1996 San Diego Chargers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bobby Ross (8-8)
Location: San Diego, California

1996 San Diego Chargers Roster
1996 San Diego Chargers Results

The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

The Chargers scored 310 points, but the defense yielded 376. Stan Humphries tossed for 2,670 yards. Tony Martin paced all receivers, grabbing 85 passes for 1,171 yards.

Leonard Russell carried the ball for a team-best 713 yards for San Diego.

The sticky-fingered defense led the way with 36 turnovers. Rodney Harrison intercepted 5 opponent throws. Junior Seau sacked opposing passers 7 times.

Bobby Ross coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Stan Humphries	416	232	55.8	2670	6.4	18	4.3	13	3.1	63	20	187	76.7
Sean Salisbury	161	82	50.9	984	6.1	5	3.1	8	5.0	56	13	109	59.6
Totals	577	314	54.4	3654	6.3	23	4.0	21	3.6	63	33	296

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Leonard Russell	219	713	3.3	21	7
Terrell Fletcher	77	282	3.7	19	0
Aaron Hayden	55	166	3.0	13	0
Freddie Bradley	32	109	3.4	17	0
Stan Humphries	21	28	1.3	7	0
Sean Salisbury	6	14	2.3	11	0
Andre Coleman	2	0	0.0	7	0
Totals	412	1312	3.2	21	7

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tony Martin	85	1171	13.8	55	14
Terrell Fletcher	61	476	7.8	41	2
Charlie Jones	41	524	12.8	63	4
Andre Coleman	36	486	13.5	50	2
Alfred Pupunu	24	271	11.3	41	1
Deems May	19	188	9.9	39	0
Leonard Russell	13	180	13.8	35	0
Brian Roche	13	111	8.5	19	0
Shannon Mitchell	10	57	5.7	25	0
Bryan Still	6	142	23.7	56	0
Omar Ellison	3	15	5.0	6	0
Freddie Bradley	1	20	20.0	20	0
Aaron Hayden	1	10	10.0	10	0
Walter Reeves	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	314	3654	11.6	63	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
John Carney	31	31	100.0	36	29	80.6	118
Totals	31	31	100.0	36	29	80.6	118

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Darren Bennett	87	3967	45.6	66
Totals	87	3967	45.6	66

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Darrien Gordon	36	537	14.9	81	1
Charlie Jones	1	21	21.0	21	0
Bryan Still	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	38	559	14.7	81	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Andre Coleman	55	1210	22.0	57
Bryan Still	4	113	28.2	37
Alfred Pupunu	1	15	15.0	15
Rodney Harrison	1	10	10.0	10
Leonard Russell	1	10	10.0	10
Vernon Edwards	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	63	1358	21.6	57

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rodney Harrison	5	56	11.2	29	0
Terrance Shaw	3	78	26.0	36	0
Kurt Gouveia	3	41	13.7	21	0
Willie Clark	2	83	41.5	83	1
Darrien Gordon	2	55	27.5	55	0
Junior Seau	2	18	9.0	10	0
Kevin Ross	2	7	3.5	7	0
Dwayne Harper	1	0	0.0	0	0
Shawn Lee	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Glen Young	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Totals	22	336	15.3	83	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Junior Seau	7.0
Chris Mims	6.0
Marco Coleman	4.0
Reuben Davis	3.0
Raylee Johnson	3.0
Darrien Gordon	2.0
John Parrella	2.0
Rodney Harrison	1.0
Lewis Bush	1.0
Kurt Gouveia	1.0
Vernon Edwards	1.0
Shawn Lee	1.0
Totals	32.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Junior Seau	124	110	28	0	0	3	0	1
Rodney Harrison	115	105	20	0	1	2	4	1
Terrance Shaw	78.5	72	13	0
Kurt Gouveia	74	67	14	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Ross	72.5	67	11	0	0	1	0	2
Lewis Bush	56	48	16		0	2	0	0
Darrien Gordon	47	44	6	0	3	0	0	0
Willie Clark	39.5	37	5	0	0	1	9	0
Marco Coleman	38	34	8		0	0	0	1
John Parrella	34.5	31	7
Reuben Davis	27	24	6		0	1	0	0
Chris Mims	24	20	8		0	2	0	2
Dwayne Harper	18	17	2	0
Shawn Lee	15	13	4	0
Glen Young	9.5	7	5	0	0	1	0	0
Eric Castle	9	7	4
Mark Montreuil	6	6	0
Patrick Sapp	6	6	0
Vernon Edwards	5	5	0		0	0	0	1
Dave Hendrix	4.5	4	1
Dwayne Gordon	3	3	0
Stan Humphries					7	4	-6	0
Andre Coleman					4	3	0	0
Leonard Russell					6	2	-7	0
Alfred Pupunu					1	2	0	0
Aaron Hayden					1	1	0	0
Vaughn Parker					0	1	0	0
Terrell Fletcher					1	1	0	0
Eric Moten					0	1	0	0
Deems May					0	1	0	0
Sean Salisbury					3	0	-10	0
Shannon Mitchell					1	0	0	0
Bryan Still					2	0	0	0
Totals	806	727	158	0	30	29	-10	9

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
John Carney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	31	0			118
Tony Martin	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			84
Leonard Russell	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Charlie Jones	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Terrell Fletcher	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Andre Coleman	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Alfred Pupunu	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Darrien Gordon	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Willie Clark	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	7	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	29	31	0	0	0	310