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1991 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 274 points (17.1/g), 21st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 342 points (21.4/g), 21st.
 Differential of -68 points (-4.2/g), 22nd.
 Expected W-L: 5.9-10.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 11th.

Coached by Dan Henning (4-12-0)

1991 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 1 box L 0-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 20 26 20 281 186 95 2 16 390 266 124 2
2 Sun September 8 box L 0-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 34 19 326 170 156 4 24 458 344 114 1
3 Sun September 15 box L 0-3 Atlanta Falcons 10 13 13 313 129 184 1 18 317 195 122 1
4 Sun September 22 box L 0-4 @ Denver Broncos 19 27 17 297 126 171 2 18 360 216 144 2
5 Sun September 29 box L 0-5 Kansas City Chiefs 13 14 17 311 155 156 12 182 96 86 1
6 Sun October 6 box W 1-5 @ Los Angeles Raiders 21 13 17 258 100 158 16 277 178 99 3
7 Sun October 13 box L 1-6 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 30 17 387 298 89 1 21 284 204 80
8 Sun October 20 box L 1-7 Cleveland Browns 24 30 29 437 305 132 3 17 364 294 70
9 Sun October 27 box L 1-8 @ Seattle Seahawks 9 20 19 320 192 128 15 202 127 75 2
10 Bye Week
11 Sun November 10 box W 2-8 Seattle Seahawks 17 14 16 315 213 102 18 387 350 37 3
12 Sun November 17 box W 3-8 New Orleans Saints 24 21 15 305 159 146 2 17 285 193 92 4
13 Sun November 24 box L 3-9 @ New York Jets 3 24 18 291 105 186 4 21 314 176 138 1
14 Sun December 1 box L 3-10 Los Angeles Raiders 7 9 12 199 124 75 3 14 283 122 161 3
15 Sun December 8 box L 3-11 @ Kansas City Chiefs 17 20 23 366 208 158 2 21 349 245 104 2
16 Sun December 15 box W 4-11 Miami Dolphins 38 30 20 368 170 198 23 348 273 75 2
17 Sun December 22 box L 4-12 Denver Broncos 14 17 13 221 107 114 4 21 311 166 145 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 274 4995 1010 4.9 285 272 511 2747 13 16 5.0 155 464 2248 16 4.8 114 28 12 16
Team Defense 342 5111 961 5.3 490 300 503 3445 22 19 6.5 181 430 1666 15 3.9 292 28 9 17
Lg Rank Offense 21 13 12 9 24 20 11 25 9 2 7 1 9 4
Lg Rank Defense 21 19 16 14 22 23 7 24 12 14 19 13 20 25

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%
John Friesz 24 QB 16 16 4-12-0 262 487 53.8 2896 12 2.5 15 3.1 58 5.9 4.8 11.1 181.0 67.1 32 214 5.2 4.1 6.2
Bob Gagliano 33 2 0 9 23 39.1 76 0 0.0 1 4.3 17 3.3 1.3 8.4 38.0 30.3 3 22 2.1 0.3 11.5
Rod Bernstine 26 RB 13 8 1 1 100.0 11 1 100.0 0 0.0 11 11.0 21.0 11.0 0.8 152.1 0 0 11.0 21.0 0.0
Team Total 26.3 16 4-12-0 272 511 53.2 2983 13 2.5 16 3.1 58 5.8 4.7 11.0 186.4 66.2 35 236 5.0 4.0 6.4
Opp Total 16 300 503 59.6 3445 22 4.4 19 3.8 6.8 5.6 11.5 215.3 79.2 28 183 6.5 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
Marion Butts* 25 rb 16 8 193 834 6 44 4.3 52.1 12.1 10 91 9.1 1 46 0.6 5.7 925 7 3
Rod Bernstine 26 RB 13 8 159 766 8 63 4.8 58.9 12.2 11 124 11.3 0 25 0.8 9.5 890 8 1
Ronnie Harmon 27 16 0 89 544 1 33 6.1 34.0 5.6 59 555 9.4 1 36 3.7 34.7 1099 2 2
John Friesz 24 QB 16 16 10 18 0 11 1.8 1.1 0.6 18 0 10
Nate Lewis 25 WR 16 9 3 10 0 9 3.3 0.6 0.2 42 554 13.2 3 49 2.6 34.6 564 3 0
Eric Bieniemy 22 15 0 3 17 0 15 5.7 1.1 0.2 17 0 0
Bob Gagliano 33 2 0 3 19 0 16 6.3 9.5 1.5 19 0 2
Chris Samuels 22 3 0 2 10 0 6 5.0 3.3 0.7 2 33 16.5 0 29 0.7 11.0 43 0 0
Shawn Jefferson 22 16 3 1 27 0 27 27.0 1.7 0.1 12 125 10.4 1 29 0.8 7.8 152 1 0
Steve Hendrickson 25 15 4 1 3 1 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 4 36 9.0 1 20 0.3 2.4 39 2 0
Anthony Miller 26 WR 13 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 649 14.8 3 58 3.4 49.9 649 3 1
Craig McEwen 26 te 16 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 399 10.8 3 30 2.3 24.9 399 3 0
Kitrick Taylor 27 RET 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 218 9.1 0 27 2.0 18.2 218 0 2
Derrick Walker 24 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 134 6.7 0 14 1.3 8.4 134 0 0
Arthur Cox 30 TE 8 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 53 10.6 0 19 0.6 6.6 53 0 0
Duane Young 23 te 7 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 12 6.0 0 6 0.3 1.7 12 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 464 2248 16 63 4.8 140.5 29.0 272 2983 11.0 13 58 17.0 186.4 5231 29 24
Opp Total 16 430 1666 15 3.9 104.1 26.9 300 3445 11.5 22 18.8 215.3 5111 37 22

