1976 San Diego Chargers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1976	H	Philadelphia Eagles	20-7	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	23862
Fri	8/6/1976	N	New England Patriots	26-17	W		Norman, OK	Owen Field	23800
Mon	8/16/1976	N	St. Louis Cardinals	10-20	L		Tokyo, Japan	Korakuen Stadium	38000
Sat	8/21/1976	N	San Francisco 49ers	16-17	L		Halawa, HI	Aloha Stadium	36364
Sun	8/29/1976	A	Seattle Seahawks	16-17	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	59092
Sat	9/4/1976	H	New York Giants	14-13	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	28797
Sun	9/12/1976	A	Kansas City Chiefs	30-16	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	53133
Sun	9/19/1976	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23-0	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	38276
Sun	9/26/1976	H	St. Louis Cardinals	43-24	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	39911
Sun	10/3/1976	A	Denver Broncos	0-26	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	62486
Sun	10/10/1976	H	Oakland Raiders	17-27	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50223
Sun	10/17/1976	H	Houston Oilers	30-27	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	31950
Sun	10/24/1976	A	Cleveland Browns	17-21	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	60018
Sun	10/31/1976	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	0-23	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	45484
Sun	11/7/1976	H	Baltimore Colts	21-37	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	42827
Sun	11/14/1976	H	Denver Broncos	0-17	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	32017
Sun	11/21/1976	A	Buffalo Bills	34-13	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	36539
Sun	11/28/1976	H	Kansas City Chiefs	20-23	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	29272
Sun	12/5/1976	H	San Francisco 49ers	13-7	W	OT	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	33539
Sun	12/12/1976	A	Oakland Raiders	0-24	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50102

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Charlie Aiu	64	LOG-ROG	6-2	250	22	Hawaii	12	0
Eddie Bell	7	WR	5-10	160	29	Compton JC; Idaho State	5	0
Chuck Bradley	88	TE	6-6	243	26	Oregon	7	0
Danny Colbert	46	LCB	5-11	175	26	Texas Christian; Tulsa	13	9
Pat Curran	82	TE	6-3	238	31	Iowa State; Lakeland	14	14
Fred Dean	71	LDE	6-2	230	24	Louisiana Tech	14	14
Charles DeJurnett	73	LDT-RDT	6-4	265	24	West Los Angeles JC; San Jose State	13	0
Larry Dorsey	87	WR	6-0	190	23	Tennessee State	13	2
Ed Flanagan	54	C	6-3	246	32	Purdue	12	11
Chris Fletcher	44	RS	5-11	189	28	Temple	13	12
Dan Fouts	14	QB	6-3	210	25	Oregon	14	13
Toni Fritsch	15	K	5-7	188	31	none	5	0
Mike Fuller	42	LS	5-9	182	23	Auburn	14	14
Gary Garrison	27	WR	6-1	194	32	Long Beach CC; San Diego State	2	2
Don Goode	50	LLB	6-2	240	25	Kansas	14	14
Tom Graham	58	MLB	6-2	235	26	Oregon	10	8
Tom Hayes	22	RCB	6-1	199	30	Riverside CC; San Diego State	9	8
Mitch Hoopes	10	P	6-1	207	23	Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona	9	0
Bob Horn	55	MLB	6-3	239	22	Oregon State	14	6
Neal Jeffrey	19	QB	6-1	180	23	Baylor	5	0
Gary Johnson	79	RDT	6-2	255	24	Grambling State	14	14
Charlie Joiner	18	WR	5-11	186	29	Grambling State	14	14
Leroy Jones	68	RDE	6-8	245	26	Norfolk State	14	10
Louie Kelcher	74	LDT	6-5	290	23	Southern Methodist	14	14
John Lee	69	RDE	6-2	259	23	Nebraska	14	4
Clint Longley	16	QB	6-1	193	24	Abilene Christian	3	1
Woodrow Lowe	51	RLB	6-0	227	22	Alabama	14	14
Don Macek	62	ROG	6-2	270	22	Boston College	14	14
Bo Matthews	41	RB	6-3	222	25	Colorado	12	2
Dwight McDonald	89	WR	6-2	187	25	San Diego CC; U.S. International; San Diego State	12	10
Larry Mialik	83	TE	6-2	230	26	Wisconsin	7	0
Rick Middleton	57	LLB	6-3	230	25	Ohio State	10	0
Mercury Morris	23	RB	5-10	190	29	West Texas A&M	13	0
Artie Owens	85	WR	5-11	182	23	West Virginia	14	0
Ralph Perretta	53	C	6-2	252	23	Purdue	13	3
Ray Preston	52	RLB	6-0	221	22	Syracuse	14	0
Sam Scarber	30	RB	6-2	232	27	Northeastern JC; New Mexico	14	2
Billy Shields	66	LOT	6-8	281	23	Georgia Tech	14	14
Ron Singleton	72	OT	6-7	245	24	Grambling State	13	0
Hal Stringert	45	LCB-RS-LS	5-11	185	24	Willamette; Hawaii	11	2
Jim Tolbert	43	CB	6-3	205	32	Lincoln (Missouri)	4	0
Russ Washington	70	ROT	6-6	295	30	Missouri	14	14
Ray Wersching	6	K	5-11	215	26	Cerritos JC; California	9	0
Jeff West	80	P	6-3	218	23	Cincinnati	6	0
Doug Wilkerson	63	LOG	6-3	253	29	North Carolina Central	14	14
Mike Williams	20	RCB-LCB-RS	5-10	186	23	Louisiana State	14	11
Don Woods	33	RB	6-1	191	25	New Mexico Highlands; New Mexico	11	10
Rickey Young	34	RB	6-2	198	23	Jackson State	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Joe Washington	RB	Oklahoma
2	31	Don Macek	G	Boston College
3	64	Larry Dorsey	WR	Tennessee State
4	94	Bob Horn	LB	Oregon State
4	113	Ron Singleton	DT	Grambling State
4	115	Artie Owens	WR	West Virginia
5	131	Woodrow Lowe	LB	Alabama
6	178	Calvin Lane	DB	Fresno State
8	212	Tony DiRienzo	K	Oklahoma
9	251	Glynn Harrison	RB	Georgia
10	268	Jeff Perlinger	DE	Michigan
11	295	Ray Preston	LB	Syracuse
12	322	Ron Lee	DB	Oregon*
12	337	Herman Harris	DB	Mississippi Valley State
13	351	John Lee	DT	Nebraska
14	378	Ed Jones	G	Cincinnati
15	407	Jack Hoffman	DT-DE	Indiana
16	434	Jack Harrison	G	California
17	463	Clarence Sanders	LB	Cincinnati

