1974 San Diego Chargers (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Western Division 5-9-0 .357

John David Crow	Offensive Coordinator
George Dickson	Linebackers
Earnel Durden	Offensive Backs
Rudy Feldman	Defensive Line
Bobb McKittrick	Offensive Line
Howard Mudd	Offensive Line
Jacki Simpson	Defensive Coordinator
Willie Wood	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/3/1974	H	San Francisco 49ers	20-6	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	18870
Sat	8/10/1974	H	New York Jets	20-14	W	OT	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	19036
Sun	8/18/1974	N	St. Louis Cardinals	14-48	L		Seattle, WA	Husky Stadium	5184
Sat	8/24/1974	H	New England Patriots	14-23	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	18903
Sat	8/31/1974	H	Los Angeles Rams	16-30	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	28183
Sat	9/7/1974	A	Minnesota Vikings	0-42	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46553
Sun	9/15/1974	A	Houston Oilers	14-21	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	25317
Sun	9/22/1974	A	Cincinnati Bengals	20-17	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	51178
Sun	9/29/1974	H	Miami Dolphins	21-28	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	44706
Sun	10/6/1974	H	Philadelphia Eagles	7-13	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	36013
Sun	10/13/1974	H	Oakland Raiders	10-14	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	40013
Sun	10/20/1974	A	Denver Broncos	7-27	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	50748
Sun	10/27/1974	H	Kansas City Chiefs	14-24	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	33898
Sun	11/3/1974	H	Cleveland Browns	36-35	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	34087
Sun	11/10/1974	A	Kansas City Chiefs	14-7	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	48551
Sun	11/17/1974	A	Oakland Raiders	10-17	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50178
Sun	11/24/1974	A	Green Bay Packers	0-34	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	50321
Sun	12/1/1974	A	New York Jets	14-27	L		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	44888
Sun	12/8/1974	H	Chicago Bears	28-21	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	33662
Sun	12/15/1974	H	Denver Broncos	17-0	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	35756

