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1997 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 4th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 266 points (16.6/g), 26th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 425 points (26.6/g), 30th.
 Differential of -159 points (-9.9/g), 30th.
 Expected W-L: 4.0-12.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 25th.

Coached by Kevin Gilbride (4-12-0)

1997 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 August 31 box L 0-1 @ New England Patriots 7 41 14 227 142 85 3 22 424 340 84
2 Sun September 7 box W 1-1 @ New Orleans Saints 20 6 11 230 171 59 2 14 243 178 65 6
3 Sun September 14 box L 1-2 Carolina Panthers 7 26 17 251 155 96 4 21 279 138 141 1
4 Sun September 21 box L 1-3 @ Seattle Seahawks 22 26 20 309 230 79 3 21 343 251 92 3
5 Sun September 28 box W 2-3 Baltimore Ravens 21 17 15 440 352 88 3 18 328 217 111 3
6 Sun October 5 box W 3-3 @ Oakland Raiders 25 10 23 398 218 180 11 241 228 13 1
7 Bye Week
8 Thu October 16 box L 3-4 @ Kansas City Chiefs 3 31 12 258 189 69 2 25 313 224 89 1
9 Sun October 26 box W 4-4 Indianapolis Colts 35 19 24 424 222 202 14 250 219 31 2
10 Sun November 2 box L 4-5 @ Cincinnati Bengals 31 38 14 235 168 67 3 18 336 162 174 1
11 Sun November 9 box L 4-6 Seattle Seahawks 31 37 13 260 179 81 2 24 373 281 92 2
12 Sun November 16 box L 4-7 Oakland Raiders 13 38 11 248 157 91 2 22 365 225 140 2
13 Sun November 23 box L 4-8 @ San Francisco 49ers 10 17 8 203 111 92 3 19 339 228 111 2
14 Sun November 30 box L 4-9 Denver Broncos 28 38 22 269 222 47 2 28 438 240 198
15 Sun December 7 box L 4-10 Atlanta Falcons 3 14 16 268 221 47 3 13 204 108 96 1
16 Sun December 14 box L 4-11 Kansas City Chiefs 7 29 22 282 219 63 2 14 239 108 131
17 Sun December 21 box L 4-12 @ Denver Broncos 3 38 9 203 133 70 1 24 451 321 130 1

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 266 4505 1025 4.4 251 291 565 3089 12 21 5.0 160 409 1416 5 3.5 70 35 14 21
Team Defense 425 5166 1048 4.9 308 297 568 3468 31 15 5.8 181 453 1698 12 3.7 92 26 11 35
Lg Rank Offense 26 28 28 7 21 30 23 27 26 28 30 27 25 19
Lg Rank Defense 30 21 24 28 22 30 15 19 16 11 12 8 19 21

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%
5 Craig Whelihan 26 qb 9 7 0-7-0 118 237 49.8 1357 6 2.5 10 4.2 61 5.7 4.3 11.5 150.8 58.3 21 168 4.6 3.3 8.1
12 Stan Humphries 32 QB 8 8 3-5-0 121 225 53.8 1488 5 2.2 6 2.7 72 6.6 5.9 12.3 186.0 70.8 18 144 5.5 4.8 7.4
11 Jim Everett 34 4 1 1-0-0 36 75 48.0 457 1 1.3 4 5.3 62 6.1 4.0 12.7 114.3 49.7 4 30 5.4 3.4 5.1
15 Todd Philcox 31 2 0 16 28 57.1 173 0 0.0 1 3.6 29 6.2 4.6 10.8 86.5 60.6 8 44 3.6 2.3 22.2
Team Total 27.0 16 4-12-0 291 565 51.5 3475 12 2.1 21 3.7 72 6.2 4.9 11.9 217.2 62.2 51 386 5.0 3.9 8.3
Opp Total 16 297 568 52.3 3632 31 5.5 15 2.6 6.4 6.3 12.2 227.0 79.5 27 164 5.8 5.7

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
33 Gary Brown 28 RB 15 14 253 945 4 32 3.7 63.0 16.9 21 137 6.5 0 27 1.4 9.1 1082 4 2
41 Terrell Fletcher 24 13 1 51 161 0 13 3.2 12.4 3.9 39 292 7.5 0 25 3.0 22.5 453 0 4
43 Kenny Bynum 23 RET 13 0 30 97 0 19 3.2 7.5 2.3 2 4 2.0 0 3 0.2 0.3 101 0 0
34 Aaron Craver 29 fb 15 5 20 71 0 22 3.6 4.7 1.3 4 26 6.5 0 20 0.3 1.7 97 0 0
12 Stan Humphries 32 QB 8 8 13 24 0 11 1.8 3.0 1.6 24 0 7
5 Craig Whelihan 26 qb 9 7 13 29 0 7 2.2 3.2 1.4 29 0 7
44 Erric Pegram 28 4 0 9 23 1 18 2.6 5.8 2.3 2 7 3.5 0 4 0.5 1.8 30 1 0
35 Carwell Gardner 31 5 2 7 20 0 5 2.9 4.0 1.4 2 10 5.0 0 8 0.4 2.0 30 0 0
11 Jim Everett 34 4 1 5 6 0 6 1.2 1.5 1.3 6 0 2
82 Charlie Jones 25 WR 16 11 4 42 0 17 10.5 2.6 0.3 32 423 13.2 1 44 2.0 26.4 465 1 0
21 Eric Metcalf*+ 29 RET 16 1 3 -5 0 2 -1.7 -0.3 0.2 40 576 14.4 2 62 2.5 36.0 571 2 4
15 Todd Philcox 31 2 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 1.5 0.5 3 0 2
81 Tony Martin 32 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 63 904 14.3 6 72 3.9 56.5 904 6 0
88 Freddie Jones 23 TE 13 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 505 12.3 2 62 3.2 38.8 505 2 0
80 Bryan Still 23 15 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 324 13.5 0 39 1.6 21.6 324 0 0
89 Frank Hartley 30 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 246 12.9 1 35 1.2 15.4 246 1 0
86 Shannon Mitchell 25 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.3 3.5 14 0 0
86 Alfred Pupunu 28 8 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.9 7 0 0
Team Total 27.0 16 409 1416 5 32 3.5 88.5 25.6 291 3475 11.9 12 72 18.2 217.2 4891 17 30
Opp Total 16 453 1698 12 3.7 106.1 28.3 297 3468 11.7 31 18.6 216.8 5166 43 21

