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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.
Coached by Kevin Gilbride (2-4-0) and June Jones (3-7-0)
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1998 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 | 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 |
| QB | Ryan Leaf | 22 | Rook | 9 | 111 for 245, 1,289 yards, 2 td, 15 int, & 27 rushes for 80 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1998 |
| 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 |
| RB | Terrell Fletcher | 25 | 3 | 5 | 153 rushes for 543 yards, 5 td, & 30 catches for 188 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 51st pick / 1995 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Mikhael Ricks | 24 | Rook | 9 | 30 catches for 450 yards, 2 td | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 59th pick / 1998 |
| 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 |
| TE | John Burke | 27 | 4 | 6 | 3 catches for 32 yards, 0 td | New England Patriots / 4th / 121st pick / 1994 |
| LT | John Jackson | 33 | 10 | 16 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 252nd pick / 1988 |
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| 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 |
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| RG | Raleigh McKenzie | 35 | 13 | 16 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 290th pick / 1985 |
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| RG | Kendyl Jacox | 23 | Rook | 6 | ||
| RG | Raleigh Roundtree | 23 | Rook | 5 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 109th pick / 1997 |
| RT | Vaughn Parker | 27 | 4 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 63rd pick / 1994 |
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| RT | Raleigh McKenzie | 35 | 13 | 16 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 290th pick / 1985 |
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| 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 |
| LLB | Gerald Dixon | 29 | 5 | 6 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 78th pick / 1992 |
| 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 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Darren Bennett | 33 | P | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | none | 1/9/1965 | 3 | |
| David Binn | 26 | C | 15 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | California | 2/6/1972 | 4 | |
| James Burgess | 24 | LB | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 3/31/1974 | 1 | |
| John Burke | 27 | TE-WR | 10 | 6 | 248 | 6-3 | Virginia Tech | 9/7/1971 | 4 | New England Patriots / 4th / 121st pick / 1994 |
| Lewis Bush | 29 | LB | 10 | 10 | 245 | 6-2 | Washington State | 12/2/1969 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 99th pick / 1993 |
| Kenny Bynum | 24 | RB | 10 | 0 | 191 | 5-11 | South Carolina State | 5/29/1974 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 138th pick / 1997 |
| John Carney | 34 | K | 16 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 4/20/1964 | 10 | |
| Willie Clark | 26 | DB | 5 | 0 | 186 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 1/6/1972 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1994 |
| Marco Coleman | 29 | DE-LB | 16 | 16 | 286 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 12/18/1969 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 12th pick / 1992 |
| Wendell Davis | 23 | TE | 11 | 7 | 246 | 6-2 | Temple | 10/24/1975 | Rook | |
| Charles Dimry | 32 | DB | 16 | 15 | 176 | 6-0 | UNLV | 1/31/1966 | 10 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 110th pick / 1988 |
| Gerald Dixon | 29 | LB | 16 | 6 | 250 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 6/20/1969 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 78th pick / 1992 |
| Dedrick Dodge | 31 | DB | 8 | 0 | 184 | 6-2 | Florida State | 6/14/1967 | 7 | |
| Mike Dumas | 29 | DB | 3 | 3 | 198 | 6-0 | Indiana | 3/18/1969 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1991 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 25 | RB | 12 | 5 | 196 | 5-8 | Wisconsin | 9/14/1973 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 51st pick / 1995 |
| Roman Fortin | 31 | C-T-G | 16 | 16 | 297 | 6-5 | Oregon State,San Diego State | 2/26/1967 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 203rd pick / 1990 |
| William Fuller | 36 | DE | 13 | 13 | 271 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 3/8/1962 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 Supp |
| Tony Gaiter | 24 | WR | 5 | 0 | 169 | 5-8 | Miami (FL) | 7/15/1974 | 1 | New England Patriots / 6th / 192nd pick / 1997 |
| Kurt Gouveia | 34 | LB | 14 | 12 | 233 | 6-1 | BYU | 9/14/1964 | 11 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 213th pick / 1986 |
| Michael Hamilton | 25 | LB | 13 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 12/3/1973 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 74th pick / 1997 |
| Norman Hand | 26 | DT | 16 | 16 | 310 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 9/4/1972 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 158th pick / 1995 |
| Dwayne Harper | 32 | DB | 1 | 1 | 175 | 5-11 | South Carolina State | 3/29/1966 | 10 | Seattle Seahawks / 11th / 299th pick / 1988 |
