1987 San Diego Chargers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Al Saunders (8-7)
Location: San Diego, California

1987 San Diego Chargers Roster
1987 San Diego Chargers Results

The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

The Chargers stumbled, scoring only 253 points, and the defense conceded 317. Dan Fouts threw for 2,517 yards. Kellen Winslow paced the receiving corps, grabbing 53 passes, while Wes Chandler accumulated 617 receiving yards. Lionel James and Gary Anderson contributed to the receiving game, too.

Curtis Adams carried the ball for a team-best 343 yards for San Diego, while Gary Anderson also contributed to the rushing attack.

Billy Smith picked off 5 opponent throws. Lee Williams sacked opposing passers 8 times, part of an overall team total of 45 sacks.

Al Saunders 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	364	206	56.6	2517	6.9	10	2.7	15	4.1	46	24	176	70.0
Mark Herrmann	57	37	64.9	405	7.1	1	1.8	5	8.8	34	3	37	55.1
Rick Neuheisel	59	40	67.8	367	6.2	1	1.7	1	1.7	32	10	89	83.1
Mike Kelley	29	17	58.6	305	10.5	1	3.4	0	0.0	67	1	7	106.3
Mark Vlasic	6	3	50.0	8	1.3	0	0.0	1	16.7	7	1	13	16.7
Billy Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	516	303	58.7	3602	7.0	13	2.5	23	4.5	67	39	322

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Curtis Adams	90	343	3.8	24	1
Gary Anderson	80	260	3.2	25	3
Tim Spencer	73	228	3.1	16	0
Lionel James	27	102	3.8	15	2
Keyvan Jenkins	22	88	4.0	9	0
Frank Middleton	28	74	2.6	21	1
Martin Sartin	19	52	2.7	10	1
Rick Neuheisel	6	41	6.8	18	1
Barry Redden	11	36	3.3	7	0
Todd Spencer	14	24	1.7	5	0
Jamie Holland	1	17	17.0	17	0
Mike Kelley	4	17	4.2	10	0
Al Williams	1	11	11.0	11	0
Rod Bernstine	1	9	9.0	9	0
Anthony Steels	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ken Zachary	1	3	3.0	3	0
Tim Moffett	1	1	1.0	1	0
Dan Fouts	12	0	0.0	2	2
Mark Herrmann	4	-1	-0.2	0	0
Totals	396	1308	3.3	25	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Kellen Winslow	53	519	9.8	30	3
Gary Anderson	47	503	10.7	38	2
Lionel James	41	593	14.5	46	3
Wes Chandler	39	617	15.8	27	2
Pete Holohan	20	239	12.0	18	0
Tim Spencer	17	123	7.2	18	0
Al Williams	12	247	20.6	57	1
Rod Bernstine	10	76	7.6	15	1
Frank Middleton	8	43	5.4	17	0
Keyvan Jenkins	8	40	5.0	7	0
Harry Holt	7	56	8.0	17	0
Barry Redden	7	46	6.6	13	0
Jamie Holland	6	138	23.0	45	0
Tag Rome	6	49	8.2	13	0
Martin Sartin	6	19	3.2	8	0
Tim Moffett	5	80	16.0	25	1
Curtis Adams	4	38	9.5	21	0
Calvin Muhammad	2	87	43.5	67	0
Todd Spencer	2	47	23.5	45	0
Timmie Ware	2	38	19.0	23	0
Anthony Steels	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	303	3602	11.9	67	13

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Vince Abbott	23	22	95.7	22	13	59.1	61
Jeff Gaffney	5	4	80.0	6	3	50.0	13
Rick Neuheisel	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	29	27	93.1	28	16	57.1	75

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ralf Mojsiejenko	67	2875	42.9	57
Joe Prokop	17	654	38.5	50
Totals	84	3529	42.0	57

