1976 San Diego Chargers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Protho (6-8)
Location: San Diego, California
1976 San Diego Chargers RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Protho (6-8)
Location: San Diego, California
1976 San Diego Chargers Results
The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
San Diego netted 248 points, while the defensive squad yielded 285. Rickey Young carried the ball for a team-best 802 yards for the Chargers.
Dan Fouts passed for 2,535 yards. Charlie Joiner grabbed 50 passes for 1,056 yards. Rickey Young was targeted regularly, too.
Don Goode seized 6 opponent throws.
Tommy Protho coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Fouts | 359 | 208 | 57.9 | 2535 | 7.1 | 14 | 3.9 | 15 | 4.2 | 81 | 39 | 220 | 75.4 |
| Clint Longley | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 130 | 5.4 | 2 | 8.3 | 3 | 12.5 | 28 | 7 | 51 | 54.5 |
| Don Woods | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 106.3 |
| Neal Jeffrey | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 89.6 |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 388 | 223 | 57.5 | 2687 | 6.9 | 17 | 4.4 | 18 | 4.6 | 81 | 46 | 271 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Young | 162 | 802 | 5.0 | 46 | 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 | 42 | 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 |
| Jeff West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neal Jeffrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Dorsey | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| Totals | 473 | 2040 | 4.3 | 46 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Joiner | 50 | 1056 | 21.1 | 81 | 7 |
| Rickey Young | 47 | 441 | 9.4 | 33 | 1 |
| Don Woods | 34 | 224 | 6.6 | 34 | 1 |
| Pat Curran | 33 | 349 | 10.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Sam Scarber | 14 | 96 | 6.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Bo Matthews | 12 | 81 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Dwight McDonald | 11 | 161 | 14.6 | 44 | 4 |
| Larry Dorsey | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Mercury Morris | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Artie Owens | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 28 | 1 |
| Gary Garrison | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 36 | 1 |
| Chuck Bradley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 223 | 2687 | 12.0 | 81 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Fritsch | 14 | 11 | 78.6 | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 29 |
| Ray Wersching | 16 | 14 | 87.5 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 26 |
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 31 | 26 | 83.9 | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 56 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fuller | 33 | 436 | 13.2 | 43 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 490 | 10.9 | 43 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artie Owens | 25 | 551 | 22.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Mike Fuller | 20 | 420 | 21.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Ralph Perretta | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Rick Middleton | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bo Matthews | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Preston | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Horn | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 1076 | 20.7 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 37 | 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 |
| Totals | 20 | 299 | 15.0 | 37 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Fouts | 8 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bo Matthews | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Lee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woodrow Lowe | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Scarber | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick Middleton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Preston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Joiner | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Tom Graham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Goode | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louie Kelcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Macek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Fletcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Colbert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fuller | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Perretta | 1 | 0 | -32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Flanagan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Dorsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Artie Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Neal Jeffrey | 1 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rickey Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 24 | -40 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Charlie Joiner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Rickey Young | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Toni Fritsch | 6 | 11 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Ray Wersching | 4 | 14 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Don Woods | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Dwight McDonald | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Bo Matthews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Sam Scarber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Mercury Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Gary Garrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Pat Curran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Artie Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Mike Fuller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Totals | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
