
1996 San Diego Chargers Roster
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bobby Ross (8-8)
Location: San Diego, California
1996 San Diego Chargers Results
The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Chargers scored 310 points, but the defense yielded 376. Stan Humphries tossed for 2,670 yards. Tony Martin paced all receivers, grabbing 85 passes for 1,171 yards.
Leonard Russell carried the ball for a team-best 713 yards for San Diego.
The sticky-fingered defense led the way with 36 turnovers. Rodney Harrison intercepted 5 opponent throws. Junior Seau sacked opposing passers 7 times.
Bobby Ross coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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57 | Arnold Ale | LB | June 17, 1970 | 6'2" | 234 | Notre Dame | San Pedro, CA USA | 7 | 0 |
2 | Darren Bennett | P | January 9, 1965 | 6'5" | 235 | none | Sydney, Australia | 16 | 0 |
75 | Tony Berti | RT | June 21, 1972 | 6'6" | 300 | Colorado | Rock Springs, WY USA | 16 | 14 |
50 | David Binn | C | February 6, 1972 | 6'3" | 245 | California | San Mateo, CA USA | 16 | 0 |
33 | Kevin Bouie | RB | August 18, 1971 | 6'1" | 230 | Mississippi St. | Pahokee, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
35 | Freddie Bradley | RB | June 12, 1970 | 5'10" | 208 | Arkansas | Helena, AR USA | 10 | 1 |
58 | Lewis Bush | LLB | December 2, 1969 | 6'2" | 245 | Washington St. | Atlanta, GA USA | 16 | 16 |
3 | John Carney | K | April 20, 1964 | 5'11" | 180 | Notre Dame | Hartford, CT USA | 16 | 0 |
44 | Eric Castle | DB | March 15, 1970 | 6'3" | 212 | Oregon | Longview, WA USA | 16 | 0 |
31 | Willie Clark | DB | January 6, 1972 | 5'10" | 186 | Notre Dame | New Haven, CT USA | 16 | 4 |
68 | Joe Cocozzo | RG | August 7, 1970 | 6'4" | 300 | Michigan | Mechanicville, NY USA | 16 | 11 |
83 | Andre Coleman | KR | September 19, 1972 | 5'9" | 165 | Kansas St. | Charlotte, NC USA | 16 | 10 |
90 | Marco Coleman | RDE | December 18, 1969 | 6'3" | 286 | Georgia Tech | Dayton, OH USA | 16 | 15 |
51 | Joe Cummings | LB | June 8, 1974 | 6'2" | 242 | Wyoming | Missoula, MT USA | 3 | 0 |
73 | Isaac Davis | RG | April 8, 1972 | 6'3" | 320 | Arkansas | Malvern, AR USA | 14 | 5 |
93 | Reuben Davis | RDT | May 7, 1965 | 6'5" | 302 | North Carolina | Greensboro, NC USA | 15 | 15 |
95 | Vernon Edwards | DE | June 23, 1972 | 6'4" | 255 | SMU | Houston, TX USA | 5 | 1 |
84 | Omar Ellison | WR | October 8, 1971 | 6'1" | 200 | Florida St. | Griffin, GA USA | 10 | 1 |
60 | Greg Engel | C | January 18, 1971 | 6'3" | 285 | Illinois | Davenport, IA USA | 12 | 9 |
41 | Terrell Fletcher | RB | September 14, 1973 | 5'8" | 196 | Wisconsin | St. Louis, MO USA | 16 | 0 |
21 | Darrien Gordon | LCB | November 14, 1970 | 5'11" | 184 | Stanford | Shawnee, OK USA | 16 | 6 |
52 | Dwayne Gordon | LB | November 2, 1969 | 6'1" | 240 | New Hampshire | White Plains, NY USA | 13 | 0 |
54 | Kurt Gouveia | MLB | September 14, 1964 | 6'1" | 233 | BYU | Honolulu, HI USA | 16 | 16 |
53 | Courtney Hall | C | August 26, 1968 | 6'2" | 281 | Rice | Los Angeles, CA USA | 7 | 7 |
28 | Dwayne Harper | LCB | March 29, 1966 | 5'11" | 175 | South Carolina St. | Orangeburg, SC USA | 6 | 6 |
