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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -8.9, Offense: -4.1, Defense: -4.8, SoS: 1.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Kevin Gilbride
Offensive Coordinator: Mike Sheppard
Defensive Coordinator: Joe Pascale
Training Camp: UC San Diego (San Diego, California)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Stan Humphries | 32 | 8 | 8 | 121 for 225, 1,488 yards, 5 td, 6 int, & 13 rushes for 24 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 6th / 159th pick / 1988 |
| RB | Gary Brown | 28 | 6 | 14 | 253 rushes for 945 yards, 4 td, & 21 catches for 137 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 8th / 214th pick / 1991 |
| WR | Charlie Jones | 25 | 1 | 11 | 32 catches for 423 yards, 1 td, & 4 rushes for 42 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 114th pick / 1996 |
| WR | Tony Martin | 32 | 7 | 16 | 63 catches for 904 yards, 6 td | New York Jets / 5th / 126th pick / 1989 |
| TE | Frank Hartley | 30 | 3 | 16 | 19 catches for 246 yards, 1 td | |
| TE | Freddie Jones | 23 | Rook | 8 | 41 catches for 505 yards, 2 td | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 45th pick / 1997 |
| LT | Vaughn Parker | 26 | 3 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 63rd pick / 1994 |
| LG | Joe Cocozzo | 27 | 4 | 12 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1993 | |
| C | Raleigh McKenzie | 34 | 12 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 11th / 290th pick / 1985 |
| RG | Isaac Davis | 25 | 3 | 12 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1994 | |
| RT | Tony Berti | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 200th pick / 1995 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | William Fuller | 35 | 11 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 Supp |
| LDT | John Parrella | 28 | 4 | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 55th pick / 1993 |
| RDT | Shawn Lee | 31 | 9 | 15 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 163rd pick / 1988 |
| RDE | Marco Coleman | 28 | 5 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 12th pick / 1992 |
| LLB | Patrick Sapp | 24 | 1 | 9 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1996 | |
| LLB | Lewis Bush | 28 | 4 | 13 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 99th pick / 1993 | |
| RLB | Junior Seau* | 28 | 7 | 15 | 7.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 1990 |
| LCB | Dwayne Harper | 31 | 9 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 11th / 299th pick / 1988 |
| RCB | Terrance Shaw | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1995 |
| SS | Rodney Harrison | 25 | 3 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 145th pick / 1994 |
| FS | Mike Dumas | 28 | 6 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1991 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Greg Davis | 32 | 10 | 0 | 19 of 24 field goals & 21 of 22 extra points | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 9th / 246th pick / 1987 |
| P | Darren Bennett | 32 | 2 | 0 | 89 punts for a 44.6 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Eric Metcalf*+ | 29 | 8 | 1 | 45 punt returns for a 10.9 average and 3 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1989 |
| KR | Kenny Bynum | 23 | Rook | 0 | 38 kick returns for a 21.4 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 138th pick / 1997 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Darren Bennett | 32 | P | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | none | 1/9/1965 | 2 | 0 | |
| 75 | Tony Berti | 25 | RT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-6 | Colorado | 6/21/1972 | 2 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 200th pick / 1995 |
| 50 | David Binn | 25 | 16 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | California | 2/6/1972 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 69 | Ben Bordelon | 23 | t | 16 | 2 | 301 | 6-5 | LSU | 4/9/1974 | Rook | 1 | |
| 25 | Paul Bradford | 23 | db | 15 | 4 | 185 | 5-9 | Portland St. | 4/20/1974 | Rook | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 146th pick / 1997 |
| 22 | Dorian Brew | 23 | 6 | 0 | 182 | 5-10 | Kansas | 7/19/1974 | 1 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 79th pick / 1996 | |
| 33 | Gary Brown | 28 | RB | 15 | 14 | 230 | 5-11 | Penn St. | 7/1/1969 | 6 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 214th pick / 1991 |
