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2002 San Diego Chargers

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

Scored 333 points (20.8/g), 20th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 367 points (22.9/g), 22nd.
 Differential of -34 points (-2.1/g), 21st.
 Expected W-L: 7.1-8.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 13th.

Coached by Marty Schottenheimer (8-8-0)

2002 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 @ Cincinnati Bengals 34 6 27 401 160 241 13 203 167 36 1
2 Sun September 15 box W 2-0 Houston Texans 24 3 16 267 143 124 1 7 118 29 89 3
3 Sun September 22 box W 3-0 @ Arizona Cardinals 23 15 19 289 164 125 1 15 297 200 97 3
4 Sun September 29 box W 4-0 New England Patriots 21 14 14 342 104 238 1 25 440 353 87 3
5 Sun October 6 box L 4-1 @ Denver Broncos 9 26 16 314 235 79 3 20 417 300 117 1
6 Sun October 13 box W 5-1 Kansas City Chiefs 35 34 27 465 312 153 5 17 319 231 88 2
7 Sun October 20 box W 6-1 @ Oakland Raiders 27 21 24 333 161 172 26 390 353 37 1
8 Bye Week
9 Sun November 3 box L 6-2 New York Jets 13 44 15 243 170 73 3 21 413 248 165
10 Sun November 10 box L 6-3 @ St. Louis Rams 24 28 15 256 130 126 2 25 524 453 71 4
11 Sun November 17 box W 7-3 San Francisco 49ers 20 17 26 441 336 105 1 21 467 331 136 1
12 Sun November 24 box L 7-4 @ Miami Dolphins 3 30 12 144 80 64 2 24 413 191 222
13 Sun December 1 box W 8-4 Denver Broncos 30 27 25 434 214 220 20 417 261 156 3
14 Sun December 8 box L 8-5 Oakland Raiders 7 27 19 291 226 65 3 22 393 326 67
15 Sun December 15 box L 8-6 @ Buffalo Bills 13 20 14 308 192 116 17 256 101 155 1
16 Sun December 22 box L 8-7 @ Kansas City Chiefs 22 24 20 383 235 148 1 19 376 323 53 1
17 Sun December 29 box L 8-8 Seattle Seahawks 28 31 24 414 326 88 1 34 591 428 163 3

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 333 5325 1028 5.2 313 324 538 3188 17 16 5.7 166 466 2137 19 4.6 117 24 8 30
Team Defense 367 6034 1056 5.7 561 375 607 4295 26 17 6.6 205 410 1739 15 4.2 326 27 10 30
Lg Rank Offense 20 16 16 21 22 28 17 20 9 8 7 7 7 6
Lg Rank Defense 22 30 29 31 32 26 15 29 10 11 17 18 18 23

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%
Drew Brees 23 QB 16 16 8-8-0 320 526 60.8 3284 17 3.2 16 3.0 52 6.2 5.2 10.3 205.3 76.9 24 180 5.6 4.6 4.4
Doug Flutie 40 1 0 3 11 27.3 64 0 0.0 0 0.0 47 5.8 5.8 21.3 64.0 51.3 0 0 5.8 5.8 0.0
Reche Caldwell 23 16 2 1 1 100.0 20 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 20.0 20.0 20.0 1.3 118.7 0 0 20.0 20.0 0.0
Team Total 26.9 16 8-8-0 324 538 60.2 3368 17 3.2 16 3.0 52 6.3 5.2 10.4 210.5 76.5 24 180 5.7 4.7 4.3
Opp Total 16 375 607 61.8 4295 26 4.3 17 2.8 7.1 6.2 11.5 268.4 85.7 39 231 6.6 5.5

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
LaDainian Tomlinson* 23 RB 16 16 372 1683 14 76 4.5 105.2 23.3 79 489 6.2 1 30 4.9 30.6 2172 15 3
Drew Brees 23 QB 16 16 38 130 1 15 3.4 8.1 2.4 130 1 2
Terrell Fletcher 29 10 0 26 128 1 15 4.9 12.8 2.6 10 62 6.2 0 13 1.0 6.2 190 1 0
Tim Dwight 27 WR 16 14 12 108 1 20 9.0 6.8 0.8 50 623 12.5 2 42 3.1 38.9 731 3 1
Curtis Conway 31 WR 13 13 7 53 2 22 7.6 4.1 0.5 57 852 14.9 5 52 4.4 65.5 905 7 2
Jesse Chatman 23 10 0 6 19 0 11 3.2 1.9 0.6 3 44 14.7 0 25 0.3 4.4 63 0 0
Reche Caldwell 23 16 2 2 9 0 6 4.5 0.6 0.1 22 208 9.5 3 26 1.4 13.0 217 3 3
Fred McCrary 30 FB 16 16 2 1 0 2 0.5 0.1 0.1 22 96 4.4 3 25 1.4 6.0 97 3 1
Doug Flutie 40 1 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6.0 1.0 6 0 0
Stephen Alexander 27 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 45 510 11.3 1 32 3.2 36.4 510 1 1
Eric Parker 23 9 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 268 15.8 1 31 1.9 29.8 268 1 0
Josh Norman 22 11 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 201 12.6 1 29 1.5 18.3 201 1 0
Justin Peelle 23 15 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 15 5.0 0 10 0.2 1.0 15 0 0
Team Total 26.9 16 466 2137 19 76 4.6 133.6 29.1 324 3368 10.4 17 52 20.3 210.5 5505 36 16
Opp Total 16 410 1739 15 4.2 108.7 25.6 375 4295 11.5 26 23.4 268.4 6034 41 16

