1983 San Diego Chargers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Don Coryell (6-10)
Location: San Diego, California

1983 San Diego Chargers Roster
1983 San Diego Chargers Results

The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

San Diego netted 358 points, while the leaky defense allowed 462, most in the league. Dan Fouts passed for 2,975 yards, and Ed Luther spent time under center as well. Kellen Winslow grabbed 88 passes for 1,172 yards. Charlie Joiner was targeted regularly also.

Chuck Muncie carried the ball for a team-best 886 yards for the Chargers.

Danny Walters intercepted 7 opponent throws. Linden King sacked quarterbacks 8 times.

Don Coryell 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	340	215	63.2	2975	8.8	20	5.9	15	4.4	59	14	107	92.5
Ed Luther	287	151	52.6	1875	6.5	7	2.4	17	5.9	46	13	120	56.6
Bruce Mathison	5	3	60.0	41	8.2	0	0.0	1	20.0	25	0	0	46.7
Wes Chandler	0	0		0		0		0		0	1	3	0.0
Pete Holohan	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Maury Buford	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Sherman Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	635	369	58.1	4891	7.7	27	4.3	33	5.2	59	28	230

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Chuck Muncie	235	886	3.8	34	12
James Brooks	127	516	4.1	61	3
Sherman Smith	24	91	3.8	20	0
Earnest Jackson	11	39	3.5	6	0
Wes Chandler	2	25	12.5	23	0
John Cappelletti	1	5	5.0	5	0
Bruce Mathison	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dan Fouts	12	-5	-0.4	3	1
Eric Sievers	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Ed Luther	9	-14	-1.6	8	0
Totals	423	1536	3.6	61	16

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Kellen Winslow	88	1172	13.3	46	8
Charlie Joiner	65	960	14.8	33	3
Wes Chandler	58	845	14.6	44	5
Chuck Muncie	42	396	9.4	27	1
Eric Sievers	33	452	13.7	28	3
James Brooks	25	215	8.6	36	0
Pete Holohan	23	272	11.8	35	2
Bobby Duckworth	20	422	21.1	59	5
Sherman Smith	6	51	8.5	21	0
Earnest Jackson	5	42	8.4	10	0
Roger Carr	2	36	18.0	23	0
Dwight Scales	2	28	14.0	14	0
Totals	369	4891	13.3	59	27

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Rolf Benirschke	45	43	95.6	24	15	62.5	88
Totals	45	43	95.6	24	15	62.5	88

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Maury Buford	63	2763	43.9	60
Totals	63	2763	43.9	60

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
James Brooks	18	137	7.6	30
Dwight Scales	2	34	17.0	30
Wes Chandler	8	26	3.2	11
Hosea Fortune	4	16	4.0	9
Bruce Laird	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	33	213	6.5	30

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
James Brooks	32	607	19.0	34
Bruce Laird	15	342	22.8	41
Earnest Jackson	11	201	18.3	32
Miles McPherson	5	77	15.4	19
Jim Jodat	3	45	15.0	18
Andre Young	3	41	13.7	19
Sherman Smith	2	32	16.0	21
Dwight Scales	1	16	16.0	16
Billy Smith	1	10	10.0	10
Eric Sievers	1	6	6.0	6
Totals	74	1377	18.6	41

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Danny Walters	7	55	7.9	33	0
Andre Young	2	49	24.5	40	1
Tim Fox	2	14	7.0	14	0
Linden King	1	19	19.0	19	0
Ray Preston	1	13	13.0	13	0
Mike Green	1	3	3.0	3	0
Miles McPherson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gill Byrd	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	16	153	9.6	40	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Linden King	8.0
Keith Ferguson	5.0
Woodrow Lowe	4.5
Gary Johnson	3.0
Billy Smith	3.0
Rick Ackerman	1.5
Miles McPherson	1.0
Reuben Henderson	1.0
Andre Young	1.0
Mike Green	1.0
Carlos Bradley	0.5
Bill Elko	0.5
Totals	30.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
James Brooks			8	3	0
Kellen Winslow			3	2	0
Dennis McKnight			0	2	0	0
Rick Ackerman			0	2	0	0
Dan Fouts			5	2	0
Gary Johnson			0	2	0	0
Linden King		0	0	2	0	0
Keith Ferguson			0	2	0	0
Billy Smith			0	1	0	0
Don Macek			0	1	0	0
Carlos Bradley			0	1	0	0
Hosea Fortune			1	1	0	0
Andre Young		0	0	1	0
Jim Jodat			0	1	0	0
Leroy Jones			0	1	15	0
Wes Chandler			3	1	0
Chuck Muncie			8	1	0
Ken Greene			0	1	0	0
Ed White			0	1	0	0
Bill Elko			0	1	0	0
Sherman Smith			2	1	0	0
Woodrow Lowe			0	1	0	0
Earnest Jackson			1	1	0	0
Miles McPherson		0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Joiner			2	0	0
Bruce Laird			1	0	0	0
Ed Luther			6	0	0	0
Bruce Mathison			1	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	42	32	15	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Rolf Benirschke									15	43	0			88
Chuck Muncie	12	1							0	0	0			78
Kellen Winslow		8							0	0	0			48
Wes Chandler	0	5	0						0	0	0			30
Bobby Duckworth		5							0	0	0			30
Eric Sievers	0	3		0					0	0	0			18
Charlie Joiner		3							0	0	0			18
James Brooks	3	0	0	0					0	0	0			18
Pete Holohan		2							0	0	0			12
Dan Fouts	1								0	0	0			6
Derrie Nelson								1	0	0	0			6
Andre Young				0		1			0	0	0			6
Totals	16	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	15	43	0	0	0	358