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1975 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 2-12-0, Finished 4th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 189 points (13.5/g), 25th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 345 points (24.6/g), 20th.
 Differential of -156 points (-11.1/g), 23rd.
 Expected W-L: 2.7-11.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 11th.

Coached by Tommy Prothro (2-12-0)

1975 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 21 box L 0-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 0 37 9 146 58 88 4 24 443 238 205 2
2 Sun September 28 box L 0-2 @ Houston Oilers 17 33 12 204 144 60 3 24 402 151 251 1
3 Sun October 5 box L 0-3 Oakland Raiders 0 6 5 93 -22 115 2 17 264 72 192 2
4 Sun October 12 box L 0-4 Los Angeles Rams 10 13 16 272 144 128 1 24 423 199 224 2
5 Sun October 19 box L 0-5 Kansas City Chiefs 10 12 16 216 61 155 2 15 356 219 137 1
6 Sun October 26 box L 0-6 @ Oakland Raiders 0 25 12 157 17 140 1 23 354 177 177 1
7 Sat November 1 box L 0-7 @ New York Giants 24 35 18 349 167 182 1 22 348 183 165 2
8 Sun November 9 box L 0-8 New England Patriots 19 33 18 358 279 79 2 24 344 224 120 3
9 Sun November 16 box L 0-9 Denver Broncos 17 27 17 307 202 105 2 22 337 225 112 2
10 Sun November 23 box L 0-10 @ Minnesota Vikings 13 28 13 228 147 81 2 25 353 191 162 2
11 Sun November 30 box L 0-11 @ Denver Broncos 10 13 3 123 64 59 2 24 336 8 328 6
12 Sun December 7 box W 1-11 @ Kansas City Chiefs 28 20 21 412 165 247 4 17 232 169 63 3
13 Mon December 15 box W 2-11 New York Jets 24 16 23 358 109 249 24 321 182 139 3
14 Sun December 21 box L 2-12 @ Cincinnati Bengals 17 47 15 188 75 113 3 27 439 272 167 4

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 189 3411 821 4.2 198 165 337 1610 7 17 4.2 89 434 1801 14 4.1 98 29 12 11
Team Defense 345 4952 1022 4.8 470 237 390 2510 16 20 6.0 139 606 2442 21 4.0 312 34 14 19
Lg Rank Offense 25 25 25 23 25 25 7 25 24 18 13 7 5 5
Lg Rank Defense 20 23 25 16 19 12 14 20 26 24 21 18 18 17