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	43	84	40	75	6	248
Opponents Totals	67	71	43	104	0	285

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:11	256	111	127	18	79/195 40.5%	/ %	78	579
Opponents Totals	29:49	259	113	132	14	91/204 44.6%	/ %	92	823

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Charlie Joiner	7	0	0		0	0		42
Rickey Young	5	0	0		0	0		30
Toni Fritsch	0	11	14	78.6	6	12	50.0	29
Ray Wersching	0	14	16	87.5	4	8	50.0	26
Bo Matthews	4	0	0		0	0		24
Dwight McDonald	4	0	0		0	0		24
Don Woods	4	0	0		0	0		24
Mercury Morris	2	0	0		0	0		12
Sam Scarber	2	0	0		0	0		12
Pat Curran	1	0	0		0	0		6
Gary Garrison	1	0	0		0	0		6
Tom Hayes	1	0	0		0	0		6
Artie Owens	1	0	0		0	0		6
Mike Fuller	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		1
Team Totals	32	26	31	83.9	10	20	50.0	248
Opponents Totals	34	30	34	88.2	17	34	50.0	285

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Toni Fritsch	6	12	50.0	1	48	0/0	1/2	2/4	3/6	0/0
Ray Wersching	4	8	50.0	0	45	0/0	1/1	2/3	1/3	0/1
Team Totals	10	20	50.0	1	48	0/0	1/3	4/7	4/9	0/1
Opponents Totals	17	34	50.0			0/0	6/7	6/12	5/14	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rickey Young	162	802	5.0	46t	4
Don Woods	126	450	3.6	24	3
Mercury Morris	50	256	5.1	30	2
Sam Scarber	61	236	3.9	14	1
Bo Matthews	46	199	4.3	42t	3
Dan Fouts	18	65	3.6	13	0
Clint Longley	4	22	5.5	9	0
Pat Curran	1	12	12.0	12	0
Mitch Hoopes	2	10	5.0	10	0
Neal Jeffrey	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jeff West	1	0	0.0	0	0
Larry Dorsey	1	-12	-12.0	-12	0
Team Totals	473	2040	4.3	46t	13
Opponents Totals	516	2048	4.0	46	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dan Fouts	359	208	57.9	136	2535	7.1	12.2	81t	14	3.9	15	4.2	39	220	2315	75.4
Clint Longley	24	12	50.0	9	130	5.4	10.8	28t	2	8.3	3	12.5	7	51	79	54.5
Don Woods	2	1	50.0	1	11	5.5	11.0	11t	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	11	106.3
Neal Jeffrey	2	2	100.0	0	11	5.5	5.5	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	11	89.6
Charlie Joiner	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	388	223	57.5	147	2687	6.9	12.0	81t	17	4.4	18	4.6	46	271	2416	74.1
Opponents Totals	386	219	56.7	147	2822	7.3	12.9	74t	21	5.4	20	5.2	23	194	2628	76.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie Joiner	50	1056	21.1	81t	7			0
Rickey Young	47	441	9.4	33	1		0
Don Woods	34	224	6.6	34	1		0
Pat Curran	33	349	10.6	29	1		0	0
Sam Scarber	14	96	6.9	13	1	0	0
Bo Matthews	12	81	6.8	15	0	0	0
Dwight McDonald	11	161	14.6	44t	4			0
Larry Dorsey	8	108	13.5	19	0	0	0
Mercury Morris	8	52	6.5	20	0		0
Artie Owens	3	54	18.0	28t	1		0
Gary Garrison	2	58	29.0	36	1	2	0	0
Chuck Bradley	1	7	7.0	7	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	223	2687	12.0	81t	17
Opponents Totals	219	2822	12.9	74t	21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Goode	6	82	13.7	27	0
