San Diego Chargers at New England Patriots - October 1st, 1978
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 23 | |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Time | Tm | Detail | SDG | NWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patriots | Harold Jackson 30 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Nick Lowery kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| 2 | Chargers | Pat Curran 3 yard pass from Dan Fouts | 6 | 7 | |
| Chargers | John Jefferson 21 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 13 | 7 | ||
| 3 | Chargers | John Jefferson 40 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 20 | 7 | |
| Patriots | Harold Jackson 14 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Nick Lowery kick) | 20 | 14 | ||
| 4 | Patriots | Russ Francis 6 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Nick Lowery kick) | 20 | 21 | |
| Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 41 yard field goal | 23 | 21 | ||
| Patriots | Steve Grogan 4 yard rush (Nick Lowery kick) | 23 | 28 |
Game Info
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 14 | 18 | 173 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 123.1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| James Harris | SDG | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||||||||
| Hank Bauer | SDG | 16 | 60 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Woods | SDG | 5 | 39 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Lydell Mitchell | SDG | 8 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||
| Bo Matthews | SDG | 6 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
| Johnny Rodgers | SDG | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| John Jefferson | SDG | 6 | 3 | 74 | 2 | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 5 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Klein | SDG | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| Pat Curran | SDG | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 17 | 29 | 231 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 57 | 104.2 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 14 | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 7 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 6 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 10 | 23 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 5 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 8 | 4 | 106 | 2 | 57 | |||||||||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 8 | 5 | 64 | 1 | 25 | |||||||||||||
Defense
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
Patriots Starters
Chargers Starters
Full Play-By-Play
- Play-by-Play for this game courtesy of Aaron Schatz and Jeremy Snyder