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
47	Samaji Adi Akili	RCB	6-2	192	22	New Mexico Highlands; California	13	12
59	Charles Anthony	MLB	6-0	220	22	Southern California	13	10
79	Coy Bacon	RDE	6-4	269	31	Jackson State	14	14
75	Ray Baylor	DE	6-5	263	27	Texas Southern	1	0
40	Joe Beauchamp	RS	6-0	185	30	Northwestern JC; Iowa State	10	10
85	Jim Beirne	WR	6-2	200	28	Purdue	14	0
45	Reggie Berry	S	6-0	190	24	Arizona Western JC; Long Beach State	13	0
73	Bon Boatwright	DT	6-5	262	23	Oklahoma State	10	0
21	Glen Bonner	RB	6-2	202	22	Yakima Valley CC; Washington	12	3
78	Bob Brown	RDT	6-5	268	35	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	13
46	Danny Colbert	CB	5-11	175	24	Texas Christian; Tulsa	6	0
87	Harrison Davis	WR	6-4	220	22	Virginia	12	7
52	Jay Douglas	C	6-6	254	24	Memphis	14	0
39	Lenny Dunlap	RCB-LS	6-1	195	25	Kilgore JC; North Texas	8	2
37	Cid Edwards	RB	6-2	230	31	Tennessee State	10	6
44	Chris Fletcher	LS	5-11	189	26	Temple	12	12
56	Fred Forsberg	MLB	6-1	237	30	Washington	6	1
14	Dan Fouts	QB	6-3	210	23	Oregon	11	11
17	Jesse Freitas	QB	6-1	200	23	Stanford; San Diego State	5	3
27	Gary Garrison	WR	6-1	194	30	Long Beach CC; San Diego State	14	14
61	Blenda Gay	DE	6-5	254	24	Fayetteville State	2	0
54	Carl Gersbach	LLB-RLB-MLB	6-1	230	27	Duke; West Chester	12	7
50	Don Goode	LLB	6-2	240	23	Kansas	14	7
88	Dick Gordon	WR	5-11	190	30	Michigan State	7	2
69	Ira Gordon	ROG	6-3	268	27	Phoenix JC; Kansas State	14	14
82	Dave Grannell	TE	6-4	230	22	Arizona State	9	0
23	George Hoey	RS-LS-RCB	5-10	174	28	Michigan	13	8
13	Don Horn	QB	6-2	195	29	Washington State; Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State	12	0
24	Bobby Howard	LCB	6-1	184	30	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego State	14	12
71	Pete Lazetich	LDE	6-3	245	24	Stanford	9	7
58	Mike Lee	RLB	6-0	232	23	Nevada-Las Vegas	7	1
25	Jerry LeVias	WR	5-10	177	28	Southern Methodist	13	5
65	Mark Markovich	OG	6-5	255	22	Penn State	9	0
41	Bo Matthews	RB	6-3	222	23	Colorado	14	8
55	Carl Mauck	C	6-3	242	27	Southern Illinois	14	14
53	Chip Myrtle	LB	6-4	225	29	Maryland	8	0
76	Terry Owens	LOT	6-6	263	30	Alabama; Jacksonville State	13	13
80	Gary Parris	TE	6-2	226	24	Florida State	14	1
29	Dennis Partee	P	6-2	218	28	Southern Methodist	14	0
62	Harold Paul	OT	6-5	245	25	Texas Southern; Oklahoma	1	0
57	Floyd Rice	RLB	6-3	225	25	Alcorn State	12	12
53	Mel Rogers	LLB	6-2	231	27	Florida A&M	3	3
74	Dave Rowe	LDT	6-6	274	29	Penn State	14	14
81	Jeff Staggs	LLB	6-2	242	30	Brigham Young; San Diego CC; San Diego State	3	1
89	Wayne Stewart	TE	6-7	202	27	California	14	13
77	John Teerlinck	RDT-LDE	6-5	245	23	Ellsworth CC; Western Illinois	14	2
86	Jim Thaxton	TE	6-2	241	25	Tennessee State	2	0
35	Bob Thomas	RB	5-10	201	26	Mesa CC; Arizona State	14	2
38	Tom Thompson	RB	6-1	205	23	Northwest Mississippi CC; Southern Illinois	12	0
75	Dave Tipton	LDE	6-6	245	25	Gavilan JC; Stanford	11	6
68	Brian Vertefeuille	LOT-OG	6-3	252	23	Idaho State	14	1
70	Russ Washington	ROT	6-6	295	28	Missouri	14	14
15	Ray Wersching	K	5-11	215	24	Cerritos JC; California	14	0
63	Doug Wilkerson	LOG	6-3	253	27	North Carolina Central	14	14
33	Don Woods	RB	6-1	191	23	New Mexico Highlands; New Mexico	12	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Bo Matthews	RB	Colorado
1	15	Don Goode	LB	Kansas
2	43	Mark Markovich	C	Penn State
3	59	Bill Rudder	RB	Tennessee
4	81	Harrison Davis	WR	Virginia
5	105	John Teerlinck	DT	Western Illinois
6	133	Jesse Freitas	QB	San Diego State
8	185	Tom Forrest	OG	Cincinnati
8	206	Bon Boatwright	T	Oklahoma State
9	210	Danny Colbert	DB	Tulsa
10	237	John Ketchoyian	LB	Santa Clara
11	262	Dave Grannell	TE	Arizona State
12	289	Samaji Adi Akili	DB	California
13	314	Brian Vertefeuille	T	Idaho State
14	341	Greg Bailey	DB	Long Beach State
15	366	Charles Anthony	LB	Southern California
15	386	Greg Meczka	TE	Bowling Green State
16	393	Neal Skarin	DE	Arizona State
17	418	Charles DeJurnett	DT	San Jose State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	21	61	54	76
Opponents Totals	68	76	62	79

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:00	245	113	117	15	87/199 43.7%	/ %	74	609
Opponents Totals	30:00	272	128	127	17	70/175 40.0%	0/3 0.0%	80	751

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Don Woods	10	0	0		0	0		60
Gary Garrison	5	0	0		0	0		30
Dennis Partee	0	26	28	92.9	1	5	20.0	29
Glen Bonner	4	0	0		0	0		24
Bo Matthews	4	0	0		0	0		24
Ray Wersching	0	0	0		5	11	45.5	15
Harrison Davis	2	0	0		0	0		12
Dan Fouts	1	0	0		0	0		6
Blenda Gay	1	0	0		0	0		6
Wayne Stewart	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	28	26	28	92.9	6	16	37.5	212
Opponents Totals	37	36	37	97.3	9	20	45.0	285

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Dennis Partee	1	5	20.0	0/0	1/2	0/2	0/1	0/0
Ray Wersching	5	11	45.5	0/0	1/1	1/3	3/4	0/3
Team Totals	6	16	37.5	0/0	2/3	1/5	3/5	0/3
Opponents Totals	9	20	45.0	0/0	6/8	2/6	1/5	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Woods	227	1162	5.1	56t	7
Bo Matthews	95	328	3.5	16	4
Cid Edwards	65	261	4.0	30	0
Glen Bonner	66	199	3.0	12	3
Dan Fouts	19	63	3.3	16	1
Bob Thomas	21	56	2.7	12	0
Dick Gordon	1	25	25.0	25	0
Jesse Freitas	6	16	2.7	9	0
Tom Thompson	6	8	1.3	8	0
Harrison Davis	2	-7	-3.5	2	0
Team Totals	508	2111	4.2	56t	15
Opponents Totals	508	2160	4.3	43	21

