1987 San Diego Chargers Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Al Saunders (8-7)
Location: San Diego, California
1987 San Diego Chargers StatisticsTeam Record: 8-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Al Saunders (8-7)
Location: San Diego, California
1987 San Diego Chargers Results
The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Chargers stumbled, scoring only 253 points, and the defense conceded 317. Dan Fouts threw for 2,517 yards. Kellen Winslow paced the receiving corps, grabbing 53 passes, while Wes Chandler accumulated 617 receiving yards. Lionel James and Gary Anderson contributed to the receiving game, too.
Curtis Adams carried the ball for a team-best 343 yards for San Diego, while Gary Anderson also contributed to the rushing attack.
Billy Smith picked off 5 opponent throws. Lee Williams sacked opposing passers 8 times, part of an overall team total of 45 sacks.
Al Saunders coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Vince Abbott | K | May 31, 1958 | 5'11" | 207 | Washington | London, England | 12 | 0 |
| 42 | Curtis Adams | RB | April 30, 1962 | 6'0" | 198 | Central Michigan | Muskegon, MI USA | 12 | 4 |
| 56 | Ty Allert | LB | July 23, 1963 | 6'2" | 233 | Texas | Rosenberg, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Anthony Anderson | DB | October 24, 1964 | 6'2" | 205 | Grambling St. | Ruston, LA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | Gary Anderson | KR | April 18, 1961 | 6'0" | 185 | Arkansas | Columbia, MO USA | 12 | 7 |
| 96 | Keith Baldwin | DE | October 13, 1960 | 6'4" | 263 | Texas A&M | Houston, TX USA | 6 | 1 |
| 56 | Chip Banks | ROLB | September 18, 1959 | 6'4" | 243 | USC | Fort Lawton, OK USA | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Martin Bayless | SS | October 11, 1962 | 6'2" | 195 | Bowling Green | Dayton, OH USA | 12 | 11 |
| 69 | Monte Bennett | NT-DE | April 27, 1959 | 6'3" | 265 | Kansas St. | Sterling, KS USA | 3 | 0 |
| 57 | Thomas Benson | RILB | September 6, 1961 | 6'2" | 238 | Oklahoma | Ardmore, OK USA | 11 | 8 |
| 82 | Rod Bernstine | RB | February 8, 1965 | 6'3" | 238 | Texas A&M | Fairfield, CA USA | 10 | 2 |
| 38 | Ed Berry | DB | September 28, 1963 | 5'10" | 183 | Utah St. | San Francisco, CA USA | 2 | 1 |
| 58 | David Brandon | LB | February 9, 1965 | 6'4" | 234 | Memphis | Memphis, TN USA | 8 | 1 |
| 48 | Carl Brazley | DB | September 5, 1957 | 6'0" | 180 | West. Kentucky | Louisville, KY USA | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | Lou Brock | DB | May 8, 1964 | 5'10" | 175 | USC | Chicago, IL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Steve Busick | LB | December 10, 1958 | 6'4" | 227 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Gill Byrd | RCB | February 20, 1961 | 5'11" | 195 | San Jose St. | San Francisco, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Wes Chandler | WR | August 22, 1956 | 6'0" | 196 | Florida | New Smyrna Beach, FL USA | 12 | 11 |
| 71 | Mike Charles | NT | September 23, 1962 | 6'4" | 292 | Syracuse | Newark, NJ USA | 11 | 10 |
| 77 | Sam Claphan | T | October 10, 1956 | 6'6" | 285 | Oklahoma | Tahlequah, OK USA | 9 | 4 |
| 61 | Ken Dallafior | G-T-C,T/G | August 26, 1959 | 6'4" | 276 | Minnesota | Royal Oak, MI USA | 9 | 0 |
| 36 | Mike Davis | DB | April 15, 1956 | 6'3" | 203 | Colorado | Los Angeles, CA USA | 8 | 0 |
| 63 | David Diaz-Infante | G-C | March 31, 1964 | 6'3" | 291 | San Jose St. | San Jose, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | Chuck Ehin | NT | July 1, 1961 | 6'4" | 261 | BYU | Marysville, CA USA | 12 | 4 |
| 53 | Chuck Faucette | LB | October 7, 1963 | 6'3" | 242 | Maryland | Levittown, PA USA | 2 | 1 |
| 67 | Greg Feasel | T | November 7, 1958 | 6'7" | 300 | Abilene Christian | Barstow, GA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 87 | Kevin Ferguson | TE | December 4, 1965 | 6'2" | 223 | Virginia | Lynchburg, VA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 70 | James FitzPatrick | LG | February 1, 1964 | 6'8" | 305 | USC | Heidelberg, Germany | 10 | 9 |
| 14 | Dan Fouts | QB | June 10, 1951 | 6'3" | 204 | Oregon | San Francisco, CA USA | 11 | 10 |
