1973 San Diego Chargers (NFL) |
| 4th place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 2-11-1 .179 |
| Head Coach: Harland Svare (1-6-1); Ron Waller (1-5-0) |
| George Dickson | Offensive Backs |
| Forrest Gregg | Offensive Line |
| Rick Redman | Linebackers |
| Bob Schnelker | Head Offensive Coach |
| Ron Waller | Special Teams |
| Willie Wood | Defensive Backs |
| Walt Yowarsky | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/4/1973 | H | New York Giants | 3-28 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 43045 | |
| Sat | 8/11/1973 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 13-17 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 40447 | |
| Sun | 8/19/1973 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-19 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 54977 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1973 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-17 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 36213 | |
| Fri | 8/31/1973 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-30 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 57336 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1973 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 16-24 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 42007 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1973 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-38 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 52718 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1973 | H | Buffalo Bills | 34-7 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 47588 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1973 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 13-20 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 46733 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1973 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-38 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 48795 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1973 | H | Oakland Raiders | 17-27 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 50672 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1973 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 0-41 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 41527 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1973 | A | Cleveland Browns | 16-16 | T | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 68244 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1973 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 0-19 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 50234 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1973 | A | Denver Broncos | 19-30 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51034 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1973 | H | New Orleans Saints | 17-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 34848 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1973 | A | Oakland Raiders | 3-31 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 40195 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1973 | A | New England Patriots | 14-30 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 58150 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1973 | H | Denver Broncos | 28-42 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 44954 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1973 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 6-33 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 43755 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lionel Aldridge | 87 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 32 | Utah State | 10 | 9 |
| Coy Bacon | 79 | RDE | 6-4 | 269 | 30 | Jackson State | 12 | 9 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 40 | RS | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Northwestern JC; Iowa State | 9 | 8 |
| Reggie Berry | 45 | LCB-S | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Arizona Western JC; Long Beach State | 8 | 1 |
| Wayne Clark | 13 | QB | 6-2 | 203 | 26 | U.S. International | 11 | 4 |
| Dave Costa | 64 | RDT | 6-2 | 257 | 32 | Northeastern Colorado JC; Utah | 14 | 14 |
| Al Dennis | 61 | OG | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Grambling State | 7 | 0 |
| Jay Douglas | 52 | C | 6-6 | 254 | 23 | Memphis | 14 | 0 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 39 | RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Kilgore JC; North Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Ron East | 77 | LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 30 | Oregon State; Columbia Basin JC; Oregon State; Montana State | 13 | 10 |
| Cid Edwards | 37 | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Tennessee State | 13 | 12 |
| Chris Fletcher | 44 | RS | 5-11 | 189 | 25 | Temple | 9 | 3 |
| Dan Fouts | 14 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | Oregon | 10 | 6 |
| Mike Garrett | 20 | RB | 5-9 | 198 | 29 | Southern California | 10 | 9 |
| Gary Garrison | 27 | WR | 6-1 | 194 | 29 | Long Beach CC; San Diego State | 7 | 4 |
| Carl Gersbach | 54 | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Duke; West Chester | 14 | 8 |
| Ira Gordon | 69 | OT | 6-3 | 268 | 26 | Phoenix JC; Kansas State | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Holliday | 81 | WR | 5-9 | 168 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 6 |
| Robert Holmes | 38 | RB | 5-9 | 221 | 28 | Southern University | 13 | 2 |
