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1986 San Diego Chargers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-12-0, 5th in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Coryell (1-7-0) and Al Saunders (3-5-0)

Points For: 335 (20.9/g) 15th of 28

Points Against: 396 (24.8/g) 24th of 28

Expected W-L: 6.4-9.6

SRS: -1.91 (21st of 28), SOS: 1.91

Offensive Coordinator: Ernie Zampese

Defensive Coordinator: Ron Lynn

Other Notable Asst.: Gunther Cunningham (Defensive Line), Dave Levy (Offensive Line) and Jim Mora (Defensive Assistant/Secondary)

Stadium: Jack Murphy Stadium

Principal Owner: Alex Spanos

General Manager: Johnny Sanders

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1200

Training Camp: UC San Diego (San Diego, 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	335	5356	1107	4.8	49	16	334	339	604	3780	21	33	5.9	212	471	1576	19	3.3	98	119	977	24
Opp. Stats	396	5366	1046	5.1	37	22	308	288	509	3688	27	15	6.5	182	475	1678	14	3.5	104	108	918	22
Lg Rank Offense	15	12			27	13	4		2	7	13	28	14		15	24	6	27
Lg Rank Defense	24	23			12	1	17		13	25	25	24	24		13	7	15	3

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 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Miami Dolphins	50	28	31	500	276	224		20	339	294	45	4
2	Sun	September 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	New York Giants	7	20	18	262	221	41	7	25	391	257	134	1
3	Sun	September 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Washington Redskins	27	30	26	351	204	147	3	19	425	333	92	1
4	Sun	September 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Los Angeles Raiders	13	17	16	256	200	56	4	21	377	276	101	5
5	Mon	October 6	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4	@	Seattle Seahawks	7	33	15	271	222	49	5	29	512	294	218	3
6	Sun	October 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-5		Denver Broncos	14	31	19	358	316	42	2	25	403	247	156	1
7	Sun	October 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6	@	Kansas City Chiefs	41	42	35	512	381	131	5	13	222	158	64	1
8	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-7	@	Philadelphia Eagles	7	23	14	259	187	72	3	15	251	124	127	2
9	Sun	November 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-8		Kansas City Chiefs	23	24	14	225	34	191	5	16	282	233	49	3
10	Sun	November 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-8	@	Denver Broncos	9	3	14	225	147	78	2	12	245	184	61	5
11	Sun	November 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-9		Dallas Cowboys	21	24	19	307	242	65	2	20	254	153	101	1
12	Thu	November 20	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	2-10		Los Angeles Raiders	31	37	30	392	263	129	4	25	466	327	139	2
13	Sun	November 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-10	@	Indianapolis Colts	17	3	21	391	290	101	2	11	177	122	55	3
14	Sun	December 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-10		Houston Oilers	27	0	23	409	285	124		9	134	55	79	3
15	Sun	December 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-11		Seattle Seahawks	24	34	22	305	220	85	1	24	426	286	140
16	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-12	@	Cleveland Browns	17	47	17	333	292	41	4	24	462	345	117	2

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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	Dan Fouts	35	QB	12	12	3-9-0	252	430	58.6	3031	16	3.7	22	5.1	65	7.0	5.49	12.0	252.6	71.4	21	173	4.66	6.34	4.85	0	0
2	Mark Herrmann	27	QB	6	1	0-1-0	51	97	52.6	627	2	2.1	3	3.1	28	6.5	5.48	12.3	104.5	66.8	5	43	4.90	5.73	4.79	0	0
3	Tom Flick	28	QB	11	3	1-2-0	33	73	45.2	361	2	2.7	8	11.0	26	4.9	0.56	10.9	32.8	29.9	6	49	7.59	3.95	-0.10	0	0
4	Pete Holohan	27	TE	16	6		1	2	50.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	10.5	10.50	21.0	1.3	87.5	0	0	0.00	10.50	10.50	0	0
5	Gary Anderson	25	RB	16	12		1	1	100.0	4	1	100.0	0	0.0	4	4.0	24.00	4.0	0.3	122.9	0	0	0.00	4.00	24.00	0	0	PB
6	Buford McGee	26	RB	9	3		1	1	100.0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	1.00	1.0	0.1	79.2	0	0	0.00	1.00	1.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	4-12-0	339	604	56.1	3780	21	3.5	33	5.5	65	6.7	4.50	11.9	236.3	65.6	32	265	5.03	5.94	4.27

