Team Summary [+]
1979 San Diego Chargers
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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 411 points (25.7/g), 2nd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 246 points (15.4/g), 2nd.
Differential of 165 points (10.3/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 12.3-3.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 5th.
Simple Rating System: Total 11.8, Offense: 6.0, Defense: 5.7, SoS: 1.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Don Coryell(12-4-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Joe Gibbs
Training Camp: UC San Diego (San Diego, California)
Players[+]
- Pos · # · College
- Dan Audick
t · #60 · Hawaii
- Hank Bauer
rb · #37 · California Lutheran
- Rolf Benirschke
k · #6 · California-Davis
- Willie Buchanon
LCB · #28 · Mira Costa J.C.; San Diego State
- Larry Burton
wr · #87 · Purdue
- Fred Dean
RDE · #71 · Louisiana Tech
- Charles DeJurnett
nt · #73 · San Jose St.
- Jerome Dove
db · #48 · Colorado St.
- Frank Duncan
db · #47 · San Francisco St.
- Glen Edwards
FS · #27 · Florida A&M
- John Floyd
wr · #86 · Louisiana-Monroe
- Dan Fouts
QB · #14 · Oregon
- Mike Fuller
SS/PR · #42 · Auburn
- Roy Gerela
k · #7 · New Mexico State
- Don Goode
llb · #50 · Kansas
- James Harris
qb · #12 · Grambling State
- Bob Horn
MLB · #55 · Oregon State
- John Jefferson
WR · #83 · Arizona State
- Gary Johnson
RDT · #79 · Grambling State
- Charlie Joiner
WR · #18 · Grambling State
- Leroy Jones
LDE · #68 · Norfolk State
- Louie Kelcher
ldt · #74 · SMU
- Linden King
lolb · #57 · Colorado State
- Bob Klein
TE · #84 · USC
- John Lee
de · #69 · Nebraska
- Woodrow Lowe
RLB · #51 · Alabama
- Don Macek
c · #62 · Boston College
- Bo Matthews
rb · #41 · Colorado
- Greg McCrary
te · #88 · Clark Atlanta
- Lydell Mitchell
rb · #26 · Penn State
- Cliff Olander
qb · #10 · New Mexico State
- Artie Owens
KR · #24 · West Virginia
- Ralph Perretta
c · #53 · Purdue
- Ray Preston
LLB · #52 · Syracuse
- Bob Rush
C · #56 · Memphis
- Pete Shaw
db · #44 · Northwestern
- Billy Shields
LT · #66 · Georgia Tech
- Hal Stringert
db · #45 · Hawaii; Willamette
- Mike Thomas
RB · #22 · Oklahoma; UNLV
- Cliff Thrift
lb · #59 · East Central (OK)
- Russ Washington
RT · #70 · Missouri
- Jeff West
P · #8 · Cincinnati
- Ed White
RG · #67 · California
- Doug Wilkerson
LG · #63 · North Carolina Central
- Clarence Williams
FB · #40 · South Carolina
- Mike H. Williams
RCB · #29 · LSU
- Kellen Winslow
te · #80 · Missouri
- Mike Wood
K · #16 · Southeast Missouri State
- Don Woods
rb · #33 · New Mexico Highlands; New Mexico
- Wilbur Young
LDT · #99 · William Penn
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