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
Ronney Jenkins 25 RET 13 0 40 925 0 56 23.1 925
Tamarick Vanover 28 7 0 16 86 0 16 5.4 14 323 0 39 23.1 409
Tim Dwight 27 WR 16 14 19 231 0 37 12.2 8 166 0 26 20.8 1128
Reche Caldwell 23 16 2 2 -2 0 0 -1.0 9 220 0 39 24.4 435
Leonardo Carson 25 ldt 16 6 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Terrell Fletcher 29 10 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 212
Team Total 26.9 16 37 315 0 37 8.5 73 1670 0 56 22.9 7490
Opp Total 16 36 1 53 1059 0 20.0

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 37 P 16 0 87 3540 63 2 40.7
Steve Christie 35 K 16 0 8 8 6 5 9 4 3 1 26 18 69.2% 36 35 97.2%
Team Total 26.9 16 8 8 6 5 9 4 3 1 26 18 69.2% 36 35 97.2% 87 3540 63 2 40.7
Opp Total 16 31 21 67.7% 42 42 100.0% 83 3328 40.1

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
Raylee Johnson 32 RDE 16 16 6.5 0 0 1 0 1 31 9
Alex Molden 29 LCB 16 16 2.0 3 9 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 68 11
Marcellus Wiley 28 LDE 14 14 6.0 1 40 0 40 5 1 0 0 0 0 31 5
Donnie Edwards* 29 MLB 16 16 5 95 1 46 10 0 0 1 82 1 100 29
Adrian Dingle 25 16 3 4.0 0 0 1 1 0 24 2
Ben Leber 24 LLB 16 14 5.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 43 9
Ryan McNeil 32 RCB 15 15 1 16 0 16 0 0 0 4 14 1 72 7
Leonardo Carson 25 ldt 16 6 3.5 0 0 1 0 0 22 9
Drew Brees 23 QB 16 16 0 2 2 0 0
Rodney Harrison 30 SS 13 13 2.0 2 2 0 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 69 19
Reche Caldwell 23 16 2 3 0 0 0
Jason Fisk 30 RDT 16 14 3.0 28 10
Keith Lyle 30 fs 15 6 2 26 0 26 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 4
LaDainian Tomlinson* 23 RB 16 16 0 3 0 0 0
Tamarick Vanover 28 7 0 3 0 0 0
Junior Seau* 33 RLB 13 13 1.5 1 25 0 25 7 1 0 0 0 0 60 24
Jamal Williams 26 LDT 12 10 2.5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20 3
Curtis Conway 31 WR 13 13 2 0 0 0
Fred McCrary 30 FB 16 16 1 1 0 0
DeQuincy Scott 24 10 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
Stephen Alexander 27 TE 14 14 1 0 0 0
Jason Ball 23 C 16 13 0 1 0 0
Tay Cody 25 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
Tim Dwight 27 WR 16 14 1 0 -16 0
Vernon Fox 23 16 3 1 25 0 25 3 18 6
Kelvin Garmon 26 lg 7 5 0 1 0 0
Zeke Moreno 24 16 3 1 8 0 8 0 28 4
Carlos Polk 25 15 0 1.0 16 1
Team Total 26.9 16 39.0 17 246 1 46 48 9 16 17 81 3 764 164
Opp Total 16 24 16 6 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
LaDainian Tomlinson* 23 RB 16 16 14 1 90
Steve Christie 35 K 16 0 35 18 89
Curtis Conway 31 WR 13 13 2 5 42
Reche Caldwell 23 16 2 3 1 20
Tim Dwight 27 WR 16 14 1 2 18
Fred McCrary 30 FB 16 16 3 18
Donnie Edwards* 29 MLB 16 16 1 1 12
Stephen Alexander 27 TE 14 14 1 6
Drew Brees 23 QB 16 16 1 6
Terrell Fletcher 29 10 0 1 6
Raylee Johnson 32 RDE 16 16 1 6
Ryan McNeil 32 RCB 15 15 1 6
Josh Norman 22 11 1 1 6
Eric Parker 23 9 2 1 6
Team Total 26.9 16 19 17 3 1 1 35 18 331
Opp Total 16 15 26 1 1 42 21 1 367