1974 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 212 points (15.1/g), 20th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 285 points (20.4/g), 19th.
Differential of -73 points (-5.2/g), 20th.
Expected W-L: 4.6-9.4.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 19th.

Coached by Tommy Prothro (5-9-0)

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1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 15	box	L	0-1	@	Houston Oilers	14	21	23	411	195	216	5	19	349	193	156	1
2	Sun	September 22	box	W	1-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	20	17	20	303	173	130		23	373	163	210	2
3	Sun	September 29	box	L	1-2		Miami Dolphins	21	28	19	392	189	203	1	25	391	218	173	2
4	Sun	October 6	box	L	1-3		Philadelphia Eagles	7	13	19	286	126	160	5	19	255	112	143	1
5	Sun	October 13	box	L	1-4		Oakland Raiders	10	14	18	296	112	184	1	21	364	162	202	1
6	Sun	October 20	box	L	1-5	@	Denver Broncos	7	27	16	233	149	84	3	20	354	165	189	1
7	Sun	October 27	box	L	1-6		Kansas City Chiefs	14	24	20	404	211	193	4	20	411	149	262	2
8	Sun	November 3	box	W	2-6		Cleveland Browns	36	35	16	424	321	103	3	20	294	186	108	2
9	Sun	November 10	box	W	3-6	@	Kansas City Chiefs	14	7	13	254	111	143	2	17	428	347	81	3
10	Sun	November 17	box	L	3-7	@	Oakland Raiders	10	17	17	308	144	164		21	372	240	132	2
11	Sun	November 24	box	L	3-8	@	Green Bay Packers	0	34	13	193	84	109	3	15	297	224	73	1
12	Sun	December 1	box	L	3-9	@	New York Jets	14	27	14	303	150	153	3	21	375	261	114	2
13	Sun	December 8	box	W	4-9		Chicago Bears	28	21	16	255	149	106	1	18	280	136	144	3
14	Sun	December 15	box	W	5-9		Denver Broncos	17	0	21	353	190	163	2	13	287	114	173	5

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	212	4415	880	5.0	245	165	349	2304	12	22	6.2	117	508	2111	15	4.2	113	33	11	15
Team Defense	285	4830	893	5.4	416	222	367	2670	13	15	6.9	127	508	2160	21	4.3	272	28	13	17
Lg Rank Offense	20	7			12		21	10	15	17	6		8	8	9	8		14	7
Lg Rank Defense	19	26			23		11	26	8	22	26		20	23	26	21		19	14

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	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%
Dan Fouts	23	QB	11	11	3-8-0	115	237	48.5	1732	8	3.4	13	5.5	75	7.3	5.2	15.1	157.5	61.4	12	99	6.6	4.5	4.8
Jesse Freitas	23		5	3	2-1-0	49	109	45.0	719	3	2.8	8	7.3	71	6.6	3.6	14.7	143.8	45.6	11	76	5.4	2.6	9.2
Don Woods	23	RB	12	9		1	3	33.3	28	1	33.3	1	33.3	28	9.3	-2.3	28.0	2.3	68.7	0	0	9.3	-2.3	0.0
Team Total	26.0		14		5-9-0	165	349	47.3	2479	12	3.4	22	6.3	75	7.1	4.6	15.0	177.1	56.3	23	175	6.2	3.9	6.2
Opp Total			14			222	367	60.5	2670	13	3.5	15	4.1		7.3	5.8	12.0	190.7	77.6	18	145	6.9	5.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	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
Don Woods	23	RB	12	9	227	1162	7	56	5.1	96.8	18.9	26	349	13.4	3	75	2.2	29.1	1511	10	4
Bo Matthews	23	FB	14	8	95	328	4	16	3.5	23.4	6.8	12	90	7.5	0	23	0.9	6.4	418	4	2
Glen Bonner	22		12	3	66	199	3	12	3.0	16.6	5.5	11	101	9.2	1	22	0.9	8.4	300	4	3
Cid Edwards	31		10	0	65	261	0	30	4.0	26.1	6.5	13	102	7.8	0	16	1.3	10.2	363	0	2
Bob L. Thomas	26		14	2	21	56	0	12	2.7	4.0	1.5	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	0.6	65	0	0
Dan Fouts	23	QB	11	11	19	63	1	16	3.3	5.7	1.7								63	1	4
Jesse Freitas	23		5	3	6	16	0	9	2.7	3.2	1.2								16	0	0
Tom Thompson	23		12	0	6	8	0	8	1.3	0.7	0.5								8	0	0
Harrison Davis	22	WR	12	7	2	-7	0	2	-3.5	-0.6	0.2	18	432	24.0	2	70	1.5	36.0	425	2	1
Dick Gordon	30	RET	7	0	1	25	0	25	25.0	3.6	0.1	2	15	7.5	0	17	0.3	2.1	40	0	4
Gary Garrison	30	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	41	785	19.1	5	71	2.9	56.1	785	5	1
Wayne Stewart	27	TE	14	13	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	19	283	14.9	1	29	1.4	20.2	283	1	1
Jerry LeVias	28	wr	13	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	9	105	11.7	0	18	0.7	8.1	105	0	1
Jim Beirne	28		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	121	17.3	0	26	0.5	8.6	121	0	0
Dave Grannell	22		9	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	51	17.0	0	22	0.3	5.7	51	0	0
Gary Parris	24		14	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	36	12.0	0	17	0.2	2.6	36	0	0
Team Total	26.0		14		508	2111	15	56	4.2	150.8	36.3	165	2479	15.0	12	75	11.8	177.1	4590	27	24
Opp Total			14		508	2160	21		4.3	154.3	36.3	222	2670	12.0	13		15.9	190.7	4830	34	19

