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1981 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 478 points (29.9/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 390 points (24.4/g), 26th.
 Differential of 88 points (5.5/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 9.9-6.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 13th.

Coached by Don Coryell (10-6-0)

1981 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 Mon September 7 box W 1-0 @ Cleveland Browns 44 14 28 535 330 205 27 419 366 53 2
2 Sun September 13 box W 2-0 Detroit Lions 28 23 17 367 310 57 2 26 385 207 178 2
3 Sun September 20 box W 3-0 @ Kansas City Chiefs 42 31 23 398 284 114 3 29 426 278 148 8
4 Sun September 27 box L 3-1 @ Denver Broncos 24 42 23 349 267 82 5 20 453 350 103 3
5 Sun October 4 box W 4-1 Seattle Seahawks 24 10 25 371 272 99 2 15 292 200 92 1
6 Sun October 11 box L 4-2 Minnesota Vikings 31 33 18 425 305 120 1 29 526 433 93 3
7 Sun October 18 box W 5-2 @ Baltimore Colts 43 14 30 470 298 172 1 18 264 196 68 3
8 Sun October 25 box L 5-3 @ Chicago Bears 17 20 15 356 295 61 2 28 414 219 195 1
9 Sun November 1 box W 6-3 Kansas City Chiefs 22 20 21 379 297 82 4 26 339 155 184 3
10 Sun November 8 box L 6-4 Cincinnati Bengals 17 40 25 447 311 136 5 29 461 337 124 2
11 Mon November 16 box L 6-5 @ Seattle Seahawks 23 44 26 486 291 195 4 24 368 212 156
12 Sun November 22 box W 7-5 @ Oakland Raiders 55 21 32 465 317 148 2 18 342 283 59 3
13 Sun November 29 box W 8-5 Denver Broncos 34 17 20 408 260 148 2 19 389 322 67 5
14 Sun December 6 box L 8-6 Buffalo Bills 27 28 28 482 337 145 2 19 318 234 84
15 Sun December 13 box W 9-6 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 23 27 445 351 94 4 18 404 290 114 3
16 Mon December 21 box W 10-6 Oakland Raiders 23 10 21 361 214 147 1 20 336 229 107 2
Playoffs
Division Sat January 2 box W 11-6 @ Miami Dolphins 41 38
ConfChamp Sun January 10 box L 11-7 @ Cincinnati Bengals 7 27

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 478 6744 1129 6.0 379 368 629 4739 34 18 7.3 224 481 2005 26 4.2 127 40 22 28
Team Defense 390 6136 1109 5.5 616 313 571 4311 22 23 7.0 216 491 1825 25 3.7 365 41 18 35
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 1 20 16 1 10 13 24
Lg Rank Defense 26 27 27 28 28 14 11 27 9 5 27 7 11 12

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* 30 QB 16 16 10-6-0 360 609 59.1 4802 33 5.4 17 2.8 67 7.9 7.2 13.3 300.1 90.6 19 134 7.4 6.7 3.0
Ed Luther 24 16 0 7 15 46.7 68 0 0.0 1 6.7 25 4.5 1.5 9.7 4.3 32.1 0 0 4.5 1.5 0.0
Wes Chandler 25 WR 12 11 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kellen Winslow*+ 24 TE 16 16 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chuck Muncie* 28 RB 15 14 1 1 100.0 3 1 100.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 13.0 3.0 0.2 118.7 0 0 3.0 13.0 0.0
Team Total 27.3 16 10-6-0 368 629 58.5 4873 34 5.4 18 2.9 67 7.7 7.0 13.2 304.6 89.2 19 134 7.3 6.6 2.9
Opp Total 16 313 571 54.8 4311 22 3.9 23 4.0 7.5 6.1 13.8 269.4 75.3 47 384 7.0 5.0

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
Chuck Muncie* 28 RB 15 14 251 1144 19 73 4.6 76.3 16.7 43 362 8.4 0 32 2.9 24.1 1506 19 9
James Brooks 23 RET 14 2 109 525 3 28 4.8 37.5 7.8 46 329 7.2 3 29 3.3 23.5 854 6 7
John Cappelletti 29 fb 16 5 68 254 4 30 3.7 15.9 4.3 10 126 12.6 1 25 0.6 7.9 380 5 3
Dan Fouts* 30 QB 16 16 22 56 0 13 2.5 3.5 1.4 56 0 9
Clarence Williams 26 14 1 20 26 0 6 1.3 1.9 1.4 12 108 9.0 1 15 0.9 7.7 134 1 2
Wes Chandler 25 WR 12 11 5 -1 0 9 -0.2 -0.1 0.4 52 857 16.5 5 51 4.3 71.4 856 5 1
Ed Luther 24 16 0 3 -8 0 -1 -2.7 -0.5 0.2 -8 0 0
Hank Bauer 27 16 0 2 7 0 4 3.5 0.4 0.1 1 4 4.0 1 4 0.1 0.3 11 1 0
George Roberts 26 P 16 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
Kellen Winslow*+ 24 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 88 1075 12.2 10 67 5.5 67.2 1075 10 2
Charlie Joiner 34 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 70 1188 17.0 7 57 4.4 74.3 1188 7 2
Eric Sievers 24 TE 16 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 276 12.5 3 32 1.4 17.3 276 3 1
Dwight Scales 28 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 429 22.6 1 60 1.2 26.8 429 1 1
Ron B. Smith 25 9 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 84 28.0 2 39 0.3 9.3 84 2 0
Billy Brooks 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 21 21.0 0 21 0.1 3.0 21 0 0
Pete Holohan 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 2.0 14 0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 481 2005 26 73 4.2 125.3 30.1 368 4873 13.2 34 67 23.0 304.6 6878 60 39
Opp Total 16 491 1825 25 3.7 114.1 30.7 313 4311 13.8 22 19.6 269.4 6136 47 38

