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1998 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 241 points (15.1/g), 29th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 342 points (21.4/g), 18th.
 Differential of -101 points (-6.3/g), 26th.
 Expected W-L: 4.9-11.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -24 (-1.5/g), 30th.

Coached by Kevin Gilbride (2-4-0) and June Jones (3-7-0)

1998 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 6 box W 1-0 Buffalo Bills 16 14 14 254 187 67 2 20 297 207 90 2
2 Sun September 13 box W 2-0 @ Tennessee Oilers 13 7 18 320 179 141 18 250 187 63
3 Sun September 20 box L 2-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 7 23 6 152 -19 171 6 16 251 129 122 1
4 Sun September 27 box L 2-2 New York Giants 16 34 17 355 266 89 4 19 313 208 105 1
5 Sun October 4 box L 2-3 @ Indianapolis Colts 12 17 17 295 143 152 3 11 192 137 55 1
6 Sun October 11 box L 2-4 @ Oakland Raiders 6 7 9 195 78 117 4 6 159 141 18 1
7 Sun October 18 box W 3-4 Philadelphia Eagles 13 10 11 168 28 140 1 21 261 210 51 4
8 Sun October 25 box L 3-5 Seattle Seahawks 20 27 27 391 280 111 14 274 234 40
9 Bye Week
10 Sun November 8 box L 3-6 @ Denver Broncos 10 27 13 213 136 77 3 19 289 217 72 1
11 Sun November 15 box W 4-6 Baltimore Ravens 14 13 19 203 146 57 1 8 161 121 40 2
12 Sun November 22 box W 5-6 Kansas City Chiefs 38 37 25 366 271 95 3 21 366 297 69 2
13 Sun November 29 box L 5-7 Denver Broncos 16 31 21 367 302 65 6 18 322 226 96 4
14 Sun December 6 box L 5-8 @ Washington Redskins 20 24 21 344 217 127 2 17 278 212 66 2
15 Sun December 13 box L 5-9 @ Seattle Seahawks 17 38 16 277 211 66 8 18 238 130 108 3
16 Sun December 20 box L 5-10 Oakland Raiders 10 17 16 315 236 79 3 14 287 167 120 3
17 Sun December 27 box L 5-11 @ Arizona Cardinals 13 16 22 377 203 174 5 16 270 245 25

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 241 4592 1063 4.3 272 261 566 2864 11 34 4.7 146 460 1728 11 3.8 95 51 17 31
Team Defense 342 4208 991 4.2 440 271 530 3068 21 20 5.4 149 422 1140 12 2.7 256 27 7 35
Lg Rank Offense 29 24 19 3 26 29 30 28 12 15 16 22 30 27
Lg Rank Defense 18 1 5 17 11 11 8 8 12 1 14 1 18 23

Passing

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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%
Craig Whelihan 27 QB 10 7 2-5-0 149 320 46.6 1803 8 2.5 19 5.9 55 5.6 3.2 12.1 180.3 48.0 15 111 5.1 2.7 4.5
Ryan Leaf 22 qb 10 9 3-6-0 111 245 45.3 1289 2 0.8 15 6.1 67 5.3 2.6 11.6 128.9 39.0 22 140 4.3 1.9 8.2
Terrell Fletcher 25 rb 12 5 1 1 100.0 23 1 100.0 0 0.0 23 23.0 33.0 23.0 1.9 158.3 0 0 23.0 33.0 0.0
Team Total 27.3 16 5-11-0 261 566 46.1 3115 11 1.9 34 6.0 67 5.5 3.0 11.9 194.7 44.9 37 251 4.7 2.4 6.1
Opp Total 16 271 530 51.1 3068 21 4.0 20 3.8 5.8 4.5 11.3 191.8 66.3 39 246 5.4 3.7

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
Natrone Means 26 RB 10 10 212 883 5 72 4.2 88.3 21.2 16 91 5.7 0 22 1.6 9.1 974 5 2
Terrell Fletcher 25 rb 12 5 153 543 5 21 3.5 45.3 12.8 30 188 6.3 0 22 2.5 15.7 731 5 1
Tremayne Stephens 22 13 1 35 122 1 12 3.5 9.4 2.7 2 9 4.5 0 5 0.2 0.7 131 1 1
Ryan Leaf 22 qb 10 9 27 80 0 20 3.0 8.0 2.7 80 0 8
Craig Whelihan 27 QB 10 7 18 38 0 13 2.1 3.8 1.8 38 0 9
Kenny Bynum 24 RET 10 0 11 23 0 14 2.1 2.3 1.1 4 27 6.8 0 12 0.4 2.7 50 0 3
Charlie Jones 26 WR/wr 16 11 4 39 0 14 9.8 2.4 0.3 46 699 15.2 3 56 2.9 43.7 738 3 1
Freddie Jones 24 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 57 602 10.6 3 28 3.6 37.6 602 3 1
Bryan Still 24 WR 14 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 605 14.1 2 67 3.1 43.2 605 2 0
Mikhael Ricks 24 wr 16 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 450 15.0 2 39 1.9 28.1 450 2 1
Ryan Thelwell 25 6 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 268 16.8 1 55 2.7 44.7 268 1 0
Webster Slaughter 34 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 93 11.6 0 31 0.8 9.3 93 0 0
Wendell Davis 23 TE 11 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 23 5.8 0 8 0.4 2.1 23 0 0
John Burke 27 te 10 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 32 10.7 0 17 0.3 3.2 32 0 0
Frank Hartley 31 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 28 14.0 0 17 0.1 1.8 28 0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 460 1728 11 72 3.8 108.0 28.8 261 3115 11.9 11 67 16.3 194.7 4843 22 33
Opp Total 16 422 1140 12 2.7 71.3 26.4 271 3068 11.3 21 16.9 191.8 4208 33 21