| 52 | James Burgess | 23 | lb | 15 | 4 | 230 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 3/31/1974 | Rook | 2 | |
| 58 | Lewis Bush | 28 | LLB | 14 | 13 | 245 | 6-2 | Washington St. | 12/2/1969 | 4 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 99th pick / 1993 |
| 43 | Kenny Bynum | 23 | KR | 13 | 0 | 191 | 5-11 | South Carolina St. | 5/29/1974 | Rook | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 138th pick / 1997 |
| 3 | John Carney | 33 | 4 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 4/20/1964 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 32 | Robert Chancey | 25 | 6 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | none | 9/7/1972 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 68 | Joe Cocozzo | 27 | LG | 16 | 12 | 300 | 6-4 | Michigan | 8/7/1970 | 4 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1993 |
| 90 | Marco Coleman | 28 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 286 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 12/18/1969 | 5 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 12th pick / 1992 |
| 34 | Aaron Craver | 29 | fb | 15 | 5 | 218 | 6-0 | Fresno St. | 12/18/1968 | 6 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 60th pick / 1991 |
| 84 | Ray Crittenden | 27 | 2 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Virginia Tech | 3/1/1970 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Greg Davis | 32 | K | 12 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 10/29/1965 | 10 | 0 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 9th / 246th pick / 1987 |
| 77 | Isaac Davis | 25 | RG | 12 | 12 | 320 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 4/8/1972 | 3 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1994 |
| 20 | Mike Dumas | 28 | FS | 16 | 15 | 198 | 6-0 | Indiana | 3/18/1969 | 6 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1991 |
| 60 | Greg Engel | 26 | 9 | 0 | 285 | 6-3 | Illinois | 1/18/1971 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Jim Everett | 34 | qb | 4 | 1 | 212 | 6-5 | Purdue | 1/3/1963 | 11 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1986 |
| 41 | Terrell Fletcher | 24 | rb | 13 | 1 | 196 | 5-8 | Wisconsin | 9/14/1973 | 2 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 51st pick / 1995 |
| 95 | William Fuller | 35 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 271 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 3/8/1962 | 11 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 Supp |
| 35 | Carwell Gardner | 31 | fb | 5 | 2 | 240 | 6-2 | Kentucky,Louisville | 11/27/1966 | 7 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1990 |
| 54 | Kurt Gouveia | 33 | mlb | 7 | 6 | 233 | 6-1 | BYU | 9/14/1964 | 10 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 213th pick / 1986 |
| 53 | Michael Hamilton | 24 | 6 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 12/3/1973 | Rook | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 74th pick / 1997 | |
| 96 | Norman Hand | 25 | dt | 15 | 1 | 310 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 9/4/1972 | 1 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 158th pick / 1995 |
| 28 | Dwayne Harper | 31 | LCB | 12 | 12 | 175 | 5-11 | South Carolina St. | 3/29/1966 | 9 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 11th / 299th pick / 1988 |
| 37 | Rodney Harrison | 25 | SS | 16 | 16 | 220 | 6-1 | West. Illinois | 12/15/1972 | 3 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 145th pick / 1994 |
| 89 | Frank Hartley | 30 | TE | 16 | 16 | 268 | 6-2 | Illinois | 12/15/1967 | 3 | 3 | |
| 38 | Dave Hendrix | 25 | 4 | 0 | 213 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 5/29/1972 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 57 | Bobby Houston | 30 | 2 | 0 | 242 | 6-2 | North Carolina St. | 10/26/1967 | 7 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 75th pick / 1990 | |
| 12 | Stan Humphries | 32 | QB | 8 | 8 | 223 | 6-2 | LSU,La-Monroe | 4/14/1965 | 8 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 159th pick / 1988 |
| 42 | Greg Jackson | 31 | 13 | 0 | 217 | 6-1 | LSU | 8/20/1966 | 8 | 2 | New York Giants / 3rd / 78th pick / 1989 | |
| 59 | Toran James | 23 | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | North Carolina A&T | 3/8/1974 | Rook | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 218th pick / 1997 | |
