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1984 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 394 points (24.6/g), 6th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 413 points (25.8/g), 24th.
 Differential of -19 points (-1.2/g), 17th.
 Expected W-L: 7.6-8.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 15th.

Coached by Don Coryell (7-9-0)

1984 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 2 box W 1-0 @ Minnesota Vikings 42 13 27 526 396 130 2 12 206 91 115 4
2 Sun September 9 box L 1-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 17 31 21 415 318 97 8 21 430 257 173 2
3 Sun September 16 box W 2-1 Houston Oilers 31 14 29 477 330 147 1 14 284 257 27 1
4 Mon September 24 box L 2-2 @ Los Angeles Raiders 30 33 23 343 196 147 1 26 397 348 49 2
5 Sun September 30 box W 3-2 Detroit Lions 27 24 30 375 261 114 1 21 383 236 147
6 Sun October 7 box W 4-2 @ Green Bay Packers 34 28 29 459 352 107 18 415 368 47 2
7 Sun October 14 box L 4-3 @ Kansas City Chiefs 13 31 17 320 243 77 5 24 506 360 146 4
8 Sun October 21 box L 4-4 Los Angeles Raiders 37 44 30 464 379 85 5 23 498 328 170 3
9 Mon October 29 box L 4-5 Seattle Seahawks 0 24 16 201 153 48 4 18 355 274 81 3
10 Sun November 4 box W 5-5 @ Indianapolis Colts 38 10 24 402 283 119 2 13 295 205 90 5
11 Sun November 11 box L 5-6 Denver Broncos 13 16 20 366 254 112 1 17 239 177 62
12 Sun November 18 box W 6-6 Miami Dolphins 34 28 34 537 371 166 1 24 434 338 96 3
13 Sun November 25 box L 6-7 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 24 52 23 422 391 31 5 28 445 243 202
14 Mon December 3 box W 7-7 Chicago Bears 20 7 9 313 236 77 2 18 307 143 164 3
15 Sun December 9 box L 7-8 @ Denver Broncos 13 16 16 234 147 87 22 343 181 162 4
16 Sun December 16 box L 7-9 Kansas City Chiefs 21 42 26 443 333 110 23 399 279 120

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 394 6297 1154 5.5 374 401 662 4643 25 21 6.7 240 456 1654 18 3.6 106 38 17 28
Team Defense 413 5936 1021 5.8 535 323 531 4085 27 19 7.2 189 457 1851 23 4.1 322 36 17 24
Lg Rank Offense 6 4 2 1 2 7 13 4 22 24 6 24 16 20
Lg Rank Defense 24 26 22 21 28 23 16 27 8 10 26 18 12 9