37 | Rodney Harrison | SS | December 15, 1972 | 6'1" | 220 | West. Illinois | Markham, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
24 | Aaron Hayden | RB | April 13, 1973 | 6'0" | 216 | Tennessee | Detroit, MI USA | 11 | 0 |
38 | Dave Hendrix | DB | May 29, 1972 | 6'1" | 213 | Georgia Tech | Jesup, GA USA | 14 | 0 |
12 | Stan Humphries | QB | April 14, 1965 | 6'2" | 223 | LSU | Shreveport, LA USA | 13 | 13 |
99 | Raylee Johnson | DE | June 1, 1970 | 6'3" | 272 | Arkansas | Chicago, IL USA | 16 | 1 |
17 | Charlie Jones | WR | December 1, 1972 | 5'8" | 175 | Fresno St. | Hanford, CA USA | 14 | 4 |
98 | Shawn Lee | LDT | October 24, 1966 | 6'2" | 300 | North Alabama | Brooklyn, NY USA | 15 | 7 |
81 | Tony Martin | WR | September 5, 1965 | 6'0" | 181 | Bishop | Miami, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
88 | Deems May | TE | March 6, 1969 | 6'4" | 263 | North Carolina | Lexington, NC USA | 16 | 12 |
66 | Jim Mills | G-T | March 30, 1973 | 6'4" | 290 | Idaho | Everett, WA USA | 1 | 0 |
94 | Chris Mims | LDE | September 29, 1970 | 6'5" | 288 | Tennessee | Los Angeles, CA USA | 15 | 15 |
89 | Shannon Mitchell | TE | March 28, 1972 | 6'2" | 245 | Georgia | Alcoa, TN USA | 16 | 13 |
40 | Mark Montreuil | DB | December 29, 1971 | 6'2" | 200 | Concordia (QB) | Montreal, QC Canada | 13 | 0 |
77 | Eric Moten | LG | April 11, 1968 | 6'3" | 306 | Michigan St. | Cleveland, OH USA | 15 | 15 |
70 | Vaughn Parker | LT | June 5, 1971 | 6'3" | 300 | UCLA | Buffalo, NY USA | 16 | 16 |
97 | John Parrella | LDT | November 22, 1969 | 6'3" | 300 | Nebraska | Topeka, KS USA | 16 | 9 |
86 | Alfred Pupunu | TE | October 17, 1969 | 6'2" | 260 | Weber St. | , Tonga | 9 | 8 |
46 | Walter Reeves | TE | December 16, 1965 | 6'4" | 270 | Auburn | Eufaula, AL USA | 9 | 1 |
87 | Brian Roche | TE | May 5, 1973 | 6'4" | 255 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | Downey, CA USA | 13 | 0 |
36 | Kevin Ross | FS | January 16, 1962 | 5'9" | 185 | Temple | Camden, NJ USA | 16 | 16 |
42 | Leonard Russell | RB | November 17, 1969 | 6'2" | 240 | Arizona St. | Long Beach, CA USA | 15 | 15 |
8 | Sean Salisbury | QB | March 9, 1963 | 6'5" | 225 | USC | Long Beach, CA USA | 16 | 3 |
56 | Patrick Sapp | LB | May 11, 1973 | 6'4" | 258 | Clemson | Jacksonville, FL USA | 16 | 0 |
96 | Don Sasa | DT | September 16, 1972 | 6'3" | 290 | Washington St. | , American Samoa | 4 | 1 |
55 | Junior Seau | RLB | January 19, 1969 | 6'3" | 250 | USC | San Diego, CA USA | 15 | 15 |
29 | Terrance Shaw | RCB | November 11, 1973 | 6'0" | 200 | S.F. Austin | Marshall, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
65 | Troy Sienkiewicz | G-T | May 27, 1972 | 6'5" | 313 | New Mexico St. | Charleston, SC USA | 7 | 0 |
80 | Bryan Still | WR | June 3, 1974 | 5'11" | 174 | Virginia Tech | Newport News, VA USA | 16 | 0 |
64 | Bryan Stoltenberg | C-G | August 25, 1972 | 6'1" | 300 | Colorado | Kearney, NE USA | 9 | 0 |
72 | Harry Swayne | T | February 2, 1965 | 6'5" | 290 | Rutgers | Philadelphia, PA USA | 16 | 3 |
59 | Glen Young | LB | May 2, 1969 | 6'3" | 250 | Syracuse | Scarborough, ON Canada | 6 | 1 |