1988 San Diego Chargers

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

Scored 231 points (14.4/g), 27th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 332 points (20.8/g), 18th.
Differential of -101 points (-6.3/g), 27th.
Expected W-L: 4.8-11.2.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 22nd.

Simple Rating System: Total -7.4, Offense: -7.1, Defense: -0.2, SoS: -1.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Al Saunders

Defensive Coordinator: Ron Lynn

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Mora (Defensive Assistant/Secondary)

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

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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	231	4429	937	4.7	255	241	468	2388	11	20	4.8	116	438	2041	11	4.7	115	32	12	24
Team Defense	332	5418	1072	5.1	335	274	517	3285	22	16	6.0	173	521	2133	15	4.1	135	26	10	27
Lg Rank Offense	27	26			27		21	26	28	16	27		24	12	19	3		8	4
Lg Rank Defense	18	21			27		18	16	18	19	16		24	22	14	17		26	25

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	@	Los Angeles Raiders	13	24	15	263	152	111	1	18	277	183	94	1
2	Sun	September 11	boxscore	L		0-2	@	Denver Broncos	3	34	13	244	111	133	2	24	443	259	184
3	Sun	September 18	boxscore	W		1-2		Seattle Seahawks	17	6	14	237	78	159	1	20	299	194	105	4
4	Sun	September 25	boxscore	W		2-2	@	Kansas City Chiefs	24	23	19	303	138	165	1	20	331	237	94	2
5	Sun	October 2	boxscore	L		2-3		Denver Broncos	0	12	11	190	170	20	2	22	291	162	129	1
6	Sun	October 9	boxscore	L		2-4		New Orleans Saints	17	23	12	206	113	93	2	24	365	231	134	1
7	Sun	October 16	boxscore	L		2-5	@	Miami Dolphins	28	31	23	396	283	113	4	25	375	329	46	1
8	Sun	October 23	boxscore	L		2-6		Indianapolis Colts	0	16	14	239	121	118	1	28	453	255	198	3
9	Sun	October 30	boxscore	L		2-7	@	Seattle Seahawks	14	17	18	299	169	130	3	16	235	109	126
10	Sun	November 6	boxscore	L		2-8		Los Angeles Raiders	3	13	12	216	153	63	3	18	306	170	136	2
11	Sun	November 13	boxscore	W		3-8	@	Atlanta Falcons	10	7	15	355	170	185	2	13	245	188	57	2
12	Sun	November 20	boxscore	W		4-8	@	Los Angeles Rams	38	24	17	297	196	101	1	20	363	212	151	2
13	Sun	November 27	boxscore	L		4-9		San Francisco 49ers	10	48	21	312	176	136	3	24	475	272	203
14	Sun	December 4	boxscore	L		4-10	@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	27	14	211	123	88	4	21	352	145	207	2
15	Sun	December 11	boxscore	W		5-10		Pittsburgh Steelers	20	14	17	324	144	180		20	302	172	130	3
16	Sun	December 18	boxscore	W		6-10		Kansas City Chiefs	24	13	20	337	91	246	2	22	306	167	139	2

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	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
16	Mark Malone	30	QB	12	8	2-6-0	147	272	54.0	1580	6	2.2	13	4.8	59	5.8	4.1	10.7	131.7	58.8	9	45	5.46	3.81	3.2
12	Babe Laufenberg	29	qb	8	6	2-4-0	69	144	47.9	778	4	2.8	5	3.5	47	5.4	4.4	11.3	97.3	59.3	18	155	3.85	2.95	11.1	1	1
13	Mark Vlasic	25	qb	2	2	2-0-0	25	52	48.1	270	1	1.9	2	3.8	57	5.2	3.8	10.8	135.0	54.2	3	32	4.33	3.05	5.5
26	Lionel James	26	PR	16	1		0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		1	8	-8.00	-8.00	100.0
	Team Total	26.0		16		6-10-0	241	468	51.5	2628	11	2.4	20	4.3	59	5.6	4.2	10.9	164.3	58.4	31	240	4.79	3.42	6.2	1	1
	Opp Total			16			274	517	53.0	3525	22	4.3	16	3.1		6.8	6.28	12.9	220.3	75.9	34	240	6.0	5.5	6.2

