1972 San Diego Chargers (NFL) |
| 4th place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 4-9-1 .321 |
| Head Coach: Harland Svare |
| George Dickson | Offensive Backs |
| Rick Redman | Linebackers |
| Bob Schnelker | Head Offensive Coach |
| Ron Waller | Special Teams |
| Willie Wood | Defensive Backs |
| Walt Yowarsky | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/5/1972 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 30-7 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 41404 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1972 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 13-24 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1972 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 17-16 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 47308 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1972 | A | New Orleans Saints | 16-14 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 64506 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1972 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 14-13 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 54443 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1972 | H | New York Jets | 20-20 | T | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 46702 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 3-34 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 59438 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1972 | H | Denver Broncos | 37-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 49048 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1972 | A | Oakland Raiders | 17-17 | T | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53455 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | A | Baltimore Colts | 23-20 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 55459 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1972 | A | Miami Dolphins | 10-24 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 80010 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | A | Detroit Lions | 20-34 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 54371 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 14-26 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 54533 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1972 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 28-34 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 54476 | |
| Mon | 11/13/1972 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-21 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 54205 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1972 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-17 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 79011 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1972 | H | Houston Oilers | 34-20 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 46289 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1972 | H | Oakland Raiders | 19-21 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 54611 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1972 | A | Denver Broncos | 13-38 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51478 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1972 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2-24 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 52873 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lionel Aldridge | 87 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 31 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| John Andrews | 81 | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Indiana | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Babich | 60 | LLB | 6-2 | 231 | 25 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 8 |
| Pete Barnes | 59 | RLB | 6-2 | 243 | 27 | Southern University | 14 | 4 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 40 | LCB-LS-RS-RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Northwestern JC; Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| Reggie Berry | 45 | RS | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Arizona Western JC; Long Beach State | 9 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Caffey | 50 | LLB-MLB | 6-3 | 247 | 31 | Texas A&M | 12 | 9 |
| Mike Carter | 83 | WR | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | San Francisco CC; Sacramento State | 5 | 1 |
| Wayne Clark | 13 | QB | 6-2 | 203 | 25 | U.S. International | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Costa | 64 | RDT | 6-2 | 257 | 31 | Northeastern Colorado JC; Utah | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Detwiler | 35 | RS | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Utah State | 13 | 6 |
| Chuck Dicus | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 183 | 24 | Arkansas | 10 | 7 |
| Oscar Dragon | 34 | RB | 6-0 | 214 | 22 | Arizona State | 13 | 0 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 39 | RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Kilgore JC; North Texas | 14 | 13 |
| Ron East | 77 | LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 29 | Oregon State; Columbia Basin JC; Oregon State; Montana State | 12 | 12 |
| Cid Edwards | 37 | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Tennessee State | 12 | 12 |
| Chris Fletcher | 44 | LS | 5-11 | 189 | 24 | Temple | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Garrett | 20 | RB | 5-9 | 198 | 28 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Gary Garrison | 27 | WR | 6-1 | 194 | 28 | Long Beach CC; San Diego State | 14 | 13 |
| Ira Gordon | 69 | ROT | 6-3 | 268 | 25 | Phoenix JC; Kansas State | 6 | 0 |
| Sam Gruneisen | 65 | C | 6-1 | 248 | 31 | Villanova | 7 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 21 | QB | 6-1 | 213 | 32 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| Kevin Hardy | 80 | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 276 | 27 | Notre Dame | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 24 | LCB | 6-1 | 184 | 28 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego State | 5 | 5 |
| Deacon Jones | 75 | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 34 | South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 14 |
| Ray Jones | 23 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 187 | 25 | Southern University | 14 | 4 |
| Pete Lazetich | 51 | MLB | 6-3 | 245 | 22 | Stanford | 14 | 5 |
| Jerry LeVias | 25 | WR | 5-10 | 176 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 1 | 1 |
| John Mackey | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 222 | 31 | Syracuse | 13 | 4 |
| Carl Mauck | 55 | C | 6-3 | 242 | 25 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Bill McClard | 10 | K | 5-10 | 202 | 23 | Arkansas | 9 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 220 | 32 | Johnson C. Smith | 13 | 11 |
| Terry Owens | 76 | LOT | 6-6 | 263 | 28 | Alabama; Jacksonville State | 14 | 14 |
| Dennis Partee | 29 | P-K | 6-2 | 206 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Redman | 66 | RLB | 6-0 | 225 | 29 | Washington | 10 | 10 |
| Tim Rossovich | 82 | MLB | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Southern California | 6 | 6 |
| Bryant Salter | 30 | LS-RS | 6-4 | 196 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 13 |
| Cal Snowden | 57 | DE | 6-4 | 247 | 26 | Indiana | 8 | 0 |
| Walt Sweeney | 78 | ROG | 6-3 | 256 | 31 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| John Sykes | 46 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Morgan State | 2 | 0 |
| Jesse Taylor | 42 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Cincinnati | 14 | 0 |
| Lee Thomas | 73 | LDE-RDE-DT | 6-5 | 246 | 26 | Wiley; Jackson State | 14 | 0 |
| Russ Washington | 70 | ROT | 6-6 | 295 | 26 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Ralph Wenzel | 54 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 240 | 29 | Foothill JC; San Diego State | 14 | 0 |
| Lee White | 38 | RB | 6-4 | 237 | 26 | Arizona Western JC; Weber State | 8 | 1 |
| Ray White | 56 | RLB | 6-1 | 227 | 23 | Syracuse | 4 | 0 |
| Doug Wilkerson | 63 | LOG | 6-3 | 253 | 25 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Williams | 84 | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Washington | 12 | 6 |
