1979 San Diego Chargers (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference Western Division 12-4-0 .750

Earnel Durden	Offensive Backs
Joe Gibbs	Offensive Coordinator
Jim Hanifan	Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
Wayne Sevier	Special Teams
Jacki Simpson	Defensive Coordinator
Larrye Weaver	Defensive Backs
Ernie Zampese	Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1979	A	San Francisco 49ers	10-13	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	32275
Sat	8/11/1979	H	Minnesota Vikings	19-0	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	49037
Sat	8/18/1979	A	New York Giants	7-3	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	22341
Sat	8/25/1979	A	Los Angeles Rams	7-23	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	50089
Sun	9/2/1979	A	Seattle Seahawks	33-16	W	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	62287
Sun	9/9/1979	H	Oakland Raiders	30-10	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50255
Sun	9/16/1979	H	Buffalo Bills	27-19	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50709
Sun	9/23/1979	A	New England Patriots	21-27	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60916
Sun	9/30/1979	H	San Francisco 49ers	31-9	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50893
Sun	10/7/1979	A	Denver Broncos	0-7	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74997
Sun	10/14/1979	H	Seattle Seahawks	20-10	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50007
Sun	10/21/1979	A	Los Angeles Rams	40-16	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	64245
Thu	10/25/1979	A	Oakland Raiders	22-45	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53709
Sun	11/4/1979	A	Kansas City Chiefs	20-14	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	59353
Sun	11/11/1979	A	Cincinnati Bengals	26-24	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	40782
Sun	11/18/1979	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	35-7	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	52426
Sun	11/25/1979	H	Kansas City Chiefs	28-7	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50078
Sun	12/2/1979	H	Atlanta Falcons	26-28	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50198
Sun	12/9/1979	A	New Orleans Saints	35-0	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	61059
Mon	12/17/1979	H	Denver Broncos	17-7	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	51906
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/29/1979	H	Houston Oilers	14-17	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	51192

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
60	Dan Audick	LOG	6-3	250	25	Hawaii	16	4
37	Hank Bauer	RB	5-10	200	25	California Lutheran	16	0
6	Rolf Benirschke	K	6-0	165	24	UC Davis	4	0
28	Willie Buchanon	LCB	6-0	189	29	MiraCosta JC; San Diego State	16	16
87	Larry Burton	WR	6-1	193	28	Purdue	12	0
71	Fred Dean	RDE	6-2	230	27	Louisiana Tech	13	12
73	Charles DeJurnett	RDE-LDE-RDT	6-4	265	27	West Los Angeles JC; San Jose State	12	4
48	Jerome Dove	CB	6-1	190	26	Hutchinson CC; Colorado State	16	0
47	Frank Duncan	S	6-1	188	23	San Mateo JC; San Francisco State	4	0
27	Glen Edwards	FS	6-0	185	32	Florida A&M	15	13
86	John Floyd	WR	6-1	195	23	Louisiana-Monroe	8	2
14	Dan Fouts	QB	6-3	210	28	Oregon	16	16
42	Mike Fuller	SS	5-9	182	26	Auburn	16	16
9	Roy Gerela	K	5-10	185	31	New Mexico State	3	0
50	Don Goode	LLB	6-2	240	28	Kansas	12	1
12	James Harris	QB	6-3	221	32	Grambling State	8	0
55	Bob Horn	MLB	6-3	239	25	Oregon State	16	16
83	John Jefferson	WR	6-1	201	23	Arizona State	15	15
79	Gary Johnson	RDT	6-2	255	27	Grambling State	16	15
18	Charlie Joiner	WR	5-11	186	32	Grambling State	16	16
68	Leroy Jones	LDE	6-8	245	29	Norfolk State	16	15
74	Louie Kelcher	DT	6-5	290	26	Southern Methodist	1	0
57	Linden King	RLB	6-4	247	24	Colorado State	16	1
84	Bob Klein	TE	6-5	235	32	Southern California	15	14
69	John Lee	RDE	6-2	259	26	Nebraska	10	2
51	Woodrow Lowe	RLB	6-0	227	25	Alabama	16	14
62	Don Macek	C-OG	6-2	270	25	Boston College	9	6
41	Bo Matthews	FB	6-3	222	28	Colorado	16	0
88	Gregg McCrary	TE	6-3	232	27	Clark Atlanta	14	0
26	Lydell Mitchell	HB	5-11	198	30	Penn State	12	5
10	Cliff Olander	QB	6-5	187	24	New Mexico State	4	0
24	Artie Owens	HB	5-11	182	26	West Virginia	16	2
53	Ralph Perretta	C	6-2	252	26	Purdue	16	0
52	Ray Preston	LLB-RLB	6-0	221	25	Syracuse	16	16
56	Bob Rush	C	6-5	270	24	Memphis	16	10
44	Pete Shaw	FS	5-10	178	25	Northwestern	16	3
66	Billy Shields	LOT	6-8	281	26	Georgia Tech	16	16
45	Hal Stringert	CB	5-11	185	27	Willamette; Hawaii	15	1
22	Mike Thomas	HB	5-11	190	26	Oklahoma; Nevada-Las Vegas	14	9
59	Cliff Thrift	LB	6-2	234	23	East Central	16	0
70	Russ Washington	ROT	6-6	295	33	Missouri	16	16
8	Jeff West	P	6-3	218	26	Cincinnati	16	0
67	Ed White	ROG	6-2	264	32	California	16	16
63	Doug Wilkerson	LOG	6-3	253	32	North Carolina Central	12	12
40	Clarence Williams	FB	5-10	185	24	South Carolina	16	16
29	Mike Williams	RCB	5-10	186	26	Louisiana State	16	16
80	Kellen Winslow	TE	6-5	251	22	Missouri	7	1
16	Mike Wood	K	5-11	199	25	Southeast Missouri State	9	0
33	Don Woods	RB	6-1	191	28	New Mexico Highlands; New Mexico	15	0
99	Wilbur Young	LDT	6-6	285	30	William Penn	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	13	Kellen Winslow	TE	Missouri
3	73	Cliff Thrift	LB	East Central
4	104	John Floyd	WR	Louisiana-Monroe
8	210	Wilbert Haslip	RB	Hawaii
9	237	Alvin Garrett	WR	Angelo State
10	265	Tony Petruccio	DT	Penn State
10	269	Al Green	DB	Louisiana State
11	295	Dave Rader	QB	Tulsa
12	321	Frank Duncan	DB	San Francisco State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	80	135	93	103
Opponents Totals	82	42	48	74

