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2009 San Diego Chargers

Franchise Index: Previous Season

Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 454 points (28.4/g), 4th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 320 points (20.0/g), 11th.
 Differential of 134 points (8.4/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 11.1-4.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 6th.

Simple Rating System: Total 6.6, Offense: 6.4, Defense: 0.2, SoS: -1.7, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Norv Turner (13-3-0)

2009 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 Mon September 14 box W 1-0 @ Oakland Raiders 24 20 19 317 240 77 2 19 366 218 148 3
2 Sun September 20 box L 1-1 Baltimore Ravens 26 31 20 474 421 53 2 22 311 181 130 1
3 Sun September 27 box W 2-1 Miami Dolphins 23 13 19 355 286 69 1 19 289 140 149 2
4 Sun October 4 box L 2-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 28 38 17 251 235 16 1 32 497 320 177 1
5 Bye Week
6 Mon October 19 box L 2-3 Denver Broncos 23 34 20 311 238 73 1 19 328 227 101
7 Sun October 25 box W 3-3 @ Kansas City Chiefs 37 7 17 403 268 135 10 203 82 121 3
8 Sun November 1 box W 4-3 Oakland Raiders 24 16 20 346 246 100 2 13 180 81 99 1
9 Sun November 8 box W 5-3 @ New York Giants 21 20 18 226 192 34 2 19 304 188 116 1
10 Sun November 15 box W 6-3 Philadelphia Eagles 31 23 22 331 212 119 26 462 433 29 1
11 Sun November 22 box W 7-3 @ Denver Broncos 32 3 21 348 145 203 14 271 156 115 3
12 Sun November 29 box W 8-3 Kansas City Chiefs 43 14 26 426 332 94 1 16 284 170 114 4
13 Sun December 6 box W 9-3 @ Cleveland Browns 30 23 21 477 386 91 24 372 257 115 1
14 Sun December 13 box W 10-3 @ Dallas Cowboys 20 17 21 341 268 73 1 22 347 239 108
15 Sun December 20 box W 11-3 Cincinnati Bengals 27 24 20 366 296 70 2 19 407 293 114 1
16 Fri December 25 box W 12-3 @ Tennessee Titans 42 17 30 425 259 166 1 17 270 88 182 3
17 Sun January 3 box W 13-3 Washington Redskins 23 20 19 364 314 50 1 18 341 275 66
Playoffs
Division Sun January 17 box L 13-4 New York Jets 14 17 18 344 283 61 2 14 262 93 169 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 454 5761 972 5.9 330 338 519 4338 29 10 8.0 222 427 1423 17 3.3 80 17 7 28
Team Defense 320 5232 991 5.3 309 326 534 3348 23 14 5.9 177 422 1884 10 4.5 112 25 11 20
Lg Rank Offense 4 10 10 23 5 5 4 1 19 31 11 32 2 3
Lg Rank Defense 11 16 21 17 11 18 20 13 12 20 7 24 19 15

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%
17 Philip Rivers* 28 16 317 486 65.2 4254 28 5.8 9 1.9 81 8.8 9.1 13.4 265.9 104.4 25 167 8.0 8.3 4.9
7 Billy Volek 33 4 20 31 64.5 231 1 3.2 1 3.2 50 7.5 6.6 11.6 57.8 84.2 1 1 7.2 6.4 3.1
11 Legedu Naanee 26 13 1 1 100.0 21 0 0.0 0 0.0 21 21.0 21.0 21.0 1.6 118.7 0 0 21.0 21.0 0.0
21 LaDainian Tomlinson 30 14 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.1 16 338 519 65.1 4506 29 5.6 10 1.9 81 8.7 8.9 13.3 281.6 103.1 26 168 8.0 8.2 4.8
Opp Total 16 326 534 61.0 3569 23 4.3 14 2.6 6.7 6.4 10.9 223.1 84.2 35 221 5.9 5.6

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
21 LaDainian Tomlinson 30 14 223 730 12 36 3.3 52.1 15.9 20 154 7.7 0 36 1.4 11.0 884 12 2
43 Darren Sproles 26 16 93 343 3 21 3.7 21.4 5.8 45 497 11.0 4 81 2.8 31.1 840 7 3
17 Philip Rivers* 28 16 26 50 1 15 1.9 3.1 1.6 50 1 6
35 Mike Tolbert 24 15 25 148 1 32 5.9 9.9 1.7 17 192 11.3 3 66 1.1 12.8 340 4 1
29 Michael Bennett 31 4 23 65 0 14 2.8 16.3 5.8 6 65 10.8 0 33 1.5 16.3 130 0 0
22 Jacob Hester 24 13 21 74 0 15 3.5 5.7 1.6 9 24 2.7 0 5 0.7 1.8 98 0 1
7 Billy Volek 33 4 9 -9 0 -1 -1.0 -2.3 2.3 -9 0 0
83 Vincent Jackson 26 15 3 11 0 12 3.7 0.7 0.2 68 1167 17.2 9 55 4.5 77.8 1178 9 0
11 Legedu Naanee 26 13 3 7 0 10 2.3 0.5 0.2 24 242 10.1 2 23 1.8 18.6 249 2 0
84 Craig Davis 24 1 1 4 0 4 4.0 4.0 1.0 6 52 8.7 0 11 6.0 52.0 56 0 0
85 Antonio Gates* 29 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 79 1157 14.6 8 56 4.9 72.3 1157 8 1
80 Malcom Floyd 28 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 45 776 17.2 1 53 3.0 51.7 776 1 0
89 Chris Chambers 31 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 122 13.6 1 20 2.3 30.5 122 1 0
86 Brandon Manumaleuna 29 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 13 2.6 0 11 1.0 2.6 13 0 0
88 Kris Wilson 28 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 28 7.0 1 21 0.6 4.0 28 1 0
81 Kassim Osgood* 29 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.1 1.9 17 0 0
Team Total 27.1 16 427 1423 17 36 3.3 88.9 26.7 338 4506 13.3 29 81 21.1 281.6 5929 46 14
Opp Total 16 422 1884 10 4.5 117.8 26.4 326 3348 10.3 23 20.4 209.3 5232 33 24

