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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)
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1996 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 | Stan Humphries | 31 | 7 | 13 | 232 for 416, 2,670 yards, 18 td, 13 int, & 21 rushes for 28 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 6th / 159th pick / 1988 |
| QB | Sean Salisbury | 33 | 9 | 3 | 82 for 161, 984 yards, 5 td, 8 int, & 6 rushes for 14 yards and 0 td | |
| RB | Leonard Russell | 27 | 5 | 15 | 219 rushes for 713 yards, 7 td, & 13 catches for 180 yards and 0 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 14th pick / 1991 |
| WR | Andre Coleman | 24 | 2 | 10 | 36 catches for 486 yards, 2 td, & 2 rushes for 0 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1994 |
| WR | Tony Martin* | 31 | 6 | 16 | 85 catches for 1,171 yards, 14 td | New York Jets / 5th / 126th pick / 1989 |
| TE | Deems May | 27 | 4 | 12 | 19 catches for 188 yards, 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 174th pick / 1992 |
| TE | Shannon Mitchell | 24 | 2 | 13 | 10 catches for 57 yards, 0 td | |
| TE | Alfred Pupunu | 27 | 4 | 8 | 24 catches for 271 yards, 1 td | |
| LT | Vaughn Parker | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 63rd pick / 1994 |
| LG | Eric Moten | 28 | 5 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 47th pick / 1991 |
| C | Greg Engel | 25 | 1 | 9 | ||
| C | Courtney Hall | 28 | 7 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 37th pick / 1989 |
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| RG | Joe Cocozzo | 26 | 3 | 11 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1993 |
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| RG | Isaac Davis | 24 | 2 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1994 |
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| RT | Tony Berti | 24 | 1 | 14 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 200th pick / 1995 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Chris Mims | 26 | 4 | 15 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 23rd pick / 1992 |
| LDT | John Parrella | 27 | 3 | 9 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 55th pick / 1993 |
| LDT | Shawn Lee | 30 | 8 | 7 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 163rd pick / 1988 |
| RDT | Reuben Davis | 31 | 8 | 15 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 9th / 225th pick / 1988 |
| RDE | Marco Coleman | 27 | 4 | 15 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 12th pick / 1992 |
| LLB | Lewis Bush | 27 | 3 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 99th pick / 1993 |
| MLB | Kurt Gouveia | 32 | 9 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 8th / 213th pick / 1986 |
| RLB | Junior Seau*+ | 27 | 6 | 15 | 7.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 1990 |
| LCB | Dwayne Harper | 30 | 8 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 11th / 299th pick / 1988 |
| LCB | Darrien Gordon | 26 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1993 |
| RCB | Terrance Shaw | 23 | 1 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1995 |
| SS | Rodney Harrison | 24 | 2 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 145th pick / 1994 |
| FS | Kevin Ross | 34 | 12 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 173rd pick / 1984 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | John Carney | 32 | 8 | 0 | 29 of 36 field goals & 31 of 31 extra points | |
| P | Darren Bennett | 31 | 1 | 0 | 87 punts for a 45.6 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Darrien Gordon | 26 | 3 | 6 | 36 punt returns for a 14.9 average and 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1993 |
| KR | Andre Coleman | 24 | 2 | 10 | 55 kick returns for a 22.0 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1994 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Arnold Ale | 26 | LB | 7 | 0 | 234 | 6-2 | Notre Dame,UCLA | 6/17/1970 | 2 | |
| Darren Bennett | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | none | 1/9/1965 | 1 | |
| Tony Berti | 24 | T | 16 | 14 | 300 | 6-6 | Colorado | 6/21/1972 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 200th pick / 1995 |
| David Binn | 24 | C | 16 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | California | 2/6/1972 | 2 | |
| Kevin Bouie | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Mississippi State | 8/18/1971 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 210th pick / 1995 |
| Freddie Bradley | 26 | RB | 10 | 1 | 208 | 5-10 | Arkansas,Sonoma State | 6/12/1970 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 231st pick / 1996 |
| Lewis Bush | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-2 | Washington State | 12/2/1969 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 99th pick / 1993 |
| John Carney | 32 | K | 16 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 4/20/1964 | 8 | |
| Eric Castle | 26 | DB | 16 | 0 | 212 | 6-3 | Oregon | 3/15/1970 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 161st pick / 1993 |
| Willie Clark | 24 | DB | 16 | 4 | 186 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 1/6/1972 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1994 |
| Joe Cocozzo | 26 | G | 16 | 11 | 300 | 6-4 | Michigan | 8/7/1970 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1993 |
| Andre Coleman | 24 | WR | 16 | 10 | 165 | 5-9 | Kansas State | 9/19/1972 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1994 |
| Marco Coleman | 27 | DE-LB | 16 | 15 | 286 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 12/18/1969 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 12th pick / 1992 |
| Joe Cummings | 22 | LB | 3 | 0 | 242 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 6/8/1974 | Rook | |
| Isaac Davis | 24 | G | 14 | 5 | 320 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 4/8/1972 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1994 |