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 Anderson	25	RB	16	12	127	442	1	17	3.5	27.6	7.9	80	871	10.9	8	65	5.0	54.4	207	6.3	1313	9	5	PB
2	Wes Chandler	30	WR	16	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	56	874	15.6	4	40	3.5	54.6	56	15.6	874	4	2
3	Kellen Winslow	29	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	64	728	11.4	5	28	4.0	45.5	64	11.4	728	5	0
4	Charlie Joiner	39	WR	15	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	34	440	12.9	2	33	2.3	29.3	34	12.9	440	2	0
5	Trumaine Johnson	26	WR	16	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	399	13.3	1	30	1.9	24.9	30	13.3	399	1	1
6	Tim Spencer	26	FB	14	12	99	350	6	23	3.5	25.0	7.1	6	48	8.0	0	15	0.4	3.4	105	3.8	398	6	2
7	Lionel James	24	RB	7	1	51	224	0	24	4.4	32.0	7.3	23	173	7.5	0	18	3.3	24.7	74	5.4	397	0	5
8	Curtis Adams	24	RB	7	2	118	366	4	22	3.1	52.3	16.9	4	26	6.5	0	10	0.6	3.7	122	3.2	392	4	3
9	Pete Holohan	27	TE	16	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	356	12.3	1	34	1.8	22.3	29	12.3	356	1	0
10	Buford McGee	26	RB	9	3	63	187	7	20	3.0	20.8	7.0	10	105	10.5	0	18	1.1	11.7	73	4.0	292	7	4
11	Eric Sievers	29	TE	9	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	14	7.0	0	9	0.2	1.6	2	7.0	14	0	0
12	Timmie Ware	23	WR	9	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	1.2	1	11.0	11	0	0
13	Mark Herrmann	27	QB	6	1	2	6	0	6	3.0	1.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	3.0	6	0	2
14	Tom Flick	28	QB	11	3	6	5	1	7	0.8	0.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	0.8	5	1	1
15	Bruce Mathison	27	QB	2	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-1.0	-1	0	0
16	Dan Fouts	35	QB	12	12	4	-3	0		-0.8	-0.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	-0.8	-3	0	4
	Team Totals			16	16	471	1576	19	24	3.3	98.5	29.4	339	4045	11.9	21	65	21.2	252.8	810	6.9	5621	40	29

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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	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Thomas Benson	25	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	5.0		0
2	Jeffery Dale	24	SS	16	16	4	153	0	50		0	0	0	0	0.0		0
3	Lee Williams	24	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0	1	6	0	15.0		0
4	Kellen Winslow	29	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0.0		0
5	Billy Ray Smith	25	LOLB	16	15	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	11.0		0
6	Gill Byrd	25	FS/RCB	15	14	5	45	0	18		0	0	0	0	0.0		0
7	Wes Chandler	30	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0.0		0
8	Don Macek	32	C	13	13	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
9	Leslie O'Neal	22	RDE	13	13	2	22	1	17	3	0	2	0	0	12.5	82	0	AP DRoY-1
10	Gary Plummer	26	LILB	15	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2.5	98	0
11	Gary Anderson	25	RB	16	12	0	0	0	0		5	2	0	0	0.0		0	PB
12	Dan Fouts	35	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0		4	2	-13	0	0.0		0
13	Tim Spencer	26	FB	14	12	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0.0		0
14	Ken Taylor	23	LCB	14	11	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
15	Chuck Ehin	25	NT	12	9	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	2.5		0
16	Woodrow Lowe	32	ROLB	16	9	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0.0		0
17	Donald Brown	23	RCB	13	7	1	23	0	23		0	2	0	0	0.0		0
18	Vencie Glenn	22	FS	12	7	2	31	0	31		0	2	32	0	0.0	33	0
19	Terry Unrein	24	NT	12	7	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.5		0
20	Earl Wilson	28	RDE	16	6	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	5.5		0
21	Fred Robinson	25	ROLB	10	5	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	1.0		0
22	Trumaine Johnson	26	WR	16	4	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
23	Tom Flick	28	QB	11	3	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0.0		0
24	Buford McGee	26	RB	9	3	0	0	0	0		4	0	-3	0	0.0		0
25	Curtis Adams	24	RB	7	2	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0.0		0
26	Mark Herrmann	27	QB	6	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0.0		0
27	Lionel James	24	RB	7	1	0	0	0	0		5	1	0	0	0.0		0
28	Mike Douglass	31	LB	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
29	Dee Hardison	30	DE	15	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	6.5		0
30	Derrie Nelson	28	LB	11	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
31	Angelo Snipes	23	LB	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
	Team Totals			16	16	15	0	1			29	13	22	0	62		1

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