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
21 Eric Metcalf*+ 29 RET 16 1 45 489 3 85 10.9 16 355 0 63 22.2 1415
43 Kenny Bynum 23 RET 13 0 38 814 0 57 21.4 915
85 Latario Rachal 24 14 0 15 336 0 30 22.4 336
34 Aaron Craver 29 fb 15 5 3 68 0 27 22.7 165
69 Ben Bordelon 23 16 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 0
37 Rodney Harrison 25 SS 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 40 1 40 40.0 40
42 Greg Jackson 31 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.0 16 47 489 3 85 10.4 75 1613 1 63 21.5 6993
Opp Total 16 39 0 63 1517 1 24.1

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 32 P 16 0 89 3972 66 1 44.6
7 Greg Davis 32 K 12 0 5 4 10 10 9 5 24 19 79.2% 22 21 95.5%
3 John Carney 33 4 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 7 7 100.0% 5 5 100.0%
Team Total 27.0 16 8 7 12 12 11 7 31 26 83.9% 27 26 96.3% 89 3972 66 1 44.6
Opp Total 16 26 25 96.2% 46 46 100.0% 85 3706 43.6

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
37 Rodney Harrison 25 SS 16 16 4.0 2 75 1 75 1 0 3 0 0 96 36
55 Junior Seau* 28 RLB 15 15 7.0 2 33 0 26 1 1 2 5 0 84 13
20 Mike Dumas 28 FS 16 15 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 78 16
29 Terrance Shaw 24 RCB 16 16 1 11 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 66 5
58 Lewis Bush 28 MLB/llb 14 13 51 5
90 Marco Coleman 28 RDE 16 16 2.0 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 39 9
28 Dwayne Harper 31 LCB 12 12 2 43 0 43 0 0 1 0 0 38 5
97 John Parrella 28 LDT 16 16 3.5 0 0 1 0 0 32 7
98 Shawn Lee 31 RDT 16 15 3.0 27 4
95 William Fuller 35 LDE 16 16 3.0 1 0 0 0 24 5
56 Patrick Sapp 24 LLB 16 9 24 8
54 Kurt Gouveia 33 mlb 7 6 1 0 0 0 21 6
25 Paul Bradford 23 15 4 2 56 1 56 0 0 1 78 1 22 1
96 Norman Hand 25 15 1 1.0 16 3
27 Michael Swift 23 12 1 0 0 1 6 0 13 2
42 Greg Jackson 31 13 0 2 37 1 36 0 0 1 41 1 12 1
52 James Burgess 23 15 4 13 1
40 Mark Montreuil 26 6 1 11 3
59 Toran James 23 14 0 4 2
5 Craig Whelihan 26 qb 9 7 7 2 -11 0
12 Stan Humphries 32 QB 8 8 7 1 -10 0
23 Gerome Williams 24 6 0 4 0
21 Eric Metcalf*+ 29 RET 16 1 4 2 0 0
41 Terrell Fletcher 24 13 1 4 0 0 0
94 Mike Mohring 23 2 0 2 0
11 Jim Everett 34 4 1 2 1 -8 0
99 Raylee Johnson 27 16 0 2.5
22 Dorian Brew 23 6 0 0 2
33 Gary Brown 28 RB 15 14 2 0 0 0
53 Michael Hamilton 24 6 0 1 0
70 Vaughn Parker 26 LT 16 16 0 2 0 0
15 Todd Philcox 31 2 0 2 0 0 0
85 Latario Rachal 24 14 0 1 1 0 0
65 Troy Sienkiewicz 25 lg 14 6 0 2 7 0
75 Tony Berti 25 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
34 Aaron Craver 29 fb 15 5 0 1 0 0
63 Raleigh McKenzie 34 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
86 Alfred Pupunu 28 8 1 0 1 0 0
91 Van Tuinei 26 3 0 0 1
Team Total 27.0 16 27.0 15 257 3 75 6 30 27 108 2 678 135
Opp Total 16 51 21 10 1

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
7 Greg Davis 32 K 12 0 21 19 78
81 Tony Martin 32 WR 16 16 6 6 36
21 Eric Metcalf*+ 29 RET 16 1 2 3 5 30
3 John Carney 33 4 0 5 7 26
33 Gary Brown 28 RB 15 14 4 4 24
37 Rodney Harrison 25 SS 16 16 1 1 1 3 18
25 Paul Bradford 23 15 4 1 1 2 12
42 Greg Jackson 31 13 0 1 1 2 12
88 Freddie Jones 23 TE 13 8 2 2 12
89 Frank Hartley 30 TE 16 16 1 1 6
82 Charlie Jones 25 WR 16 11 1 1 6
44 Erric Pegram 28 4 0 1 1 6
Team Total 27.0 16 5 12 3 1 2 3 1 27 26 26 266
Opp Total 16 12 31 1 1 46 25 1 425