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1977 San Diego Chargers Statistics
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Protho (7-7)
Location: San Diego, California
1977 San Diego Chargers Results
The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
San Diego scored 222 points, while the solid defensive unit yielded 205. Rickey Young carried the ball for a team-best 543 yards for the Chargers.
James Harris tossed for 1,240 yards. Rickey Young paced all receivers, grabbing 48 passes, while Charlie Joiner accumulated 542 receiving yards.
Mike Fuller picked off 5 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Harris | 211 | 109 | 51.7 | 1240 | 5.9 | 5 | 2.4 | 11 | 5.2 | 78 | 12 | 106 | 55.8 |
Dan Fouts | 109 | 69 | 63.3 | 869 | 8.0 | 4 | 3.7 | 6 | 5.5 | 67 | 10 | 77 | 77.4 |
Bill Munson | 31 | 20 | 64.5 | 225 | 7.3 | 1 | 3.2 | 1 | 3.2 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 83.4 |
Cliff Olander | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 76 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12.5 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 18.8 |
Joe Washington | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
Don Woods | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 369 | 206 | 55.8 | 2442 | 6.6 | 11 | 3.0 | 20 | 5.4 | 78 | 24 | 198 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rickey Young | 157 | 543 | 3.5 | 15 | 4 |
Don Woods | 118 | 405 | 3.4 | 29 | 1 |
Joe Washington | 62 | 217 | 3.5 | 19 | 0 |
Clarence Williams | 50 | 215 | 4.3 | 46 | 2 |
Bo Matthews | 43 | 193 | 4.5 | 22 | 0 |
Larry Barnes | 24 | 70 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
Johnny Rodgers | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 33 | 0 |
Cliff Olander | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
Dan Fouts | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 |
James Harris | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 12 | 2 |
Mike Fuller | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 |
Hank Bauer | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
Artie Owens | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Pat Curran | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Bill Munson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 488 | 1761 | 3.6 | 46 | 10 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rickey Young | 48 | 423 | 8.8 | 28 | 0 |
Charlie Joiner | 35 | 542 | 15.5 | 32 | 6 |
Joe Washington | 31 | 244 | 7.9 | 29 | 0 |
Bob Klein | 20 | 244 | 12.2 | 41 | 1 |
Don Woods | 18 | 218 | 12.1 | 78 | 1 |
Dwight McDonald | 13 | 174 | 13.4 | 22 | 0 |
Johnny Rodgers | 12 | 187 | 15.6 | 43 | 0 |
Larry Dorsey | 10 | 198 | 19.8 | 67 | 2 |
Pat Curran | 10 | 123 | 12.3 | 20 | 0 |
Bo Matthews | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 23 | 0 |
Clarence Williams | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 9 | 0 |
Hank Bauer | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 1 |
Larry Barnes | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Jeff West | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 206 | 2442 | 11.9 | 78 | 11 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rolf Benirschke | 24 | 21 | 87.5 | 23 | 17 | 73.9 | 72 |
Totals | 24 | 21 | 87.5 | 23 | 17 | 73.9 | 72 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Fuller | 28 | 360 | 12.9 | 88 | 1 |
Johnny Rodgers | 15 | 158 | 10.5 | 52 | 0 |
Jerome Dove | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Clarence Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 46 | 521 | 11.3 | 88 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clarence Williams | 24 | 481 | 20.0 | 32 | 0 |
Artie Owens | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
Johnny Rodgers | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
Don Woods | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
Rick Middleton | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Charlie Joiner | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 39 | 734 | 18.8 | 33 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Fuller | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 37 | 0 |
Hal Stringert | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 29 | 0 |
Clarence Duren | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 25 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 36 | 0 |
Jerome Dove | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
Woodrow Lowe | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
Fred Dean | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 1 |
Leroy Jones | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 1 |
Bob Horn | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Totals | 21 | 317 | 15.1 | 37 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clarence Duren | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
James Harris | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Artie Owens | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Louie Kelcher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Fuller | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Dean | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
Doug Wilkerson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Klein | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Johnny Rodgers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bo Matthews | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Russ Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hank Bauer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gary Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dwight McDonald | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Munson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Macek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rickey Young | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dan Fouts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Woods | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Clarence Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jerome Dove | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Joiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Rolf Benirschke | 17 | 21 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||||
Charlie Joiner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Rickey Young | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Fred Dean | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Larry Dorsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Mike Fuller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Clarence Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Don Woods | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
James Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Hank Bauer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Leroy Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bob Klein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 222 |