1978 San Diego Chargers

1978 San Diego Chargers Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Dan Fouts	381	224	58.8	2999	7.87	55t	24	6.3	20	5.2	22	130	83.0
James Harris	88	42	47.7	518	5.89	34t	2	2.3	9	10.2	8	43	34.4
Cliff Olander	8	5	62.5	49	6.13	22	0	0.0	1	12.5	2	18	40.1
TOTALS	477	271	56.8	3566	7.48	55t	26	5.5	30	6.3	0	0	72.5

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Lydell Mitchell 57 500 8.8 2 55t John Jefferson 56 1001 17.9 13 46t Bob Klein 34 413 12.1 2 24 Don Woods 34 295 8.7 0 29 Charlie Joiner 33 607 18.4 1 46 Bo Matthews 11 78 7.1 0 13 Hank Bauer 10 78 7.8 1 14t Artie Owens 9 188 20.9 0 41 Pat Curran 9 92 10.2 2 20 Larry Burton 5 127 25.4 3 55t Johnny Rodgers 5 47 9.4 0 12 Dwight McDonald 3 84 28.0 1 37t Larry Barnes 2 13 6.5 0 7 Greg McCrary 1 29 29.0 1 29t Clarence Williams 1 17 17.0 0 17 Rickey Anderson 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 TOTALS 271 3566 13.2 26 55t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Lydell Mitchell 214 820 3.8 3 25 Don Woods 151 514 3.4 3 27 Hank Bauer 85 304 3.6 8 37t Bo Matthews 71 286 4.0 0 28 Clarence Williams 27 76 2.8 0 12 Dan Fouts 20 43 2.1 2 22 Greg McCrary 2 18 9.0 0 16 Rickey Anderson 3 11 3.7 0 6 Larry Barnes 3 8 2.7 0 4 John Jefferson 1 7 7.0 0 7 James Harris 10 7 0.7 0 9 Johnny Rodgers 1 5 5.0 0 5 Jeff West 1 0 0.0 0 0 Cliff Olander 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 TOTALS 590 2096 3.6 16 37t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Artie Owens 20 524 26.2 0 77 Johnny Rodgers 11 287 26.1 0 36 Clarence Williams 6 143 23.8 0 33 Mike Fuller 5 109 21.8 0 32 Rickey Anderson 6 83 13.8 0 21 Don Woods 2 37 18.5 0 19 Bob Horn 2 27 13.5 0 16 Ray Preston 1 15 15.0 0 15 Bob Klein 1 13 13.0 0 13 Don Macek 1 6 6.0 0 6 Rick Middleton 1 5 5.0 0 5 Mark Slater 1 3 3.0 0 3 Hal Stringert 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 58 1252 21.6 0 77

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Mike Fuller 39 436 11.2 10 0 34 Johnny Rodgers 11 88 8.0 5 0 15 Pete Shaw 4 46 11.5 3 0 16 Artie Owens 1 20 20.0 0 0 20 Don Goode 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Mike Williams 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 TOTALS 57 590 10.4 19 0 34

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Jeff West	73	2720	37.3	59	8	19	2	37	356	29.4
TOTALS	73	2720	37.3	59	8	19	2	37	356	29.4

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Rolf Benirschke	2/2	9/10	4/6	3/4	0/0	18/22	44	37/43	91
TOTALS	2/2	9/10	4/6	3/4	0/0	18/22	44	37/43	91

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Jerome Dove	--	--	1	4	4.0	0	4
Glen Edwards	--	--	3	43	14.3	0	24
Mike Fuller	--	--	4	44	11.0	1	23
Don Goode	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Horn	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gary Johnson	--	--	1	52	52.0	1	52t
Louie Kelcher	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Linden King	--	--	1	3	3.0	0	3
Woodrow Lowe	--	--	1	16	16.0	0	16
Rick Middleton	--	--	1	2	2.0	0	2
Pete Shaw	--	--	2	0	0.0	0	0
Hal Stringert	--	--	2	4	2.0	0	2
Mike Williams	--	--	3	23	7.7	0	23
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	22	191	8.7	2	52t

Hester's trick play on fake punt can't spark Chargers victory
San Diego Union Tribune | December 01, 2008
CHARGERS REPORT: A week ago, Jacob Hester scored his first NFL touchdown. Sunday, the rookie running back zipped for a big gain in the fourth quarter that could have changed the outcome. – Chargers worst loss comes at the worst time – Receivers struggle as Falcons squelch air attack – 'D' makes plays, can't stop Falcons on third down

By the numbers: Falcons-Chargers
San Diego Union Tribune | December 01, 2008
Zero turnovers for Chargers for the second time this season (at Miami).

Chargers worst loss of the season comes at the worst time
San Diego Union Tribune | November 30, 2008
As their security blanket became tattered three time zones away, the Chargers Sunday lost ugly at home. “We just got dominated,” LaDainian Tomlinson said.