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
43 Darren Sproles 26 16 26 183 1 77 7.0 54 1300 0 66 24.1 2323
84 Craig Davis 24 1 4 79 0 23 19.8 135
31 Antonio Cromartie 25 15 3 41 0 22 13.7 41
22 Jacob Hester 24 13 1 9 0 9 9.0 107
88 Kris Wilson 28 7 1 13 0 13 13.0 41
Team Total 27.1 16 26 183 1 77 7.0 63 1442 0 66 22.9 7554
Opp Total 16 23 1 87 1909 1 21.9

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
10 Nate Kaeding*+ 27 K 16 2 2 17 17 4 4 8 6 4 3 35 32 91.4% 51 50 98.0%
5 Mike Scifres 29 P 16 52 2342 65 0 45.0
Team Total 27.1 16 2 2 17 17 4 4 8 6 4 3 35 32 91.4% 51 50 98.0% 52 2342 65 0 45.0
Opp Total 16 29 25 86.2% 33 33 100.0% 63 271 4.3

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
54 Stephen Cooper 30 14 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 2 0 0 70 31
32 Eric Weddle 24 13 1.5 2 44 1 31 7 68 14
28 Steve Gregory 26 16 2.0 1 13 0 13 6 0 0 2 3 0 54 12
95 Shaun Phillips 28 16 7.0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 47 12
99 Kevin Burnett 27 12 2.5 0 0 0 0 1 46 17
23 Quentin Jammer 30 15 3 25 0 21 11 1 0 0 0 0 46 11
59 Brandon Siler 24 16 2.0 1 5 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 43 16
51 Tim Dobbins 27 13 1.0 1 13 0 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 37 16
25 Kevin Ellison 22 11 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 41 9
27 Paul Oliver 25 14 1.0 1 34 0 34 3 0 0 1 40 1 30 12
31 Antonio Cromartie 25 15 3 17 0 16 10 31 2
56 Shawne Merriman 25 12 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 26 10
20 Antoine Cason 23 15 2 22 0 22 3 30 4
52 Larry English 23 13 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 23 10
93 Luis Castillo 26 11 2.0 17 8
74 Jacques Cesaire 29 12 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 15 11
91 Ogemdi Nwagbuo 24 9 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 12 7
98 Ian Scott 28 9 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 14 2
96 Travis Johnson 27 9 0 0 0 0 1 13 3
70 Alfonso Boone 33 10 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 8
42 Clinton Hart 32 4 10 5
41 C.J. Spillman 23 4 6 5
54 Marques Harris 28 4 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3
92 Vaughn Martin 23 3 4 1
17 Philip Rivers* 28 16 0 6 1 0 0
35 Mike Tolbert 24 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
71 Antonio Garay 30 2 2 2
43 Darren Sproles 26 16 0 3 1 0 0 1 0
76 Jamal Williams 33 1 3 0
66 Jeromey Clary 26 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
22 Jacob Hester 24 13 1 1 1 41 1 1 1
80 Malcom Floyd 28 15 2 0
53 James Holt 23 6 1 2
24 Dante Hughes 24 1 2 0
11 Legedu Naanee 26 13 1 2
94 Jyles Tucker 26 3 2 0
88 Kris Wilson 28 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
85 Antonio Gates* 29 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
83 Vincent Jackson 26 15 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
89 Chris Chambers 31 4 1 0
84 Craig Davis 24 1 1 0
68 Kris Dielman* 28 1 1 0
73 Marcus McNeill 26 1 1 0
63 Scott Mruczkowski 27 1 1 0
81 Kassim Osgood* 29 9 0 2
21 LaDainian Tomlinson 30 14 0 2 0 0 0
50 David Binn 37 5 0 1
65 Louis Vasquez 22 1 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.1 16 34.0 14 173 1 34 66 18 14 15 84 2 720 247
Opp Total 16 26 24 13

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
10 Nate Kaeding*+ 27 K 16 50 32 146
21 LaDainian Tomlinson 30 14 12 12 72
83 Vincent Jackson 26 15 9 9 54
85 Antonio Gates* 29 16 8 8 48
43 Darren Sproles 26 16 3 4 1 8 48
35 Mike Tolbert 24 15 1 3 4 24
22 Jacob Hester 24 13 1 1 2 12
11 Legedu Naanee 26 13 2 2 12
89 Chris Chambers 31 4 1 1 6
80 Malcom Floyd 28 15 1 1 6
27 Paul Oliver 25 14 1 1 6
17 Philip Rivers* 28 16 1 1 6
32 Eric Weddle 24 13 1 1 6
88 Kris Wilson 28 7 1 1 6
Team Total 27.1 16 17 29 1 2 1 1 51 50 32 452
Opp Total 16 10 23 1 1 1 33 25 320