1976 San Diego Chargers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Protho (6-8)
Location: San Diego, California
1976 San Diego Chargers RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Tommy Protho (6-8)
Location: San Diego, California
1976 San Diego Chargers Results
The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Chargers netted 248 points, but the defensive squad yielded 285. Rickey Young carried the ball for a team-best 802 yards for San Diego.
Dan Fouts passed for 2,535 yards. Charlie Joiner grabbed 50 passes for 1,056 yards. Rickey Young contributed to the receiving game, too.
Don Goode seized 6 opponent throws.
Tommy Protho 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 | 359 | 208 | 57.9 | 2535 | 7.1 | 14 | 3.9 | 15 | 4.2 | 81 | 39 | 220 | 75.4 |
| Clint Longley | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 130 | 5.4 | 2 | 8.3 | 3 | 12.5 | 28 | 7 | 51 | 54.5 |
| Don Woods | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 106.3 |
| Neal Jeffrey | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 89.6 |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 388 | 223 | 57.5 | 2687 | 6.9 | 17 | 4.4 | 18 | 4.6 | 81 | 46 | 271 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Young | 162 | 802 | 5.0 | 46 | 4 |
| Don Woods | 126 | 450 | 3.6 | 24 | 3 |
| Mercury Morris | 50 | 256 | 5.1 | 30 | 2 |
| Sam Scarber | 61 | 236 | 3.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Bo Matthews | 46 | 199 | 4.3 | 42 | 3 |
| Dan Fouts | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Clint Longley | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Pat Curran | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mitch Hoopes | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jeff West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neal Jeffrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Dorsey | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| Totals | 473 | 2040 | 4.3 | 46 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Joiner | 50 | 1056 | 21.1 | 81 | 7 |
| Rickey Young | 47 | 441 | 9.4 | 33 | 1 |
| Don Woods | 34 | 224 | 6.6 | 34 | 1 |
| Pat Curran | 33 | 349 | 10.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Sam Scarber | 14 | 96 | 6.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Bo Matthews | 12 | 81 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Dwight McDonald | 11 | 161 | 14.6 | 44 | 4 |
| Larry Dorsey | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Mercury Morris | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Artie Owens | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 28 | 1 |
| Gary Garrison | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 36 | 1 |
| Chuck Bradley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 223 | 2687 | 12.0 | 81 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Fritsch | 14 | 11 | 78.6 | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 29 |
| Ray Wersching | 16 | 14 | 87.5 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 26 |
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 31 | 26 | 83.9 | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 56 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fuller | 33 | 436 | 13.2 | 43 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 490 | 10.9 | 43 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artie Owens | 25 | 551 | 22.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Mike Fuller | 20 | 420 | 21.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Ralph Perretta | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Rick Middleton | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bo Matthews | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Preston | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Horn | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 1076 | 20.7 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Goode | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Tom Graham | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Hayes | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 37 | 1 |
| Hal Stringert | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Leroy Jones | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Woodrow Lowe | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Horn | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 299 | 15.0 | 37 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Fouts | 8 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bo Matthews | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Lee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woodrow Lowe | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Scarber | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick Middleton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Preston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Joiner | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Tom Graham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Goode | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louie Kelcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Macek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Fletcher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Colbert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fuller | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Perretta | 1 | 0 | -32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Flanagan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Dorsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Artie Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Neal Jeffrey | 1 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rickey Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 24 | -40 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Charlie Joiner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Rickey Young | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Toni Fritsch | 6 | 11 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Ray Wersching | 4 | 14 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Don Woods | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Dwight McDonald | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Bo Matthews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Sam Scarber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Mercury Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Gary Garrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Pat Curran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Artie Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Mike Fuller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Totals | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