| Rodney Harrison*+ | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 220 | 6-1 | Western Illinois | 12/15/1972 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 145th pick / 1994 |
| Frank Hartley | 31 | TE | 16 | 3 | 268 | 6-2 | Illinois | 12/15/1967 | 4 | |
| Jon Haskins | 23 | LB | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Stanford | 10/6/1975 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 194th pick / 1998 |
| Greg Jackson | 32 | DB | 16 | 13 | 217 | 6-1 | LSU | 8/20/1966 | 9 | New York Giants / 3rd / 78th pick / 1989 |
| John Jackson | 33 | T | 16 | 16 | 297 | 6-6 | Eastern Kentucky | 1/4/1965 | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 252nd pick / 1988 |
| Kendyl Jacox | 23 | G-C | 16 | 6 | 330 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 6/10/1975 | Rook | |
| Raylee Johnson | 28 | DE | 16 | 3 | 272 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 6/1/1970 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 95th pick / 1993 |
| Charlie Jones | 26 | WR | 16 | 11 | 175 | 5-8 | Fresno State | 12/1/1972 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 114th pick / 1996 |
| Freddie Jones | 24 | TE | 16 | 16 | 260 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 9/16/1974 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 45th pick / 1997 |
| Ryan Leaf | 22 | QB | 10 | 9 | 245 | 6-5 | Washington State | 5/15/1976 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1998 |
| Lloyd Lee | 22 | DB | 8 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Dartmouth | 8/10/1976 | Rook | |
| Raleigh McKenzie | 35 | G-C-T | 16 | 16 | 290 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 2/8/1963 | 13 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 290th pick / 1985 |
| Natrone Means | 26 | RB | 10 | 10 | 245 | 5-10 | North Carolina | 4/26/1972 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1993 |
| Chris Mims | 28 | DE-DT | 6 | 0 | 288 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 9/29/1970 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 23rd pick / 1992 |
| Mike Mohring | 24 | DT | 10 | 0 | 295 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 3/22/1974 | 1 | |
| Vaughn Parker | 27 | T | 6 | 6 | 300 | 6-3 | UCLA | 6/5/1971 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 63rd pick / 1994 |
| John Parrella | 29 | DT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 11/22/1969 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 55th pick / 1993 |
| Marcus Price | 26 | T | 10 | 0 | 310 | 6-4 | LSU | 3/3/1972 | 1 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 6th / 172nd pick / 1995 |
| Marc Raab | 29 | C | 1 | 0 | 265 | 6-3 | USC | 1/26/1969 | 5 | |
| Latario Rachal | 25 | WR | 11 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | Fresno State | 1/31/1973 | 1 | |
| Mikhael Ricks | 24 | TE-WR | 16 | 9 | 260 | 6-5 | Stephen F. Austin | 11/14/1974 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 59th pick / 1998 |
| Raleigh Roundtree | 23 | G-T | 15 | 5 | 295 | 6-4 | South Carolina State | 8/31/1975 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 109th pick / 1997 |
| Junior Seau*+ | 29 | LB | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-3 | USC | 1/19/1969 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 1990 |
| Terrance Shaw | 25 | DB | 13 | 13 | 200 | 6-0 | Stephen F. Austin | 11/11/1973 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1995 |
| Troy Sienkiewicz | 26 | G-T | 7 | 0 | 313 | 6-5 | New Mexico State | 5/27/1972 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 177th pick / 1995 |
| Webster Slaughter | 34 | WR | 10 | 0 | 175 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 10/19/1964 | 12 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1986 |
| Jimmy Spencer | 29 | DB | 15 | 4 | 188 | 5-9 | Florida | 3/29/1969 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 215th pick / 1991 |
| Tremayne Stephens | 22 | RB | 13 | 1 | 206 | 5-11 | North Carolina State | 4/16/1976 | Rook | |
| Bryan Still | 24 | WR | 14 | 9 | 174 | 5-11 | Virginia Tech | 6/3/1974 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1996 |
| Aaron Taylor | 26 | G | 15 | 15 | 305 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 11/14/1972 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 16th pick / 1994 |
| Ryan Thelwell | 25 | WR | 6 | 3 | 192 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 4/6/1973 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 215th pick / 1998 |
| Steve Tovar | 28 | LB | 16 | 2 | 246 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 4/25/1970 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1993 |
| Scott Turner | 26 | DB | 16 | 1 | 190 | 5-10 | Illinois | 2/26/1972 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 226th pick / 1995 |
| Craig Whelihan | 27 | QB | 10 | 7 | 220 | 6-5 | Oregon State,Pacific | 4/15/1971 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 197th pick / 1995 |
| Gerome Williams | 25 | DB | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Houston | 7/9/1973 | 1 | |
| Jamal Williams | 22 | DT-NT | 9 | 0 | 348 | 6-3 | Oklahoma State | 4/28/1976 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 2nd pick / 1998 Supp |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 241.0 | 6-1.7 | 4.1 |