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1985 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 467 points (29.2/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 435 points (27.2/g), 25th.
 Differential of 32 points (2.0/g), 11th.
 Expected W-L: 8.7-7.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 22nd.

Coached by Don Coryell (8-8-0)

1985 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 8 box W 1-0 @ Buffalo Bills 14 9 17 308 208 100 2 19 455 371 84 3
2 Sun September 15 box L 1-1 Seattle Seahawks 35 49 32 557 494 63 4 30 489 293 196
3 Sun September 22 box W 2-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 44 41 26 517 344 173 3 32 448 296 152 5
4 Sun September 29 box L 2-2 Cleveland Browns 7 21 16 275 219 56 2 23 440 165 275 1
5 Sun October 6 box L 2-3 @ Seattle Seahawks 21 26 20 345 305 40 5 17 253 145 108 1
6 Sun October 13 box W 3-3 Kansas City Chiefs 31 20 22 350 287 63 3 14 325 277 48 3
7 Sun October 20 box L 3-4 @ Minnesota Vikings 17 21 23 295 163 132 4 27 360 298 62 3
8 Mon October 28 box L 3-5 @ Los Angeles Raiders 21 34 22 324 274 50 1 22 408 252 156 3
9 Sun November 3 box W 4-5 Denver Broncos 30 10 24 430 285 145 3 17 295 231 64 3
10 Sun November 10 box W 5-5 Los Angeles Raiders 40 34 29 593 426 167 1 26 454 289 165 3
11 Sun November 17 box L 5-6 @ Denver Broncos 24 30 22 340 245 95 4 21 331 240 91 2
12 Sun November 24 box L 5-7 @ Houston Oilers 35 37 29 439 323 116 5 26 415 278 137 2
13 Sun December 1 box W 6-7 Buffalo Bills 40 7 21 365 269 96 3 21 347 238 109 5
14 Sun December 8 box W 7-7 Pittsburgh Steelers 54 44 23 448 364 84 3 28 427 275 152 4
15 Sun December 15 box W 8-7 Philadelphia Eagles 20 14 22 417 323 94 3 22 382 307 75 3
16 Sun December 22 box L 8-8 @ Kansas City Chiefs 34 38 32 532 341 191 3 19 436 338 98 1

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 467 6535 1111 5.9 380 386 632 4870 37 30 7.3 259 440 1665 20 3.8 92 49 19 29
Team Defense 435 6265 1105 5.7 606 357 595 4293 28 26 6.8 218 470 1972 25 4.2 364 42 16 24
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 1 1 1 1 27 1 20 20 4 21 27 18
Lg Rank Defense 25 28 28 27 28 25 5 27 12 13 27 18 7 15

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* 34 QB 14 12 7-5-0 254 430 59.1 3638 27 6.3 20 4.7 75 8.5 7.0 14.3 259.9 88.1 18 135 7.8 6.4 4.0
Mark Herrmann 26 qb 9 4 1-3-0 132 201 65.7 1537 10 5.0 10 5.0 59 7.6 5.9 11.6 170.8 84.5 19 157 6.3 4.7 8.6
Pete Holohan 26 15 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 8 -4.0 -4.0 50.0
Team Total 26.0 16 8-8-0 386 632 61.1 5175 37 5.9 30 4.7 75 8.2 6.6 13.4 323.4 86.8 39 305 7.3 5.8 5.8
Opp Total 16 357 595 60.0 4293 28 4.7 26 4.4 7.2 5.7 12.0 268.3 79.6 40 304 6.8 4.9

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
Tim Spencer 25 FB 16 15 124 478 10 24 3.9 29.9 7.8 11 135 12.3 0 43 0.7 8.4 613 10 1
Gary W. Anderson 24 rb 12 6 116 429 4 27 3.7 35.8 9.7 35 422 12.1 2 52 2.9 35.2 851 6 5
Lionel James 23 RB 16 7 105 516 2 56 4.9 32.3 6.6 86 1027 11.9 6 67 5.4 64.2 1543 8 9
Buford McGee 25 11 1 42 181 3 44 4.3 16.5 3.8 3 15 5.0 0 7 0.3 1.4 196 3 4
Mark Herrmann 26 qb 9 4 18 -8 0 11 -0.4 -0.9 2.0 -8 0 8
Curtis Adams 23 1 0 16 49 1 14 3.1 49.0 16.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 1.0 12.0 61 1 0
Dan Fouts* 34 QB 14 12 11 -1 0 7 -0.1 -0.1 0.8 -1 0 13
Anthony Steels 26 6 0 6 12 0 3 2.0 2.0 1.0 12 0 0
Wes Chandler* 29 WR 15 13 1 9 0 9 9.0 0.6 0.1 67 1199 17.9 10 75 4.5 79.9 1208 10 1
Ralf Mojsiejenko 22 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Charlie Joiner 38 WR 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 59 932 15.8 7 39 3.7 58.3 932 7 1
Pete Holohan 26 15 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 458 10.9 3 23 2.8 30.5 458 3 1
Eric Sievers 28 TE 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 438 10.7 6 30 2.6 27.4 438 6 0
Kellen Winslow 28 te 10 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 318 12.7 0 26 2.5 31.8 318 0 0
Jesse Bendross 23 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 156 14.2 2 54 0.7 9.8 156 2 0
Trumaine Johnson 25 11 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 51 12.8 1 20 0.4 4.6 51 1 0
Chris Faulkner 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.3 12 0 0
Team Total 26.0 16 440 1665 20 56 3.8 104.1 27.5 386 5175 13.4 37 75 24.1 323.4 6840 57 44
Opp Total 16 470 1972 25 4.2 123.3 29.4 357 4293 12.0 28 22.3 268.3 6265 53 37

