1985 San Diego Chargers (NFL)

3rd place American Football Conference Western Division 8-8-0 .500

Dave Adolph	Defensive Assistant; Defensive Coordinator
Tom Bass	Defensive Coordinator
Hank Bauer	Special Offensive Assistant
Marv Braden	Special Offensive Assistant
Gunther Cunningham	Defensive Line
Earnel Durden	Offensive Backs
Dave Levy	Offensive Coordinator
Al Saunders	Receivers
Jim Wagstaff	Defensive Backfield
Chuck Weber	Linebackers
Ernie Zampese	Quarterbacks/Passing Game

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/10/1985	H	Cleveland Browns	12-7	W		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	42300
Sat	8/17/1985	H	Dallas Cowboys	24-27	L	OT	San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	48596
Sat	8/24/1985	A	San Francisco 49ers	10-25	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	50569
Fri	8/30/1985	H	New Orleans Saints	21-20	W		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	40462
Sun	9/8/1985	A	Buffalo Bills	14-9	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	67597
Sun	9/15/1985	H	Seattle Seahawks	35-49	L		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	54420
Sun	9/22/1985	A	Cincinnati Bengals	44-41	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	52270
Sun	9/29/1985	H	Cleveland Browns	7-21	L		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	52107
Sun	10/6/1985	A	Seattle Seahawks	21-26	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	61300
Sun	10/13/1985	H	Kansas City Chiefs	31-20	W		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	50067
Sun	10/20/1985	A	Minnesota Vikings	17-21	L		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	61670
Mon	10/28/1985	A	Los Angeles Raiders	21-34	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	69297
Sun	11/3/1985	H	Denver Broncos	30-10	W		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	57312
Sun	11/10/1985	H	Los Angeles Raiders	40-34	W	OT	San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	58566
Sun	11/17/1985	A	Denver Broncos	24-30	L	OT	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74376
Sun	11/24/1985	A	Houston Oilers	35-37	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	34336
Sun	12/1/1985	H	Buffalo Bills	40-7	W		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	45487
Sun	12/8/1985	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	54-44	W		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	52098
Sun	12/15/1985	H	Philadelphia Eagles	20-14	W		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	45569
Sun	12/22/1985	A	Kansas City Chiefs	34-38	L		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	18178

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
42	Curtis Adams	RB	5-11	200	23	Central Michigan	1	0
40	Gary Anderson	RB	6-0	181	24	Arkansas	12	6
86	Jesse Bendross	WR	6-0	196	23	Alabama	16	2
6	Rolf Benirschke	K	6-0	165	30	UC Davis	1	0
59	Craig Bingham	LB	6-2	223	26	Syracuse	8	0
50	Carlos Bradley	ROLB	6-0	221	25	Wake Forest	10	2
22	Gill Byrd	SS	5-11	197	24	San Jose State	16	16
89	Wes Chandler	WR	6-0	186	29	Florida	15	13
91	Tony Chickillo	NT	6-2	265	25	Miami (Florida)	4	1
77	Sam Claphan	ROT	6-6	288	29	Oklahoma	12	12
31	Anthony Corley	RB	6-0	210	25	Nevada-Reno	4	0
28	David Croudip	CB-S	5-8	185	27	Ventura JC; San Diego State	2	0
37	Jeff Dale	FS	6-3	213	23	Louisiana State	16	16
61	Ken Dallafior	OG	6-4	280	26	Minnesota	3	0
20	Wayne Davis	LCB	5-11	177	22	Indiana State	16	6
65	Jerry Doerger	C-OT	6-5	270	25	Wisconsin	8	0
78	Chuck Ehin	NT	6-4	256	24	Brigham Young	16	15
84	Chris Faulkner	TE	6-4	260	25	Florida	9	0
52	Mark Fellows	LB	6-1	233	22	Montana State	2	0
65	Keith Ferguson	RDE	6-5	260	26	Ohio State	10	7
14	Dan Fouts	QB	6-3	210	34	Oregon	14	12
92	Scott Garnett	NT	6-2	271	23	Washington	5	0
58	Mike Green	LILB	6-0	226	24	Oklahoma State	15	15
53	Mike Guendling	LB	6-3	238	23	Northwestern	9	0
29	John Hendy	LCB	5-11	199	23	West Valley JC; Long Beach State	16	10
9	Mark Herrmann	QB	6-4	210	26	Purdue	9	4
88	Pete Holohan	TE	6-4	238	26	Notre Dame	15	3
26	Lionel James	RB	5-6	170	23	Auburn	16	7
83	Trumaine Johnson	WR	6-1	196	25	Grambling State	11	2
18	Charlie Joiner	WR	5-11	186	38	Grambling State	16	14
30	David King	CB	5-9	175	22	Auburn	1	0
57	Linden King	LOLB	6-4	247	30	Colorado State	16	16
68	Gary Kowalski	ROT	6-6	273	25	Boston College	13	1
74	Jim Lachey	LOT	6-6	289	22	Ohio State	16	16
63	Jim Leonard	OG	6-3	260	28	Santa Clara	7	3
32	Terry Lewis	CB	5-11	193	23	Michigan State	10	0
51	Woodrow Lowe	ROLB	6-0	227	31	Alabama	16	14
62	Don Macek	C	6-2	270	31	Boston College	15	15
21	Buford McGee	RB	6-0	213	25	Mississippi	11	1
60	Dennis McKnight	ROG-ROT	6-3	275	26	Drake	16	16
24	Miles McPherson	CB-S	6-0	175	25	New Haven	9	0
2	Ralf Mojsiejenko	P-K	6-3	212	22	Michigan State	16	0
55	Derrie Nelson	LILB	6-2	237	27	Nebraska	16	1
27	Ronnie O'Bard	CB	5-9	190	27	Idaho; Grossmont JC	16	0
56	Vince Osby	LB	5-11	221	24	Pasadena CC; Illinois	7	0
90	Fred Robinson	DE	6-4	240	24	Miami (Florida)	16	1
28	Jim Rockford	CB-S	5-10	180	24	Oklahoma	1	0
64	Bill Searcey	OG	6-1	281	27	Alabama	1	0
85	Eric Sievers	TE	6-4	234	28	Maryland	16	11
97	Tony Simmons	DE	6-4	268	23	Tennessee	13	0
54	Billy Ray Smith	RILB	6-3	236	24	Arkansas	15	15
33	Lucious Smith	CB	5-10	190	28	San Diego State; Fullerton State	5	0
43	Tim Spencer	FB	6-1	225	25	Ohio State	16	15
44	Anthony Steels	RB	5-9	195	26	Nebraska	6	0
16	Bob Thomas	K	5-10	177	33	Notre Dame	15	0
66	Rich Umphrey	C	6-3	270	27	Utah; Colorado	11	1
23	Danny Walters	RCB	6-1	200	25	Arkansas	16	16
67	Ed White	LOG	6-2	264	38	California	16	16
99	Lee Williams	LDE	6-5	268	23	Bethune-Cookman	16	16
93	Earl Wilson	RDE	6-4	280	27	Kentucky	16	9
80	Kellen Winslow	TE	6-5	251	28	Missouri	10	6

