1979 San Diego Chargers

1979 San Diego Chargers Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Dan Fouts	530	332	62.6	4082	7.70	65t	24	4.5	24	4.5	28	195	82.6
James Harris	9	5	55.6	38	4.22	10	0	0.0	1	11.1	2	15	26.4
Mike Thomas	1	1	100.0	18	18.00	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	118.8
Mike Fuller	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Hank Bauer	0	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	13	0.0
TOTALS	541	338	62.5	4138	7.65	65t	24	4.4	25	4.6	0	0	81.6

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Charlie Joiner 72 1008 14.0 4 39 John Jefferson 61 1090 17.9 10 65t Clarence Williams 51 352 6.9 0 14 Bob Klein 37 424 11.5 5 54t Mike Thomas 32 388 12.1 0 32 Kellen Winslow 25 255 10.2 2 30 Lydell Mitchell 19 159 8.4 1 24 Artie Owens 15 176 11.7 1 32t John Floyd 10 152 15.2 1 40 Bo Matthews 7 40 5.7 0 13 Greg McCrary 5 32 6.4 0 19 Larry Burton 4 62 15.5 0 23 TOTALS 338 4138 12.2 24 65t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Clarence Williams 200 752 3.8 12 55t Mike Thomas 91 353 3.9 1 21 Lydell Mitchell 63 211 3.3 0 15 Artie Owens 40 151 3.8 1 23 Bo Matthews 30 112 3.7 1 22 Dan Fouts 26 49 1.9 2 26 Hank Bauer 22 28 1.3 8 6 James Harris 6 26 4.3 0 18 Mike Fuller 1 0 0.0 0 0 Jeff West 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 Charlie Joiner 1 -12 -12.0 0 -12 TOTALS 481 1668 3.5 25 55t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Artie Owens 35 791 22.6 0 40 Mike Fuller 6 115 19.2 0 41 Hank Bauer 4 92 23.0 0 31 Clarence Williams 1 19 19.0 0 19 Lydell Mitchell 1 15 15.0 0 15 Cliff Thrift 1 11 11.0 0 11 Don Woods 0 10 0.0 0 10 Ralph Perretta 1 9 9.0 0 9 Bo Matthews 1 4 4.0 0 4 TOTALS 50 1066 21.3 0 41

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Mike Fuller 46 448 9.7 7 0 27 Pete Shaw 2 21 10.5 2 0 11 Mike Williams 3 19 6.3 0 0 10 Don Goode 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 TOTALS 52 488 9.4 9 0 27

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Jeff West	75	2736	36.5	62	9	23	0	34	204	31.4
TOTALS	75	2736	36.5	62	9	23	0	34	204	31.4

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Mike Wood	0/0	4/4	6/6	1/1	0/3	11/14	42	28/31	61
Rolf Benirschke	0/0	2/2	1/1	1/1	0/0	4/4	42	12/13	24
Roy Gerela	0/0	1/2	0/2	0/3	0/0	1/7	26	6/7	9
Cliff Olander	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/1	0	1/1	1
TOTALS	0/0	7/8	7/9	2/6	0/3	16/26	42	47/52	95

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Glen Edwards	--	--	4	99	24.8	0	53
Mike Fuller	--	--	4	39	9.8	0	23
Don Goode	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Horn	--	--	2	44	22.0	0	30
Woodrow Lowe	--	--	5	150	30.0	2	77t
Ray Preston	--	--	5	121	24.2	0	35
Pete Shaw	--	--	3	54	18.0	0	30
Mike Williams	--	--	4	55	13.8	0	50
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	28	562	20.1	2	77t

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.