1971 San Diego Chargers (NFL) |
| 3rd place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Sid Gillman (4-6-0); Harland Svare (2-2-0) |
| Phil Bengston | Defense |
| Lamar Lundy | Tight Ends |
| Joe Madro | Offensive Line |
| Bum Phillips | Defensive Line |
| Jim Phillips | Receivers |
| Jacki Simpson | Defensive Backs |
| Charlie Waller | Offense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1971 | H | Washington Redskins | 19-10 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 43186 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1971 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 7-34 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 49267 | |
| Sun | 8/22/1971 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 17-28 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 40000 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1971 | H | New Orleans Saints | 22-7 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 35405 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1971 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 20-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 56116 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1971 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 21-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 32555 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 21-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 54061 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | H | Oakland Raiders | 0-34 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 54084 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 44339 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-31 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 50514 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | A | Denver Broncos | 16-20 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51200 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1971 | H | Buffalo Bills | 20-3 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 49261 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | H | New York Jets | 49-21 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 44786 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | A | New York Giants | 17-35 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62905 | |
| Mon | 11/15/1971 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 20-17 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 46486 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1971 | A | Oakland Raiders | 33-34 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 54681 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1971 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 0-31 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59580 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1971 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 30-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 54505 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1971 | H | Denver Broncos | 45-17 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 44347 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1971 | A | Houston Oilers | 33-49 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 35959 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bob Babich | 60 | MLB | 6-2 | 231 | 24 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Barnes | 59 | RLB | 6-2 | 243 | 26 | Southern University | 14 | 12 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 40 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Northwestern JC; Iowa State | 13 | 13 |
| Bob Bruggers | 56 | RLB | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 |
| Leon Burns | 38 | RB | 6-1 | 220 | 29 | Laney JC; Long Beach State | 14 | 4 |
| Steve DeLong | 82 | RDE | 6-3 | 251 | 28 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Detwiler | 35 | S | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Utah State | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Dicus | 28 | WR | 6-0 | 183 | 23 | Arkansas | 14 | 2 |
| Marty Domres | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 219 | 24 | Columbia | 4 | 0 |
| Ron East | 77 | LDT-LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Oregon State; Columbia Basin JC; Oregon State; Montana State | 14 | 14 |
| Chris Fletcher | 44 | RS-RCB | 5-11 | 189 | 23 | Temple | 14 | 5 |
| Mike Garrett | 20 | RB | 5-9 | 198 | 27 | Southern California | 13 | 11 |
| Gary Garrison | 27 | WR | 6-1 | 194 | 27 | Long Beach CC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Walker Gillette | 84 | WR | 6-5 | 200 | 24 | Richmond | 12 | 1 |
| Ira Gordon | 69 | LOT-OG | 6-3 | 268 | 24 | Phoenix JC; Kansas State | 14 | 0 |
| Wes Grant | 86 | DE | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Santa Monica JC; UCLA | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Gruneisen | 65 | C | 6-1 | 248 | 30 | Villanova | 2 | 2 |
| John Hadl | 21 | QB | 6-1 | 213 | 31 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| Kevin Hardy | 80 | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 276 | 26 | Notre Dame | 13 | 10 |
| Jim Hill | 39 | RS | 6-2 | 191 | 25 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 10 |
