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1998 San Diego Chargers
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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 241 points (15.1/g), 29th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 342 points (21.4/g), 18th.
Differential of -101 points (-6.3/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 4.9-11.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -24 (-1.5/g), 30th.
Simple Rating System: Total -8.4, Offense: -7.7, Defense: -0.7, SoS: -2.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Kevin Gilbride and June Jones
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 | Craig Whelihan | 27 | 1 | 7 | 149 for 320, 1,803 yards, 8 td, 19 int, & 18 rushes for 38 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 197th pick / 1995 |
| RB | Natrone Means | 26 | 5 | 10 | 212 rushes for 883 yards, 5 td, & 16 catches for 91 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1993 |
| WR | Charlie Jones | 26 | 2 | 11 | 46 catches for 699 yards, 3 td, & 4 rushes for 39 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 114th pick / 1996 |
| WR | Bryan Still | 24 | 2 | 9 | 43 catches for 605 yards, 2 td | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1996 |
| TE | Wendell Davis | 23 | Rook | 7 | 4 catches for 23 yards, 0 td | |
| TE | Freddie Jones | 24 | 1 | 16 | 57 catches for 602 yards, 3 td | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 45th pick / 1997 |
| LT | John Jackson | 33 | 10 | 16 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 252nd pick / 1988 | |
| LG | Aaron Taylor | 26 | 3 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 16th pick / 1994 |
| C | Roman Fortin | 31 | 7 | 16 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 203rd pick / 1990 | |
| RG | Raleigh McKenzie | 35 | 13 | 16 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 290th pick / 1985 | |
| RT | Vaughn Parker | 27 | 4 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 63rd pick / 1994 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | William Fuller | 36 | 12 | 13 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 Supp |
| LDT | Norman Hand | 26 | 2 | 16 | 6.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 158th pick / 1995 |
| RDT | John Parrella | 29 | 5 | 16 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 55th pick / 1993 |
| RDE | Marco Coleman | 29 | 6 | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 12th pick / 1992 |
| LLB | Lewis Bush | 29 | 5 | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 99th pick / 1993 |
| MLB | Kurt Gouveia | 34 | 11 | 12 | 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 8th / 213th pick / 1986 |
| RLB | Junior Seau*+ | 29 | 8 | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 1990 |
| LCB | Charles Dimry | 32 | 10 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 110th pick / 1988 |
| RCB | Terrance Shaw | 25 | 3 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1995 |
| SS | Rodney Harrison*+ | 26 | 4 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 145th pick / 1994 |
| FS | Greg Jackson | 32 | 9 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 78th pick / 1989 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | John Carney | 34 | 10 | 0 | 26 of 30 field goals & 19 of 19 extra points | |
| P | Darren Bennett | 33 | 3 | 0 | 95 punts for a 43.9 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Latario Rachal | 25 | 1 | 0 | 32 punt returns for a 12.1 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Kenny Bynum | 24 | 1 | 0 | 19 kick returns for a 18.2 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 | 33 | P | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | none | 1/9/1965 | 3 | 0 | |
| 50 | David Binn | 26 | 15 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | California | 2/6/1972 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 52 | James Burgess | 24 | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 3/31/1974 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 83 | John Burke | 27 | te | 10 | 6 | 248 | 6-3 | Virginia Tech | 9/7/1971 | 4 | 1 | New England Patriots / 4th / 121st pick / 1994 |
