1975 San Diego Chargers (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Western Division 2-12-0 .143

Dick Coury	Linebackers
John David Crow	Offensive Coordinator
George Dickson	Special Assignments
Earnel Durden	Offensive Backs
Rudy Feldman	Defensive Line
Bobb McKittrick	Offensive Line
Howard Mudd	Offensive Line
Jacki Simpson	Defensive Coordinator

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/9/1975	H	Chicago Bears	0-22	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	30397
Sat	8/16/1975	H	New York Giants	7-17	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	28305
Thu	8/21/1975	H	San Francisco 49ers	20-7	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	18764
Sat	8/30/1975	A	St. Louis Cardinals	9-14	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	37468
Sun	9/7/1975	A	New England Patriots	24-31	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	39502
Sat	9/13/1975	H	Minnesota Vikings	14-14	T	OT	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	31642
Sun	9/21/1975	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	0-37	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	35853
Sun	9/28/1975	A	Houston Oilers	17-33	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	33765
Sun	10/5/1975	H	Oakland Raiders	0-6	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	31095
Sun	10/12/1975	H	Los Angeles Rams	10-13	L	OT	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	37382
Sun	10/19/1975	H	Kansas City Chiefs	10-12	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	26469
Sun	10/26/1975	A	Oakland Raiders	0-25	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	42796
Sat	11/1/1975	A	New York Giants	24-35	L		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	52032
Sun	11/9/1975	H	New England Patriots	19-33	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	24161
Sun	11/16/1975	H	Denver Broncos	17-27	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	26048
Sun	11/23/1975	A	Minnesota Vikings	13-28	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	43737
Sun	11/30/1975	A	Denver Broncos	10-13	L	OT	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	44982
Sun	12/7/1975	A	Kansas City Chiefs	28-20	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	46888
Mon	12/15/1975	H	New York Jets	24-16	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	49706
Sun	12/21/1975	A	Cincinnati Bengals	17-47	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	46474

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	LS	6-2	192	23	New Mexico Highlands; California	11	8
51	Billy Andrews	RLB-LLB	6-0	223	30	Southeastern Louisiana	14	7
28	Dave Atkins	RB	6-1	200	26	New Mexico Military Institute JC; Texas-El Paso	3	0
77	Coy Bacon	RDE	6-4	269	32	Jackson State	14	13
81	Mel Baker	WR	6-0	189	25	Texas Southern	1	0
35	Tony Baker	RB	5-11	224	30	Iowa State	13	2
40	Joe Beauchamp	LCB	6-0	185	31	Northwestern JC; Iowa State	8	8
21	Glen Bonner	RB	6-2	202	23	Yakima Valley CC; Washington	10	1
88	Chuck Bradley	TE	6-6	243	25	Oregon	4	0
86	Marlin Briscoe	WR	5-10	178	30	Nebraska-Omaha	3	1
65	Booker Brown	LOT	6-2	257	23	Santa Barbara CC; Southern California	11	7
7	Virgil Carter	QB	6-1	185	30	Brigham Young	1	1
46	Danny Colbert	LCB-S	5-11	175	25	Texas Christian; Tulsa	13	6
88	Craig Cotton	TE	6-4	215	28	Youngstown State	9	0
82	Pat Curran	TE	6-3	238	30	Iowa State; Lakeland	14	14
71	Fred Dean	LDE	6-2	230	23	Louisiana Tech	14	13
11	Bobby Douglass	QB	6-3	223	28	Kansas	3	0
54	Ed Flanagan	C	6-3	246	31	Purdue	14	14
44	Chris Fletcher	RS	5-11	189	27	Temple	14	14
14	Dan Fouts	QB	6-3	210	24	Oregon	10	9
17	Jesse Freitas	QB	6-1	200	24	Stanford; San Diego State	8	4
42	Mike Fuller	LS-RS	5-9	182	22	Auburn	14	6
27	Gary Garrison	WR	6-1	194	31	Long Beach CC; San Diego State	14	14
50	Don Goode	LLB	6-2	240	24	Kansas	13	12
69	Ira Gordon	ROG	6-3	268	28	Phoenix JC; Kansas State	14	14
58	Tom Graham	MLB	6-2	235	25	Oregon	14	8
52	Ken Hutcherson	MLB	6-0	225	23	West Alabama	8	6
72	Gary Johnson	RDT	6-2	255	23	Grambling State	14	8
64	Louie Kelcher	LDT	6-5	290	22	Southern Methodist	13	13
53	Drew Mahalic	LLB	6-4	225	22	Notre Dame	13	1
56	Mark Markovich	C	6-5	255	23	Penn State	14	0
41	Bo Matthews	RB	6-3	222	24	Colorado	13	12
80	Dwight McDonald	WR	6-2	187	24	San Diego CC; U.S. International; San Diego State	14	13
76	Terry Owens	LOT	6-6	263	31	Alabama; Jacksonville State	7	7
29	Dennis Partee	P	6-2	218	29	Southern Methodist	14	0
61	Ralph Perretta	OG	6-2	252	22	Purdue	3	0
57	Floyd Rice	RLB	6-3	225	26	Alcorn State	14	8
74	Dave Rowe	RDT	6-6	274	30	Penn State	1	1
30	Sam Scarber	RB	6-2	232	26	Northeastern JC; New Mexico	11	1
66	Billy Shields	LOT-ROT	6-8	281	22	Georgia Tech	11	0
23	Charlie Smith	RB	6-1	205	29	Bakersfield CC; Utah	4	0
52	Bob Stein	LB	6-2	235	27	Minnesota	3	0
45	Hal Stringert	CB	5-11	185	23	Willamette; Hawaii	6	0
83	Joe Sweet	WR	6-2	196	27	Tennessee State	11	0
59	Frank Tate	LB	6-3	225	23	North Carolina Central	4	0
77	John Teerlinck	RDT-RDE	6-5	245	24	Ellsworth CC; Western Illinois	6	5
75	Dave Tipton	LDE-RDE-LDT	6-6	245	26	Gavilan JC; Stanford	14	3
25	Maurice Tyler	RLB	6-0	186	25	Baltimore JC; Morgan State	13	0
70	Russ Washington	ROT	6-6	295	29	Missouri	14	14
15	Ray Wersching	K	5-11	215	25	Cerritos JC; California	14	0
63	Doug Wilkerson	LOG	6-3	253	28	North Carolina Central	14	14
20	Mike Williams	RCB	5-10	186	22	Louisiana State	14	14
68	Greg Wojcik	DT	6-6	268	29	Orange Coast JC; Southern California	6	0
33	Don Woods	RB	6-1	191	24	New Mexico Highlands; New Mexico	5	5
34	Rickey Young	RB	6-2	198	22	Jackson State	14	8

