1997 San Diego Chargers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-12
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Kevin Gilbride (4-12)
Location: San Diego, California

1997 San Diego Chargers Roster
1997 San Diego Chargers Results

The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

The Chargers racked up 266 points, but the shaky defensive squad yielded 425, most in the circuit. Stan Humphries threw for 1,488 yards, and Craig Whelihan played quarterback also. Tony Martin grabbed 63 passes for 904 yards.

Gary Brown carried the ball for a team-best 945 yards for San Diego.

Junior Seau, Paul Bradford, Greg Jackson, Rodney Harrison and Dwayne Harper each intercepted 2 opponent throws. Junior Seau sacked quarterbacks 7 times.

Kevin Gilbride 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	225	121	53.8	1488	6.6	5	2.2	6	2.7	72	18	144	70.8
Craig Whelihan	237	118	49.8	1357	5.7	6	2.5	10	4.2	61	21	168	58.3
Jim Everett	75	36	48.0	457	6.1	1	1.3	4	5.3	62	4	30	49.7
Todd Philcox	28	16	57.1	173	6.2	0	0.0	1	3.6	29	8	44	60.6
Totals	565	291	51.5	3475	6.2	12	2.1	21	3.7	72	51	386

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gary Brown	253	945	3.7	32	4
Terrell Fletcher	51	161	3.2	13	0
Kenny Bynum	30	97	3.2	19	0
Aaron Craver	20	71	3.6	22	0
Charlie Jones	4	42	10.5	17	0
Craig Whelihan	13	29	2.2	7	0
Stan Humphries	13	24	1.8	11	0
Erric Pegram	9	23	2.6	18	1
Carwell Gardner	7	20	2.9	5	0
Jim Everett	5	6	1.2	6	0
Todd Philcox	1	3	3.0	3	0
Eric Metcalf	3	-5	-1.7	2	0
Totals	409	1416	3.5	32	5

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tony Martin	63	904	14.3	72	6
Freddie Jones	41	505	12.3	62	2
Eric Metcalf	40	576	14.4	62	2
Terrell Fletcher	39	292	7.5	25	0
Charlie Jones	32	423	13.2	44	1
Bryan Still	24	324	13.5	39	0
Gary Brown	21	137	6.5	27	0
Frank Hartley	19	246	12.9	35	1
Aaron Craver	4	26	6.5	20	0
Carwell Gardner	2	10	5.0	8	0
Erric Pegram	2	7	3.5	4	0
Kenny Bynum	2	4	2.0	3	0
Shannon Mitchell	1	14	14.0	14	0
Alfred Pupunu	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	291	3475	11.9	72	12

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Greg Davis	22	21	95.5	24	19	79.2	78
John Carney	5	5	100.0	7	7	100.0	26
Totals	27	26	96.3	31	26	83.9	104

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Darren Bennett	89	3972	44.6	66
Totals	89	3972	44.6	66

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Eric Metcalf	45	489	10.9	85	3
Rodney Harrison	1	0	0.0	0	0
Greg Jackson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	47	489	10.4	85	3

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Kenny Bynum	38	814	21.4	57	0
Eric Metcalf	16	355	22.2	63	0
Latario Rachal	15	336	22.4	30	0
Aaron Craver	3	68	22.7	27	0
Rodney Harrison	1	40	40.0	40	1
Ben Bordelon	2	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	75	1613	21.5	63	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rodney Harrison	2	75	37.5	75	1
Paul Bradford	2	56	28.0	56	1
Dwayne Harper	2	43	21.5	43	0
Greg Jackson	2	37	18.5	36	1
Junior Seau	2	33	16.5	26	0
Terrance Shaw	1	11	11.0	11	0
Marco Coleman	1	2	2.0	2	0
Mike Dumas	1	0	0.0	0	0
William Fuller	1	0	0.0	0	0
Kurt Gouveia	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	15	257	17.1	75	3

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Junior Seau	7.0
Rodney Harrison	4.0
John Parrella	3.5
William Fuller	3.0
Shawn Lee	3.0
Raylee Johnson	2.5
Marco Coleman	2.0
Norman Hand	1.0
Mike Dumas	1.0
Totals	27.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Rodney Harrison	114	96	36	0	0	3	0	0	1
Junior Seau	90.5	84	13	0	1	2	5	0	1
Mike Dumas	86	78	16	0	0	1	0	0	1
Terrance Shaw	68.5	66	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Lewis Bush	53.5	51	5					0
Marco Coleman	43.5	39	9	0	0	0	0	0	3
Dwayne Harper	40.5	38	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
John Parrella	35.5	32	7		0	1	0	0	0
Shawn Lee	29	27	4					0
Patrick Sapp	28	24	8					0
William Fuller	26.5	24	5	0				0
Paul Bradford	22.5	22	1	0	0	1	78	1	0
Kurt Gouveia	24	21	6	0				0
Norman Hand	17.5	16	3					0
Michael Swift	14	13	2		0	1	6	0	0
James Burgess	13.5	13	1					0
Greg Jackson	12.5	12	1	0	0	1	41	1	0
Mark Montreuil	12.5	11	3					0
Toran James	5	4	2					0
Gerome Williams	4	4	0					0
Mike Mohring	2	2	0					0
Michael Hamilton	1	1	0					0
Dorian Brew	1	0	2					0
Van Van Tuinei	0.5	0	1					0
Craig Whelihan					7	2	-11	0	0
Eric Metcalf					4	2	0	0	0
Troy Sienkiewicz					0	2	7	0	0
Vaughn Parker					0	2	0	0	0
Stan Humphries					7	1	-10	0	0
Raleigh McKenzie					0	1	0	0	0
Tony Berti					0	1	0	0	0
Jim Everett					2	1	-8	0	0
Aaron Craver					0	1	0	0	0
Latario Rachal					1	1	0	0	0
Alfred Pupunu					0	1	0	0	0
Todd Philcox					2	0	0	0	0
Terrell Fletcher					4	0	0	0	0
Gary Brown					2	0	0	0	0
Totals	745.5	678	135	0	30	27	108	2	6

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Greg Davis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	21	0			78
Tony Martin	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Eric Metcalf	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
John Carney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	0			26
Gary Brown	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Rodney Harrison	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0			18
Greg Jackson	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			12
Freddie Jones	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Paul Bradford	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			12
Erric Pegram	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Charlie Jones	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Frank Hartley	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	5	12	3	1	0	3	2	1	26	26	0	0	0	266