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
James Brooks 23 RET 14 2 22 290 0 42 13.2 40 949 0 47 23.7 2093
Wes Chandler 25 WR 12 11 5 79 0 30 15.8 8 125 0 30 15.6 1060
Pete Shaw 27 SS 16 12 1 1 0 1 1.0 6 103 0 24 17.2 104
Clarence Williams 26 14 1 4 47 0 23 11.8 181
Bob Gregor 24 fs 14 6 3 47 0 20 15.7 47
Hank Bauer 27 16 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 1 14 0 14 14.0 32
Eric Sievers 24 TE 16 10 2 4 0 4 2.0 280
Ron B. Smith 25 9 1 2 32 0 20 16.0 116
Aundra Thompson 28 1 0 2 44 0 25 22.0 44
Doug Beaudoin 27 4 0 1 31 0 31 31.0 31
Glen Edwards 34 FS 8 8 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
Wyatt Henderson 25 15 0 1 26 0 26 26.0 26
Irvin Phillips 21 15 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 31 378 0 42 12.2 70 1422 0 47 20.3 8678
Opp Total 16 31 0 88 1528 0 17.4

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
Rolf Benirschke 26 K 16 0 2 2 7 7 8 5 4 3 5 2 26 19 73.1% 61 55 90.2%
George Roberts 26 P 16 0 62 2540 61 1 41.0
Team Total 27.3 16 2 2 7 7 8 5 4 3 5 2 26 19 73.1% 61 55 90.2% 62 2540 61 1 41.0
Opp Total 16 26 19 73.1% 48 45 93.8% 72 2902 40.3

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
James Brooks 23 RET 14 2 7 2 0 0
Willie Buchanon 31 LCB 16 16 5 31 0 18 0 4 0 0
John Cappelletti 29 fb 16 5 3 0 0 0
Wes Chandler 25 WR 12 11 1 0 0 0
Frank Duncan 25 7 4 1 0 0 0
Glen Edwards 34 FS 8 8 2 45 0 39 1 3 -3 0
Dan Fouts* 30 QB 16 16 9 2 -22 0
Bob Gregor 24 fs 14 6 2 11 0 11
Wyatt Henderson 25 15 0 0 3 0 0
Bob Horn 27 MLB 16 11 1 12 0 12
Gary Johnson*+ 29 RDT 16 16 1 41 1 36 0 1 0 0
Charlie Joiner 34 WR 16 16 2 0 0 0
Leroy Jones 31 LDE 16 14 1 6 0 6 0 1 5 0
Louie Kelcher 28 LDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Linden King 26 LLB 16 16 1 28 0 28
Jim Laslavic 30 16 0 0 1 38 0
Woodrow Lowe 27 RLB 16 16 3 0 0 0
Don Macek 27 C 15 15 0 1 0 0
Chuck Muncie* 28 RB 15 14 9 4 0 0
Irvin Phillips 21 15 0 1 1 0 0
Dwight Scales 28 16 4 1 0 0 0
Pete Shaw 27 SS 16 12 3 50 0 23 0 1 0 0
Eric Sievers 24 TE 16 10 1 1 0 0
Doug Wilkerson* 34 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Clarence Williams 26 14 1 2 0 0 0
Mike H. Williams 28 RCB 14 12 3 0 0 0
Kellen Winslow*+ 24 TE 16 16 2 2 0 0
John Woodcock 27 RDE 12 12 0 2 0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 23 224 1 39 39 31 18 0
Opp Total 16 19 38 20

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Chuck Muncie* 28 RB 15 14 19 114
Rolf Benirschke 26 K 16 0 55 19 112
Kellen Winslow*+ 24 TE 16 16 10 60
Charlie Joiner 34 WR 16 16 7 42
James Brooks 23 RET 14 2 3 3 36
John Cappelletti 29 fb 16 5 4 1 30
Wes Chandler 25 WR 12 11 5 30
Eric Sievers 24 TE 16 10 3 18
Ron B. Smith 25 9 1 2 12
Hank Bauer 27 16 0 1 6
Gary Johnson*+ 29 RDT 16 16 1 6
Dwight Scales 28 16 4 1 6
Clarence Williams 26 14 1 1 6
Team Total 27.3 16 26 34 1 55 19 478
Opp Total 16 25 22 45 19 390