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	8	Gary Johnson	DT	Grambling State
1	22	Mike Williams	DB	Louisiana State
2	30	Louie Kelcher	DT	Southern Methodist
2	33	Fred Dean	LB	Louisiana Tech
3	73	Mike Fuller	DB	Auburn
4	101	Ken Bernich	LB	Auburn
5	111	Kevin Nosbusch	DT	Notre Dame
5	125	Charles Waddell	TE	North Carolina
6	134	John Carroll	WR	Oklahoma
6	136	Billy Shields	T	Georgia Tech
7	164	Rickey Young	RB	Jackson State
8	203	Barry Collier	T	Georgia
8	206	Ralph Perretta	OG	Purdue
9	214	Larry Keller	LB	Houston
10	242	Otha Bradley	DT	Southern California
11	267	Vince Phason	DB	Arizona
11	284	Ike McBee	WR	San Jose State
12	292	Jerry Dahl	LB	North Dakota State
13	320	Pete Demmerle	WR	Notre Dame
13	336	Glen Printers	RB	South Carolina State
14	345	Reggie Barnett	DB	Notre Dame
15	370	John Roush	G	Oklahoma
16	398	Chip Salvestrini	G	Yankton
17	423	Neal Jeffrey	QB	Baylor

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	37	54	55	43	0
Opponents Totals	90	102	69	78	6

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	34:24	198	98	89	11	54/188 28.7%	0/1 0.0%	84	705
Opponents Totals	25:36	312	154	139	19	110/217 50.7%	0/1 0.0%	81	686

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Ray Wersching	0	20	21	95.2	12	24	50.0	0	56
Rickey Young	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Bo Matthews	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Dwight McDonald	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Dan Fouts	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Gary Garrison	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Sam Scarber	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Don Woods	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tony Baker	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Fuller	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Pat Curran	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	1
Team Totals	22	21	22	95.5	12	24	50.0	0	189
Opponents Totals	40	35	39	89.7	22	34	64.7	2	345

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Ray Wersching	12	24	50.0	0/0	4/4	5/9	3/9	0/2
Team Totals	12	24	50.0	0/0	4/4	5/9	3/9	0/2
Opponents Totals	22	34	64.7	2/2	12/14	6/6	2/11	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rickey Young	138	577	4.2	48t	5
Don Woods	87	317	3.6	17	2
Bo Matthews	71	254	3.6	24	3
Dan Fouts	23	170	7.4	32	2
Tony Baker	42	131	3.1	18	1
Glen Bonner	28	120	4.3	12	0
Sam Scarber	15	68	4.5	18	1
Jesse Freitas	11	56	5.1	17	0
Bobby Douglass	10	42	4.2	9	0
Gary Garrison	3	30	10.0	20	0
Pat Curran	3	21	7.0	12	0
Virgil Carter	2	11	5.5	9	0
Dave Atkins	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	434	1801	4.1	48t	14
Opponents Totals	606	2442	4.0	46t	21