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Dan Fouts 24 QB 10 9 2-7-0 106 195 54.4 1396 2 1.0 10 5.1 57 7.2 5.0 13.2 139.6 59.3 25 197 5.5 3.5 11.4
Jesse Freitas 24 8 4 0-4-0 49 110 44.5 525 5 4.5 5 4.5 42 4.8 3.2 10.7 65.6 55.3 20 138 3.0 1.6 15.4
Bobby Douglass 28 3 0 7 27 25.9 53 0 0.0 1 3.7 22 2.0 0.3 7.6 17.7 24.2 4 43 0.3 -1.1 12.9
Virgil Carter 30 1 1 0-1-0 3 5 60.0 24 0 0.0 1 20.0 11 4.8 -4.2 8.0 24.0 32.5 1 10 2.3 -5.2 16.7
Team Total 26.0 14 2-12-0 165 337 49.0 1998 7 2.1 17 5.0 57 5.9 3.9 12.1 142.7 53.5 50 388 4.2 2.4 12.9
Opp Total 14 237 390 60.8 2510 16 4.1 20 5.1 6.4 4.5 10.6 179.3 71.8 26 209 6.0 3.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Rickey Young 22 RB 14 8 138 577 5 48 4.2 41.2 9.9 21 166 7.9 1 16 1.5 11.9 743 6 5
Don Woods 24 rb 5 5 87 317 2 17 3.6 63.4 17.4 13 101 7.8 0 22 2.6 20.2 418 2 1
Bo Matthews 24 FB 13 12 71 254 3 24 3.6 19.5 5.5 9 59 6.6 0 22 0.7 4.5 313 3 6
Tony Baker 30 13 1 42 131 1 18 3.1 10.1 3.2 6 27 4.5 0 7 0.5 2.1 158 1 1
Glen Bonner 23 10 1 28 120 0 12 4.3 12.0 2.8 2 8 4.0 0 5 0.2 0.8 128 0 0
Dan Fouts 24 QB 10 9 23 170 2 32 7.4 17.0 2.3 170 2 3
Sam Scarber 26 11 1 15 68 1 18 4.5 6.2 1.4 12 68 5.7 1 12 1.1 6.2 136 2 2
Jesse Freitas 24 8 4 11 56 0 17 5.1 7.0 1.4 56 0 3
Bobby Douglass 28 3 0 10 42 0 9 4.2 14.0 3.3 42 0 1
Pat Curran 30 TE 14 14 3 21 0 12 7.0 1.5 0.2 45 619 13.8 0 39 3.2 44.2 640 0 1
Gary Garrison 31 WR 14 14 3 30 0 20 10.0 2.1 0.2 27 438 16.2 2 40 1.9 31.3 468 2 0
Virgil Carter 30 1 1 2 11 0 9 5.5 11.0 2.0 11 0 0
Dave Atkins 26 3 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 1.3 0.3 4 0 0
Dwight McDonald 24 WR 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 298 15.7 3 57 1.4 21.3 298 3 0
Joe Sweet 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 147 18.4 0 52 0.7 13.4 147 0 0
Marlin Briscoe 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 25 12.5 0 14 0.7 8.3 25 0 0
Chuck Bradley 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 42 42.0 0 42 0.3 10.5 42 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 434 1801 14 48 4.1 128.6 31.0 165 1998 12.1 7 57 11.8 142.7 3799 21 32
Opp Total 14 606 2442 21 4.0 174.4 43.3 237 2510 10.6 16 16.9 179.3 4952 37 34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Mike Fuller 22 ss 14 6 36 410 1 52 11.4 31 725 0 34 23.4 1135
Rickey Young 22 RB 14 8 15 323 0 34 21.5 1066
Charlie H. Smith 29 4 0 8 222 0 41 27.8 222
Danny Colbert 25 lcb 13 6 2 32 0 23 16.0 5 91 0 26 18.2 123
Billy Andrews 30 rlb 14 6 6 93 0 27 15.5 93
Pat Curran 30 TE 14 14 3 28 0 15 9.3 668
Mark Markovich 23 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 38 442 1 52 11.6 69 1482 0 41 21.5 5723
Opp Total 14 48 0 40 1101 0 27.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Dennis Partee 29 P 14 0 79 2910 56 1 36.8
Ray Wersching 25 K 14 0 4 4 9 5 9 3 2 24 12 50.0% 21 20 95.2%
Pat Curran 30 TE 14 14 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.0 14 4 4 9 5 9 3 2 24 12 50.0% 22 21 95.5% 79 2910 56 1 36.8
Opp Total 14 34 22 64.7% 39 35 89.7% 56 2229 39.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Billy Andrews 30 rlb 14 6 0 2 15 0
Tony Baker 30 13 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Beauchamp 31 LCB 8 8 1 0 0 0
Booker Brown 23 lt 11 7 0 1 0 0
Danny Colbert 25 lcb 13 6 2 10 0 10 1 1 0 0
Pat Curran 30 TE 14 14 1 0 0 0
Fred Dean 23 LDE 14 13 0 4 0 0
Bobby Douglass 28 3 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Flanagan 31 C 14 14 0 1 0 0
Chris Fletcher 27 FS 14 14 6 100 0 45 1 0 0 0
Dan Fouts 24 QB 10 9 3 1 0 0
Jesse Freitas 24 8 4 3 0 0 0
Mike Fuller 22 ss 14 6 1 1 0 1 5 3 0 0
Don Goode 24 LLB 13 12 1 37 0 37
Ira Gordon 28 RG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Graham 25 MLB 14 8 2 5 0 4 1 0 0 0
Gary Johnson 23 RDT 14 8 0 1 0 0
Drew Mahalic 22 13 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Bo Matthews 24 FB 13 12 6 3 0 0
Dennis Partee 29 P 14 0 1 1 -13 0
Floyd Rice 26 RLB 14 8 1 0 0 0 0 3 25 0
Sam Scarber 26 11 1 2 0 0 0
Doug Wilkerson 28 LG 14 14 0 4 0 0
Mike H. Williams 22 RCB 14 14 4 67 0 40 0 4 8 0
Sam Williams 23 SS 11 0 1 0 0 0
Don Woods 24 rb 5 5 1 0 0 0
Rickey Young 22 RB 14 8 5 2 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 20 223 0 45 32 33 35 0
Opp Total 14 50 34 20 2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ray Wersching 25 K 14 0 20 12 56
Rickey Young 22 RB 14 8 5 1 36
Bo Matthews 24 FB 13 12 3 18
Dwight McDonald 24 WR 14 13 3 18
Dan Fouts 24 QB 10 9 2 12
Gary Garrison 31 WR 14 14 2 12
Sam Scarber 26 11 1 1 1 12
Don Woods 24 rb 5 5 2 12
Tony Baker 30 13 1 1 6
Mike Fuller 22 ss 14 6 1 6
Pat Curran 30 TE 14 14 1 1
Team Total 26.0 14 14 7 1 21 12 189
Opp Total 14 21 16 35 22 2 345