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1971 San Diego Chargers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-8-0, 3rd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Harland Svare (2-2-0) and Sid Gillman (4-6-0)

Points For: 311 (22.2/g) 7th of 26

Points Against: 341 (24.4/g) 23rd of 26

Expected W-L: 6.2-7.8

SRS: -4.06 (18th of 26), SOS: -1.92

Offensive Coordinator: Charlie Waller

Defensive Coordinator: Phil Bengtson

Other Notable Asst.: Bum Phillips (Defensive Line) and Jackie Simpson (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: San Diego Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Eugene Klein

General Manager/Interim Head Coach: Harland Svare

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: UC Irvine (Irvine, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	311	4738	859	5.5	43	15	264	244	450	3134	23	28	6.7	147	390	1604	11	4.1	86	81	895	31
Opp. Stats	341	4558	859	5.3	32	10	272	193	347	2262	15	22	6.2	114	493	2296	25	4.7	143	84	887	15
Lg Rank Offense	7	2			19	11	3		2	1	1	23	3		23	19	15	12
Lg Rank Defense	23	24			19	24	26		10	16	11	11	20		22	24	26	25

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Kansas City Chiefs	21	14	21	356	254	102	1	17	231	115	116	2
2	Sun	September 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Oakland Raiders	0	34	13	226	153	73	5	20	375	163	212	1
3	Sun	October 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	21	28	427	258	169	4	16	282	157	125	1
4	Sun	October 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Kansas City Chiefs	10	31	11	179	125	54	2	21	388	167	221
5	Sun	October 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4	@	Denver Broncos	16	20	15	288	212	76	4	17	296	71	225	2
6	Sat	October 23	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-4		Buffalo Bills	20	3	22	446	248	198	5	11	189	37	152	2
7	Sun	October 31	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4		New York Jets	49	21	20	523	358	165	2	19	263	94	169	4
8	Sun	November 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5	@	New York Giants	17	35	18	319	227	92	3	21	417	260	157	1
9	Mon	November 15	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-5		St. Louis Cardinals	20	17	21	389	249	140	3	21	346	214	132	3
10	Sun	November 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6	@	Oakland Raiders	33	34	22	408	312	96	2	21	360	190	170	1
11	Sun	November 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-7	@	Cincinnati Bengals	0	31	8	130	83	47	6	28	411	238	173	2
12	Sun	December 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-7		Minnesota Vikings	30	14	21	314	165	149	1	19	315	173	142	5
13	Sun	December 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-7		Denver Broncos	45	17	24	498	343	155	1	19	330	163	167	3
14	Sun	December 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-8	@	Houston Oilers	33	49	20	235	147	88	4	22	355	220	135	5

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	John Hadl	31	QB	14	14	6-8-0	233	431	54.1	3075	21	4.9	25	5.8	77	7.1	5.50	13.2	219.6	68.9	16	145	3.58	6.55	4.98	2	3	AP MVP-9
2	Marty Domres	24	QB	4	0		7	12	58.3	97	1	8.3	3	25.0	25	8.1	-1.50	13.9	24.3	72.6	3	26	20.00	4.73	-2.93	0	0
3	Mike Montgomery	22	RB	11	3		3	6	50.0	80	1	16.7	0	0.0	33	13.3	16.67	26.7	7.3	135.4	0	0	0.00	13.33	16.67	0	0
4	Mike Garrett	27	RB	13	11		1	1	100.0	53	0	0.0	0	0.0	53	53.0	53.00	53.0	4.1	118.7	0	0	0.00	53.00	53.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	6-8-0	244	450	54.2	3134	23	5.1	28	6.2	77	7.3	5.19	13.5	223.9	69.0	19	171	4.05	6.68	4.98	2	3

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Gary Garrison	27	WR	14	14	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	42	889	21.2	6	77	3.0	63.5	43	20.7	889	6	0	PB
2	Mike Garrett	27	RB	13	11	140	591	4	36	4.2	45.5	10.8	41	283	6.9	3	40	3.2	21.8	181	4.8	874	7	6
3	Billy Parks	23	WR	10	10	5	77	0	54	15.4	7.7	0.5	41	609	14.9	4	56	4.1	60.9	46	14.9	686	4	2
4	Jeff Queen	25	FB	14	10	95	318	4	41	3.3	22.7	6.8	23	270	11.7	3	54	1.6	19.3	118	5.0	588	7	4
5	Mike Montgomery	22	RB	11	3	60	226	1	26	3.8	20.5	5.5	28	361	12.9	2	39	2.5	32.8	88	6.7	587	3	4
6	Pettis Norman	32	TE	14	12	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	27	358	13.3	1	30	1.9	25.6	28	12.8	359	1	0
7	Jerry LeVias	25	WR	14	3	4	73	0	38	18.3	5.2	0.3	21	265	12.6	1	37	1.5	18.9	25	13.5	338	1	3
8	Leon Burns	29	RB	14	4	61	223	1	25	3.7	15.9	4.4	3	22	7.3	0	10	0.2	1.6	64	3.8	245	1	2
9	Walker Gillette	24	WR	12	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	147	14.7	2	25	0.8	12.3	10	14.7	147	2	0
10	Chuck Dicus	23	WR	14	2	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.1	0.1	6	89	14.8	1	29	0.4	6.4	7	12.4	87	1	0
11	John Hadl	31	QB	14	14	18	75	1	37	4.2	5.4	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	4.2	75	1	4	AP MVP-9
12	Eddie Ray	24	RB	4	0	2	15	0	8	7.5	3.8	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	7.5	15	0	0
13	Dennis Partee	25	K	14	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.5	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	7.0	7	0	0
14	Art Strozier	25	TE	6	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.2	1.0	1	6.0	6	0	0
15	John Tanner	26	LB	14	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.4	1	6.0	6	0	0
16	Marty Domres	24	QB	4	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	390	1604	11	54	4.1	114.6	27.9	244	3305	13.5	23	77	17.4	236.1	634	7.7	4909	34	30

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Babich	24	MLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	36	1	2.5	0
2	Steve DeLong	28	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
3	Ron East	28	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
4	John Hadl	31	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	1	-1	0	0.0	0	AP MVP-9
5	Bob Howard	27	LCB	14	14	4	47	0	29	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Joe Beauchamp	27	RCB	13	13	4	95	0	52	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Pete Barnes	26	RLB	14	12	2	57	1	36	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Pettis Norman	32	TE	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Mike Garrett	27	RB	13	11	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Kevin Hardy	26	RDT	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	1.5	0
11	Jim Hill	25	FS	14	10	2	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Billy Parks	23	WR	10	10	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jeff Queen	25	FB	14	10	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Rick Redman	28	LLB	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
15	Tom Williams	23	LDE	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
16	Bryant Salter	21	SS	14	8	6	48	0	44	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Chris Fletcher	23	DB	14	5	3	63	1	36	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Andy Rice	31	DT	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
19	Leon Burns	29	RB	14	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Mel Rogers	24	LB	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jerry LeVias	25	WR	14	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Mike Montgomery	22	RB	11	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ray White	22	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
24	Marty Domres	24	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-11	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	22	0	2		30	15	33	1	19	1

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