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Danny Colbert	24	RET	6	0	15	128	0	28	8.5	10	215	0	26	21.5	343
Dick Gordon	30	RET	7	0	8	39	0	12	4.9	14	354	0	39	25.3	433
Tom Thompson	23		12	0						12	242	0	35	20.2	250
Jerry LeVias	28	wr	13	5	5	41	0	22	8.2	6	116	0	27	19.3	262
George Hoey	28	fs	13	8	4	38	0	15	9.5	3	73	0	27	24.3	111
Harrison Davis	22	WR	12	7	4	34	0	16	8.5						459
Gary Parris	24		14	1						3	29	0	13	9.7	65
Don Woods	23	RB	12	9						3	61	0	29	20.3	1572
Bob L. Thomas	26		14	2						2	32	0	18	16.0	97
Jim Beirne	28		14	0	1	7	0	7	7.0						128
Lenny Dunlap	25		8	2						1	19	0	19	19.0	19
Wayne Stewart	27	TE	14	13						1	1	0	1	1.0	284
Team Total	26.0		14		37	287	0	28	7.8	55	1142	0	39	20.8	6019
Opp Total			14		48		0			39	960	0		24.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	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
Dennis Partee	28	P	14	0			2	1	2		1				5	1	20.0%	28	26	92.9%	76	3042	65	0	40.0
Ray Wersching	24		14	0			1	1	3	1	4	3	3		11	5	45.5%
Team Total	26.0		14				3	2	5	1	5	3	3		16	6	37.5%	28	26	92.9%	76	3042	65	0	40.0
Opp Total			14												20	9	45.0%	37	36	97.3%	66	2680			40.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Charles Anthony	22	MLB	13	10		1	23	0	23			0	2	10	0
Joe Beauchamp	30	FS	10	10		1	35	0	35			0	2	0	0
Glen Bonner	22		12	3								3	2	0	0
Robert E. Brown	34	RDT	14	13								0	1	0	0
Harrison Davis	22	WR	12	7								1	0	0	0
Cid Edwards	31		10	0								2	0	0	0
Chris Fletcher	26	SS	12	12		4	74	0	31
Fred Forsberg	30		6	1								0	1	0	0
Dan Fouts	23	QB	11	11								4	0	0	0
Gary Garrison	30	WR	14	14								1	1	0	0
Blenda Gay	24		2	0								0	1	17	1
Carl Gersbach	27	llb	12	7		1	0	0	0
Dick Gordon	30	RET	7	0								4	2	-6	0
George Hoey	28	fs	13	8		1	20	0	20			1	2	0	0
Bob Howard	30	LCB	14	12		3	52	0	23
Jerry LeVias	28	wr	13	5								1	1	0	0
Bo Matthews	23	FB	14	8								2	0	0	0
Terry Owens	30	LT	13	13								0	1	0	0
Floyd Rice	25	RLB	12	12		3	44	0	15
Dave Rowe	29	LDT	14	14								0	2	0	0
Wayne Stewart	27	TE	14	13								1	1	0	0
Dave Tipton	25	lde	11	6								0	2	0	0
Russ Washington*	28	RT	14	14								0	1	0	0
Sam Williams	22	RCB	13	12		1	25	0	25			0	1	0	0
Don Woods	23	RB	12	9								4	1	0	0
Team Total	26.0		14			15	273	0	35			24	24	21	1
Opp Total			14		23							19	6

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Don Woods	23	RB	12	9	7	3				60
Gary Garrison	30	WR	14	14		5				30
Dennis Partee	28	P	14	0				26	1	29
Glen Bonner	22		12	3	3	1				24
Bo Matthews	23	FB	14	8	4					24
Ray Wersching	24		14	0					5	15
Harrison Davis	22	WR	12	7		2				12
Dan Fouts	23	QB	11	11	1					6
Blenda Gay	24		2	0			1			6
Wayne Stewart	27	TE	14	13		1				6
Team Total	26.0		14		15	12	1	26	6	212
Opp Total			14		21	13		36	9	285

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