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Dan Fouts 33 QB 13 13 6-7-0 317 507 62.5 3740 19 3.7 17 3.4 61 7.4 6.2 11.8 287.7 83.4 29 228 6.6 5.5 5.4
Ed Luther 27 qb 15 3 1-2-0 83 151 55.0 1163 5 3.3 3 2.0 88 7.7 7.1 14.0 77.5 82.7 7 57 7.0 6.5 4.4
Pete Holohan 25 15 4 1 2 50.0 25 1 50.0 0 0.0 25 12.5 17.5 25.0 1.7 135.4 0 0 12.5 17.5 0.0
Lionel James 22 RET 16 2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0
Team Total 26.7 16 7-9-0 401 662 60.6 4928 25 3.8 21 3.2 88 7.4 6.4 12.3 308.0 82.9 36 285 6.7 5.7 5.2
Opp Total 16 323 531 60.8 4085 27 5.1 19 3.6 7.7 6.6 12.6 255.3 86.9 33 218 7.2 5.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Earnest Jackson* 25 RB 16 14 296 1179 8 32 4.0 73.7 18.5 39 222 5.7 1 21 2.4 13.9 1401 9 3
Buford McGee 24 16 0 67 226 4 30 3.4 14.1 4.2 9 76 8.4 2 43 0.6 4.8 302 6 1
Lionel James 22 RET 16 2 25 115 0 20 4.6 7.2 1.6 23 206 9.0 0 31 1.4 12.9 321 0 9
Pete Johnson 30 3 0 19 46 3 7 2.4 15.3 6.3 2 7 3.5 0 7 0.7 2.3 53 3 0
Chuck Muncie 31 1 1 14 51 0 11 3.6 51.0 14.0 4 38 9.5 0 20 4.0 38.0 89 0 1
Jewerl Thomas 27 7 0 14 43 2 9 3.1 6.1 2.0 43 2 1
Dan Fouts 33 QB 13 13 12 -29 0 3 -2.4 -2.2 0.9 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 0.0 -29 0 8
Wayne Morris 30 10 3 5 12 1 5 2.4 1.2 0.5 5 20 4.0 0 9 0.5 2.0 32 1 0
Ed Luther 27 qb 15 3 4 11 0 7 2.8 0.7 0.3 11 0 2
Charlie Joiner 37 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 61 793 13.0 6 41 3.8 49.6 793 6 0
Pete Holohan 25 15 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 56 734 13.1 1 51 3.7 48.9 734 1 0
Kellen Winslow 27 TE 7 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 55 663 12.1 2 33 7.9 94.7 663 2 1
Wes Chandler 28 WR 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 52 708 13.6 6 63 3.5 47.2 708 6 0
Eric Sievers 27 TE 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 438 10.7 3 32 2.9 31.3 438 3 1
Bobby Duckworth 26 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 715 28.6 4 88 1.6 44.7 715 4 1
Jesse Bendross 22 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 213 13.3 0 29 1.0 13.3 213 0 1
Ron Egloff 29 12 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 92 8.4 0 17 0.9 7.7 92 0 0
Andrew Gissinger 25 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.2 3 0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 456 1654 18 32 3.6 103.4 28.5 401 4928 12.3 25 88 25.1 308.0 6582 43 35
Opp Total 16 457 1851 23 4.1 115.7 28.6 323 4085 12.6 27 20.2 255.3 5936 50 34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Lionel James 22 RET 16 2 30 208 1 58 6.9 43 959 0 55 22.3 1488
Buford McGee 24 16 0 14 315 0 35 22.5 617
Steve Bird 24 1 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 2 15 0 15 7.5 19
Ron Egloff 29 12 4 2 20 0 11 10.0 112
Derrel Gofourth 29 16 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Reuben Henderson 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Earnest Jackson* 25 RB 16 14 1 10 0 10 10.0 1411
Lucious Smith 27 9 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 33 212 1 58 6.4 63 1319 0 55 20.9 8113
Opp Total 16 43 0 72 1437 0 20.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Rolf Benirschke 29 K 14 0 1 1 6 4 4 3 11 8 4 1 26 17 65.4% 41 41 100.0%
Maury Buford 24 P 16 0 66 2773 60 0 42.0
Benny Ricardo 30 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 100.0% 6 5 83.3%
Team Total 26.7 16 1 1 7 5 5 4 12 9 4 1 29 20 69.0% 47 46 97.9% 66 2773 60 0 42.0
Opp Total 16 25 19 76.0% 51 50 98.0% 73 2891 39.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Lionel James 22 RET 16 2 9 4 0 0
Keith Ferguson 25 RDE 16 16 8.0 0 1 0 0
Dan Fouts 33 QB 13 13 8 1 0 0
Linden King 29 LOLB 16 16 4.0 2 52 0 37 1 2 0 0
Billy Ray Smith 23 RILB 16 16 3.0 3 41 0 21 0 3 0 0
Woodrow Lowe 30 ROLB 15 15 3.0 3 61 1 32 1 0 0 0
Earnest Jackson* 25 RB 16 14 3 2 0 0
Andre Young 24 13 3 1.0 2 31 0 31 1 1 0 0
Fred Robinson 23 16 0 4.5
Gill Byrd 23 LCB 13 13 4 157 2 99
Chuck Ehin 23 LDE 16 15 2.0 0 1 0 0
Tim Fox 31 FS 11 10 1.0 1 36 0 36 0 1 0 0
Ken Greene 28 SS 15 13 1.0 0 2 0 0
John Turner 28 rcb 15 6 2 43 0 43 0 1 0 0
Mike Green 23 LILB 16 16 1.0 0 1 0 0
Pete Holohan 25 15 4 0 2 19 0
Ed Luther 27 qb 15 3 2 0 0 0
Buford McGee 24 16 0 1 1 0 0
Dennis McKnight 25 RG 16 16 0 2 0 0
Eric Sievers 27 TE 14 13 1 1 0 0
Jewerl Thomas 27 7 0 1 1 0 0
Lee Williams 22 8 0 1.0 1 66 1 66
Bill Elko 25 NT 15 12 1.5
Rick Ackerman 25 9 0 1.0
Jesse Bendross 22 16 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Bird 24 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Duckworth 26 16 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Gregor 27 7 2 1 12 0 12
Reuben Henderson 26 12 0 1 0 0 0
Miles McPherson 24 9 4 0 1 0 0
Wayne Morris 30 10 3 0 1 0 0
Chuck Muncie 31 1 1 1 0 0 0
Lucious Smith 27 9 3 1 0 0 0
Doug Wilkerson 37 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Eric D. Williams 29 13 0 0 1 0 0
Kellen Winslow 27 TE 7 7 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 32.0 19 499 4 99 35 31 19 0
Opp Total 16 36 34 17

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Rolf Benirschke 29 K 14 0 41 17 92
Earnest Jackson* 25 RB 16 14 8 1 54
Wes Chandler 28 WR 15 15 6 36
Charlie Joiner 37 WR 16 16 6 36
Buford McGee 24 16 0 4 2 36
Bobby Duckworth 26 16 1 4 24
Pete Johnson 30 3 0 3 18
Eric Sievers 27 TE 14 13 3 18
Benny Ricardo 30 2 0 5 3 14
Gill Byrd 23 LCB 13 13 2 12
Jewerl Thomas 27 7 0 2 12
Kellen Winslow 27 TE 7 7 2 12
Pete Holohan 25 15 4 1 6
Lionel James 22 RET 16 2 1 6
Woodrow Lowe 30 ROLB 15 15 1 6
Wayne Morris 30 10 3 1 6
Lee Williams 22 8 0 1 6
Team Total 26.7 16 18 25 1 4 46 20 394
Opp Total 16 23 27 50 19 413