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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.
Coached by Don Coryell (6-10-0)
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1983 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* | 32 | 10 | 10 | 215 for 340, 2,975 yards, 20 td, 15 int, & 12 rushes for -5 yards and 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1973 |
| QB | Ed Luther | 26 | 3 | 6 | 151 for 287, 1,875 yards, 7 td, 17 int, & 9 rushes for -14 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 101st pick / 1980 |
| RB | Chuck Muncie | 30 | 7 | 12 | 235 rushes for 886 yards, 12 td, & 42 catches for 396 yards and 1 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 3rd pick / 1976 |
| RB | James Brooks | 25 | 2 | 5 | 127 rushes for 516 yards, 3 td, & 25 catches for 215 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 24th pick / 1981 |
| WR | Wes Chandler* | 27 | 5 | 14 | 58 catches for 845 yards, 5 td, & 2 rushes for 25 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 3rd pick / 1978 |
| WR | Charlie Joiner | 36 | 14 | 16 | 65 catches for 960 yards, 3 td | Houston Oilers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1969 |
| TE | Eric Sievers | 26 | 2 | 9 | 33 catches for 452 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for -7 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 107th pick / 1981 |
| TE | Kellen Winslow* | 26 | 4 | 16 | 88 catches for 1,172 yards, 8 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 13th pick / 1979 |
| LT | Billy Shields | 30 | 8 | 16 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 136th pick / 1975 |
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| LG | Doug Wilkerson | 36 | 13 | 12 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
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| C | Don Macek | 29 | 7 | 11 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1976 |
| C | Dennis McKnight | 24 | 1 | 9 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RG | Ed White | 36 | 14 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 39th pick / 1969 |
| RT | Andrew Gissinger | 24 | 1 | 16 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 141st pick / 1981 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Keith Ferguson | 24 | 2 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 131st pick / 1981 |
| NT | Rick Ackerman | 24 | 1 | 13 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RDE | Gary Johnson | 31 | 8 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 8th pick / 1975 |
| LOLB | Linden King | 28 | 5 | 16 | 8.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1977 |
| LILB | Mike Green | 22 | Rook | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 245th pick / 1983 |
| RILB | Billy Ray Smith | 22 | Rook | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 1983 |
| ROLB | Woodrow Lowe | 29 | 7 | 16 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 131st pick / 1976 |
| LCB | Gill Byrd | 22 | Rook | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Danny Walters | 23 | Rook | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 95th pick / 1983 |
| SS | Andre Young | 23 | 1 | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 10th / 273rd pick / 1982 |
| SS | Bob Gregor | 26 | 2 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 108th pick / 1980 |
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| FS | Ken Greene | 27 | 5 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1978 |
| FS | Tim Fox | 30 | 7 | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 1st / 21st pick / 1976 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Rolf Benirschke | 28 | 6 | 0 | 15 of 24 field goals & 43 of 45 extra points | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 334th pick / 1977 |
| P | Maury Buford | 23 | 1 | 0 | 63 punts for a 43.9 average, 0 blocked | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 215th pick / 1982 |
| PR | James Brooks | 25 | 2 | 5 | 18 punt returns for a 7.6 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 24th pick / 1981 |
| KR | James Brooks | 25 | 2 | 5 | 32 kick returns for a 19.0 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 24th pick / 1981 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Rick Ackerman | 24 | NT-DT | 15 | 13 | 258 | 6-4 | Memphis | 6/16/1959 | 1 | |
| Rolf Benirschke | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 171 | 6-0 | California-Davis | 2/7/1955 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 334th pick / 1977 |
| Carlos Bradley | 23 | LB | 16 | 0 | 224 | 6-0 | Wake Forest | 4/27/1960 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 300th pick / 1981 |
| James Brooks | 25 | RB | 15 | 5 | 180 | 5-10 | Auburn | 12/28/1958 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 24th pick / 1981 |
| Don Brown | 24 | T | 13 | 0 | 262 | 6-6 | Santa Clara | 4/2/1959 | Rook | |
| Maury Buford | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 2/18/1960 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 215th pick / 1982 |
| Gill Byrd | 22 | DB | 14 | 12 | 195 | 5-11 | San Jose State | 2/20/1961 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1983 |
| John Cappelletti | 31 | RB | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Penn State | 8/9/1952 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1974 |
| Roger Carr | 31 | WR | 4 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 7/1/1952 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 24th pick / 1974 |
| Wes Chandler* | 27 | WR | 16 | 14 | 196 | 6-0 | Florida | 8/22/1956 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 3rd pick / 1978 |
| Sam Claphan | 27 | T-G | 16 | 0 | 285 | 6-6 | Oklahoma | 10/10/1956 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 47th pick / 1979 |
| Bobby Duckworth | 25 | WR | 16 | 2 | 198 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 11/27/1958 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 162nd pick / 1981 |
| Chuck Ehin | 22 | NT-DE-LB | 9 | 0 | 261 | 6-4 | BYU | 7/1/1961 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 329th pick / 1983 |
| Bill Elko | 24 | NT-G | 11 | 3 | 278 | 6-5 | Arizona State,LSU | 12/28/1959 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 192nd pick / 1983 |
| Larry Evans | 30 | LB | 3 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Mississippi College | 7/11/1953 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 14th / 390th pick / 1976 |
