.6%
7 Maury Buford 23 P 16 0 63 2763 60 0 43.9
Team Total 27.0 16 7 7 7 5 7 2 3 1 24 15 62.5% 45 43 95.6% 63 2763 60 0 43.9
Opp Total 16 29 22 75.9% 56 54 96.4% 70 2779 39.7

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
21 James Brooks 25 KR/PR/rb 15 5 0 8 3 0 0
57 Linden King 28 LOLB 16 16 8.0 1 19 0 19 0 0 0 2 0 0
46 Chuck Muncie 30 RB 15 12 0 8 1 0 0
76 Keith Ferguson 24 LDE 16 16 5.0 0 0 2 0 0
14 Dan Fouts* 32 QB 10 10 0 5 2 0 0
23 Danny Walters 23 RCB 16 16 7 55 0 33 0
11 Ed Luther 26 qb 16 6 0 6 0 0 0
51 Woodrow Lowe 29 ROLB 16 16 4.5 0 0 1 0 0
79 Gary Johnson 31 RDE 16 16 3.0 0 0 2 0 0
80 Kellen Winslow* 26 TE 16 16 0 3 2 0 0
89 Wes Chandler* 27 WR 16 14 0 3 1 0 0
54 Billy Ray Smith 22 RILB 16 16 3.0 0 0 1 0 0
49 Andre Young 23 SS 15 10 1.0 2 49 1 40 0 0 0 1 0 0
91 Rick Ackerman 24 NT 15 13 1.5 0 0 2 0 0
24 Miles McPherson 23 11 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
47 Sherman Smith 29 rb 13 2 0 2 1 0 0
84 Hosea Fortune 24 4 0 0 1 1 0 0
48 Tim Fox 30 fs 12 8 2 14 0 14 0
58 Mike Green 22 LILB 16 16 1.0 1 3 0 3 0
41 Earnest Jackson 24 12 0 0 1 1 0 0
18 Charlie Joiner 36 WR 16 16 0 2 0 0 0
60 Dennis McKnight 24 c 16 9 0 0 2 0 0
50 Carlos Bradley 23 16 0 0.5 0 0 1 0 0
90 Bill Elko 24 nt 11 3 0.5 0 0 1 0 0
22 Gill Byrd 22 LCB 14 12 1 0 0 0 0
28 Ken Greene 27 FS 16 9 0 0 1 0 0
20 Reuben Henderson 25 db 14 4 1.0
40 Jim Jodat 29 15 0 0 0 1 0 0
68 Leroy Jones 33 12 0 0 0 1 15 0
30 Bruce Laird 33 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
62 Don Macek 29 C 11 11 0 0 1 0 0
12 Bruce Mathison 24 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
52 Ray Preston 29 16 0 1 13 0 13 0
67 Ed White 36 RG 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.0 16 30.0 16 153 1 40 0 0 42 32 15 0
Opp Total 16 28 26 9

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
6 Rolf Benirschke 28 K 16 0 43 15 88
46 Chuck Muncie 30 RB 15 12 12 1 13 78
80 Kellen Winslow* 26 TE 16 16 8 8 48
89 Wes Chandler* 27 WR 16 14 5 5 30
82 Bobby Duckworth 25 wr 16 2 5 5 30
21 James Brooks 25 KR/PR/rb 15 5 3 3 18
18 Charlie Joiner 36 WR 16 16 3 3 18
85 Eric Sievers 26 TE 16 9 3 3 18
88 Pete Holohan 24 te 16 3 2 2 12
14 Dan Fouts* 32 QB 10 10 1 1 6
55 Derrie Nelson 25 15 0 1 1 6
49 Andre Young 23 SS 15 10 1 1 6
Team Total 27.0 16 16 27 1 1 45 43 15 358
Opp Total 16 26 28 54 22 462