| 58 | Lewis Bush | 29 | LLB | 10 | 10 | 245 | 6-2 | Washington St. | 12/2/1969 | 5 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 99th pick / 1993 |
| 43 | Kenny Bynum | 24 | KR | 10 | 0 | 191 | 5-11 | South Carolina St. | 5/29/1974 | 1 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 138th pick / 1997 |
| 3 | John Carney | 34 | K | 16 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 4/20/1964 | 10 | 0 | |
| 31 | Willie Clark | 26 | 5 | 0 | 186 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 1/6/1972 | 4 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1994 | |
| 90 | Marco Coleman | 29 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 286 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 12/18/1969 | 6 | 9 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 12th pick / 1992 |
| 89 | Wendell Davis | 23 | TE | 11 | 7 | 246 | 6-2 | Temple | 10/24/1975 | Rook | 1 | |
| 27 | Charles Dimry | 32 | LCB | 16 | 15 | 176 | 6-0 | UNLV | 1/31/1966 | 10 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 110th pick / 1988 |
| 51 | Gerald Dixon | 29 | llb | 16 | 6 | 250 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 6/20/1969 | 5 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 78th pick / 1992 |
| 33 | Dedrick Dodge | 31 | 8 | 0 | 184 | 6-2 | Florida St. | 6/14/1967 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 38 | Mike Dumas | 29 | db | 3 | 3 | 198 | 6-0 | Indiana | 3/18/1969 | 7 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1991 |
| 41 | Terrell Fletcher | 25 | rb | 12 | 5 | 196 | 5-8 | Wisconsin | 9/14/1973 | 3 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 51st pick / 1995 |
| 67 | Roman Fortin | 31 | C | 16 | 16 | 297 | 6-5 | Oregon St.,San Diego St. | 2/26/1967 | 7 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 203rd pick / 1990 |
| 95 | William Fuller | 36 | LDE | 13 | 13 | 271 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 3/8/1962 | 12 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 Supp |
| 85 | Tony Gaiter | 24 | 5 | 0 | 169 | 5-8 | Miami (FL) | 7/15/1974 | 1 | 0 | New England Patriots / 6th / 192nd pick / 1997 | |
| 54 | Kurt Gouveia | 34 | MLB | 14 | 12 | 233 | 6-1 | BYU | 9/14/1964 | 11 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 213th pick / 1986 |
| 53 | Michael Hamilton | 25 | 13 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 12/3/1973 | 1 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 74th pick / 1997 | |
| 96 | Norman Hand | 26 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 310 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 9/4/1972 | 2 | 9 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 158th pick / 1995 |
| 28 | Dwayne Harper | 32 | db | 1 | 1 | 175 | 5-11 | South Carolina St. | 3/29/1966 | 10 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 11th / 299th pick / 1988 |
| 37 | Rodney Harrison*+ | 26 | SS | 16 | 16 | 220 | 6-1 | West. Illinois | 12/15/1972 | 4 | 14 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 145th pick / 1994 |
| 89 | Frank Hartley | 31 | te | 16 | 3 | 268 | 6-2 | Illinois | 12/15/1967 | 4 | 1 | |
| 59 | Jon Haskins | 23 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Stanford | 10/6/1975 | Rook | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 194th pick / 1998 | |
| 42 | Greg Jackson | 32 | FS | 16 | 13 | 217 | 6-1 | LSU | 8/20/1966 | 9 | 7 | New York Giants / 3rd / 78th pick / 1989 |
| 65 | John Jackson | 33 | LT | 16 | 16 | 297 | 6-6 | East. Kentucky | 1/4/1965 | 10 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 252nd pick / 1988 |
| 64 | Kendyl Jacox | 23 | rg | 16 | 6 | 330 | 6-2 | Kansas St. | 6/10/1975 | Rook | 2 | |
| 99 | Raylee Johnson | 28 | de | 16 | 3 | 272 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 6/1/1970 | 5 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 95th pick / 1993 |
| 82 | Charlie Jones | 26 | WR | 16 | 11 | 175 | 5-8 | Fresno St. | 12/1/1972 | 2 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 114th pick / 1996 |
| 88 | Freddie Jones | 24 | TE | 16 | 16 | 260 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 9/16/1974 | 1 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 45th pick / 1997 |
| 16 | Ryan Leaf | 22 | QB | 10 | 9 | 245 | 6-5 | Washington St. | 5/15/1976 | Rook | -1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1998 |
