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1996 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 310 points (19.4/g), 18th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 376 points (23.5/g), 24th.
 Differential of -66 points (-4.1/g), 22nd.
 Expected W-L: 6.2-9.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 9th.

Coached by Bobby Ross (8-8-0)

1996 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 1 box W 1-0 Seattle Seahawks 29 7 27 377 191 186 16 357 251 106 4
2 Sun September 8 box W 2-0 Cincinnati Bengals 27 14 25 383 269 114 2 14 249 187 62 2
3 Sun September 15 box L 2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 10 42 11 141 108 33 3 23 336 204 132 3
4 Sun September 22 box W 3-1 @ Oakland Raiders 40 34 20 321 218 103 28 553 371 182 3
5 Sun September 29 box W 4-1 Kansas City Chiefs 22 19 18 313 238 75 2 19 315 257 58 2
6 Sun October 6 box L 4-2 @ Denver Broncos 17 28 14 245 210 35 23 406 312 94 1
7 Bye Week
8 Mon October 21 box L 4-3 Oakland Raiders 14 23 16 282 253 29 3 22 310 179 131 1
9 Sun October 27 box L 4-4 @ Seattle Seahawks 13 32 15 322 253 69 5 18 404 196 208 1
10 Sun November 3 box W 5-4 @ Indianapolis Colts 26 19 14 312 237 75 22 264 173 91 5
11 Mon November 11 box W 6-4 Detroit Lions 27 21 27 406 279 127 19 222 140 82 1
12 Sun November 17 box L 6-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 25 11 277 183 94 3 23 423 324 99 3
13 Sun November 24 box W 7-5 @ Kansas City Chiefs 28 14 20 380 252 128 26 434 332 102 2
14 Sun December 1 box L 7-6 New England Patriots 7 45 15 236 204 32 6 15 313 229 84
15 Sun December 8 box L 7-7 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 3 16 8 148 83 65 4 21 327 160 167 4
16 Sat December 14 box L 7-8 @ Chicago Bears 14 27 17 283 217 66 1 19 294 203 91
17 Sun December 22 box W 8-8 Denver Broncos 16 10 14 244 163 81 3 13 214 148 66 4

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 310 4670 1022 4.6 272 314 577 3358 23 21 5.5 168 412 1312 7 3.2 80 32 11 24
Team Defense 376 5421 1100 4.9 321 369 636 3666 28 22 5.5 199 431 1755 10 4.1 92 36 14 30
Lg Rank Offense 18 26 25 5 14 10 23 22 25 29 27 30 17 8
Lg Rank Defense 24 23 24 30 25 27 7 10 10 17 9 23 6 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
12 Stan Humphries 31 QB 13 13 7-6-0 232 416 55.8 2670 18 4.3 13 3.1 63 6.4 5.9 11.5 205.4 76.7 20 187 5.7 5.2 4.6
8 Sean Salisbury 33 qb 16 3 1-2-0 82 161 50.9 984 5 3.1 8 5.0 56 6.1 4.5 12.0 61.5 59.6 13 109 5.0 3.5 7.5
Team Total 26.4 16 8-8-0 314 577 54.4 3654 23 4.0 21 3.6 63 6.3 5.5 11.6 228.4 71.9 33 296 5.5 4.7 5.4
Opp Total 16 369 636 58.0 3867 28 4.4 22 3.5 6.1 5.4 10.5 241.7 76.0 33 201 5.5 4.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
42 Leonard Russell 27 RB 15 15 219 713 7 21 3.3 47.5 14.6 13 180 13.8 0 35 0.9 12.0 893 7 6
41 Terrell Fletcher 23 16 0 77 282 0 19 3.7 17.6 4.8 61 476 7.8 2 41 3.8 29.8 758 2 1
24 Aaron Hayden 23 11 0 55 166 0 13 3.0 15.1 5.0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 0.9 176 0 1
35 Freddie Bradley 26 10 1 32 109 0 17 3.4 10.9 3.2 1 20 20.0 0 20 0.1 2.0 129 0 0
12 Stan Humphries 31 QB 13 13 21 28 0 7 1.3 2.2 1.6 28 0 7
8 Sean Salisbury 33 qb 16 3 6 14 0 11 2.3 0.9 0.4 14 0 3
83 Andre Coleman 24 WR 16 10 2 0 0 7 0.0 0.0 0.1 36 486 13.5 2 50 2.3 30.4 486 2 4
81 Tony Martin* 31 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 85 1171 13.8 14 55 5.3 73.2 1171 14 0
17 Charlie Jones 24 14 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 524 12.8 4 63 2.9 37.4 524 4 0
86 Alfred Pupunu 27 te 9 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 271 11.3 1 41 2.7 30.1 271 1 1
88 Deems May 27 TE 16 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 188 9.9 0 39 1.2 11.8 188 0 0
87 Brian Roche 23 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 111 8.5 0 19 1.0 8.5 111 0 0
89 Shannon Mitchell 24 TE 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 57 5.7 0 25 0.6 3.6 57 0 1
80 Bryan Still 22 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 142 23.7 0 56 0.4 8.9 142 0 2
84 'Omar Ellison 25 10 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 15 5.0 0 6 0.3 1.5 15 0 0
46 Walter Reeves 31 9 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.3 3 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 412 1312 7 21 3.2 82.0 25.8 314 3654 11.6 23 63 19.6 228.4 4966 30 30
Opp Total 16 431 1755 10 4.1 109.7 26.9 369 3666 9.9 28 23.1 229.1 5421 38 29