| 4 | Jeff Gaffney | K | October 22, 1964 | 6'2" | 195 | Virginia | Washington, DC USA | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Vencie Glenn | FS | October 26, 1964 | 6'0" | 205 | Indiana St. | Grambling, LA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 68 | Joe Goebel | C | December 12, 1963 | 6'5" | 264 | UCLA | Tulsa, OK USA | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | Willard Goff | DT | October 17, 1961 | 6'3" | 268 | West Texas A&M | Lamar, CO USA | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | Dee Hardison | DE-DT-NT-DE | May 2, 1956 | 6'4" | 274 | North Carolina | Jacksonville, NC USA | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | Walt Harris | DB | April 1, 1964 | 6'1" | 195 | Stanford | Stockton, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 59 | Andy Hawkins | LB | March 31, 1958 | 6'2" | 225 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Bay City, TX USA | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Mark Herrmann | QB | January 8, 1959 | 6'4" | 200 | Purdue | Cincinnati, OH USA | 3 | 2 |
| 86 | Jamie Holland | WR-RB | February 1, 1964 | 6'1" | 192 | Ohio St. | Raleigh, NC USA | 12 | 0 |
| 88 | Pete Holohan | TE | July 25, 1959 | 6'4" | 237 | Notre Dame | Albany, NY USA | 12 | 4 |
| 85 | Harry Holt | TE | December 29, 1957 | 6'4" | 236 | Arizona | Harlingen, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 47 | Darrel Hopper | DB | March 14, 1963 | 6'1" | 196 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 4 | 2 |
| 28 | Mike Hudson | DB | December 25, 1963 | 6'0" | 202 | Oklahoma St. | Pawhuska, OK USA | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | Mike Humiston | RILB | January 8, 1959 | 6'3" | 238 | Weber St. | Oceanside, CA USA | 7 | 5 |
| 27 | Daniel Hunter | DB | September 1, 1962 | 5'11" | 178 | Henderson St. | Arkadelphia, AR USA | 12 | 0 |
| 52 | Brian Ingram | LB | October 31, 1959 | 6'4" | 236 | Tennessee | Memphis, TN USA | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | Jeff Jackson | LILB | October 9, 1961 | 6'1" | 235 | Auburn | Shreveport, LA USA | 11 | 6 |
| 26 | Lionel James | PR | May 25, 1962 | 5'6" | 171 | Auburn | Albany, GA USA | 12 | 11 |
| 39 | Keyvan Jenkins | RB | January 6, 1961 | 5'10" | 190 | UNLV | Stockton, CA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 52 | James Johnson | LB | June 21, 1962 | 6'2" | 236 | San Diego St. | Los Angeles, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Mike Kelley | QB | December 31, 1959 | 6'3" | 195 | Georgia Tech | Sonora, CA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 94 | Randy Kirk | LB | December 27, 1964 | 6'2" | 232 | San Diego St. | San Jose, CA USA | 13 | 1 |
| 68 | Gary Kowalski | RT | July 2, 1960 | 6'6" | 280 | Boston Col. | New Haven, CT USA | 12 | 9 |
| 74 | Jim Lachey | LT | June 4, 1963 | 6'6" | 294 | Ohio St. | St. Henry, OH USA | 12 | 12 |
| 62 | Don Macek | C | July 21, 1954 | 6'3" | 261 | Boston Col. | Manchester, NH USA | 11 | 11 |
| 60 | Dennis McKnight | RG | September 12, 1959 | 6'3" | 273 | Drake | Dallas, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 30 | Frank Middleton | RB | October 28, 1960 | 5'11" | 205 | Florida A&M | Savannah, GA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 48 | Pat Miller | LB | June 24, 1964 | 6'1" | 206 | Florida | Panama City, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Les Miller | NT | March 1, 1965 | 6'7" | 292 | Kansas St. | Arkansas City, KS USA | 9 | 4 |
| 86 | Tim Moffett | WR | February 8, 1962 | 6'2" | 180 | Mississippi | Laurel, MS USA | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Ralf Mojsiejenko | P | January 28, 1963 | 6'3" | 209 | Michigan St. | Satzgitter, Germany | 12 | 0 |
| 81 | Calvin Muhammad | WR | December 10, 1958 | 5'11" | 190 | Texas Southern | Jacksonville, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Rick Neuheisel | QB | February 7, 1961 | 6'1" | 190 | UCLA | Madison, WI USA | 3 | 2 |
| 34 | Elvis Patterson | LCB | October 21, 1960 | 5'11" | 193 | Kansas | Bryan, TX USA | 13 | 11 |
| 93 | Duane Pettitt | DE | November 2, 1964 | 6'4" | 265 | San Diego St. | Long Beach, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | Joe Phillips | RDE | July 15, 1963 | 6'5" | 298 | Oregon St. | Portland, OR USA | 13 | 7 |
