| San Diego Chargers at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1978 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Schaefer Stadium Attendance: 60781 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 66 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Harold Jackson 30 pass from Steve Grogan (Nick Lowery kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Pat Curran 3 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick blocked) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | John Jefferson 21 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | John Jefferson 40 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Harold Jackson 14 pass from Steve Grogan (Nick Lowery kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Russ Francis 6 pass from Steve Grogan (Nick Lowery kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 41 FG | 23 | 21 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Steve Grogan 4 run (Nick Lowery kick) | 23 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Hank Bauer | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| SD | Don Woods | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 27 | 0 |
| SD | Lydell Mitchell | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| SD | Bo Matthews | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| SD | Johnny Rodgers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| NE | Sam Cunningham | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| NE | Horace Ivory | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| NE | Don Calhoun | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| NE | Steve Grogan | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 14 | 1 |
| NE | Andy Johnson | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| NE | Don Westbrook | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SD | Dan Fouts | 18 | 14 | 77.8 | 1 | 173 | 9.6 | 40t | 3 | 2 | 11 | 123.1 |
| SD | James Harris | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| NE | Steve Grogan | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 1 | 231 | 8.0 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 104.2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | John Jefferson | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 40t | 2 |
| SD | Charlie Joiner | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| SD | Lydell Mitchell | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| SD | Bo Matthews | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| SD | Bob Klein | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| SD | Johnny Rodgers | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| SD | Pat Curran | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| NE | Russ Francis | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 25 | 1 |
| NE | Harold Jackson | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 57 | 2 |
| NE | Sam Cunningham | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| NE | Don Calhoun | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| NE | Andy Johnson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Don Goode | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Steve Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| SD | Jeff West | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 58 | 0 |
| NE | Jerrel Wilson | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Johnny Rodgers | 3 | 0 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| SD | Mike Fuller | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| NE | Stanley Morgan | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| NE | Mike Haynes | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SD | Johnny Rodgers | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 36 | 0 |
| SD | Artie Owens | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| NE | Ray Clayborn | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 38 | 0 |
| NE | James McAlister | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| SD | Fred Dean | 2.0 |
| SD | Gary Johnson | 1.0 |
| NE | Tony McGee | 2.0 |
| NE | Rod Shoate | 1.0 |
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