| Greg Wojcik | 68 | LDT | 6-6 | 268 | 26 | Orange Coast JC; Southern California | 7 | 2 |
| Ernie Wright | 79 | LOT | 6-4 | 268 | 33 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 36 | Pete Lazetich | DE | Stanford |
| 3 | 61 | Bill McClard | K | Arkansas |
| 5 | 116 | Jim Bishop | TE | Tennessee Tech |
| 5 | 130 | Harry Gooden | DE | Alcorn State |
| 6 | 141 | Bruce Ward | G | San Diego State |
| 9 | 221 | Fran Schmitz | DT | St. Norbert |
| 10 | 246 | Lon Kolstad | LB | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| 11 | 270 | John Turner | TE | Long Beach State |
| 12 | 295 | Sam Key | LB | Elon |
| 13 | 321 | Andy Selfridge | LB | Virginia |
| 14 | 351 | John Van Reenen | DE | Washington State* |
| 15 | 376 | Charles Neugent | DB | Tuskegee |
| 16 | 401 | Jim Shaw | DB | Tulsa |
| 17 | 423 | Oscar Dragon | RB | Arizona State |
| 17 | 426 | Bob Tackett | T | Texas-El Paso |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 81 | 33 | 99 | 264 |
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 96 | 85 | 88 | 344 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 38:34 | 262 | 123 | 116 | 23 | 99/198 50.0% | 2/4 50.0% | 87 | 789 |
| Opponents Totals | 21:26 | 244 | 99 | 124 | 21 | 73/166 44.0% | 2/2 100.0% | 75 | 679 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Partee | 0 | 26 | 28 | 92.9 | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 0 | 71 |
| Cid Edwards | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Mike Garrett | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Gary Garrison | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Dave Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Chuck Dicus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill McClard | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Hadl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Carl Mauck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jesse Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 30 | 28 | 30 | 93.3 | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 1 | 264 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 0 | 344 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Partee | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 1 | 51 | 5/5 | 3/3 | 2/6 | 4/8 | 1/3 |
| Bill McClard | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 48 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 2 | 51 | 5/5 | 4/4 | 2/6 | 6/12 | 1/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 2/2 | 7/8 | 4/8 | 5/9 | 1/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Garrett | 272 | 1031 | 3.8 | 41t | 6 |
| Cid Edwards | 157 | 679 | 4.3 | 31t | 5 |
| John Hadl | 22 | 99 | 4.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Lee White | 23 | 75 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Jesse Taylor | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Oscar Dragon | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Carter | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Garrison | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Clark | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Dicus | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 504 | 1995 | 4.0 | 41t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 435 | 1673 | 3.8 | 63 | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hadl | 370 | 190 | 51.4 | 154 | 2449 | 6.6 | 12.9 | 61 | 15 | 4.1 | 26 | 7.0 | 19 | 187 | 2262 | 56.7 |
| Wayne Clark | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 67 | 11.2 | 33.5 | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 9 | 58 | 36.8 |
| Mike Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16 | -16 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 377 | 192 | 50.9 | 157 | 2516 | 6.7 | 13.1 | 62 | 15 | 4.0 | 28 | 7.4 | 23 | 212 | 2304 | 54.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 358 | 201 | 56.1 | 133 | 2441 | 6.8 | 12.1 | 45t | 18 | 5.0 | 24 | 6.7 | 26 | 233 | 2208 | 66.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Garrison | 52 | 744 | 14.3 | 52t | 7 |
| Cid Edwards | 40 | 557 | 13.9 | 61 | 2 |
| Mike Garrett | 31 | 245 | 7.9 | 27t | 1 |
| Pettis Norman | 19 | 262 | 13.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Chuck Dicus | 18 | 227 | 12.6 | 46t | 2 |
| Dave Williams | 14 | 315 | 22.5 | 62 | 3 |
| John Mackey | 11 | 110 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Lee White | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Carter | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 192 | 2516 | 13.1 | 62 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 201 | 2441 | 12.1 | 45t | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Salter | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 47t | 1 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Babich | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Redman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Pete Barnes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Caffey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tim Rossovich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 310 | 12.9 | 47t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 229 | 8.2 | 34 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Partee | 45 | 1813 | 40.3 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 157 | 1556 | 34.6 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 1813 | 40.3 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 157 | 1556 | 34.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 2153 | 38.4 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 185 | 1908 | 35.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenny Dunlap | 19 | 11 | 179 | 9.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jessie Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Chuck Detwiler | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 23 | 17 | 185 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 11 | 157 | 9.2 | 65t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Taylor | 31 | 676 | 21.8 | 41 | 0 | |
| Lenny Dunlap | 12 | 271 | 22.6 | 35 | 0 | |
| Reggie Berry | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 | |
| Chuck Detwiler | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ray Jones | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 7 | 0 | |
| John Sykes | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Joe Beauchamp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Williams | 0 | 9 | 9L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 60 | 1273 | 21.2 | 41 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1225 | 23.1 | 94t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Lionel Aldridge | 7.0 | |
| Dave Costa | 6.0 | |
| Deacon Jones | 6.0 | |
| Ron East | 3.5 | |
| Greg Wojcik | 2.0 | |
| Rick Redman | 0.5 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 26.0 | 233.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23.0 | 212.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Berry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Clark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Dicus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lenny Dunlap | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cid Edwards | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Garrett | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hadl | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -16 | 0 | |
| Deacon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Lazetich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mackey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Mauck | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 1 | |
| Pettis Norman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Redman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Rossovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant Salter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jessie Taylor | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 28 | -17 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 3 |
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