| Bobby Howard | 24 | LCB | 6-1 | 184 | 27 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Harris Jones | 58 | LOG | 6-5 | 255 | 26 | Johnson C. Smith | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 25 | WR | 5-10 | 176 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 3 |
| Carl Mauck | 55 | C | 6-3 | 242 | 24 | Southern Illinois | 13 | 12 |
| Mike Montgomery | 23 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Kansas State | 11 | 3 |
| Pettis Norman | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 220 | 32 | Johnson C. Smith | 14 | 12 |
| Gary Nowak | 75 | DT | 6-4 | 247 | 23 | Michigan State | 6 | 0 |
| Terry Owens | 76 | LOT | 6-6 | 263 | 27 | Alabama; Jacksonville State | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Parks | 32 | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Santa Monica JC; Long Beach State | 10 | 10 |
| Dennis Partee | 29 | K-P | 6-2 | 206 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Porter | 57 | C | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Oklahoma | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Queen | 47 | RB | 6-1 | 221 | 25 | Morgan State | 14 | 10 |
| Eddie Ray | 36 | RB | 6-1 | 237 | 24 | Louisiana State | 4 | 0 |
| Rick Redman | 66 | LLB-RLB-MLB | 6-0 | 225 | 28 | Washington | 12 | 10 |
| Andy Rice | 79 | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 268 | 31 | Texas Southern | 12 | 5 |
| Mel Rogers | 53 | LLB | 6-2 | 231 | 24 | Florida A&M | 13 | 4 |
| Bryant Salter | 30 | LS-CB-RS | 6-4 | 196 | 21 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 8 |
| Jeff Staggs | 81 | LLB | 6-2 | 242 | 27 | Brigham Young; San Diego CC; San Diego State | 5 | 1 |
| Art Strozier | 89 | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Kansas State | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Sweeney | 78 | ROG | 6-3 | 256 | 30 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| John Tanner | 85 | LDE-TE | 6-4 | 237 | 26 | Brevard JC; Tennessee Tech | 14 | 3 |
| Lee Thomas | 73 | DE | 6-5 | 246 | 25 | Wiley; Jackson State | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Tolbert | 43 | LS | 6-3 | 205 | 27 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 12 | 6 |
| Russ Washington | 70 | ROT | 6-6 | 295 | 25 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Ray White | 52 | LLB | 6-1 | 227 | 22 | Syracuse | 14 | 1 |
| Doug Wilkerson | 63 | LOG | 6-3 | 253 | 24 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Williams | 87 | LDE-LDT | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | UC Davis | 13 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | Leon Burns | RB | Long Beach State |
| 3 | 65 | Mike Montgomery | RB | Kansas State |
| 5 | 115 | Bryant Salter | DB | Pittsburgh |
| 5 | 117 | Ray White | LB | Syracuse |
| 5 | 119 | Phil Asack | DE | Duke |
| 6 | 143 | Jake Mayes | RB | Tennessee State |
| 7 | 169 | Chuck Dicus | WR | Arkansas |
| 8 | 195 | Leon Van Gorkum | DE | San Diego State |
| 9 | 221 | John Tanner | TE | Tennessee Tech |
| 10 | 247 | Gary Nowak | TE | Michigan State |
| 11 | 273 | Don Pinson | DB | Tennessee State |
| 12 | 299 | Wes Garnett | WR | Utah State |
| 13 | 325 | Sammy Milner | WR | Mississippi State |
| 14 | 351 | Ed O'Daniel | DE | Texas Southern |
| 15 | 377 | Eric Humston | LB | Muskingum |
| 16 | 403 | Ed Foote | C | Hawaii |
| 17 | 429 | Chip Kell | C | Tennessee |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 40 | 94 | 73 | 104 | 311 |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 95 | 94 | 90 | 341 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34:17 | 264 | 86 | 147 | 31 | 74/173 42.8% | 1/1 100.0% | 81 | 895 |
| Opponents Totals | 25:43 | 272 | 143 | 114 | 15 | 73/170 42.9% | 1/1 100.0% | 84 | 887 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Partee | 0 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 0 | 87 |
| Mike Garrett | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Jeff Queen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Gary Garrison | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Billy Parks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Mike Montgomery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Walker Gillette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Babich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leon Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Dicus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chris Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Hadl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 1 | 311 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 44 | 44 | 100.0 | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 0 | 341 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Partee | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 1 | 50 | 5/5 | 6/6 | 1/3 | 4/12 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 1 | 50 | 5/5 | 6/6 | 1/3 | 4/12 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 3/3 | 1/5 | 3/6 | 4/9 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Garrett | 140 | 591 | 4.2 | 36 | 4 |
| Jeff Queen | 95 | 318 | 3.3 | 41 | 4 |
| Mike Montgomery | 60 | 226 | 3.8 | 26 | 1 |
| Leon Burns | 61 | 223 | 3.7 | 25 | 1 |
| Billy Parks | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 54 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 37 | 1 |
