1973 San Diego Chargers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ron Waller (1-5)
Coach: Harland Svare (1-6-1)
Location: San Diego, California

1973 San Diego Chargers Roster
1973 San Diego Chargers Results

The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 2 wins and 11 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

The Chargers labored to change the scoreboard with just 188 points, while the shaky defensive squad yielded 386. Cid Edwards carried the ball for a team-best 609 yards for San Diego, and Mike Garrett also aided the ground game.

Dan Fouts threw for 1,126 yards. Jerry LeVias grabbed 30 passes for 536 yards.

Bob Howard picked off 5 opponent throws.

Ron Waller and Harland Svare 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	194	87	44.8	1126	5.8	6	3.1	13	6.7	69	14	129	46.0
Wayne Clark	90	40	44.4	532	5.9	0	0.0	9	10.0	54	9	96	24.2
Johnny Unitas	76	34	44.7	471	6.2	3	3.9	7	9.2	51	14	96	40.0
Mike Garrett	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Ron Holliday	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	363	161	44.4	2129	5.9	9	2.5	30	8.3	69	37	321

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Cid Edwards	133	609	4.6	50	1
Mike Garrett	114	467	4.1	68	0
Robert Holmes	78	289	3.7	24	7
Clint Jones	55	170	3.1	38	1
Wayne Clark	13	86	6.6	16	0
Ron Holliday	6	70	11.7	22	0
Bob Thomas	22	48	2.2	12	0
Jerry LeVias	2	33	16.5	22	0
Dan Fouts	7	32	4.6	16	0
Pettis Norman	1	10	10.0	10	0
Totals	431	1814	4.2	68	9

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jerry LeVias	30	536	17.9	69	3
Cid Edwards	25	164	6.6	28	0
Robert Holmes	19	151	7.9	30	0
Mike Garrett	15	124	8.3	30	1
Gary Garrison	14	292	20.9	51	2
Ron Holliday	14	182	13.0	36	0
Pettis Norman	13	200	15.4	24	0
Clint Jones	7	125	17.9	37	0
Jim Thaxton	7	119	17.0	31	2
Dave Williams	7	118	16.9	30	0
Bob Thomas	7	51	7.3	37	1
Willie McGee	3	67	22.3	50	0
Totals	161	2129	13.2	69	9

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Ray Wersching	15	13	86.7	25	11	44.0	46
Dennis Partee	6	6	100.0	2	1	50.0	9
Ron Holliday	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	22	20	90.9	27	12	44.4	56

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dennis Partee	72	2958	41.1	62
Totals	72	2958	41.1	62

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ron Smith	27	352	13.0	84	2
Willie McGee	6	56	9.3	28	0
Totals	33	408	12.4	84	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ron Smith	36	947	26.3	70
Willie McGee	20	423	21.2	50
Clint Jones	10	217	21.7	40
Ron East	1	8	8.0	8
Mel Rogers	1	4	4.0	4
Jay Douglas	1	0	0.0	0
Ralph Wenzel	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	70	1599	22.8	70

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bob Howard	5	25	5.0	25	0
Mike Stratton	3	46	15.3	23	0
Coy Bacon	1	80	80.0	80	1
Bryant Salter	1	20	20.0	20	0
Tim Rossovich	1	9	9.0	9	0
Carl Gersbach	1	9	9.0	9	0
Floyd Rice	1	8	8.0	8	0
Ron Smith	1	4	4.0	4	0
Mel Rogers	1	3	3.0	3	0
Rick Redman	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	16	205	12.8	80	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds
Ron Smith		0	10	6	8
Lionel Aldridge			0	3	0
Ira Gordon			0	2	0
Bob Thomas			3	2	0
Bob Howard		0	0	2	2
Pete Lazetich			0	1	0
Russ Washington			0	1	0
Joe Beauchamp			0	1	0
Clint Jones			2	1	0
Lenny Dunlap			0	1	0
Mel Rogers		0	0	1	0
Carl Mauck			0	1	0
Tim Rossovich		0	0	1	0
Ron Holliday			1	1	0
Deacon Jones			0	1	0
Dan Fouts			2	1	0
Walt Sweeney			0	1	0
Rick Redman		0	0	1	0
Mike Garrett			6	1	0
Coy Bacon		0	0	1	0
Carl Gersbach		0	0	1	0
Ron East			0	1	0
Wayne Clark			1	1	0
Bryant Salter		0	0	1	0
Dave Costa			0	1	0
Willie McGee			4	1	0
Cid Edwards			3	0	0
Johnny Unitas			3	0	0
Robert Holmes			5	0	0
Totals	0	0	40	36	10

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Ray Wersching	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	13	0			46
Robert Holmes	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Jerry LeVias	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Ron Smith	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Gary Garrison	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Jim Thaxton	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Dennis Partee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0			9
Bob Thomas	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Coy Bacon	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Cid Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Clint Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Mike Garrett	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Floyd Rice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0			6
Ron Holliday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			1
Totals	9	9	2	0	0	1	0	1	12	20	0	0	0	188