1984 San Diego Chargers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Don Coryell (7-9)
Location: San Diego, California
1984 San Diego Chargers RosterTeam Record: 7-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Don Coryell (7-9)
Location: San Diego, California
1984 San Diego Chargers Results
The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
San Diego piled up points with 394 points, while the defense surrendered 413. Dan Fouts led the charge, slinging for 3,740 yards. Charlie Joiner paced pass catchers, grabbing 61 passes for 793 yards, while Pete Holohan, Kellen Winslow, Bobby Duckworth and Wes Chandler each provided receiving help, too.
Earnest Jackson carried the ball for a team-best 1,179 yards for the Chargers.
Gill Byrd seized 4 opponent throws. Keith Ferguson 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 | 507 | 317 | 62.5 | 3740 | 7.4 | 19 | 3.7 | 17 | 3.4 | 61 | 29 | 228 | 83.4 |
| Ed Luther | 151 | 83 | 55.0 | 1163 | 7.7 | 5 | 3.3 | 3 | 2.0 | 88 | 7 | 57 | 82.7 |
| Pete Holohan | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 25 | 12.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 135.4 |
| Lionel James | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 662 | 401 | 60.6 | 4928 | 7.4 | 25 | 3.8 | 21 | 3.2 | 88 | 36 | 285 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnest Jackson | 296 | 1179 | 4.0 | 32 | 8 |
| Buford McGee | 67 | 226 | 3.4 | 30 | 4 |
| Lionel James | 25 | 115 | 4.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Johnson | 19 | 46 | 2.4 | 7 | 3 |
| Jewerl Thomas | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 9 | 2 |
| Wayne Morris | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 1 |
| Ed Luther | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 12 | -29 | -2.4 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 456 | 1654 | 3.6 | 32 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Joiner | 61 | 793 | 13.0 | 41 | 6 |
| Pete Holohan | 56 | 734 | 13.1 | 51 | 1 |
| Kellen Winslow | 55 | 663 | 12.1 | 33 | 2 |
| Wes Chandler | 52 | 708 | 13.6 | 63 | 6 |
| Eric Sievers | 41 | 438 | 10.7 | 32 | 3 |
| Earnest Jackson | 39 | 222 | 5.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Bobby Duckworth | 25 | 715 | 28.6 | 88 | 4 |
| Lionel James | 23 | 206 | 9.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jesse Bendross | 16 | 213 | 13.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 11 | 92 | 8.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Buford McGee | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 43 | 2 |
| Wayne Morris | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Pete Johnson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Andrew Gissinger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 401 | 4928 | 12.3 | 88 | 25 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolf Benirschke | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 92 |
| Benny Ricardo | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 14 |
| Totals | 47 | 46 | 97.9 | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 106 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maury Buford | 66 | 2773 | 42.0 | 60 |
| Totals | 66 | 2773 | 42.0 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel James | 30 | 208 | 6.9 | 58 | 1 |
| Steve Bird | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lucious Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reuben Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 212 | 6.4 | 58 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel James | 43 | 959 | 22.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Buford McGee | 14 | 315 | 22.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Bird | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Earnest Jackson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Derrel Gofourth | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 63 | 1319 | 20.9 | 55 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill Byrd | 4 | 157 | 39.2 | 99 | 2 |
| Woodrow Lowe | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 32 | 1 |
| Billy Smith | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Linden King | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 37 | 0 |
| John Turner | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Andre Young | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Lee Williams | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 1 |
| Tim Fox | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Bob Gregor | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 499 | 26.3 | 99 | 4 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Ferguson | 8.0 | 0.0 | |
| Fred Robinson | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| Linden King | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Woodrow Lowe | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Billy Smith | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chuck Ehin | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Bill Elko | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Lee Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Tim Fox | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Andre Young | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rick Ackerman | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Green | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ken Greene | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 32.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel James | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Smith | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis McKnight | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Greene | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Holohan | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Linden King | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earnest Jackson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Fouts | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Sievers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doug Wilkerson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miles McPherson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jewerl Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Turner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Fox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Ehin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buford McGee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andre Young | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Ferguson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Morris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lucious Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reuben Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Duckworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jesse Bendross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Bird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woodrow Lowe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kellen Winslow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Luther | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 31 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Rolf Benirschke | 17 | 41 | 0 | 92 | ||||||||||
| Earnest Jackson | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| Buford McGee | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Wes Chandler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Bobby Duckworth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Pete Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Eric Sievers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Benny Ricardo | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Jewerl Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Gill Byrd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Kellen Winslow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Lee Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Lionel James | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Woodrow Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Pete Holohan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 18 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 394 |
