1979 San Diego Chargers 16-0 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 San Diego 127 139 87 74 0 427 Opponent 26 59 34 61 0 180 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 427 180 1-0 26 @Seattle 14 70ø First Downs 324 245 2-0 34 Oakland 10 92ø Rush 96 109 3-0 28 Buffalo 10 83ø Pass 212 121 4-0 17 @New England 0 70ø 10-20 Pen 16 15 5-0 27 San Francisco 16 87ø Penalties 73 76 6-0 35 @Denver 31 61ø Yards 516 529 7-0 28 Seattle 6 80ø 8-0 20 @Los Angeles 13 76ø Rushing Att 485 496 9-0 35 @Oakland 10 63ø 0-10 Yards 1800 2185 10-0 20 @Kansas City 10 34ø 15-25 Ave 3.7 4.4 11-0 13 @Cincinnati 10 50ø 5-15 TD 24 9 12-0 33 Pittsburgh 7 84ø 13-0 30 Kansas City 7 64ø Passing Att 490 455 14-0 40 Atlanta 0 75ø Comp 329 230 15-0 24 @New Orleans 20 70ø % 67.1 50.5 16-0 17 Denver 16 76ø Int 22 27 % 4.5 5.9 TD 29 8 % 5.9 1.8 Yards 3787 2425 Sacked 23 47 Punt Return 52 32 Yards 500 100 Ave 9.6 3.1 Kick Return 48 80 Yards 1027 1563 Ave 21.4 19.5 Punts 65 79 Yards 2411 3364 Ave 37.1 42.6 FG Att 8 18 Made 7 16 % 87.5 88.9 Third Downs 204 225 Made 106 79 % 52.0 35.1 Fourth Downs 24 42 Made 12 16 % 50.0 38.1 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 20 29 Lost 12 14 Turnovers 34 41 Net Offense 5447 4306 Per Play 5.5 4.3 1979 San Diego Chargers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Williams,C 212 847 4.0 24 48 28 17 Joiner 76 3 1098 14.4 11 50 37 4 Thomas,M. 96 422 4.4 14 18 19 2 Jefferson 62 3 826 13.3 6 47 54 6 Mitchell 51 180 3.5 2 7 15 1 Williams 54 3 360 6.7 0 23 14 4 Owens 43 159 3.7 4 8 14 1 Klein 36 5 428 11.9 4 23 52 4 Matthews,B 34 120 3.5 1 5 10 1 Thomas 33 1 361 10.9 1 25 26 3 Fouts 19 56 2.9 2 3 14 0 Winslow 28 1 311 11.1 0 22 22 5 Bauer 25 27 1.1 0 6 6 2 Mitchell 20 1 223 11.2 0 14 18 2 Harris 4 2 0.5 0 1 5 0 Floyd 7 0 69 9.9 0 4 16 1 West 1 -13-13.0 0 0 0 0 Owens 7 2 68 9.7 1 2 25 0 485 1800 3.7 47 96 28 24 Matthews 4 0 32 8.0 0 2 12 0 Burton 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Wilkerson 1 0 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 329 19 3787 11.5 23 212 54 29 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Harris 6 6 100.0 41 6.8 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 95.1 Fouts 484 323 66.7 3746 11.6 54 36 23 22 4.5 23 29 6.0 91.0 490 329 67.1 3787 11.5 54 36 23 22 4.5 23 29 5.9 91.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Benirschke 17 16 94.1 4 4 100.0 0.0 0.0 38 28 Wood 34 27 79.4 4 3 75.0 0.0 0.0 37 36 Gerela 8 7 87.5 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 7 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross West 65 2411 71 3 0 25 32 100 34.6 37.1 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Owens 42 938 22.3 37 0 Shaw 2 1 12 6.0 8 0 Fuller, M. 4 71 17.8 32 0 Fuller, M. 50 6 488 9.8 23 0 Bauer 1 17 17.0 17 0 52 7 500 9.6 23 0 Thrift 1 1 1.0 1 0 Rush 1 0 0.0 0 0 Joiner 1 0 0.0 0 0 48 1027 21.4 37 0 Fumbles Fouts 9 Fuller, 6 Thomas,M 2 Joiner 1 Mitchell 1 Owens 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Dean 15 Dean 22 Lowe 7 Buchanon 9 Lowe 6 Preston 4 Young 11 Jones, L 15 Jones, L 5 Dean 8 Dean 4 Johnson, 2 Jones, L 10 Young 12 Young 5 Fuller, 7 Buchanon 3 Edwards 2 Johnson, 6 Johnson, 5 Dean 4 Preston 6 Williams 2 Young 2 Lee 