Mike Williams	4	76	19.0	35	0
Tom Graham	3	55	18.3	25	0
Tom Hayes	2	37	18.5	37t	1
Hal Stringert	1	24	24.0	24	0
Leroy Jones	1	11	11.0	11	0
Woodrow Lowe	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bob Horn	1	6	6.0	6	0
Mike Fuller	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	20	299	15.0	37t	1
Opponents Totals	18	185	10.3	46t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Jeff West	38	1548	40.7	57	0	5	9	223	1225	32.2
Mitch Hoopes	42	1628	38.8	57	2	7	8	378	1110	25.2
Team Totals	82	3176	38.7	57	2	12	17	601	2335	28.5
Opponents Totals	66	2720	41.2	62	0	8	8	490	2070	31.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Fuller	33	0	436	13.2	43	0
Eddie Bell	7	0	31	4.4	10	0
Mike Williams	5	1	23	4.6	15	0
Team Totals	45	1	490	10.9	43	0
Opponents Totals	45	3	601	13.4	92t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Artie Owens	25	551	22.0	40
Mike Fuller	20	420	21.0	47
Ralph Perretta	2	24	12.0	20
Rick Middleton	1	21	21.0	21
Bo Matthews	1	19	19.0	19
Eddie Bell	1	18	18.0	18
Ray Preston	1	16	16.0	16
Bob Horn	1	7	7.0	7
Team Totals	52	1076	20.7	47
Opponents Totals	49	1072	21.9	43

SACKS	NO	YDS
Louie Kelcher	6.5
Leroy Jones	5.0
Fred Dean	4.5
Woodrow Lowe	3.0
Gary Johnson	1.5
John Lee	1.5
Don Goode	1.0
Team Totals	23.0	194.0
Opponents Totals	46.0	271.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Danny Colbert	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Dorsey	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ed Flanagan	1		0	0	0	0	0
Chris Fletcher	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dan Fouts	8		4	0	4	-5	0
Mike Fuller	3		1	0	1	0	0
Don Goode	1		0	1	1	0	0
Tom Graham	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mitch Hoopes	1		1	0	1	-15	0
Neal Jeffrey	1		0	0	0	-8	0
Charlie Joiner	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
Louie Kelcher	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Lee	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Woodrow Lowe	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Don Macek	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bo Matthews	3		3	0	3	0	1
Rick Middleton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mercury Morris	1		0	0	0	0	0
Artie Owens	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Perretta	1		0	0	0	-32	0
Ray Preston	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Scarber	3		2	0	2	0	0
Russ Washington	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Don Woods	1		0	0	0	0	0
Rickey Young	2		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	28	14	14	11	25	-55	1
Opponents Totals	24	11	13	13	26		1

Earnel Durden	Offensive Backs
Rudy Feldman	Defensive Line
Bobb McKittrick	Offensive Line
Howard Mudd	Offensive Line
Jacki Simpson	Defensive Coordinator
Bill Walsh	Offensive Coordinator
Ernie Zampese	Defensive Backs