| Reuben Davis | 31 | DE-DT | 15 | 15 | 302 | 6-5 | North Carolina | 5/7/1965 | 8 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 9th / 225th pick / 1988 |
| Vernon Edwards | 24 | DE | 5 | 1 | 255 | 6-4 | SMU | 6/23/1972 | Rook | |
| 'Omar Ellison | 25 | WR | 10 | 1 | 200 | 6-1 | Florida State | 10/8/1971 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 162nd pick / 1995 |
| Greg Engel | 25 | C | 12 | 9 | 285 | 6-3 | Illinois | 1/18/1971 | 1 | |
| Terrell Fletcher | 23 | RB | 16 | 0 | 196 | 5-8 | Wisconsin | 9/14/1973 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 51st pick / 1995 |
| Darrien Gordon | 26 | DB | 16 | 6 | 184 | 5-11 | Stanford | 11/14/1970 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1993 |
| Dwayne Gordon | 27 | LB | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | New Hampshire | 11/2/1969 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 218th pick / 1993 |
| Kurt Gouveia | 32 | LB | 16 | 16 | 233 | 6-1 | BYU | 9/14/1964 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 213th pick / 1986 |
| Courtney Hall | 28 | C-G | 7 | 7 | 281 | 6-2 | Rice | 8/26/1968 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 37th pick / 1989 |
| Dwayne Harper | 30 | DB | 6 | 6 | 175 | 5-11 | South Carolina State | 3/29/1966 | 8 | Seattle Seahawks / 11th / 299th pick / 1988 |
| Rodney Harrison | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 220 | 6-1 | Western Illinois | 12/15/1972 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 145th pick / 1994 |
| Aaron Hayden | 23 | RB | 11 | 0 | 216 | 6-0 | Tennessee | 4/13/1973 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 104th pick / 1995 |
| Dave Hendrix | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 213 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 5/29/1972 | 1 | |
| Stan Humphries | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 223 | 6-2 | La-Monroe,LSU | 4/14/1965 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 159th pick / 1988 |
| Raylee Johnson | 26 | DE | 16 | 1 | 272 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 6/1/1970 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 95th pick / 1993 |
| Charlie Jones | 24 | WR | 14 | 4 | 175 | 5-8 | Fresno State | 12/1/1972 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 114th pick / 1996 |
| Shawn Lee | 30 | DT-NT-DE | 15 | 7 | 300 | 6-2 | North Alabama | 10/24/1966 | 8 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 163rd pick / 1988 |
| Tony Martin* | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 181 | 6-0 | Bishop,Mesa | 9/5/1965 | 6 | New York Jets / 5th / 126th pick / 1989 |
| Deems May | 27 | TE | 16 | 12 | 263 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 3/6/1969 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 174th pick / 1992 |
| Jim Mills | 23 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Idaho | 3/30/1973 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 190th pick / 1996 |
| Chris Mims | 26 | DE-DT | 15 | 15 | 288 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 9/29/1970 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 23rd pick / 1992 |
| Shannon Mitchell | 24 | TE | 16 | 13 | 245 | 6-2 | Georgia | 3/28/1972 | 2 | |
| Mark Montreuil | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Concordia (QB) | 12/29/1971 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 237th pick / 1995 |
| Eric Moten | 28 | G | 15 | 15 | 306 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 4/11/1968 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 47th pick / 1991 |
| Vaughn Parker | 25 | T | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-3 | UCLA | 6/5/1971 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 63rd pick / 1994 |
| John Parrella | 27 | DT | 16 | 9 | 300 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 11/22/1969 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 55th pick / 1993 |
| Alfred Pupunu | 27 | TE | 9 | 8 | 260 | 6-2 | Weber State | 10/17/1969 | 4 | |
| Walter Reeves | 31 | TE | 9 | 1 | 270 | 6-4 | Auburn | 12/16/1965 | 7 | Phoenix Cardinals / 2nd / 40th pick / 1989 |
| Brian Roche | 23 | TE | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo,San Jose State | 5/5/1973 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 81st pick / 1996 |
| Kevin Ross | 34 | DB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 5-9 | Temple | 1/16/1962 | 12 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 173rd pick / 1984 |
| Leonard Russell | 27 | RB | 15 | 15 | 240 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 11/17/1969 | 5 | New England Patriots / 1st / 14th pick / 1991 |
| Sean Salisbury | 33 | QB | 16 | 3 | 225 | 6-5 | USC | 3/9/1963 | 9 | |
| Patrick Sapp | 23 | LB | 16 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | Clemson | 5/11/1973 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1996 |
| Don Sasa | 24 | DT | 4 | 1 | 290 | 6-3 | Washington State | 9/16/1972 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 93rd pick / 1995 |
| Junior Seau*+ | 27 | LB | 15 | 15 | 250 | 6-3 | USC | 1/19/1969 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 1990 |
| Terrance Shaw | 23 | DB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-0 | Stephen F. Austin | 11/11/1973 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1995 |
| Troy Sienkiewicz | 24 | G-T | 7 | 0 | 313 | 6-5 | New Mexico State | 5/27/1972 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 177th pick / 1995 |
| Bryan Still | 22 | WR | 16 | 0 | 174 | 5-11 | Virginia Tech | 6/3/1974 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1996 |
| Bryan Stoltenberg | 24 | C-G | 9 | 0 | 300 | 6-1 | Colorado | 8/25/1972 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 192nd pick / 1996 |
| Harry Swayne | 31 | T-DE | 16 | 3 | 290 | 6-5 | Rutgers | 2/2/1965 | 9 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 190th pick / 1987 |
| Glen Young | 27 | LB | 6 | 1 | 250 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 5/2/1969 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 244.5 | 6-1.9 | 3.2 |