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Lionel James	32	400	12.5	81	1
Al Williams	10	96	9.6	25	0
Tag Rome	3	12	4.0	6	0
Totals	45	508	11.3	81	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Gary Anderson	22	433	19.7	31
Jamie Holland	19	410	21.6	46
Martin Sartin	5	117	23.4	28
Keyvan Jenkins	2	46	23.0	25
Lionel James	2	41	20.5	21
Curtis Adams	4	32	8.0	11
Tag Rome	2	28	14.0	17
Randy Kirk	3	15	5.0	10
Rod Bernstine	1	13	13.0	13
Ken Zachary	1	2	2.0	2
Daniel Hunter	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	62	1137	18.3	46

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Billy Smith	5	28	5.6	12	0
Vencie Glenn	4	166	41.5	103	1
Elvis Patterson	1	75	75.0	75	1
Chip Banks	1	20	20.0	20	0
Gary Plummer	1	2	2.0	2	0
Carl Brazley	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	13	291	22.4	103	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Lee Williams	8.0
Joe Phillips	5.0
Blaise Winter	4.0
Chuck Ehin	3.5
Chip Banks	3.0
Les Miller	3.0
Billy Smith	3.0
Terry Unrein	2.5
Martin Bayless	2.5
King Simmons	1.5
Daniel Hunter	1.0
Mike Charles	1.0
Angelo Snipes	1.0
Tony Simmons	1.0
Jeff Jackson	1.0
Karl Wilson	1.0
Randy Kirk	1.0
Thomas Benson	1.0
Anthony Anderson	0.5
Vencie Glenn	0.5
Totals	45.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Vencie Glenn	66	66	0	0	0	1	0		0
Martin Bayless	66	66	0
Gary Plummer	62	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Phillips	53	53	0
Les Miller	21	21	0		0	2	0	1	0
Blaise Winter	20	20	0
Randy Kirk	15	15	0		1	1	0	0	0
Karl Wilson	8	8	0
David Brandon	4	4	0
Dan Fouts					10	4	-10		0
Billy Smith				0	0	3	0	0	0
Todd Spencer					2	2	0	0	0
Chip Banks				0	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Humiston					0	1	0	0	0
Chuck Ehin					1	1	27	0	0
Elvis Patterson				0	0	1	0		0
Rick Neuheisel					1	1	0		0
Martin Sartin					2	1	0		0
Gary Kowalski					0	1	0	0	0
Wes Chandler					1	1	0		0
Jeff Jackson					0	1	0	0	0
Walt Harris					0	1	0	0	0
Pete Holohan					0	1	0	0	0
Gill Byrd					0	1	0	0	0
Mark Herrmann					1	1	-5	0	0
Mark Vlasic					1	1	0	0	0
Don Macek					1	1	0	0	0
Rod Bernstine					0	1	0		0
Thomas Benson					0	1	0	0	0
Gary Anderson					4	1	0		0
Ken Zachary					1	0	0	0	0
Daniel Hunter					1	0	0	0	0
Harry Holt					1	0	0	0	0
Kellen Winslow					1	0	0		0
Tim Spencer					1	0	0	0	0
Curtis Adams					1	0	0		0
Lionel James					6	0	-8		0
Al Williams					1	0	0		0
Totals	315	315	0	0	38	32	4	1	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Vince Abbott									13	22	0			61
Lionel James	2	3	1	0					0	0	0			36
Gary Anderson	3	2		0					0	0	0			30
Kellen Winslow		3							0	0	0			18
Jeff Gaffney									3	4	0			13
Dan Fouts	2								0	0	0			12
Wes Chandler		2							0	0	0			12
Rick Neuheisel	1								0	1	0			7
Tim Moffett	0	1							0	0	0			6
Martin Sartin	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Elvis Patterson						1			0	0	0			6
Rod Bernstine	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Frank Middleton	1	0							0	0	0			6
Vencie Glenn						1			0	0	0			6
Les Miller							1		0	0	0			6
David Brandon								1	0	0	0			6
Al Williams	0	1	0						0	0	0			6
Curtis Adams	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Lee Williams									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	11	13	1	0	0	2	1	1	16	27	0	0	1	251