| 36 | Lloyd Lee | 22 | 8 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Dartmouth | 8/10/1976 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 63 | Raleigh McKenzie | 35 | RG | 16 | 16 | 290 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 2/8/1963 | 13 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 290th pick / 1985 |
| 20 | Natrone Means | 26 | RB | 10 | 10 | 245 | 5-10 | North Carolina | 4/26/1972 | 5 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1993 |
| 94 | Chris Mims | 28 | 6 | 0 | 288 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 9/29/1970 | 6 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 23rd pick / 1992 | |
| 98 | Mike Mohring | 24 | 10 | 0 | 295 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 3/22/1974 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 70 | Vaughn Parker | 27 | RT | 6 | 6 | 300 | 6-3 | UCLA | 6/5/1971 | 4 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 63rd pick / 1994 |
| 97 | John Parrella | 29 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 11/22/1969 | 5 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 55th pick / 1993 |
| 79 | Marcus Price | 26 | 10 | 0 | 310 | 6-4 | LSU | 3/3/1972 | 1 | 0 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 6th / 172nd pick / 1995 | |
| 57 | Marc Raab | 29 | 1 | 0 | 265 | 6-3 | USC | 1/26/1969 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 85 | Latario Rachal | 25 | PR | 11 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | Fresno St. | 1/31/1973 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | Mikhael Ricks | 24 | WR | 16 | 9 | 260 | 6-5 | S.F. Austin | 11/14/1974 | Rook | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 59th pick / 1998 |
| 74 | Raleigh Roundtree | 23 | rg | 15 | 5 | 295 | 6-4 | South Carolina St. | 8/31/1975 | Rook | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 109th pick / 1997 |
| 55 | Junior Seau*+ | 29 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-3 | USC | 1/19/1969 | 8 | 17 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 1990 |
| 29 | Terrance Shaw | 25 | RCB | 13 | 13 | 200 | 6-0 | S.F. Austin | 11/11/1973 | 3 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1995 |
| 72 | Troy Sienkiewicz | 26 | 7 | 0 | 313 | 6-5 | New Mexico St. | 5/27/1972 | 2 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 177th pick / 1995 | |
| 84 | Webster Slaughter | 34 | 10 | 0 | 175 | 6-1 | San Diego St. | 10/19/1964 | 12 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1986 | |
| 22 | Jimmy Spencer | 29 | db | 15 | 4 | 188 | 5-9 | Florida | 3/29/1969 | 6 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 215th pick / 1991 |
| 34 | Tremayne Stephens | 22 | rb | 13 | 1 | 206 | 5-11 | North Carolina St. | 4/16/1976 | Rook | 1 | |
| 80 | Bryan Still | 24 | WR | 14 | 9 | 174 | 5-11 | Virginia Tech | 6/3/1974 | 2 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1996 |
| 73 | Aaron Taylor | 26 | LG | 15 | 15 | 305 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 11/14/1972 | 3 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 16th pick / 1994 |
| 87 | Ryan Thelwell | 25 | wr | 6 | 3 | 192 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 4/6/1973 | Rook | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 215th pick / 1998 |
| 56 | Steve Tovar | 28 | lb | 16 | 2 | 246 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 4/25/1970 | 5 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1993 |
| 21 | Scott Turner | 26 | db | 16 | 1 | 190 | 5-10 | Illinois | 2/26/1972 | 3 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 226th pick / 1995 |
| 5 | Craig Whelihan | 27 | QB | 10 | 7 | 220 | 6-5 | Oregon St.,Pacific | 4/15/1971 | 1 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 197th pick / 1995 |
| 23 | Gerome Williams | 25 | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Houston | 7/9/1973 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 76 | Jamal Williams | 22 | 9 | 0 | 348 | 6-3 | Oklahoma St. | 4/28/1976 | Rook | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 2nd pick / 1998 Supp | |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 241.0 | 6-1.7 | 4.1 |
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