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1990 San Diego Chargers

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

Scored 315 points (19.7/g), 17th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 281 points (17.6/g), 10th.
 Differential of 34 points (2.1/g), 12th.
 Expected W-L: 9.1-6.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 14th.

Coached by Dan Henning (6-10-0)

1990 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 9 box L 0-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 14 17 12 212 127 85 2 14 249 161 88 1
2 Sun September 16 box L 0-2 Cincinnati Bengals 16 21 17 417 278 139 3 18 302 223 79 3
3 Sun September 23 box W 1-2 @ Cleveland Browns 24 14 16 266 129 137 2 14 262 218 44 4
4 Sun September 30 box L 1-3 Houston Oilers 7 17 14 298 167 131 2 29 421 329 92 1
5 Sun October 7 box L 1-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 14 36 14 188 96 92 3 25 374 191 183 1
6 Sun October 14 box W 2-4 @ New York Jets 39 3 22 412 188 224 3 9 148 53 95 2
7 Sun October 21 box L 2-5 Los Angeles Raiders 9 24 16 289 150 139 17 289 173 116 1
8 Sun October 28 box W 3-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41 10 17 314 157 157 1 8 157 119 38 7
9 Sun November 4 box W 4-5 @ Seattle Seahawks 31 14 15 289 145 144 17 194 129 65 3
10 Sun November 11 box W 5-5 Denver Broncos 19 7 17 340 159 181 15 211 149 62 2
11 Sun November 18 box L 5-6 @ Kansas City Chiefs 10 27 21 286 187 99 5 16 297 165 132
12 Sun November 25 box L 5-7 Seattle Seahawks 10 13 16 304 140 164 5 13 233 175 58 2
13 Sun December 2 box W 6-7 New York Jets 38 17 20 409 220 189 1 21 352 207 145 3
14 Bye Week
15 Sun December 16 box L 6-8 @ Denver Broncos 10 20 24 390 298 92 2 16 320 233 87
16 Sun December 23 box L 6-9 Kansas City Chiefs 21 24 17 255 151 104 2 21 368 251 117
17 Sun December 30 box L 6-10 @ Los Angeles Raiders 12 17 14 271 91 180 1 15 248 134 114

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 315 4940 976 5.1 272 246 472 2683 18 19 5.5 142 484 2257 14 4.7 112 32 13 18
Team Defense 281 4425 931 4.8 444 254 462 2910 22 19 5.7 152 424 1515 10 3.6 268 30 11 24
Lg Rank Offense 17 15 19 15 24 17 16 18 7 3 12 3 13 7
Lg Rank Defense 10 5 9 9 9 19 9 12 13 5 8 4 16 20

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Billy Joe Tolliver 24 QB 15 14 216 410 52.7 2574 16 3.9 16 3.9 45 6.3 4.9 11.9 171.6 68.9 19 150 5.7 4.3 4.4
Mark Vlasic 27 6 1 19 40 47.5 168 1 2.5 2 5.0 27 4.2 2.2 8.8 28.0 46.7 0 0 4.2 2.2 0.0
John Friesz 23 1 1 11 22 50.0 98 1 4.5 1 4.5 17 4.5 2.9 8.9 98.0 58.5 1 7 4.0 2.4 4.3
Team Total 25.9 16 246 472 52.1 2840 18 3.8 19 4.0 45 6.0 4.6 11.5 177.5 66.5 20 157 5.5 4.1 4.1
Opp Total 16 254 462 55.0 2910 22 4.8 19 4.1 6.3 4.9 11.5 181.9 72.9 45 345 5.7 3.8

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
Marion Butts* 24 RB 14 13 265 1225 8 52 4.6 87.5 18.9 16 117 7.3 0 26 1.1 8.4 1342 8 0
Rod Bernstine 25 12 1 124 589 4 40 4.8 49.1 10.3 8 40 5.0 0 11 0.7 3.3 629 4 1
Ronnie Harmon 26 16 2 66 363 0 41 5.5 22.7 4.1 46 511 11.1 2 36 2.9 31.9 874 2 1
Billy Joe Tolliver 24 QB 15 14 14 22 0 14 1.6 1.5 0.9 22 0 6
Nate Lewis 24 RET 12 3 4 25 1 10 6.3 2.1 0.3 14 192 13.7 1 40 1.2 16.0 217 2 3
Anthony Miller* 25 WR 16 16 3 13 0 10 4.3 0.8 0.2 63 933 14.8 7 31 3.9 58.3 946 7 2
Darrin Nelson 31 14 0 3 14 0 5 4.7 1.0 0.2 4 29 7.3 0 10 0.3 2.1 43 0 1
Gary Plummer 30 LILB 16 15 2 3 1 2 1.5 0.2 0.1 1 2 2.0 1 2 0.1 0.1 5 2 0
Walter Wilson 24 te 14 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 10 87 8.7 0 20 0.7 6.2 87 0 0
John Friesz 23 1 1 1 3 0 3 3.0 3.0 1.0 3 0 0
Mark Vlasic 27 6 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0 1
Craig McEwen 25 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 29 325 11.2 3 32 1.8 20.3 325 3 1
Derrick Walker 23 TE 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 240 10.4 1 23 1.4 15.0 240 1 1
Quinn Early 25 14 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 238 15.9 1 45 1.1 17.0 238 1 0
Arthur Cox 29 TE 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 93 6.6 1 12 0.9 5.8 93 1 2
Joe Caravello 27 TE 7 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 21 10.5 1 17 0.3 3.0 21 1 0
Steve Hendrickson 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 0.9 12 0 0
Team Total 25.9 16 484 2257 14 52 4.7 141.1 30.3 246 2840 11.5 18 45 15.4 177.5 5097 32 24
Opp Total 16 424 1515 10 3.6 94.7 26.5 254 2910 11.5 22 15.9 181.9 4425 32 26

