1983 San Diego Chargers

1983 San Diego Chargers Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Dan Fouts	340	215	63.2	2975	8.75	59t	20	5.9	15	4.4	14	107	92.5
Ed Luther	287	151	52.6	1875	6.53	46	7	2.4	17	5.9	13	120	56.6
Bruce Mathison	5	3	60.0	41	8.20	25	0	0.0	1	20.0	0	0	46.7
Maury Buford	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Pete Holohan	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Sherman Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Wes Chandler	0	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3	0.0
TOTALS	635	369	58.1	4891	7.70	59t	27	4.3	33	5.2	0	0	75.1

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Kellen Winslow 88 1172 13.3 8 46 Charlie Joiner 65 960 14.8 3 33t Wes Chandler 58 845 14.6 5 44t Chuck Muncie 42 396 9.4 1 27 Eric Sievers 33 452 13.7 3 28 James Brooks 25 215 8.6 0 36 Pete Holohan 23 272 11.8 2 35 Bobby Duckworth 20 422 21.1 5 59t Sherman Smith 6 51 8.5 0 21 Earnest Jackson 5 42 8.4 0 10 Roger Carr 2 36 18.0 0 23 Dwight Scales 2 28 14.0 0 14 TOTALS 369 4891 13.3 27 59t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Chuck Muncie 235 886 3.8 12 34t James Brooks 127 516 4.1 3 61 Sherman Smith 24 91 3.8 0 20 Earnest Jackson 11 39 3.5 0 6 Wes Chandler 2 25 12.5 0 23 John Cappelletti 1 5 5.0 0 5 Bruce Mathison 1 0 0.0 0 0 Dan Fouts 12 -5 -0.4 1 3 Eric Sievers 1 -7 -7.0 0 -7 Ed Luther 9 -14 -1.6 0 8 TOTALS 423 1536 3.6 16 61

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg James Brooks 32 607 19.0 0 34 Bruce Laird 15 342 22.8 0 41 Earnest Jackson 11 201 18.3 0 32 Miles McPherson 5 77 15.4 0 19 Jim Jodat 3 45 15.0 0 18 Andre Young 3 41 13.7 0 19 Sherman Smith 2 32 16.0 0 21 Dwight Scales 1 16 16.0 0 16 Billy Ray Smith 1 10 10.0 0 10 Eric Sievers 1 6 6.0 0 6 TOTALS 74 1377 18.6 0 41

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg James Brooks 18 137 7.6 4 0 30 Dwight Scales 2 34 17.0 0 0 30 Wes Chandler 8 26 3.3 6 0 11 Hosea Fortune 4 16 4.0 0 0 9 Bruce Laird 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 TOTALS 33 213 6.5 10 0 30

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Maury Buford	63	2763	43.9	60	8	13	0	35	299	36.6
TOTALS	63	2763	43.9	60	8	13	0	35	299	36.6

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Rolf Benirschke	0/0	7/7	5/7	2/7	1/3	15/24	51	43/45	88
TOTALS	0/0	7/7	5/7	2/7	1/3	15/24	51	43/45	88

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Rick Ackerman	1.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Carlos Bradley	0.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Gill Byrd	0.0	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bill Elko	0.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Keith Ferguson	5.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Tim Fox	0.0	--	2	14	7.0	0	14
Mike Green	1.0	--	1	3	3.0	0	3
Reuben Henderson	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Gary Johnson	3.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Linden King	8.0	--	1	19	19.0	0	19
Woodrow Lowe	4.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Miles McPherson	1.0	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ray Preston	0.0	--	1	13	13.0	0	13
Billy Ray Smith	3.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Danny Walters	0.0	--	7	55	7.9	0	33
Andre Young	1.0	--	2	49	24.5	1	40t
Team	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	31.0	0.0	16	153	9.6	1	40t

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.