| Bobby Howard | 24 | LCB | 6-1 | 184 | 29 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego State | 13 | 13 |
| Clint Jones | 26 | RB | 6-0 | 204 | 28 | Michigan State | 12 | 3 |
| Deacon Jones | 75 | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 35 | South Carolina State; Mississippi Valley State | 12 | 12 |
| Pete Lazetich | 51 | LDE-LLB | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Stanford | 12 | 3 |
| Jerry LeVias | 25 | WR | 5-10 | 177 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 11 |
| Carl Mauck | 55 | C | 6-3 | 242 | 26 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Willie McGee | 28 | LCB | 5-11 | 178 | 23 | Alcorn State | 11 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 220 | 33 | Johnson C. Smith | 14 | 12 |
| Terry Owens | 76 | LOT | 6-6 | 263 | 29 | Alabama; Jacksonville State | 14 | 14 |
| Gary Parris | 80 | TE | 6-2 | 226 | 23 | Florida State | 9 | 1 |
| Dennis Partee | 29 | P-K | 6-2 | 218 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Redman | 66 | RLB | 6-0 | 225 | 30 | Washington | 11 | 11 |
| Floyd Rice | 57 | RLB | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Alcorn State | 5 | 3 |
| Mel Rogers | 53 | LLB-RLB | 6-2 | 231 | 26 | Florida A&M | 10 | 4 |
| Tim Rossovich | 82 | LB | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Southern California | 13 | 6 |
| Bryant Salter | 30 | LS-RS | 6-4 | 196 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 8 |
| Ron Smith | 48 | LS | 6-1 | 191 | 30 | Wisconsin | 14 | 9 |
| Cal Snowden | 71 | LDE | 6-4 | 247 | 27 | Indiana | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 58 | LLB | 6-3 | 236 | 32 | Tennessee | 14 | 9 |
| Walt Sweeney | 78 | ROG | 6-3 | 256 | 32 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Thaxton | 86 | TE | 6-2 | 241 | 24 | Tennessee State | 10 | 3 |
| Bob Thomas | 35 | RB | 5-10 | 201 | 25 | Mesa CC; Arizona State | 14 | 2 |
| Johnny Unitas | 19 | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 40 | Louisville | 5 | 4 |
| Russ Washington | 70 | ROT | 6-6 | 295 | 27 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Ralph Wenzel | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 30 | Foothill JC; San Diego State | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Wersching | 15 | K | 5-11 | 215 | 23 | Cerritos JC; California | 14 | 0 |
| Doug Wilkerson | 63 | LOG | 6-3 | 253 | 26 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Williams | 84 | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 28 | Washington | 6 | 5 |
| Greg Wojcik | 68 | RDT | 6-6 | 268 | 27 | Orange Coast JC; Southern California | 10 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 25 | Johnny Rodgers | WR | Nebraska |
| 3 | 64 | Dan Fouts | QB | Oregon |
| 4 | 84 | Jim Thaxton | TE | Tennessee State |
| 4 | 97 | Bill Singletary | LB | Temple |
| 5 | 123 | Willie McGee | WR | Alcorn State |
| 5 | 125 | Jonnie Knoble | LB | Weber State |
| 6 | 135 | Marv Roberts | C | Michigan State |
| 9 | 214 | Tab Bennett | LB | Illinois |
| 10 | 239 | Cliff Burnett | DE | Montana |
| 11 | 268 | Jay Douglas | C | Memphis |
| 12 | 293 | Lynn Ahrens | T | Montana State-Billings |
| 13 | 318 | Alfred Reese | RB | Tennessee State |
| 14 | 343 | Tony Adams | QB | Utah State |
| 15 | 372 | Gary Parris | TE | Florida State |
| 16 | 397 | Joe Petty | DB | Arizona State |
| 17 | 422 | Barry Darrow | T | Montana |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 29 | 61 | 34 | 64 | 188 |
| Opponents Totals | 95 | 102 | 93 | 96 | 386 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23:34 | 198 | 88 | 93 | 17 | 65/197 33.0% | 0/2 0.0% | 74 | 628 |
| Opponents Totals | 36:26 | 267 | 125 | 124 | 18 | 91/201 45.3% | 3/3 100.0% | 68 | 579 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Wersching | 0 | 15 | 17 | 88.2 | 11 | 25 | 44.0 | 0 | 48 |
| Robert Holmes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Jerry Levias | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gary Garrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Thaxton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dennis Partee | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Coy Bacon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cid Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clint Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Floyd Rice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Holliday | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 20 | 22 | 90.9 | 12 | 27 | 44.4 | 0 | 188 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 42 | 46 | 91.3 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 1 | 386 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Wersching | 11 | 25 | 44.0 | 3 | 39 | 4/4 | 5/6 | 2/5 | 0/8 | 0/2 |
| Dennis Partee | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 14 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 27 | 44.4 | 3 | 39 | 5/5 | 5/7 | 2/5 | 0/8 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 7/7 | 4/6 | 7/10 | 4/15 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cid Edwards | 133 | 609 | 4.6 | 50 | 1 |
| Mike Garrett | 114 | 467 | 4.1 | 68 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 78 | 289 | 3.7 | 24 | 7 |
| Clint Jones | 55 | 170 | 3.1 | 38 | 1 |
