1984 San Diego Chargers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Don Coryell (7-9)
Location: San Diego, California

1984 San Diego Chargers Roster
1984 San Diego Chargers Results

The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

The Chargers piled up points with 394 points, but the defense surrendered 413. Dan Fouts led the charge, slinging for 3,740 yards. Charlie Joiner paced pass catchers, grabbing 61 passes for 793 yards. Wes Chandler, Bobby Duckworth, Kellen Winslow and Pete Holohan each contributed to the receiving game, too.

Earnest Jackson carried the ball for a team-best 1,179 yards for San Diego.

Gill Byrd seized 4 opponent throws. Keith Ferguson sacked quarterbacks 8 times.

Don Coryell 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	507	317	62.5	3740	7.4	19	3.7	17	3.4	61	29	228	83.4
Ed Luther	151	83	55.0	1163	7.7	5	3.3	3	2.0	88	7	57	82.7
Pete Holohan	2	1	50.0	25	12.5	1	50.0	0	0.0	25	0	0	135.4
Lionel James	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	662	401	60.6	4928	7.4	25	3.8	21	3.2	88	36	285

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Earnest Jackson	296	1179	4.0	32	8
Buford McGee	67	226	3.4	30	4
Lionel James	25	115	4.6	20	0
Chuck Muncie	14	51	3.6	11	0
Pete Johnson	19	46	2.4	7	3
Jewerl Thomas	14	43	3.1	9	2
Wayne Morris	5	12	2.4	5	1
Ed Luther	4	11	2.8	7	0
Dan Fouts	12	-29	-2.4	3	0
Totals	456	1654	3.6	32	18

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Charlie Joiner	61	793	13.0	41	6
Pete Holohan	56	734	13.1	51	1
Kellen Winslow	55	663	12.1	33	2
Wes Chandler	52	708	13.6	63	6
Eric Sievers	41	438	10.7	32	3
Earnest Jackson	39	222	5.7	21	1
Bobby Duckworth	25	715	28.6	88	4
Lionel James	23	206	9.0	31	0
Jesse Bendross	16	213	13.3	29	0
Ron Egloff	11	92	8.4	17	0
Buford McGee	9	76	8.4	43	2
Wayne Morris	5	20	4.0	9	0
Chuck Muncie	4	38	9.5	20	0
Pete Johnson	2	7	3.5	7	0
Andrew Gissinger	1	3	3.0	3	0
Dan Fouts	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	401	4928	12.3	88	25

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Rolf Benirschke	41	41	100.0	26	17	65.4	92
Benny Ricardo	6	5	83.3	3	3	100.0	14
Totals	47	46	97.9	29	20	69.0	106

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Maury Buford	66	2773	42.0	60
Totals	66	2773	42.0	60

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Lionel James	30	208	6.9	58	1
Steve Bird	1	4	4.0	4	0
Lucious Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0
Reuben Henderson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	33	212	6.4	58	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Lionel James	43	959	22.3	55
Buford McGee	14	315	22.5	35
Ron Egloff	2	20	10.0	11
Steve Bird	2	15	7.5	15
Earnest Jackson	1	10	10.0	10
Derrel Gofourth	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	63	1319	20.9	55

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gill Byrd	4	157	39.2	99	2
Woodrow Lowe	3	61	20.3	32	1
Billy Smith	3	41	13.7	21	0
Linden King	2	52	26.0	37	0
John Turner	2	43	21.5	43	0
Andre Young	2	31	15.5	31	0
Lee Williams	1	66	66.0	66	1
Tim Fox	1	36	36.0	36	0
Bob Gregor	1	12	12.0	12	0
Totals	19	499	26.3	99	4

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Keith Ferguson	8.0
Fred Robinson	4.5
Linden King	4.0
Woodrow Lowe	3.0
Billy Smith	3.0
Chuck Ehin	2.0
Bill Elko	1.5
Lee Williams	1.0
Tim Fox	1.0
Andre Young	1.0
Rick Ackerman	1.0
Mike Green	1.0
Ken Greene	1.0
Totals	32.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds
Lionel James			9	4	0
Billy Smith		0	0	3	0
Dennis McKnight			0	2	0
Ken Greene			0	2	0
Pete Holohan			0	2	19
Linden King		0	1	2	0
Earnest Jackson			3	2	0
Dan Fouts			8	1	0
Eric Sievers			1	1	0
Doug Wilkerson			0	1	0
Miles McPherson			0	1	0
Jewerl Thomas			1	1	0
John Turner		0	0	1	0
Tim Fox		0	0	1	0
Chuck Ehin			0	1	0
Buford McGee			1	1	0
Andre Young		0	1	1	0
Mike Green			0	1	0
Keith Ferguson			0	1	0
Eric Williams			0	1	0
Wayne Morris			0	1	0
Lucious Smith			1	0	0
Chuck Muncie			1	0	0
Reuben Henderson			1	0	0
Bobby Duckworth			1	0	0
Jesse Bendross			1	0	0
Steve Bird			1	0	0
Woodrow Lowe		0	1	0	0
Kellen Winslow			1	0	0
Ed Luther			2	0	0
Totals	0	0	35	31	19

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Rolf Benirschke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	41	0			92
Earnest Jackson	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
Buford McGee	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Wes Chandler	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Charlie Joiner	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Bobby Duckworth	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Pete Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Eric Sievers	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Benny Ricardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0			14
Jewerl Thomas	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Gill Byrd	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0			12
Kellen Winslow	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Lee Williams	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Lionel James	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Woodrow Lowe	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Wayne Morris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Pete Holohan	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	18	25	1	0	0	4	0	0	20	46	0	0	0	394