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	31:35	330	114	192	24	87/205 42.4%	/ %	108	908
Opponents Totals	28:25	268	117	132	19	73/208 35.1%	/ %	100	812

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Clarence Williams	12	0	0		0	0		0	72
Mike Wood	0	28	31	90.3	11	14	78.6	0	61
John Jefferson	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Hank Bauer	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Bob Klein	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Rolf Benirschke	0	12	13	92.3	4	4	100.0	0	24
Charlie Joiner	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Dan Fouts	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Woodrow Lowe	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Artie Owens	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Kellen Winslow	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Roy Gerela	0	6	7	85.7	1	7	14.3	0	9
Wilbur Young	1	0	0		0	0		1	8
John Floyd	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bo Matthews	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lydell Mitchell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Thomas	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Gregg McCrary	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Cliff Olander	0	1	1	100.0	0	1	0.0	0	1
Team Totals	52	47	52	90.4	16	26	61.5	2	411
Opponents Totals	32	28	32	87.5	8	12	66.7	1	246

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Rolf Benirschke	4	4	100.0	0/0	2/2	1/1	1/1	0/0
Roy Gerela	1	7	14.3	0/0	1/2	0/2	0/3	0/0
Cliff Olander	0	1	0.0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0
Mike Wood	11	14	78.6	0/0	4/4	6/6	1/1	0/3
Team Totals	16	26	61.5	0/0	7/8	7/9	2/6	0/3
Opponents Totals	8	12	66.7	1/1	1/1	6/6	0/4	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Clarence Williams	200	752	3.8	55t	12
Mike Thomas	91	353	3.9	21	1
Lydell Mitchell	63	211	3.3	15	0
Artie Owens	40	151	3.8	23	1
Bo Matthews	30	112	3.7	22	1
Dan Fouts	26	49	1.9	26	2
Hank Bauer	22	28	1.3	6	8
James Harris	6	26	4.3	18	0
Mike Fuller	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jeff West	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Charlie Joiner	1	-12	-12.0	-12	0
Team Totals	481	1668	3.5	55t	25
Opponents Totals	475	1907	4.0	33	19