| 50 | Gary Plummer | LILB | January 26, 1960 | 6'2" | 244 | California | Fremont, CA USA | 8 | 7 |
| 31 | Jeff Powell | RB | May 27, 1963 | 5'10" | 185 | William & Mary | Nashville, TN USA | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Stacy Price | LB | March 24, 1962 | 6'2" | 194 | Arkansas St. | 3 | 0 | |
| 8 | Joe Prokop | P | July 7, 1960 | 6'2" | 230 | Minnesota | St. Paul, MN USA | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Barry Redden | RB | July 21, 1960 | 5'10" | 210 | Richmond | Sarasota, FL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 82 | Tag Rome | WR | August 13, 1961 | 5'9" | 175 | La-Monroe | Donaldsonville, LA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Charles Romes | DB | December 16, 1954 | 6'1" | 191 | North Carolina Central | Verdun, France | 5 | 0 |
| 66 | Dan Rosado | C | July 6, 1959 | 6'3" | 280 | Northern Illinois | Lawton, OK USA | 4 | 3 |
| 77 | Curtis Rouse | G | July 13, 1960 | 6'3" | 316 | Tenn-Chattanooga | Augusta, GA USA | 10 | 3 |
| 35 | Martin Sartin | RB | March 9, 1963 | 5'10" | 202 | Long Beach St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 85 | Eric Sievers | TE | November 9, 1957 | 6'4" | 236 | Maryland | Urbana, IL USA | 12 | 1 |
| 97 | Tony Simmons | DE | December 18, 1962 | 6'4" | 270 | Tennessee | Oakland, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 41 | King Simmons | DB | February 12, 1963 | 6'2" | 200 | Texas Tech | Atlanta, GA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 72 | Emil Slovacek | T | February 26, 1963 | 6'3" | 300 | S.F. Austin | Dallas, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | Billy Smith | LOLB | August 10, 1961 | 6'3" | 235 | Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR USA | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Angelo Snipes | LB | January 11, 1963 | 6'0" | 222 | West Georgia | Atlanta, GA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Tim Spencer | FB | December 10, 1960 | 6'1" | 224 | Ohio St. | Martins Ferry, OH USA | 12 | 7 |
| 32 | Todd Spencer | RB | July 26, 1962 | 6'0" | 203 | USC | Portland, OR USA | 3 | 2 |
| 65 | John Stadnik | C | February 18, 1959 | 6'4" | 273 | West. Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 45 | Anthony Steels | RB | January 8, 1959 | 5'9" | 200 | Nebraska | Sacramento, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | Johnny Taylor | LB | June 21, 1961 | 6'4" | 237 | Hawaii | Seattle, WA USA | 7 | 3 |
| 76 | Broderick Thompson | T | August 14, 1960 | 6'5" | 295 | Kansas | Birmingham, AL USA | 9 | 4 |
| 98 | Terry Unrein | NT | October 24, 1962 | 6'5" | 281 | Colorado St. | Brighton, CO USA | 9 | 2 |
| 13 | Mark Vlasic | QB | October 25, 1963 | 6'3" | 205 | Iowa | Rochester, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Danny Walters | RCB | November 4, 1960 | 6'1" | 189 | Arkansas | Prescott, AR USA | 12 | 5 |
| 81 | Timmie Ware | WR | April 2, 1962 | 5'10" | 171 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 28 | Ted Watts | DB | May 29, 1958 | 6'0" | 195 | Texas Tech | Tarpon Springs, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Dwight Wheeler | T | January 13, 1955 | 6'3" | 269 | Tennessee St. | Memphis, TN USA | 3 | 3 |
| 84 | Al Williams | WR | October 5, 1961 | 5'10" | 180 | Nevada-Reno | Vidalia, GA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 99 | Lee Williams | LDE | October 15, 1962 | 6'6" | 269 | Bethune-Cookman | Fort Lauderdale, FL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 93 | Earl Wilson | DE | September 13, 1958 | 6'4" | 276 | Kentucky | Long Branch, NJ USA | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Karl Wilson | DE-DT | September 10, 1964 | 6'5" | 274 | LSU | Amite, LA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 80 | Kellen Winslow | TE | November 5, 1957 | 6'5" | 251 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 12 | 12 |
| 96 | Blaise Winter | DE | January 31, 1962 | 6'3" | 278 | Syracuse | Blauvelt, NY USA | 3 | 3 |
| 33 | Ken Zachary | RB | November 19, 1963 | 6'0" | 222 | Oklahoma St. | Sapulpa, OK USA | 3 | 0 |