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dan Fouts	195	106	54.4	79	1396	7.2	13.2	57	2	1.0	10	5.1	25	197	1199	59.3
Jesse Freitas	110	49	44.5	56	525	4.8	10.7	42	5	4.5	5	4.5	20	138	387	55.3
Bobby Douglass	27	7	25.9	19	53	2.0	7.6	22	0	0.0	1	3.7	4	43	10	24.2
Virgil Carter	5	3	60.0	1	24	4.8	8.0	11	0	0.0	1	20.0	1	10	14	32.5
Team Totals	337	165	49.0	155	1998	5.9	12.1	57	7	2.1	17	5.0	50	388	1610	53.5
Opponents Totals	390	237	60.8	133	2719	7.0	11.5	60t	16	4.1	20	5.1	26	209	2510	74.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pat Curran	45	619	13.8	39	0
Gary Garrison	27	438	16.2	40	2
Rickey Young	21	166	7.9	16	1
Dwight McDonald	19	298	15.7	57	3
Don Woods	13	101	7.8	22	0
Sam Scarber	12	68	5.7	12	1
Bo Matthews	9	59	6.6	22	0
Joe Sweet	8	147	18.4	52	0
Tony Baker	6	27	4.5	7	0
Marlin Briscoe	2	25	12.5	14	0
Glen Bonner	2	8	4.0	5	0
Chuck Bradley	1	42	42.0	42	0
Team Totals	165	1998	12.1	57	7
Opponents Totals	237	2719	11.5	60t	16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chris Fletcher	6	100	16.7	45	0
Mike Williams	4	67	16.8	40	0
Danny Colbert	2	10	5.0	10	0
Tom Graham	2	5	2.5	4	0
Don Goode	1	37	37.0	37	0
Drew Mahalic	1	3	3.0	3	0
Mike Fuller	1	1	1.0	1	0
Samaji Adi Akili	1	0	0.0	0	0
Joe Beauchamp	1	0	0.0	0	0
Floyd Rice	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	20	223	11.2	45	0
Opponents Totals	17	371	21.8	81	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dennis Partee	79	2910	36.8	56	1	4	15	373	2457	31.1
Team Totals	79	2910	36.8	56	1	4		373	2457	31.1
Opponents Totals	56	2227	39.8	64	0	4		442	1705	30.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Fuller	36	0	410	11.4	52	1
Danny Colbert	2	0	32	16.0	23	0
Team Totals	38	0	442	11.6	52	1
Opponents Totals	48	9	373	7.8	32	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Mike Fuller	31	725	23.4	34
Rickey Young	15	323	21.5	34
Charlie Smith	8	222	27.8	41
Billy Andrews	6	93	15.5	27
Danny Colbert	5	91	18.2	26
Pat Curran	3	28	9.3	15
Mark Markovich	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	69	1482	21.5	41
Opponents Totals	40	1101	27.5	64

SACKS	NO	YDS
Coy Bacon	9.0
Fred Dean	5.5
Gary Johnson	3.5
Don Goode	3.0
Floyd Rice	2.0
John Teerlinck	1.0
Louie Kelcher	1.0
(Uknown)	1.0
Team Totals	26.0	209.0
Opponents Totals	50.0	388.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Billy Andrews	0	0	1	1	2	15	0
Tony Baker	1		0	0	0	0	0
Booker Brown	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Danny Colbert	1		0	1	1	0	0
Pat Curran	1		0	0	0	0	0
Fred Dean	0	0	1	3	4	0	0
Bobby Douglass	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ed Flanagan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Chris Fletcher	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dan Fouts	3		1	0	1	0	0
Jesse Freitas	3		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Fuller	5		2	1	3	0	0
Ira Gordon	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tom Graham	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Drew Mahalic	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bo Matthews	6		3	0	3	0	0
Dennis Partee	1		1	0	1	-13	0
Floyd Rice	0	0	0	3	3	25	0
Sam Scarber	2		0	0	0	0	0
Doug Wilkerson	0	0	4	0	4	0	0
Mike Williams	0	0	1	3	4	8	0
Don Woods	1		0	0	0	0	0
Rickey Young	5		1	1	2	0	0
Team Totals	32	13	19	14	33	35	0
Opponents Totals	34	14	19	12	31		2