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
40	Gary W. Anderson	27	RB	14	13	225	1119	3	36	5.0	79.9	16.1	32	182	5.7	0	20	2.3	13.0	1301	3	5
43	Tim Spencer	28	rb	16	1	44	215	0	24	4.9	13.4	2.8	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.1	0.9	229	0	0
42	Curtis Adams	26	rb	7	1	38	149	1	14	3.9	21.3	5.4								149	1	1
16	Mark Malone	30	QB	12	8	37	169	4	36	4.6	14.1	3.1								169	4	6
12	Babe Laufenberg	29	qb	8	6	31	120	0	23	3.9	15.0	3.9								120	0	2
26	Lionel James	26	PR	16	1	23	105	0	23	4.6	6.6	1.4	36	279	7.8	1	31	2.3	17.4	384	1	3
20	Barry Redden	28	rb	8	2	19	30	3	5	1.6	3.8	2.4	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	1.4	41	3	0
83	Anthony Miller	23	WR	16	15	7	45	0	20	6.4	2.8	0.4	36	526	14.6	3	49	2.3	32.9	571	3	1
87	Quinn Early	23	WR	16	11	7	63	0	37	9.0	3.9	0.4	29	375	12.9	4	38	1.8	23.4	438	4	1
86	Jamie Holland	24	KR/wr	16	6	3	19	0	10	6.3	1.2	0.2	39	536	13.7	1	45	2.4	33.5	555	1	1
82	Rod Bernstine	23	TE	14	13	2	7	0	5	3.5	0.5	0.1	29	340	11.7	0	59	2.1	24.3	347	0	0
13	Mark Vlasic	25	qb	2	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0								0	0	1
88	Arthur Cox	27	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	18	144	8.0	0	20	1.1	9.0	144	0	0
89	Darren Flutie	22		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	18	208	11.6	2	28	1.1	13.0	208	2	2
81	Anthony Jones	28	te	4	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.3	2.8	11	0	0
85	Eric Sievers	31		5	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.2	0.4	2	0	0
	Team Total	26.0		16		438	2041	11	37	4.7	127.6	27.4	241	2628	10.9	11	59	15.1	164.3	4669	22	26
	Opp Total			16		521	2133	15		4.1	133.3	32.6	274	3285	12.0	22		17.1	205.3	5418	37	25

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
86	Jamie Holland	24	KR/wr	16	6						31	810	1	94	26.1	1365
26	Lionel James	26	PR	16	1	28	278	0	24	9.9						662
83	Anthony Miller	23	WR	16	15						25	648	1	93	25.9	1219
89	Darren Flutie	22		16	0	7	36	0	10	5.1	1	10	0	10	10.0	254
42	Curtis Adams	26	rb	7	1						1	13	0	13	13.0	162
81	Anthony Jones	28	te	4	1						1	13	0	13	13.0	24
43	Tim Spencer	28	rb	16	1						1	16	0	16	16.0	245
	Team Total	26.0		16		35	314	0	24	9.0	60	1510	2	94	25.2	6493
	Opp Total			16		56		0			47	1055	1		22.4

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
2	Ralf Mojsiejenko	25	P	16	0																	85	3745	62	1	44.1
10	Vince Abbott	30	K	11	0			3	3	4	2	5	3			12	8	66.7%	15	15	100.0%
6	Steve DeLine	27	k	5	0			3	3	1	1	4	2			8	6	75.0%	12	12	100.0%
	Team Total	26.0		16				6	6	5	3	9	5			20	14	70.0%	27	27	100.0%	85	3745	62	1	44.1
	Opp Total			16												36	22	61.1%	38	36	94.7%	71	2790			39.3