3 Johnson, 4 Horn 6 Preston 2 Audick 1 Lowe 1 Preston 3 Lowe 5 Fuller, 2 Dean 1 DeJurnet 1 Horn 2 Williams 5 Young 2 Fouts 1 Lee 1 Edwards 4 Stringer 2 Lowe 1 DeJurnet 1 Johnson, 3 DeJurnet 1 Jefferso 1 Young 3 Thrift 1 Horn 1 Lee 3 Duncan 1 Williams 1 Jones, L 2 Shaw 1 Buchanon 1 Shaw 2 Jones, L 1 Wilkerso 1 Stringer 2 King 1 Fuller, 1 Shields 1 Thrift 1 Tackles Williams 90 Buchanon 60 Preston 55 Stringer 32 Macek 15 Kelcher 10 Lowe 89 Edwards 59 Johnson, 55 Lee 28 Dove 13 Duncan 10 Young 63 Dean 58 Horn 49 Thrift 16 DeJurnet 12 Fuller, 62 Jones, L 57 Shaw 39 King 16 Goode 11 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Preston 6 166 27.7 73 0 Lowe 5 218 43.6 91 3 Williams, 4 61 15.3 36 0 Edwards 4 126 31.5 64 0 Fuller, M 4 32 8.0 32 0 Shaw 3 73 24.3 32 0 Horn 1 36 36.0 36 0 27 712 26.4 91 3 1979 San Diego Chargers Coach: Don Coryell Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Fouts, Dan 5 B 1 3 QB Harris, James 2 O 1 3 QB Olander, Cliff 2 O 1 3 K Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Williams, Clarence 2 1 5 200 752 55 3.8 6 51 352 14 6.9 KR RB Thomas, Mike 2 1 4 91 353 21 3.9 5 32 388 32 12.1 RB Mitchell, Lydell 2 1 3 63 211 15 3.3 3 19 159 24 8.4 KR RB Owens, Artie 2 1 5 40 151 23 3.8 2 15 176 32 11.7 KR RB Matthews, Bo 2 1 5 30 112 22 3.7 1 7 40 13 5.7 KR RB Bauer, Hank 2 1 5 22 28 6 1.3 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR RB Woods, Don 2 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR WR Joiner, Charlie 0 0 5 1 -12 0-12.0 8 72 1008 39 14.0 WR Jefferson, John 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 8 61 1090 65 17.9 KR WR Floyd, John 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 3 10 152 40 15.2 WR Burton, Larry 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 4 62 23 15.5 TE Klein, Bob 5 3 4 0 0 0 0.0 5 37 424 54 11.5 TE McCrary, Greg 4 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 5 32 19 6.4 TE-WR Winslow, Kellen 2 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 7 25 255 30 10.2 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Rush, Bob 5 5 5 C Perretta, Ralph 4 4 5 KR G White, Ed 9 9 5 G Wilkerson, Doug 7 7 3 T Washington, Russ 9 9 5 T Shields, Billy 5 5 5 C-G Macek, Don 4 4 3 LS G-T Audick, Dan 4 4 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Young, Wilbur 8 6 0 6 5 12 0 DT Johnson, Gary 8 8 0 3 5 6 0 DT DeJurnett, Charles 4 4 0 2 3 4 0 DT Kelcher, Louie 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 DE Dean, Fred 8 6 0 6 4 9 0 DE Jones, Leroy 6 5 0 3 5 7 0 DE Lee, John 4 4 0 1 3 0 0 ILB Horn, Bob 6 5 2 0 5 0 2 ILB Thrift, Cliff 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 KR OLB Lowe, Woodrow 6 4 3 0 5 1 5 OLB Preston, Ray 6 4 3 0 5 0 5 OLB King, Linden 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 LB Goode, Don 5 3 2 1 3 1 1 PR CB Williams, Mike 8 0 8 0 5 0 4 PR CB Buchanon, Willie 8 0 8 0 5 0 0 CB Stringert, Hal 5 0 5 0 4 0 0 CB Dove, Jerome 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 S Edwards, Glen 7 1 6 0 4 0 4 S Fuller, Mike 6 1 5 0 5 0 4 RET S Shaw, Pete 5 1 4 0 5 0 3 PR S Duncan, Frank 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 Special Teams K Benirschke, Rolf K Wood, Mike K Gerela, Roy P West, Jeff