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	12	Jim Lachey	G	Ohio State
2	39	Wayne Davis	DB	Indiana State
2	55	Jeff Dale	DB	Louisiana State
3	69	John Hendy	DB	Long Beach State
4	96	Ralf Mojsiejenko	K	Michigan State
6	150	Terry Lewis	DB	Michigan State
7	196	Mark Fellows	LB	Montana State
8	207	Curtis Adams	RB	Central Michigan
9	234	Paul Berner	QB	Pacific
9	252	Dan Remsberg	T	Abilene Christian
10	264	David King	DB	Auburn
11	291	Jeff Smith	NT	Kentucky
12	318	Tony Simmons	DE	Tennessee
12	329	Bret Pearson	TE	Wisconsin

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	86	134	96	145	6
Opponents Totals	82	124	114	109	6

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	29:21	380	92	259	29	86/208 41.3%	6/10 60.0%	100	937
Opponents Totals	30:39	364	122	218	24	89/209 42.6%	8/12 66.7%	86	703

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Bob Thomas	0	51	55	92.7	18	28	64.3	105
Wes Chandler	10	0	0		0	0		60
Tim Spencer	10	0	0		0	0		60
Lionel James	8	0	0		0	0		48
Gary Anderson	7	0	0		0	0		42
Charlie Joiner	7	0	0		0	0		42
Eric Sievers	6	0	0		0	0		36
Pete Holohan	3	0	0		0	0		18
Buford McGee	3	0	0		0	0		18
Jesse Bendross	2	0	0		0	0		12
Curtis Adams	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jeff Dale	1	0	0		0	0		6
John Hendy	1	0	0		0	0		6
Trumaine Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Rolf Benirschke	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		2
(Team)	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	60	53	59	89.8	18	28	64.3	467
Opponents Totals	55	51	54	94.4	18	30	60.0	435

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bob Thomas	18	28	64.3	1/1	8/8	6/10	3/7	0/2
Team Totals	18	28	64.3	1/1	8/8	6/10	3/7	0/2
Opponents Totals	18	30	60.0	0/0	5/6	6/10	5/9	2/5