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
50	Gary Plummer	28	RILB	16	12							1	0	0	0	0	118	0
25	Vencie Glenn	24	FS	16	16	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	90	0
75	Joe Phillips	25	RDE	16	16	2.0											41	0
51	Cedric Figaro	22	lilb	6	5												35	0
44	Martin Bayless	26	SS	15	11	1.0											31	0
91	Leslie O'Neal	24	de	9	1	4.0						1	0	0	0	0	28	0
72	Karl Wilson	24	de	13	2	0.5											17	0
69	Les Miller	23		13	0												8	0
58	David Brandon	23	lb	8	1												6	0
99	Lee Williams*	26	LDE	16	16	11.0						0	0	1	0	0
40	Gary W. Anderson	27	RB	14	13							0	5	3	0	0
22	Gill Byrd	27	RCB	16	16		7	82	0	42	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	Mark Malone	30	QB	12	8							0	6	1	-2	0
57	Keith Browner	26	LOLB	16	15	2.5	2	65	1	55	0	0	0	1	25	0
12	Babe Laufenberg	29	qb	8	6							0	2	3	-10	0
93	Tyrone Keys	29	ROLB	13	11	3.0						0	0	1	2	0
95	Joe Campbell	22		16	0	3.0
31	Leonard Coleman	26		16	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
97	George Hinkle	23	de	3	1	3.0
26	Lionel James	26	PR	16	1							0	3	0	0	0
94	Randy Kirk	24		16	0							0	0	1	0	0	1	0
34	Elvis Patterson	28	lcb	14	6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
61	Ken Dallafior	29	LT	13	13							0	0	2	0	0
53	Chuck Faucette	25	LILB	8	8		1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
89	Darren Flutie	22		16	0							0	2	0	0	0
66	Dan Rosado	29	C	12	11							0	1	1	-18	0
30	Sam Seale	26	LCB	14	8							0	0	2	50	1
54	Billy Ray Smith	27	rolb	9	8	1.0	1	9	0	9	0
13	Mark Vlasic	25	qb	2	2							0	1	1	-10	0
42	Curtis Adams	26	rb	7	1							0	1	0	0	0
23	Roy Bennett	27	db	16	2		1	21	0	21	0
87	Quinn Early	23	WR	16	11							0	1	0	0	0
86	Jamie Holland	24	KR/wr	16	6							0	1	0	0	0
62	Don Macek	34	c	5	5							0	1	0	0	0
83	Anthony Miller	23	WR	16	15							0	1	0	0	0
48	Pat Miller	24	lb	8	3	1.0
65	David Richards	22	RT	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
	Team Total	26.0		16		34.0	16	179	1	55	0	2	26	23	37	1	375	0
	Opp Total			16		31							25	15					1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
10	Vince Abbott	30	K	11	0								15	8		39
6	Steve DeLine	27	k	5	0								12	6		30
87	Quinn Early	23	WR	16	11		4					4				24
16	Mark Malone	30	QB	12	8	4						4				24
83	Anthony Miller	23	WR	16	15		3	1				4				24
40	Gary W. Anderson	27	RB	14	13	3						3				18
20	Barry Redden	28	rb	8	2	3						3				18
89	Darren Flutie	22		16	0		2					2				12
86	Jamie Holland	24	KR/wr	16	6		1	1				2				12
42	Curtis Adams	26	rb	7	1	1						1				6
23	Roy Bennett	27	db	16	2						1	1				6
57	Keith Browner	26	LOLB	16	15					1		1				6
26	Lionel James	26	PR	16	1		1					1				6
30	Sam Seale	26	LCB	14	8				1			1				6
	Team Total	26.0		16		11	11	2	1	1	1	27	27	14		231
	Opp Total			16		15	22	1					36	22	1	332

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