1998 San Diego Chargers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Kevin Gilbride (2-4)
Coach: June Jones (3-7)
Location: San Diego, California
1998 San Diego Chargers RosterTeam Record: 5-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Kevin Gilbride (2-4)
Coach: June Jones (3-7)
Location: San Diego, California
1998 San Diego Chargers Results
The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
San Diego stumbled, scoring only 241 points, while the defense allowed 342. Craig Whelihan passed for 1,803 yards, and Ryan Leaf spent time under center as well. Freddie Jones paced pass catchers, grabbing 57 passes, while Charlie Jones accumulated 699 receiving yards, while Bryan Still was targeted regularly, too.
Natrone Means carried the ball for a team-best 883 yards for the Chargers.
Greg Jackson picked off 6 opponent throws. Norman Hand sacked opposing passers 6 times.
Kevin Gilbride and June Jones coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Whelihan | 320 | 149 | 46.6 | 1803 | 5.6 | 8 | 2.5 | 19 | 5.9 | 55 | 15 | 111 | 48.0 |
| Ryan Leaf | 245 | 111 | 45.3 | 1289 | 5.3 | 2 | 0.8 | 15 | 6.1 | 67 | 22 | 140 | 39.0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Totals | 566 | 261 | 46.1 | 3115 | 5.5 | 11 | 1.9 | 34 | 6.0 | 67 | 37 | 251 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natrone Means | 212 | 883 | 4.2 | 72 | 5 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 153 | 543 | 3.5 | 21 | 5 |
| Tremayne Stephens | 35 | 122 | 3.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Ryan Leaf | 27 | 80 | 3.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Charlie Jones | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Craig Whelihan | 18 | 38 | 2.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Kenny Bynum | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 460 | 1728 | 3.8 | 72 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Jones | 57 | 602 | 10.6 | 28 | 3 |
| Charlie Jones | 46 | 699 | 15.2 | 56 | 3 |
| Bryan Still | 43 | 605 | 14.1 | 67 | 2 |
| Mikhael Ricks | 30 | 450 | 15.0 | 39 | 2 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 30 | 188 | 6.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Ryan Thelwell | 16 | 268 | 16.8 | 55 | 1 |
| Natrone Means | 16 | 91 | 5.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Webster Slaughter | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Kenny Bynum | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Wendell Davis | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 8 | 0 |
| John Burke | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Frank Hartley | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tremayne Stephens | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 261 | 3115 | 11.9 | 67 | 11 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Bennett | 95 | 4174 | 43.9 | 65 |
| Totals | 95 | 4174 | 43.9 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latario Rachal | 32 | 387 | 12.1 | 56 | 0 |
| Tony Gaiter | 13 | 155 | 11.9 | 49 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 542 | 12.0 | 56 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tremayne Stephens | 16 | 349 | 21.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Kenny Bynum | 19 | 345 | 18.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Tony Gaiter | 16 | 295 | 18.4 | 33 | 0 |
| Latario Rachal | 11 | 192 | 17.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Charlie Jones | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Frank Hartley | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Burke | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kendyl Jacox | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 70 | 1293 | 18.5 | 36 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Jackson | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Charles Dimry | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Norman Hand | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Terrance Shaw | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamal Williams | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Dwayne Harper | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jimmy Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Turner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 203 | 10.2 | 30 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Hand | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
| Raylee Johnson | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Rodney Harrison | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Marco Coleman | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| Junior Seau | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| William Fuller | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Gerald Dixon | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Mims | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| John Parrella | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Turner | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Steve Tovar | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Lewis Bush | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Dumas | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Mohring | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kurt Gouveia | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 37.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Seau | 103.5 | 92 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rodney Harrison | 101.5 | 89 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Charles Dimry | 61 | 59 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Greg Jackson | 54.5 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Coleman | 48.5 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norman Hand | 45.5 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Terrance Shaw | 37.5 | 35 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Kurt Gouveia | 38 | 32 | 12 | ||||||
| John Parrella | 33.5 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Spencer | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Gerald Dixon | 30 | 26 | 8 | ||||||
| Steve Tovar | 25 | 22 | 6 | ||||||
| William Fuller | 20 | 18 | 4 | ||||||
| Lewis Bush | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Dumas | 9.5 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| Gerome Williams | 7.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Turner | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dwayne Harper | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Jamal Williams | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Chris Mims | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Mike Mohring | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| James Burgess | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Michael Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Craig Whelihan | 9 | 3 | -21 | 0 | |||||
| Kenny Bynum | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Terrell Fletcher | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 | |||||
| Ryan Leaf | 8 | 2 | -18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wendell Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Darren Bennett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Aaron Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Natrone Means | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Latario Rachal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Raleigh Roundtree | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Freddie Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Mikhael Ricks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tremayne Stephens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tony Gaiter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 689 | 622 | 134 | 0 | 33 | 23 | -18 | 0 | 5 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| John Carney | 26 | 19 | 0 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Terrell Fletcher | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Natrone Means | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Freddie Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||
| Charlie Jones | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Mikhael Ricks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bryan Still | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Tremayne Stephens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jamal Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ryan Thelwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Craig Whelihan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 239 |