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
Nate Lewis 25 WR 16 9 5 59 0 26 11.8 23 578 1 95 25.1 1201
Kitrick Taylor 27 RET 12 0 28 269 0 48 9.6 487
Donnie Elder 29 RET 16 1 27 535 0 42 19.8 535
Ronnie Harmon 27 16 0 2 25 0 14 12.5 1124
Mitchell Benson 24 16 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Rod Bernstine 26 RB 13 8 1 7 0 7 7.0 897
Marion Butts* 25 rb 16 8 1 0 0 0 0.0 925
Team Total 26.3 16 33 328 0 48 9.9 55 1171 1 95 21.3 6730
Opp Total 16 32 0 52 1034 0 19.9

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
John Kidd 30 P 16 0 76 3064 60 1 40.3
John Carney 27 K 16 0 1 1 6 6 8 6 10 4 4 2 29 19 65.5% 31 31 100.0%
Team Total 26.3 16 1 1 6 6 8 6 10 4 4 2 29 19 65.5% 31 31 100.0% 76 3064 60 1 40.3
Opp Total 16 29 23 79.3% 38 37 97.4% 76 3063 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
John Friesz 24 QB 16 16 10 2 -21 0
Leslie O'Neal 27 ROLB 16 16 9.0 2 0 0 0 0 68
Burt Grossman 24 RDE 16 16 5.5 1 0 2 0 0 57
Junior Seau* 22 RILB 16 16 7.0 129
Gill Byrd* 30 LCB 15 15 6 48 0 22
Henry Rolling 26 LOLB 15 13 1.0 2 54 0 47 0 1 2 53 0 63
Marion Butts* 25 rb 16 8 3 0 0 0
Darren Carrington 25 16 1 3 30 0 19 17
Donnie Elder 29 RET 16 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Gagliano 33 2 0 2 1 -3 0
Billy Ray Smith 30 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Kitrick Taylor 27 RET 12 0 2 1 0 0
Martin Bayless 29 SS 16 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 57
Mitchell Benson 24 16 0 1.0 1 0 0 0
Courtney Hall 23 C 16 16 0 2 0 0
Ronnie Harmon 27 16 0 2 0 0 0
Anthony Miller 26 WR 13 12 1 1 0 0
Joe Phillips 28 NT 16 16 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 36
Gary Plummer 31 LILB 16 15 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 111
Stanley Richard 24 FS 15 14 2 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 59
Anthony Shelton 24 11 4 1.0 1 19 0 19
George Hinkle 26 LDE 13 13 0.5 0 1 0 0
Rod Bernstine 26 RB 13 8 1 0 0 0
Donald Frank 26 16 1 1 71 1 71 41
Steve Hendrickson 25 15 4 0 1 0 0
Nate Lewis 25 WR 16 9 0 1 2 0
Broderick Thompson 31 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Derrick Walker 24 TE 16 16 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 28.0 19 227 1 71 5 24 20 31 0 638
Opp Total 16 35 22 13 1

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
John Carney 27 K 16 0 31 19 88
Rod Bernstine 26 RB 13 8 8 48
Marion Butts* 25 rb 16 8 6 1 42
Nate Lewis 25 WR 16 9 3 1 24
Craig McEwen 26 te 16 6 3 18
Anthony Miller 26 WR 13 12 3 18
Ronnie Harmon 27 16 0 1 1 12
Steve Hendrickson 25 15 4 1 1 12
Donald Frank 26 16 1 1 6
Shawn Jefferson 22 16 3 1 6
Team Total 26.3 16 16 13 1 1 31 19 274
Opp Total 16 15 22 37 23 1 342