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dan Fouts	237	115	48.5	109	1732	7.3	15.1	75t	8	3.4	13	5.5	12	99	1633	61.4
Jesse Freitas	109	49	45.0	52	719	6.6	14.7	71t	3	2.8	8	7.3	11	76	643	45.6
Don Woods	3	1	33.3	1	28	9.3	28.0	28t	1	33.3	1	33.3	0	0	28	68.7
Team Totals	349	165	47.3	162	2479	7.1	15.0	75t	12	3.4	22	6.3	23	175	2304	56.3
Opponents Totals	367	222	60.5	130	2815	7.7	12.7	84t	13	3.5	15	4.1	18	145	2670	79.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gary Garrison	41	785	19.1	71t	5
Don Woods	26	349	13.4	75t	3
Wayne Stewart	19	283	14.9	29	1
Harrison Davis	18	432	24.0	70t	2
Cid Edwards	13	102	7.8	16	0
Bo Matthews	12	90	7.5	23	0
Glen Bonner	11	101	9.2	22	1
Jerry LeVias	9	105	11.7	18	0
Jim Beirne	7	121	17.3	26	0
Dave Grannell	3	51	17.0	22	0
Gary Parris	3	36	12.0	17	0
Dick Gordon	2	15	7.5	17	0
Bob Thomas	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	165	2479	15.0	75t	12
Opponents Totals	222	2815	12.7	84t	13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chris Fletcher	4	74	18.5	31	0
Bobby Howard	3	52	17.3	23	0
Floyd Rice	3	44	14.7	15	0
Joe Beauchamp	1	35	35.0	35	0
Samaji Adi Akili	1	25	25.0	25	0
Charles Anthony	1	23	23.0	23	0
George Hoey	1	20	20.0	20	0
Carl Gersbach	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	15	273	18.2	35	0
Opponents Totals	22	311	14.1	38t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dennis Partee	76	3042	40.0	65	7	13	401	2501	32.9
Team Totals	76	3042	40.0	65	7		401	2501	32.9
Opponents Totals	66	2679	40.6	62	4		287	2312	35.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Danny Colbert	15	1	128	8.5	28
Dick Gordon	8	3	39	4.9	12
Jerry LeVias	5	0	41	8.2	22
George Hoey	4	0	38	9.5	15
Harrison Davis	4	0	34	8.5	16
Jim Beirne	1	0	7	7.0	7
Team Totals	37	4	287	7.8	28
Opponents Totals	48	2	401	8.4	34

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Dick Gordon	14	354	25.3	39
Tom Thompson	12	242	20.2	35
Danny Colbert	10	215	21.5	26
Jerry LeVias	6	116	19.3	27
George Hoey	3	73	24.3	27
Don Woods	3	61	20.3	29
Gary Parris	3	29	9.7	13
Bob Thomas	2	32	16.0	18
Lenny Dunlap	1	19	19.0	19
Wayne Stewart	1	1	1.0	1
Team Totals	55	1142	20.8	39
Opponents Totals	39	960	24.6	61

SACKS	NO	YDS
Coy Bacon	7.5
Dave Rowe	3.0
Dave Tipton	2.5
Bob Brown	2.0
John Teerlinck	1.5
Samaji Adi Akili	1.0
Team Totals	18.0	145.0
Opponents Totals	23.0	175.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Samaji Adi Akili	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Charles Anthony	0	0	0	2	2	10	0
Joe Beauchamp	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Glen Bonner	3		1	1	2	0	0
Bob Brown	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Harrison Davis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Cid Edwards	2		0	0	0	0	0
Fred Forsberg	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dan Fouts	4		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Garrison	1		1	0	1	0	0
Blenda Gay	0	0	0	1	1	17	1
Dick Gordon	4		2	0	2	-6	0
George Hoey	1		1	1	2	0	0
Jerry LeVias	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bo Matthews	2		0	0	0	0	0
Terry Owens	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dave Rowe	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Wayne Stewart	1		1	0	1	0	0
Dave Tipton	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Russ Washington	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Don Woods	4		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	24	13	11	13	24	21	1
Opponents Totals	19	13	6	11	17		2