| San Diego Chargers at Seattle Seahawks Game Statistics |
| Date: September 2, 1979 Location: Seattle, WA |
| Venue: Kingdome Attendance: 62287 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| Seattle SeahawksSEA | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | SEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Efren Herrera 34 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Clarence Williams 1 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 31 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Sherman Smith 4 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 42 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 22 FG | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Clarence Williams 13 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 23 | 10 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Mike Thomas 8 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 30 | 10 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 23 FG | 33 | 10 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Sherman Smith 6 run (Efren Herrera kick blocked) | 33 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | John Jefferson |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 60 | LOG | Dan Audick |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 84 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 24 | HB | Artie Owens |
| 40 | FB | Clarence Williams |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 99 | LDT | Wilbur Young |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 71 | RDE | Fred Dean |
| 52 | LLB | Ray Preston |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 42 | SS | Mike Fuller |
| 27 | FS | Glen Edwards |
| 29 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Steve Largent |
| 84 | WR | Sam McCullum |
| 63 | LOT | Nick Bebout |
| 61 | LOG | Tom Lynch |
| 51 | C | John Yarno |
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 76 | ROT | Steve August |
| 88 | TE | Brian Peets |
| 10 | QB | Jim Zorn |
| 47 | RB | Sherman Smith |
| 35 | FB | David Sims |
| Offense | ||
| 62 | LDE | Ernie Price |
| 75 | LDT | Robert Hardy |
| 74 | RDT | Manu Tuiasosopo |
| 77 | RDE | Bill Gregory |
| 56 | LLB | Sammy Green |
| 58 | MLB | Terry Beeson |
| 53 | RLB | Keith Butler |
| 38 | LCB | Cornell Webster |
| 27 | SS | Autry Beamon |
| 44 | FS | John Harris |
| 22 | RCB | Dave Brown |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Clarence Williams | 14 | 73 | 5.2 | 2 | |
| Mike Thomas | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| Bo Matthews | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Artie Owens | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Dan Fouts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Harris | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Sherman Smith | 18 | 95 | 5.3 | 2 | |
| Jim Zorn | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| David Sims | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 1 | 224 | 7.5 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 77.6 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||
| Jim Zorn | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 3 | 153 | 5.5 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Clarence Williams | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Artie Owens | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| John Jefferson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Kellen Winslow | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Thomas | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Brian Peets | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Sam McCullum | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| David Sims | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Largent | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| Sherman Smith | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Raible | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Duke Fergerson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Ray Preston | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Pete Shaw | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Cornell Webster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff West | 4 | 140 | 35.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Jeff Moore | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Clarence Williams | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Artie Owens | 0 | 27 | 27L | 0 | ||
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Al Hunter | 6 | 111 | 18.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Jeff Moore | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Seattle Seahawks | |
| Carl Eller | 0.5 |
| Bill Gregory | 0.5 |
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