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
83 Andre Coleman 24 WR 16 10 55 1210 0 57 22.0 1696
21 Darrien Gordon 26 lcb 16 6 36 537 1 81 14.9 537
80 Bryan Still 22 16 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 4 113 0 37 28.3 256
95 Vernon Edwards 24 5 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
37 Rodney Harrison 24 SS 16 16 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
17 Charlie Jones 24 14 4 1 21 0 21 21.0 545
86 Alfred Pupunu 27 te 9 8 1 15 0 15 15.0 286
42 Leonard Russell 27 RB 15 15 1 10 0 10 10.0 903
Team Total 26.4 16 38 559 1 81 14.7 63 1358 0 57 21.6 6883
Opp Total 16 51 1 59 1497 0 25.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 Darren Bennett 31 P 16 0 87 3967 66 0 45.6
3 John Carney 32 K 16 0 13 11 8 8 12 7 3 3 36 29 80.6% 31 31 100.0%
Team Total 26.4 16 13 11 8 8 12 7 3 3 36 29 80.6% 31 31 100.0% 87 3967 66 0 45.6
Opp Total 16 33 26 78.8% 40 40 100.0% 71 3145 44.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
55 Junior Seau*+ 27 RLB 15 15 7.0 2 18 0 10 1 0 3 0 0 110 28
37 Rodney Harrison 24 SS 16 16 1.0 5 56 0 29 1 1 2 4 0 105 20
29 Terrance Shaw 23 RCB 16 16 3 78 0 36 72 13
54 Kurt Gouveia 32 MLB 16 16 1.0 3 41 0 21 1 0 0 0 0 67 14
36 Kevin Ross 34 FS 16 16 2 7 0 7 2 0 1 0 0 67 11
58 Lewis Bush 27 LLB 16 16 1.0 0 0 2 0 0 48 16
21 Darrien Gordon 26 lcb 16 6 2.0 2 55 0 55 0 3 0 0 0 44 6
31 Willie Clark 24 16 4 2 83 1 83 0 0 1 9 0 37 5
90 Marco Coleman 27 RDE 16 15 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 34 8
97 John Parrella 27 LDT 16 9 2.0 31 7
93 Reuben Davis 31 RDT 15 15 3.0 0 0 1 0 0 24 6
94 Chris Mims 26 LDE 15 15 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 20 8
28 Dwayne Harper 30 LCB 6 6 1 0 0 0 17 2
98 Shawn Lee 30 ldt 15 7 1.0 1 -1 0 -1 13 4
59 Glen Young 27 6 1 1 -1 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 7 5
44 Eric Castle 26 16 0 7 4
40 Mark Montreuil 25 13 0 6 0
56 Patrick Sapp 23 16 0 6 0
95 Vernon Edwards 24 5 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
12 Stan Humphries 31 QB 13 13 7 4 -6 0
38 Dave Hendrix 24 14 0 4 1
42 Leonard Russell 27 RB 15 15 6 2 -7 0
83 Andre Coleman 24 WR 16 10 4 3 0 0
52 Dwayne Gordon 27 13 0 3 0
99 Raylee Johnson 26 16 1 3.0
86 Alfred Pupunu 27 te 9 8 1 2 0 0
8 Sean Salisbury 33 qb 16 3 3 0 -10 0
41 Terrell Fletcher 23 16 0 1 1 0 0
24 Aaron Hayden 23 11 0 1 1 0 0
80 Bryan Still 22 16 0 2 0 0 0
88 Deems May 27 TE 16 12 0 1 0 0
89 Shannon Mitchell 24 TE 16 13 1 0 0 0
77 Eric Moten 28 LG 15 15 0 1 0 0
70 Vaughn Parker 25 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 32.0 22 336 1 83 9 30 29 -10 0 727 158
Opp Total 16 33 29 15

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 John Carney 32 K 16 0 31 29 118
81 Tony Martin* 31 WR 16 16 14 14 84
42 Leonard Russell 27 RB 15 15 7 7 42
17 Charlie Jones 24 14 4 4 4 24
83 Andre Coleman 24 WR 16 10 2 2 12
41 Terrell Fletcher 23 16 0 2 2 12
31 Willie Clark 24 16 4 1 1 6
21 Darrien Gordon 26 lcb 16 6 1 1 6
86 Alfred Pupunu 27 te 9 8 1 1 6
Team Total 26.4 16 7 23 1 1 32 31 29 310
Opp Total 16 10 28 1 40 26 376