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dan Fouts	530	332	62.6	174	4082	7.7	12.3	65t	24	4.5	24	4.5	28	195	3887	82.6
Mike Thomas	1	1	100.0	0	18	18.0	18.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	18	118.8
Mike Fuller	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
James Harris	9	5	55.6	3	38	4.2	7.6	10	0	0.0	1	11.1	2	15	23	26.4
Hank Bauer	0	0			0				0		0		1	13	-13
Team Totals	541	338	62.5	178	4138	7.6	12.2	65t	24	4.4	25	4.6	31	223	3915	81.6
Opponents Totals	472	261	55.3	183	2881	6.1	11.0	84t	11	2.3	28	5.9	42	332	2549	56.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie Joiner	72	1008	14.0	39	4
John Jefferson	61	1090	17.9	65t	10
Clarence Williams	51	352	6.9	14	0
Bob Klein	37	424	11.5	54t	5
Mike Thomas	32	388	12.1	32	0
Kellen Winslow	25	255	10.2	30	2
Lydell Mitchell	19	159	8.4	24	1
Artie Owens	15	176	11.7	32t	1
John Floyd	10	152	15.2	40	1
Bo Matthews	7	40	5.7	13	0
Gregg McCrary	5	32	6.4	19	0
Larry Burton	4	62	15.5	23	0
Team Totals	338	4138	12.2	65t	24
Opponents Totals	261	2881	11.0	84t	11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Woodrow Lowe	5	150	30.0	77t	2
Ray Preston	5	121	24.2	35	0
Glen Edwards	4	99	24.8	53	0
Mike Williams	4	55	13.8	50	0
Mike Fuller	4	39	9.8	23	0
Pete Shaw	3	54	18.0	30	0
Bob Horn	2	44	22.0	30	0
Don Goode	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	562	20.1	77t	2
Opponents Totals	25	279	11.2	96	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Jeff West	75	2736	36.5	62	0	9	23	204	2352	31.4
Team Totals	75	2736	36.5	62	0	9	23	204	2352	31.4
Opponents Totals	83	3380	40.7	74	2	7	12	488	2752	33.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Mike Fuller	46	7	448	9.7	27
Mike Williams	3	0	19	6.3	10
Pete Shaw	2	2	21	10.5	11
Don Goode	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	52	9	488	9.4	27
Opponents Totals	34	18	204	6.0	32

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Artie Owens	35	791	22.6	40	0
Mike Fuller	6	115	19.2	41	0
Hank Bauer	4	92	23.0	31	0
Clarence Williams	1	19	19.0	19	0
Lydell Mitchell	1	15	15.0	15	0
Cliff Thrift	1	11	11.0	11	0
Ralph Perretta	1	9	9.0	9	0
Bo Matthews	1	4	4.0	4	0
Don Woods	0	10		10L	0
Team Totals	50	1066	21.3	41	0
Opponents Totals	72	1535	21.3	104t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Wilbur Young	14.0
Fred Dean	9.0
Leroy Jones	7.5
Gary Johnson	6.0
Charles DeJurnett	3.0
Woodrow Lowe	1.0
John Lee	0.5
(Team)	1.0
Team Totals	42.0	332.0
Opponents Totals	31.0	223.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Hank Bauer	1		1	0	1	0	0
Willie Buchanon	0	0	0	1	1	24	0
Fred Dean	0	0	0	3	3	2	0
Jerome Dove	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Glen Edwards	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Dan Fouts	13		6	0	6	-20	0
Mike Fuller	4		1	0	1	-8	0
James Harris	1		1	0	1	-7	0
Bob Horn	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gary Johnson	1		1	1	2	36	0
Charlie Joiner	1		0	0	0	0	0
Leroy Jones	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Linden King	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bob Klein	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Woodrow Lowe	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Bo Matthews	1		1	0	1	0	0
Lydell Mitchell	2		0	0	0	0	0
Artie Owens	1		0	0	0	0	0
Billy Shields	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Thomas	4		2	0	2	0	0
Cliff Thrift	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Doug Wilkerson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Clarence Williams	1		2	0	2	0	0
Kellen Winslow	1		0	0	0	0	0
Wilbur Young	0	0	0	3	3	3	1
Team Totals	31	12	19	18	37	37	1
Opponents Totals	30	18	9	10	19		0