1978-79 Los Angeles Chargers Stats

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1978-79 Los Angeles Chargers Stats
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Team Statistics Chargers Opponents
Total 1st Downs 0 273
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty) 0 - 0 - 0 114 - 141 - 18
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 0 81 / 218
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 16
Total Offensive Yards 0 4559
Offense (Plays - Average Yards) 0 - 1005 - 4.5
Total Rushing Yards 2096 2208
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards) 590 - 3.6 510 - 4.3
Total Passing Yards 3566 2351
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average) 271 - 477 - 30 - 7.5 237 - 441 - 22 - 5.3
Sacks 32 54
Field Goals 18 / 22 11 / 22
Touchdowns 44 39
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive) 16 - 26 - 0 - 2 12 - 23 - 1 - 3
Turnover Ratio 8

1978-79 Chargers Passing Stats

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Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% Long Sck Sack/Lost Rating
Dan Fouts381 224 2999 58.80% 7.90 24 6.30% 20 5.20% 55 22 130 83.0
James Harris88 42 518 47.70% 5.90 2 2.30% 9 10.20% 34 8 43 34.4
Cliff Olander8 5 49 62.50% 6.10 0 0.00% 1 12.50% 22 2 18 40.1

1978-79 Chargers Rushing Stats

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Player Att Yds Yds/Att Long TD
Lydell Mitchell214 820 3.8 25 3
Don Woods151 514 3.4 27 3
Hank Bauer85 304 3.6 37 8
Bo Matthews71 286 4.0 28 0
Clarence Williams27 76 2.8 12 0
Dan Fouts20 43 2.2 22 2
Greg McCrary2 18 9.0 16 0
Rickey Anderson3 11 3.7 6 0
Larry Barnes3 8 2.7 4 0
James Harris10 7 0.7 9 0
John Jefferson1 7 7.0 7 0
Johnny Rodgers1 5 5.0 5 0
Jeff West1 0 0.0 0 0
Cliff Olander1 -3 -3.0 -3 0

1978-79 Chargers Receiving Stats

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Player Rec Yds Yds/Rec Long TD
John Jefferson56 1001 17.9 46 13
Charlie Joiner33 607 18.4 46 1
Lydell Mitchell57 500 8.8 55 2
Bob Klein34 413 12.2 24 2
Don Woods34 295 8.7 29 0
Artie Owens9 188 20.9 41 0
Larry Burton5 127 25.4 55 3
Pat Curran9 92 10.2 20 2
Dwight McDonald3 84 28.0 37 1
Bo Matthews11 78 7.1 13 0
Hank Bauer10 78 7.8 14 1
Johnny Rodgers5 47 9.4 12 0
Greg McCrary1 29 29.0 29 1
Clarence Williams1 17 17.0 17 0
Larry Barnes2 13 6.5 7 0
Rickey Anderson1 -3 -3.0 -3 0

1978-79 Chargers Field Goal Stats

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Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Rolf Benirschke2-2 9-10 4-6 3-4 0-0 0-0

1978-79 Chargers Punting Stats

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Player Punts Yards Long Avg Blk Ret RetY IN 20 Net Avg
Jeff West75 2720 59 37.3 2 37 356 22 30.2

1978-79 Chargers Punt Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Long TD
Mike Fuller39 10 11.2 34 0
Johnny Rodgers11 5 8.0 15 0
Pete Shaw4 3 11.5 16 0
Don Goode1 0 0.0 0 0
Artie Owens1 0 20.0 20 0
Mike Williams1 1 0.0 0 0

1978-79 Chargers Kick Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Yds/Ret Long TD
Artie Owens20 0 524 26.2 77 77
Johnny Rodgers11 0 287 26.1 36 36
Rickey Anderson6 0 83 13.8 21 21
Clarence Williams6 0 143 23.8 33 33
Mike Fuller5 0 109 21.8 32 32
Bob Horn2 0 27 13.5 16 16
Don Woods2 0 37 18.5 19 19
Bob Klein1 0 13 13.0 13 13
Don Macek1 0 6 6.0 6 6
Rick Middleton1 0 5 5.0 5 5
Ray Preston1 0 15 15.0 15 15
Mark Slater1 0 3 3.0 3 3
Hal Stringert1 0 0 0.0 0 0

1978-79 Chargers Defensive Stats

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Player Total Solo Assist Sck Sfty Fumb

1978-79 Chargers Interception Stats

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Player Int Yds Yds/Int Long TD
Gary Johnson1 52 52.0 52 1
Mike Fuller4 44 11.0 23 1
Glen Edwards3 43 14.3 24 0
Mike Williams3 23 7.7 23 0
Woodrow Lowe1 16 16.0 16 0
Hal Stringert2 4 2.0 2 0
Jerome Dove1 4 4.0 4 0
Linden King1 3 3.0 3 0
Rick Middleton1 2 2.0 2 0
Pete Shaw2 0 0.0 0 0
Don Goode1 0 0.0 0 0
Bob Horn1 0 0.0 0 0
Louie Kelcher1 0 0.0 0 0

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