| 99 | Raylee Johnson | 27 | 16 | 0 | 272 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 6/1/1970 | 4 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 95th pick / 1993 | |
| 82 | Charlie Jones | 25 | WR | 16 | 11 | 175 | 5-8 | Fresno St. | 12/1/1972 | 1 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 114th pick / 1996 |
| 88 | Freddie Jones | 23 | TE | 13 | 8 | 260 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 9/16/1974 | Rook | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 45th pick / 1997 |
| 98 | Shawn Lee | 31 | RDT | 16 | 15 | 300 | 6-2 | North Alabama | 10/24/1966 | 9 | 6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 163rd pick / 1988 |
| 81 | Tony Martin | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 181 | 6-0 | Bishop,Mesa | 9/5/1965 | 7 | 6 | New York Jets / 5th / 126th pick / 1989 |
| 63 | Raleigh McKenzie | 34 | C | 16 | 16 | 290 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 2/8/1963 | 12 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 290th pick / 1985 |
| 21 | Eric Metcalf*+ | 29 | PR | 16 | 1 | 188 | 5-10 | Texas | 1/23/1968 | 8 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1989 |
| 66 | Jim Mills | 24 | 1 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Idaho | 3/30/1973 | 1 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 190th pick / 1996 | |
| 86 | Shannon Mitchell | 25 | te | 4 | 1 | 245 | 6-2 | Georgia | 3/28/1972 | 3 | 0 | |
| 94 | Mike Mohring | 23 | 2 | 0 | 295 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 3/22/1974 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 40 | Mark Montreuil | 26 | db | 6 | 1 | 200 | 6-2 | Concordia (QB) | 12/29/1971 | 2 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 237th pick / 1995 |
| 70 | Vaughn Parker | 26 | LT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-3 | UCLA | 6/5/1971 | 3 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 63rd pick / 1994 |
| 97 | John Parrella | 28 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 11/22/1969 | 4 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 55th pick / 1993 |
| 44 | Erric Pegram | 28 | 4 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | North Texas | 1/7/1969 | 6 | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 145th pick / 1991 | |
| 15 | Todd Philcox | 31 | 2 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | Syracuse | 9/25/1966 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 79 | Marcus Price | 25 | 2 | 0 | 310 | 6-4 | LSU | 3/3/1972 | Rook | 0 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 6th / 172nd pick / 1995 | |
| 86 | Alfred Pupunu | 28 | te | 8 | 1 | 260 | 6-2 | Weber St. | 10/17/1969 | 5 | 0 | |
| 85 | Latario Rachal | 24 | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | Fresno St. | 1/31/1973 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 87 | Brian Roche | 24 | 5 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo,San Jose St. | 5/5/1973 | 1 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 81st pick / 1996 | |
| 56 | Patrick Sapp | 24 | LLB | 16 | 9 | 258 | 6-4 | Clemson | 5/11/1973 | 1 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1996 |
| 55 | Junior Seau* | 28 | RLB | 15 | 15 | 250 | 6-3 | USC | 1/19/1969 | 7 | 11 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 1990 |
| 29 | Terrance Shaw | 24 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-0 | S.F. Austin | 11/11/1973 | 2 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1995 |
| 65 | Troy Sienkiewicz | 25 | lg | 14 | 6 | 313 | 6-5 | New Mexico St. | 5/27/1972 | 1 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 177th pick / 1995 |
| 80 | Bryan Still | 23 | wr | 15 | 4 | 174 | 5-11 | Virginia Tech | 6/3/1974 | 1 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1996 |
| 27 | Michael Swift | 23 | db | 12 | 1 | 165 | 5-10 | Austin Peay St. | 2/28/1974 | Rook | 1 | |
| 91 | Van Tuinei | 26 | 3 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Arizona | 2/16/1971 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 5 | Craig Whelihan | 26 | qb | 9 | 7 | 220 | 6-5 | Oregon St.,Pacific | 4/15/1971 | Rook | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 197th pick / 1995 |
| 23 | Gerome Williams | 24 | 6 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Houston | 7/9/1973 | Rook | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 239.3 | 6-1.7 | 3.7 |
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