October 21, 1979 - San Diego Chargers at Los Angeles Rams - Pro Football Archives

San Diego Chargers at Los Angeles Rams

Game Statistics & Box Score

Date: October 21, 1979
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Venue: Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 64245

Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 12 mph

Data Coverage • Stat Key

Score By Quarters	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
San Diego ChargersSD	7	7	17	9	40
Los Angeles RamsLARM	7	0	0	9	16

Qtr	Team	Scoring Plays	SD	LARM
1	San Diego ChargersSD	Hank Bauer 1 run (Mike Wood kick)	7	0
1	Los Angeles RamsLARM	Wendell Tyler 3 run (Frank Corral kick)	7	7
2	San Diego ChargersSD	John Jefferson 65 pass from Dan Fouts (Mike Wood kick)	14	7
3	San Diego ChargersSD	Wilbur Young 3 opponents fumble recovery (Mike Wood kick)	21	7
3	San Diego ChargersSD	Mike Wood 37 FG	24	7
3	San Diego ChargersSD	Bob Klein 6 pass from Dan Fouts (Mike Wood kick)	31	7
4	Los Angeles RamsLARM	Preston Dennard 31 pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick)	31	14
4	San Diego ChargersSD	Mike Wood 31 FG	34	14
4	San Diego ChargersSD	Hank Bauer 1 run (Mike Wood kick blocked)	40	14
4	Los Angeles RamsLARM	Safety, Jeff West ran out of end zone	40	16

LINEUPS
San Diego Chargers
Offense
83	WR	John Jefferson
18	WR	Charlie Joiner
66	LOT	Billy Shields
63	LOG	Doug Wilkerson
56	C	Bob Rush
67	ROG	Ed White
70	ROT	Russ Washington
84	TE	Bob Klein
14	QB	Dan Fouts
26	HB	Lydell Mitchell
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
44	FS	Pete Shaw
29	RCB	Mike Williams
Los Angeles Rams
Offense
88	WR	Preston Dennard
84	WR	Ronnie Smith
77	LOT	Doug France
72	LOG	Kent Hill
61	C	Rich Saul
60	ROG	Dennis Harrah
78	ROT	Jackie Slater
83	TE	Terry Nelson
11	QB	Pat Haden
26	RB	Wendell Tyler
32	FB	Cullen Bryant
Offense
85	LDE	Jack Youngblood
79	LDT	Mike Fanning
90	RDT	Larry Brooks
89	RDE	Fred Dryer
53	LLB	Jim Youngblood
64	MLB	Jack Reynolds
59	RLB	Bob Brudzinski
33	LCB	Dwayne O'Steen
42	SS	Dave Elmendorf
21	FS	Nolan Cromwell
49	RCB	Rod Perry

TEAM STATS	TOP	FD	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rdDownEff	4thDownEff	PEN	PENY	FUM	Lost
SD	32:12	17	6	10	1	5/14	/	14	118	1	0
LARM	27:48	24	6	13	5	6/15	/	5	36	5	4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
San Diego Chargers
Lydell Mitchell	12	48	4.0	12	0
Clarence Williams	7	15	2.1	6	0
Hank Bauer	3	4	1.3	2	2
Bo Matthews	4	2	0.5	3	0
Artie Owens	6	0	0.0	5	0
James Harris	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Jeff West	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	35	65	1.9	22	2
Los Angeles Rams
Wendell Tyler	20	79	4.0	32	1
Cullen Bryant	5	13	2.6	10	0
Pat Haden	1	12	12.0	12	0
Preston Dennard	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	27	104	3.9	32	1

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	TS	YL	RTG
San Diego Chargers
Dan Fouts	32	17	53.1	2	326	10.2	65t	2	0	0	83.6
Team Totals	32	17	53.1	2	326	10.2	65t	2	0	0	83.6
Los Angeles Rams
Pat Haden	30	17	56.7	3	248	8.3	49	1	4	38	55.3
Jeff Rutledge	12	4	33.3	1	32	2.7	22	0	1	9	7.6
Team Totals	42	21	50.0	4	280	6.7	49	1	5	47	39.9

RECEIVING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
San Diego Chargers
Charlie Joiner	7	168	24.0		0
John Jefferson	3	112	37.3		1
Lydell Mitchell	3	17	5.7	8	0
Clarence Williams	2	14	7.0		0
Larry Burton	1	9	9.0	9	0
Bob Klein	1	6	6.0	6t	1
Team Totals	17	326	19.2	65t	2
Los Angeles Rams
Elvis Peacock	5	97	19.4		0
Terry Nelson	5	55	11.0		0
Cullen Bryant	4	40	10.0		0
Preston Dennard	3	54	18.0		1
Wendell Tyler	3	19	6.3	17	0
Ronnie Smith	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	21	280	13.3	49	1

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
San Diego Chargers
Mike Fuller	2	23	11.5	23	0
Mike Williams	1	50	50.0	50	0
Pete Shaw	1	30	30.0	30	0
Team Totals	4	103	25.8	50	0
Los Angeles Rams
Eddie Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dwayne O'Steen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	2	0	0.0	0	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	BL
San Diego Chargers
Jeff West	5	159	31.8	59	1	4	0
Team Totals	5	149	31.8	59	1	4
Los Angeles Rams
Ken Clark	5	221	44.2	47	0	1	0
Team Totals	5	221	44.2	47	0	1	1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
San Diego Chargers
Mike Fuller	4	0	35	8.8	18	0
Team Totals	4	0	35	8.8	18	0
Los Angeles Rams
Eddie Brown	0	3	0			0
Team Totals	0	3	0			0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
San Diego Chargers
Artie Owens	1		24	24.0	24	0
Mike Fuller	1		13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	2		27	13.5	24	0
Los Angeles Rams
Drew Hill	5		91	18.2	25	0
Eddie Hill	2		45	22.5	25	0
Elvis Peacock	1		18	18.0	18	0
Team Totals	9		154	17.1	25	0

SACKS	NO
San Diego Chargers
Fred Dean	3.5
Wilbur Young	1.5
Team Totals	5.0
Los Angeles Rams
Team Totals	0.0