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Lionel James 23 RB 16 7 25 213 0 24 8.5 36 779 0 46 21.6 2535
Gary W. Anderson 24 rb 12 6 13 302 1 98 23.2 1153
Anthony Steels 26 6 0 10 223 0 54 22.3 235
Buford McGee 25 11 1 7 135 0 33 19.3 331
Curtis Adams 23 1 0 2 50 0 26 25.0 111
Jesse Bendross 23 16 2 1 2 0 2 2.0 158
Pete Holohan 26 15 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 458
Eric Sievers 28 TE 16 11 1 3 0 3 3.0 441
Team Total 26.0 16 25 213 0 24 8.5 71 1494 1 98 21.0 8547
Opp Total 16 36 0 68 1363 0 20.0

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
Bob Thomas 33 K 15 0 1 1 8 8 10 6 7 3 2 28 18 64.3% 55 51 92.7%
Ralf Mojsiejenko 22 P 16 0 68 2881 67 0 42.4
Rolf Benirschke 30 1 0 2 2 100.0%
Team Total 26.0 16 1 1 8 8 10 6 7 3 2 28 18 64.3% 57 53 93.0% 68 2881 67 0 42.4
Opp Total 16 30 18 60.0% 54 51 94.4% 70 2716 38.8

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
Dan Fouts* 34 QB 14 12 13 6 -11 0
Lee Williams 23 LDE 16 16 9.0 1 17 0 17 0 1 2 0
Mark Herrmann 26 qb 9 4 8 2 -26 0
Lionel James 23 RB 16 7 9 1 0 0
Woodrow Lowe 31 ROLB 16 14 5.5 3 6 0 4
Gary W. Anderson 24 rb 12 6 5 3 0 0
Linden King 30 LOLB 16 16 6.0 2 8 0 5
Fred Robinson 24 16 1 7.0 0 1 0 0
Buford McGee 25 11 1 4 2 0 0
Billy Ray Smith 24 RILB 15 15 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Danny Walters 25 RCB 16 16 5 71 0 30 0 1 0 0
Mike Green 24 LILB 15 15 1.0 2 17 0 12 0 2 0 0
John Hendy 23 LCB 16 10 4 139 1 75 0 1 0 0
Carlos Bradley 25 10 2 2.0 2 36 0 18
Wayne Davis 22 lcb 16 6 1.0 2 29 0 28 0 1 0 0
Earl Wilson 27 RDE 16 9 3.0 0 1 0 0
Chuck Ehin 24 NT 16 15 1.5 0 1 0 0
Gill Byrd 24 SS 16 16 1 25 0 25 0 1 0 0
Jeffery Dale 23 FS 16 16 2 83 1 47
Keith Ferguson 26 rde 10 7 1.0 0 1 0 0
Miles McPherson 25 9 0 1 30 0 30 0 1 0 0
Anthony Steels 26 6 0 0 2 0 0
Wes Chandler* 29 WR 15 13 1 0 0 0
Sam Claphan 29 RT 12 12 0 1 0 0
Chris Faulkner 25 9 0 0 1 0 0
Scott Garnett 23 5 0 1.0
Pete Holohan 26 15 3 1 0 0 0
Charlie Joiner 38 WR 16 14 1 0 0 0
Ralf Mojsiejenko 22 P 16 0 1 0 -13 0
Vince Osby 24 7 0 0 1 46 0
Tim Spencer 25 FB 16 15 1 0 0 0
Rich Umphrey 27 11 1 0 1 6 0
Team Total 26.0 16 40.0 26 461 2 75 44 35 4 0
Opp Total 16 39 37 21

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bob Thomas 33 K 15 0 51 18 105
Wes Chandler* 29 WR 15 13 10 60
Tim Spencer 25 FB 16 15 10 60
Lionel James 23 RB 16 7 2 6 48
Gary W. Anderson 24 rb 12 6 4 2 1 42
Charlie Joiner 38 WR 16 14 7 42
Eric Sievers 28 TE 16 11 6 36
Pete Holohan 26 15 3 3 18
Buford McGee 25 11 1 3 18
Jesse Bendross 23 16 2 2 12
Curtis Adams 23 1 0 1 6
Jeffery Dale 23 FS 16 16 1 6
John Hendy 23 LCB 16 10 1 6
Trumaine Johnson 25 11 2 1 6
Rolf Benirschke 30 1 0 2 2
Team Total 26.0 16 20 37 1 2 53 18 467
Opp Total 16 25 28 51 18 435