| Jerry LeVias | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Eddie Ray | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Dennis Partee | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marty Domres | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Garrison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Dicus | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 390 | 1604 | 4.1 | 54 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 493 | 2296 | 4.7 | 37 | 25 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hadl | 431 | 233 | 54.1 | 173 | 3075 | 7.1 | 13.2 | 77t | 21 | 4.9 | 25 | 5.8 | 16 | 145 | 2930 | 68.9 |
| Marty Domres | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 2 | 97 | 8.1 | 13.9 | 25t | 1 | 8.3 | 3 | 25.0 | 3 | 26 | 71 | 72.6 |
| Mike Montgomery | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 3 | 80 | 13.3 | 26.7 | 33 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 135.4 |
| Mike Garrett | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 53 | 53.0 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 450 | 244 | 54.2 | 178 | 3305 | 7.3 | 13.5 | 77t | 23 | 5.1 | 28 | 6.2 | 19 | 171 | 3134 | 69.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 347 | 193 | 55.6 | 132 | 2439 | 7.0 | 12.6 | 62t | 15 | 4.3 | 22 | 6.3 | 19 | 177 | 2262 | 65.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Garrison | 42 | 889 | 21.2 | 77t | 6 | 0 | |||
| Billy Parks | 41 | 609 | 14.9 | 56t | 4 | ||||
| Mike Garrett | 41 | 283 | 6.9 | 40 | 3 | ||||
| Mike Montgomery | 28 | 361 | 12.9 | 39t | 2 | 0 | |||
| Pettis Norman | 27 | 358 | 13.3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Queen | 23 | 270 | 11.7 | 54 | 3 | ||||
| Jerry LeVias | 21 | 265 | 12.6 | 37t | 1 | 0 | |||
| Walker Gillette | 10 | 147 | 14.7 | 25t | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Dicus | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Burns | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Strozier | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Tanner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 244 | 3305 | 13.5 | 77t | 23 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 193 | 2439 | 12.6 | 62t | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Salter | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 52 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Chris Fletcher | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Pete Barnes | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 36t | 1 |
| Jim Hill | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Redman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 317 | 14.4 | 52 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 339 | 12.1 | 35t | 4 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Partee | 55 | 2392 | 43.5 | 73 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 2232 | 40.6 |
| Team Totals | 55 | 2392 | 43.5 | 73 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 2232 | 40.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 2931 | 43.7 | 62 | 0 | 5 | 215 | 2616 | 39.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry LeVias | 22 | 8 | 145 | 6.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Chris Fletcher | 12 | 5 | 68 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 13 | 215 | 5.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 17 | 40 | 2.0 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry LeVias | 24 | 559 | 23.3 | 71 | 0 | |
| Chris Fletcher | 11 | 217 | 19.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bryant Salter | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Leon Burns | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Mel Rogers | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Walt Sweeney | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Lee Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Wilkerson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 1000 | 20.4 | 71 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1245 | 22.6 | 63 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Rice | 4.0 | |
| Steve DeLong | 3.0 | |
| Ron East | 3.0 | |
| Bob Babich | 2.5 | |
| Kevin Hardy | 1.5 | |
| Rick Redman | 1.0 | |
| Tom Williams | 1.0 | |
| (Team) | 3.0 | |
| Team Totals | 19.0 | 177.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 19.0 | 171.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Babich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 1 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Burns | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Domres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 | 0 | |
| Ron East | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Fletcher | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Garrett | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hadl | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| Kevin Hardy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Montgomery | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pettis Norman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Parks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Queen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant Salter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 0 |
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