1970 San Diego Chargers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-6-3
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Charlie Waller (5-6-3)
Location: San Diego, California
1970 San Diego Chargers RosterTeam Record: 5-6-3
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Charlie Waller (5-6-3)
Location: San Diego, California
1970 San Diego Chargers Results
The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 5 wins and 6 losses and 3 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Chargers scored 282 points, and the defensive unit conceded 278. John Hadl threw for 2,388 yards. Gary Garrison paced the receiving corps, grabbing 44 passes for 1,006 yards. Lance Alworth and Willie Frazier contributed to the receiving game, too.
Jeff Queen carried the ball for a team-best 261 yards for San Diego, while Dickie Post also buoyed the ground attack.
Pete Barnes picked off 3 opponent throws.
Charlie Waller coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hadl | 327 | 162 | 49.5 | 2388 | 7.3 | 22 | 6.7 | 15 | 4.6 | 67 | 42 | 327 | 77.1 |
| Marty Domres | 55 | 28 | 50.9 | 491 | 8.9 | 2 | 3.6 | 4 | 7.3 | 80 | 13 | 93 | 63.5 |
| Wayne Clark | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
| Gene Foster | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 42.4 |
| Mike Garrett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||
| Totals | 387 | 192 | 49.6 | 2936 | 7.6 | 24 | 6.2 | 19 | 4.9 | 80 | 57 | 433 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Queen | 77 | 261 | 3.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Dickie Post | 74 | 225 | 3.0 | 18 | 1 |
| John Hadl | 28 | 188 | 6.7 | 34 | 1 |
| Brad Hubbert | 49 | 175 | 3.6 | 11 | 1 |
| Russ Smith | 52 | 163 | 3.1 | 21 | 3 |
| Mike Garrett | 46 | 146 | 3.2 | 22 | 1 |
| Willie Frazier | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 70 | 1 |
| Gene Foster | 32 | 84 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Marty Domres | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Gary Garrison | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 395 | 1450 | 3.7 | 70 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Garrison | 44 | 1006 | 22.9 | 67 | 12 |
| Willie Frazier | 38 | 497 | 13.1 | 51 | 6 |
| Lance Alworth | 35 | 608 | 17.4 | 80 | 4 |
| Jeff Queen | 20 | 236 | 11.8 | 65 | 1 |
| Dickie Post | 13 | 113 | 8.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 10 | 127 | 12.7 | 44 | 1 |
| Gene Foster | 10 | 92 | 9.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Brad Hubbert | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Rick Eber | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Art Strozier | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Walker Gillette | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 192 | 2936 | 15.3 | 80 | 24 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Partee | 65 | 2852 | 43.9 | 62 |
| Mike Mercer | 8 | 283 | 35.4 | 42 |
| John Hadl | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 |
| Totals | 74 | 3165 | 42.8 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Fletcher | 16 | 137 | 8.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Speedy Duncan | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Detwiler | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 173 | 5.6 | 17 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speedy Duncan | 19 | 410 | 21.6 | 41 | 0 |
| Chris Fletcher | 17 | 382 | 22.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Jeff Queen | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Terry Owens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roland Moss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 813 | 19.4 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Barnes | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Howard | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Tolbert | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Beauchamp | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Steve DeLong | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 90 | 10.0 | 25 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Frazier | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Staggs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Washington | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Tolbert | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Babich | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Detwiler | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lenkaitis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Domres | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Garrett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Barnes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Howard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Briggs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Redman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hadl | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Bruggers | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Beauchamp | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Owens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dickie Post | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Queen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 19 | 28 | 65 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Gary Garrison | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
| Mike Mercer | 12 | 34 | 0 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Willie Frazier | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Lance Alworth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Russ Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Jeff Queen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Mike Garrett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Dickie Post | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Chuck Detwiler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Brad Hubbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| John Hadl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Joe Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 282 |