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lionel James	105	516	4.9	56t	2
Tim Spencer	124	478	3.9	24	10
Gary Anderson	116	429	3.7	27	4
Buford McGee	42	181	4.3	44	3
Curtis Adams	16	49	3.1	14	1
Anthony Steels	6	12	2.0	5	0
Wes Chandler	1	9	9.0	9	0
Ralf Mojsiejenko	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dan Fouts	11	-1	-0.1	7	0
Mark Herrmann	18	-8	-0.4	11	0
Team Totals	440	1665	3.8	56t	20
Opponents Totals	470	1972	4.2	61	25

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dan Fouts	430	254	59.1	156	3638	8.5	14.3	75t	27	6.3	20	4.7	18	135	3503	88.1
Mark Herrmann	201	132	65.7	59	1537	7.6	11.6	59	10	5.0	10	5.0	19	157	1380	84.5
Pete Holohan	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	1	8	-8	39.6
Gary Anderson	0	0			0				0		0		1	5	-5
Team Totals	632	386	61.1	216	5175	8.2	13.4	75t	37	5.9	30	4.7	39	305	4870	86.8
Opponents Totals	595	357	60.0	212	4597	7.7	12.9	84t	28	4.7	26	4.4	40	304	4293	81.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lionel James	86	1027	11.9	67t	6
Wes Chandler	67	1199	17.9	75t	10
Charlie Joiner	59	932	15.8	39t	7
Pete Holohan	42	458	10.9	23	3
Eric Sievers	41	438	10.7	30t	6
Gary Anderson	35	422	12.1	52t	2
Kellen Winslow	25	318	12.7	26	0
Jesse Bendross	11	156	14.2	54t	2
Tim Spencer	11	135	12.3	43	0
Trumaine Johnson	4	51	12.8	20t	1
Buford McGee	3	15	5.0	7	0
Curtis Adams	1	12	12.0	12	0
Chris Faulkner	1	12	12.0	12	0
Team Totals	386	5175	13.4	75t	37
Opponents Totals	357	4597	12.9	84t	28

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Danny Walters	5	71	14.2	30	0
John Hendy	4	139	34.8	75t	1
Woodrow Lowe	3	6	2.0	4	0
Jeff Dale	2	83	41.5	47t	1
Carlos Bradley	2	36	18.0	18	0
Wayne Davis	2	29	14.5	28	0
Mike Green	2	17	8.5	12	0
Linden King	2	8	4.0	5	0
Miles McPherson	1	30	30.0	30	0
Gill Byrd	1	25	25.0	25	0
Lee Williams	1	17	17.0	17	0
Billy Ray Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	26	461	17.7	75t	2
Opponents Totals	30	268	8.9	27	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Ralf Mojsiejenko	68	2881	42.4	67	0	9	15	274	2427	35.7
Team Totals	68	2881	42.4	67	0	9	15	274	2427	35.7
Opponents Totals	70	2717	38.8	61	1	8	21	213	2344	33.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Lionel James	25	8	213	8.5	24
Miles McPherson	0	2	0
Anthony Steels	0	1	0
Team Totals	25	11	213	8.5	24
Opponents Totals	36	1	274	7.6	20

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lionel James	36	779	21.6	45	0
Gary Anderson	13	302	23.2	98t	1
Anthony Steels	10	223	22.3	54	0
Buford McGee	7	135	19.3	33	0
Curtis Adams	2	50	25.0	26	0
Eric Sievers	1	3	3.0	3	0
Jesse Bendross	1	2	2.0	2	0
Pete Holohan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	71	1494	21.0	98t	1
Opponents Totals	68	1363	20.0	51	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Lee Williams	9.0
Fred Robinson	7.0
Linden King	6.0
Woodrow Lowe	5.5
Earl Wilson	3.0
Billy Ray Smith	2.0
Carlos Bradley	2.0
Chuck Ehin	1.5
Mike Green	1.0
Scott Garnett	1.0
Keith Ferguson	1.0
Wayne Davis	1.0
Team Totals	40.0	304.0
Opponents Totals	39.0	305.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Gary Anderson	5		3	0	3	0	0
Gill Byrd	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wes Chandler	1		0	0	0	0	0
Sam Claphan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Wayne Davis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck Ehin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chris Faulkner	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Keith Ferguson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dan Fouts	13		6	0	6	-11	0
Mike Green	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
John Hendy	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Herrmann	8		2	0	2	-26	0
Pete Holohan	1		0	0	0	0	0
Lionel James	9		1	0	1	0	0
Charlie Joiner	1		0	0	0	0	0
Buford McGee	4		2	0	2	0	0
Miles McPherson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ralf Mojsiejenko	1		0	0	0	-13	0
Vince Osby	0	0	0	1	1	46	0
Fred Robinson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Ray Smith	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Tim Spencer	1		0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Steels	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Rich Umphrey	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Danny Walters	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lee Williams	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Earl Wilson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	44	25	19	16	35	4	0
Opponents Totals	37	16	18	19	37		1