| Wayne Clark | 13 | 86 | 6.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Holliday | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 22 | 48 | 2.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Levias | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 431 | 1814 | 4.2 | 68 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 559 | 2264 | 4.1 | 47 | 23 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Fouts | 194 | 87 | 44.8 | 94 | 1126 | 5.8 | 12.9 | 69t | 6 | 3.1 | 13 | 6.7 | 14 | 129 | 997 | 46.0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 76 | 34 | 44.7 | 35 | 471 | 6.2 | 13.9 | 51 | 3 | 3.9 | 7 | 9.2 | 14 | 96 | 375 | 40.0 |
| Wayne Clark | 90 | 40 | 44.4 | 41 | 532 | 5.9 | 13.3 | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 10.0 | 9 | 96 | 436 | 24.2 |
| Mike Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Ron Holliday | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 363 | 161 | 44.4 | 172 | 2129 | 5.9 | 13.2 | 69t | 9 | 2.5 | 30 | 8.3 | 37 | 321 | 1808 | 37.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 341 | 177 | 51.9 | 148 | 2473 | 7.3 | 14.0 | 78t | 18 | 5.3 | 16 | 4.7 | 26 | 219 | 2254 | 73.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Levias | 30 | 536 | 17.9 | 69t | 3 |
| Cid Edwards | 25 | 164 | 6.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 19 | 151 | 7.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 15 | 124 | 8.3 | 30 | 1 |
| Gary Garrison | 14 | 292 | 20.9 | 51 | 2 |
| Ron Holliday | 14 | 182 | 13.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 13 | 200 | 15.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 37 | 0 |
| Jim Thaxton | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 31 | 2 |
| Dave Williams | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 37 | 1 |
| Willie McGee | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 2129 | 13.2 | 69t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 177 | 2473 | 14.0 | 78t | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Howard | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Coy Bacon | 1 | 80 | 80.0 | 80t | 1 |
| Bryant Salter | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Carl Gersbach | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tim Rossovich | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Floyd Rice | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mel Rogers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Redman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 205 | 12.8 | 80t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 532 | 17.7 | 81 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Partee | 72 | 2958 | 41.1 | 62 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 257 | 2581 | 35.8 |
| Team Totals | 72 | 2958 | 41.1 | 62 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 257 | 2580 | 37.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 2586 | 43.1 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 408 | 2118 | 35.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Smith | 27 | 5 | 352 | 13.0 | 84t | 2 |
| Willie McGee | 6 | 4 | 56 | 9.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 9 | 408 | 12.4 | 84t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 10 | 257 | 7.3 | 29 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Smith | 36 | 947 | 26.3 | 70 | 0 | |
| Willie McGee | 20 | 423 | 21.2 | 50 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 10 | 217 | 21.7 | 40 | 0 | |
| Ron East | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Mel Rogers | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jay Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Wenzel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Holliday | 0 | -2 | -2L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 70 | 1597 | 22.8 | 70 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 862 | 24.6 | 92t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Coy Bacon | 6.0 | |
| Ron East | 5.0 | |
| Deacon Jones | 5.0 | |
| Pete Lazetich | 3.0 | |
| Dave Costa | 2.5 | |
| Floyd Rice | 2.0 | |
| Greg Wojcik | 2.0 | |
| Rick Redman | 1.0 | |
| Cal Snowden | 1.0 | |
| Lionel Aldridge | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals IND=28 | 26.0 | 219.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 37.0 | 321.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Aldridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Coy Bacon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron East | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cid Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Fouts | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Garrett | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Gersbach | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ira Gordon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Holliday | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Lazetich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Mauck | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGee | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Redman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Floyd Rice | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 1 | |
| Mel Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Rossovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant Salter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | |
| Walt Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Unitas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Washington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 61 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 3 |
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