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
Latario Rachal 25 RET 11 0 32 387 0 56 12.1 11 192 0 25 17.5 579
Tony Gaiter 24 5 0 13 155 0 49 11.9 16 295 0 33 18.4 450
Kenny Bynum 24 RET 10 0 19 345 0 30 18.2 395
Tremayne Stephens 22 13 1 16 349 0 36 21.8 480
Terrell Fletcher 25 rb 12 5 3 71 0 36 23.7 802
Charlie Jones 26 WR/wr 16 11 2 25 0 17 12.5 763
John Burke 27 te 10 6 1 5 0 5 5.0 37
Frank Hartley 31 16 3 1 11 0 11 11.0 39
Kendyl Jacox 23 rg 16 6 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 45 542 0 56 12.0 70 1293 0 36 18.5 6678
Opp Total 16 49 1 54 1484 1 27.5

Kicking & Punting

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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
Darren Bennett 33 P 16 0 95 4174 65 0 43.9
John Carney 34 K 16 0 12 11 5 5 10 8 3 2 30 26 86.7% 19 19 100.0%
Team Total 27.3 16 12 11 5 5 10 8 3 2 30 26 86.7% 19 19 100.0% 95 4174 65 0 43.9
Opp Total 16 34 25 73.5% 37 37 100.0% 103 4542 44.1

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
Craig Whelihan 27 QB 10 7 9 3 -21 0
Ryan Leaf 22 qb 10 9 8 2 -18 0
Norman Hand 26 LDT 16 16 6.0 2 47 0 30 1 0 0 0 0 42 7
Rodney Harrison*+ 26 SS 16 16 4.0 3 42 0 21 1 0 0 0 0 89 25
Greg Jackson 32 FS 16 13 6 50 0 25 0 0 1 0 0 50 9
Marco Coleman 29 RDE 16 16 3.5 0 0 2 0 0 46 5
Raylee Johnson 28 16 3 5.5
Junior Seau*+ 29 RLB 16 16 3.5 1 0 2 0 0 92 23
Kenny Bynum 24 RET 10 0 3 2 0 0
Latario Rachal 25 RET 11 0 4 1 0 0
Charles Dimry 32 LCB 16 15 3 38 0 30 59 4
Terrell Fletcher 25 rb 12 5 1 2 21 0
William Fuller 36 LDE 13 13 3.0 18 4
Natrone Means 26 RB 10 10 2 1 0 0
Gerald Dixon 29 llb 16 6 2.5 26 8
John Parrella 29 RDT 16 16 1.5 0 0 1 0 0 30 7
Darren Bennett 33 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
Chris Mims 28 6 0 2.0 3 3
Terrance Shaw 25 RCB 13 13 2 0 0 0 35 5
Scott Turner 26 16 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
Lewis Bush 29 LLB 10 10 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 12 6
Wendell Davis 23 TE 11 7 0 1 0 0
Mike Dumas 29 3 3 1.0 8 3
Tony Gaiter 24 5 0 1 0 0 0
Michael Hamilton 25 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Dwayne Harper 32 1 1 1 12 0 12 5 3
Charlie Jones 26 WR/wr 16 11 1 0 0 0
Freddie Jones 24 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
Mike Mohring 24 10 0 1.0 2 1
Mikhael Ricks 24 wr 16 9 1 0 0 0
Raleigh Roundtree 23 rg 15 5 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Spencer 29 15 4 1 0 0 0 29 0
Tremayne Stephens 22 13 1 1 0 0 0
Aaron Taylor 26 LG 15 15 0 1 0 0
Steve Tovar 28 16 2 1.0 22 6
Gerome Williams 25 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1
Jamal Williams 22 9 0 1 14 1 14 5 1
Kurt Gouveia 34 MLB 14 12 0.5 32 12
Team Total 27.3 16 37.0 20 203 1 30 5 33 23 -18 0 622 134
Opp Total 16 37 21 14

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
John Carney 34 K 16 0 19 26 97
Terrell Fletcher 25 rb 12 5 5 30
Natrone Means 26 RB 10 10 5 30
Freddie Jones 24 TE 16 16 3 1 20
Charlie Jones 26 WR/wr 16 11 3 18
Mikhael Ricks 24 wr 16 9 2 12
Bryan Still 24 WR 14 9 2 12
Tremayne Stephens 22 13 1 1 6
Ryan Thelwell 25 6 3 1 6
Jamal Williams 22 9 0 1 6
Craig Whelihan 27 QB 10 7 1 2
Team Total 27.3 16 11 11 1 2 19 26 239
Opp Total 16 12 21 1 1 1 37 25 342