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1973 San Diego Chargers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 2-11-1, 4th in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Harland Svare (1-6-1) and Ron Waller (1-5-0)

Points For: 188 (13.4/g) 25th of 26

Points Against: 386 (27.6/g) 24th of 26

Expected W-L: 2.2-11.8

SRS: -12.00 (25th of 26), SOS: 2.14

Offensive Coordinator: Bob Schnelker

Other Notable Asst.: George Dickson (Offensive Backs) and Forrest Gregg (Offensive Line)

Stadium: San Diego Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Eugene Klein

Head Coach/General Manager: Harland Svare

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: UC Irvine (Irvine, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	188	3622	831	4.4	51	21	198	161	363	1808	9	30	4.5	93	431	1814	9	4.2	88	74	628	17
Opp. Stats	386	4518	926	4.9	34	18	267	177	341	2254	18	16	6.1	124	559	2264	23	4.1	125	68	579	18
Lg Rank Offense	25	19			25	22	23		10	18	22	25	20		22	18	20	10
Lg Rank Defense	24	22			10	6	22		16	21	21	16	21		23	21	26	13

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Washington Redskins	0	38	10	135	7	128	7	13	211	128	83	2
2	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Buffalo Bills	34	7	17	354	249	105	1	16	287	139	148	4
3	Sun	September 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Cincinnati Bengals	13	20	17	291	177	114	4	19	417	215	202	2
4	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	21	38	20	348	181	167	6	15	286	132	154	5
5	Sun	October 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4		Oakland Raiders	17	27	18	269	179	90	4	20	367	187	180	2
6	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-5		Atlanta Falcons	0	41	11	177	88	89	5	25	338	142	196	2
7	Sun	October 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	T		1-5-1	@	Cleveland Browns	16	16	16	339	135	204	2	13	184	66	118	3
8	Sun	November 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6-1		Kansas City Chiefs	0	19	11	190	99	91	4	17	332	144	188	1
9	Sun	November 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-7-1	@	Denver Broncos	19	30	14	221	101	120	2	21	413	234	179	3
10	Sun	November 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-7-1		New Orleans Saints	17	14	14	288	102	186	2	22	341	199	142	3
11	Sun	November 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-8-1	@	Oakland Raiders	3	31	13	235	118	117	2	22	320	165	155	2
12	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-9-1	@	New England Patriots	14	30	11	231	44	187	3	22	359	175	184	5
13	Sun	December 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-10-1		Denver Broncos	28	42	14	341	215	126	3	23	423	231	192
14	Sun	December 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-11-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	6	33	12	203	113	90	6	19	240	97	143

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Dan Fouts	22	QB	10	6	0-5-1	87	194	44.8	1126	6	3.1	13	6.7	69	5.8	3.41	12.9	112.6	46.0	14	129	6.73	4.79	2.56	1	0
2	Wayne Clark	26	QB	11	4	1-3-0	40	90	44.4	532	0	0.0	9	10.0	54	5.9	1.41	13.3	48.4	24.2	9	96	9.09	4.40	0.31	0	0
3	Johnny Unitas	40	QB	5	4	1-3-0	34	76	44.7	471	3	3.9	7	9.2	51	6.2	2.84	13.9	94.2	40.0	14	96	15.56	4.17	1.33	0	0
4	Mike Garrett	29	RB	10	9		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
5	Ron Holliday	25	WR	11	6		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0		0.0	-22.50		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-22.50	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	2-11-1	161	363	44.4	1808	9	2.5	30	8.3	69	5.9	1.76	13.2	129.1	37.3	37	321	9.25	4.52	1.60	1	0

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Cid Edwards	30	FB	13	12	133	609	1	50	4.6	46.8	10.2	25	164	6.6	0	28	1.9	12.6	158	4.9	773	1	3
2	Mike Garrett	29	RB	10	9	114	467	0	68	4.1	46.7	11.4	15	124	8.3	1	30	1.5	12.4	129	4.6	591	1	6
3	Jerry LeVias	27	WR	14	11	2	33	0	22	16.5	2.4	0.1	30	536	17.9	3	69	2.1	38.3	32	17.8	569	3	0
4	Robert Holmes	28	RB	13	2	78	289	7	24	3.7	22.2	6.0	19	151	7.9	0	30	1.5	11.6	97	4.5	440	7	5
5	Clint Jones	28	RB	12	3	55	170	1	38	3.1	14.2	4.6	7	125	17.9	0	37	0.6	10.4	62	4.8	295	1	2
6	Gary Garrison	29	WR	7	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	292	20.9	2	51	2.0	41.7	14	20.9	292	2	0
7	Ron Holliday	25	WR	11	6	6	70	0	22	11.7	6.4	0.5	14	182	13.0	0	36	1.3	16.5	20	12.6	252	0	1
8	Pettis Norman	34	TE	14	12	1	10	0	10	10.0	0.7	0.1	13	200	15.4	0	24	0.9	14.3	14	15.0	210	0	0
9	Jim Thaxton	24	TE	10	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	119	17.0	2	31	0.7	11.9	7	17.0	119	2	0
10	Dave Williams	28	WR	6	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	118	16.9	0	30	1.2	19.7	7	16.9	118	0	0
11	Bob Thomas	25	RB	14	2	22	48	0	12	2.2	3.4	1.6	7	51	7.3	1	37	0.5	3.6	29	3.4	99	1	3
12	Wayne Clark	26	QB	11	4	13	86	0	16	6.6	7.8	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	6.6	86	0	1
13	Willie McGee	23	WR	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	67	22.3	0	50	0.3	6.1	3	22.3	67	0	4
14	Dan Fouts	22	QB	10	6	7	32	0	16	4.6	3.2	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	4.6	32	0	2
	Team Totals			14	14	431	1814	9	68	4.2	129.6	30.8	161	2129	13.2	9	69	11.5	152.1	592	6.7	3943	18	41

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Dave Costa	32	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.5	0
2	Lenny Dunlap	24	RCB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Carl Mauck	26	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Walt Sweeney	32	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Russ Washington	27	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Bob Howard	29	LCB	13	13	5	25	0	25	0	2	2	0	0.0	0
7	Cid Edwards	30	FB	13	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Deacon Jones	35	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
9	Rick Redman	30	RLB	11	11	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
10	Ron East	30	LDT	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
11	Lionel Aldridge	32	RDE	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.5	0
12	Coy Bacon	31	LDT/RDT	12	9	1	80	1	80	0	1	0	0	6.0	0
13	Mike Garrett	29	RB	10	9	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Ron Smith	30	SS	14	9	1	4	0	4	10	6	8	0	0.0	0
15	Mike Stratton	32	LLB	14	9	3	46	0	23	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Joe Beauchamp	29	FS	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Carl Gersbach	26	MLB	14	8	1	9	0	9	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Bryant Salter	23	SS	13	8	1	20	0	20	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Dan Fouts	22	QB	10	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Ron Holliday	25	WR	11	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Tim Rossovich	27	MLB	13	6	1	9	0	9	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Wayne Clark	26	QB	11	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Mel Rogers	26	LB	10	4	1	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Johnny Unitas	40	QB	5	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Clint Jones	28	RB	12	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Pete Lazetich	23	LB	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
27	Floyd Rice	24	LB	5	3	1	8	0	8	1	1	51	1	2.0	0
28	Robert Holmes	28	RB	13	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Bob Thomas	25	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
30	Ira Gordon	26	T	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
31	Willie McGee	23	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Cal Snowden	27	DE	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
33	Gregory Wojcik	27	DT	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	16	0	1		41	20	10	1	26	0

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