| Keith Ferguson | 24 | DE | 16 | 16 | 252 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 4/3/1959 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 131st pick / 1981 |
| Hosea Fortune | 24 | WR | 4 | 0 | 174 | 6-0 | Rice | 3/4/1959 | Rook | |
| Dan Fouts* | 32 | QB | 10 | 10 | 204 | 6-3 | Oregon | 6/10/1951 | 10 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1973 |
| Tim Fox | 30 | DB | 12 | 8 | 186 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 11/1/1953 | 7 | New England Patriots / 1st / 21st pick / 1976 |
| Andrew Gissinger | 24 | T | 16 | 16 | 280 | 6-5 | Syracuse | 7/4/1959 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 141st pick / 1981 |
| Derrel Gofourth | 28 | G-C | 15 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Oklahoma State | 3/20/1955 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 172nd pick / 1977 |
| Mike Green | 22 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-0 | Oklahoma State | 6/29/1961 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 245th pick / 1983 |
| Ken Greene | 27 | DB | 16 | 9 | 203 | 6-3 | Washington State | 5/8/1956 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 19th pick / 1978 |
| Bob Gregor | 26 | DB | 5 | 5 | 192 | 6-2 | Washington State | 2/10/1957 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 108th pick / 1980 |
| Reuben Henderson | 25 | DB | 14 | 4 | 196 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State,San Diego State | 10/3/1958 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 150th pick / 1981 |
| Pete Holohan | 24 | TE | 16 | 3 | 237 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 7/25/1959 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 189th pick / 1981 |
| Earnest Jackson | 24 | RB | 12 | 0 | 213 | 5-9 | Texas A&M | 12/18/1959 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 202nd pick / 1983 |
| Jim Jodat | 29 | RB | 15 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Carthage | 3/3/1954 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 344th pick / 1976 |
| Gary Johnson | 31 | DT-DE-NT | 16 | 16 | 257 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 8/31/1952 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 8th pick / 1975 |
| Charlie Joiner | 36 | WR | 16 | 16 | 188 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 10/14/1947 | 14 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1969 |
| Leroy Jones | 33 | DE | 12 | 0 | 263 | 6-8 | Norfolk State | 9/29/1950 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 48th pick / 1975 |
| Louie Kelcher | 30 | DT-NT | 8 | 0 | 291 | 6-5 | SMU | 8/23/1953 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1975 |
| Linden King | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 241 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 6/28/1955 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1977 |
| Bruce Laird | 33 | DB | 14 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | American International College | 5/23/1950 | 11 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 152nd pick / 1972 |
| Woodrow Lowe | 29 | LB | 16 | 16 | 227 | 6-0 | Alabama | 6/9/1954 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 131st pick / 1976 |
| Ed Luther | 26 | QB | 16 | 6 | 206 | 6-3 | San Jose State | 1/2/1957 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 101st pick / 1980 |
| Don Macek | 29 | C-G | 11 | 11 | 261 | 6-3 | Boston College | 7/21/1954 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1976 |
| Bruce Mathison | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 4/25/1959 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 10th / 272nd pick / 1983 |
| Dennis McKnight | 24 | G-C | 16 | 9 | 273 | 6-3 | Drake | 9/12/1959 | 1 | |
| Miles McPherson | 23 | DB | 11 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | New Haven | 3/30/1960 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 256th pick / 1982 |
| Chuck Muncie | 30 | RB | 15 | 12 | 227 | 6-3 | California | 3/17/1953 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 3rd pick / 1976 |
| Derrie Nelson | 25 | LB | 15 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 2/8/1958 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 108th pick / 1981 |
| Darrell Pattillo | 23 | DB | 1 | 0 | 194 | 5-10 | Long Beach State,San Diego State | 9/28/1960 | Rook | |
| Ray Preston | 29 | LB | 16 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 1/25/1954 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 295th pick / 1976 |
| Dwight Scales | 30 | WR | 7 | 1 | 178 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 5/30/1953 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 155th pick / 1976 |
| Billy Shields | 30 | T | 16 | 16 | 272 | 6-8 | Georgia Tech | 8/23/1953 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 136th pick / 1975 |
| Eric Sievers | 26 | TE | 16 | 9 | 236 | 6-4 | Maryland | 11/9/1957 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 107th pick / 1981 |
| Billy Ray Smith | 22 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 8/10/1961 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 1983 |
| Sherman Smith | 29 | RB | 13 | 2 | 225 | 6-4 | Miami (OH) | 11/1/1954 | 7 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 58th pick / 1976 |
| Cliff Thrift | 27 | LB | 6 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | East Central (OK) | 5/3/1956 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1979 |
| Danny Walters | 23 | DB | 16 | 16 | 189 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 11/4/1960 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 95th pick / 1983 |
| Ed White | 36 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 269 | 6-1 | California | 4/4/1947 | 14 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 39th pick / 1969 |
| Doug Wilkerson | 36 | G | 12 | 12 | 253 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 3/27/1947 | 13 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
| Henry Williams | 27 | DB | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | San Diego State | 12/2/1956 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 156th pick / 1979 |
| Kellen Winslow* | 26 | TE | 16 | 16 | 251 | 6-5 | Missouri | 11/5/1957 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 13th pick / 1979 |
| Andre Young | 23 | DB | 15 | 10 | 199 | 6-0 | Louisiana Tech | 11/22/1960 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 10th / 273rd pick / 1982 |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 224.2 | 6-2.1 | 4.3 |