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
Nate Lewis 24 RET 12 3 13 117 1 63 9.0 17 383 0 39 22.5 717
Donnie Elder 28 RET 12 0 24 571 0 90 23.8 571
Donald Frank 25 16 2 8 172 0 31 21.5 172
Jerry Mays 23 2 0 7 30 0 17 4.3 30
Darrin Nelson 31 14 0 3 44 0 33 14.7 4 36 0 26 9.0 123
Kitrick Taylor 26 3 0 6 112 1 55 18.7 112
Scott Schwedes 25 5 0 5 33 0 12 6.6 33
Lester Lyles 28 15 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Anthony Miller* 25 WR 16 16 1 13 0 13 13.0 959
Terry Orr 29 9 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 25.9 16 35 336 2 63 9.6 55 1188 0 90 21.6 6621
Opp Total 16 28 0 62 1048 0 16.9

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
John Kidd 29 P 16 0 61 2442 59 1 40.0
John Carney 26 K 12 0 2 2 8 8 7 6 3 3 1 21 19 90.5% 28 27 96.4%
Fuad Reveiz 27 4 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 7 2 28.6% 8 7 87.5%
Team Total 25.9 16 3 3 9 8 8 6 7 4 1 28 21 75.0% 36 34 94.4% 61 2442 59 1 40.0
Opp Total 16 21 16 76.2% 33 33 100.0% 70 2884 41.2

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
Leslie O'Neal* 26 ROLB 16 16 13.5 2 1 2 10 0 81
Burt Grossman 23 RDE 15 15 10.0 2 0 0 0 0 67 1
Billy Joe Tolliver 24 QB 15 14 6 2 0 0
Lee Williams 28 LDE 16 16 7.5
Gill Byrd 29 LCB 16 16 7 63 0 24
Donnie Elder 28 RET 12 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Henry Rolling 25 lolb 16 8 3.5 1 67 0 67 0 0 1 0 0 58
Martin Bayless 28 SS 14 14 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 76
Nate Lewis 24 RET 12 3 3 2 0 0
Les Miller 25 NT 14 9 1.0 0 0 3 1 2 28
Anthony Miller* 25 WR 16 16 2 1 0 0
Gerald Robinson 27 11 1 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 6
Sam Seale 28 RCB 16 13 2 14 0 14 0 1 0 0
Billy Ray Smith 29 LOLB 11 10 1.0 2 12 0 12
Arthur Cox 29 TE 16 14 2 0 0 0
Donald Frank 25 16 2 2 8 0 4 27
John Kidd 29 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
Rod Bernstine 25 12 1 1 0 0 0
Richard Brown 25 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Marion Butts* 24 RB 14 13 0 1 0 0
Joe Fuller 26 4 1 1 5 0 5
Vencie Glenn 26 FS 14 14 1 0 0 0 54
Leo Goeas 24 LT 15 10 0 1 0 0
Ronnie Harmon 26 16 2 1 0 0 0
Lester Lyles 28 15 3 1 19 0 19
Jerry Mays 23 2 0 1 0 0 0
Craig McEwen 25 16 4 1 0 0 0
Darrin Nelson 31 14 0 1 0 0 0
Terry Orr 29 9 0 0 1 0 0
Junior Seau 21 RILB 16 15 1.0 85
Mark Vlasic 27 6 1 1 0 -1 0
Derrick Walker 23 TE 16 13 1 0 0 0
George Hinkle 25 16 3 0.5
Joe Phillips 27 3 3 0.5 9
Team Total 25.9 16 44.0 19 188 0 67 5 24 21 10 2 615 1
Opp Total 16 20 26 15 1

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
John Carney 26 K 12 0 27 19 84
Marion Butts* 24 RB 14 13 8 48
Anthony Miller* 25 WR 16 16 7 42
Rod Bernstine 25 12 1 4 24
Nate Lewis 24 RET 12 3 1 1 1 18
Craig McEwen 25 16 4 3 18
Fuad Reveiz 27 4 0 7 2 13
Ronnie Harmon 26 16 2 2 12
Les Miller 25 NT 14 9 2 12
Gary Plummer 30 LILB 16 15 1 1 12
Joe Caravello 27 TE 7 7 1 6
Arthur Cox 29 TE 16 14 1 6
Quinn Early 25 14 3 1 6
Kitrick Taylor 26 3 0 1 6
Derrick Walker 23 TE 16 13 1 6
Burt Grossman 23 RDE 15 15 1 2
Team Total 25.9 16 14 18 2 2 34 21 1 315
Opp Total 16 10 22 33 16 1 281