1989 San Diego Chargers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-10-0, 5th in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dan Henning (6-10-0)

Points For: 266 (16.6/g) 23rd of 28

Points Against: 290 (18.1/g) 9th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.2-8.8

SRS: -0.73 (16th of 28), SOS: .77

Offensive Coordinator: Larry Beightol

Defensive Coordinator: Ron Lynn

Other Notable Asst.: Gunther Cunningham (Defensive Line), Bobby Jackson (Running Backs), Jim Mora (Defensive Backs) and Ted Tollner (Assistant Head Coach/QB)

Stadium: Jack Murphy Stadium

Principal Owner: Alex Spanos

General Manager: Steve Ortmayer

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +12500; O/U: 5.5

Training Camp: UC San Diego (San Diego, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	266	4910	986	5.0	36	17	267	270	515	3037	15	19	5.5	149	432	1873	13	4.3	95	122	906	23
Opp. Stats	290	4764	1040	4.6	38	13	295	283	513	2951	15	25	5.3	172	479	1813	13	3.8	102	93	741	21
Lg Rank Offense	23	21			16	19	23		13	22	23	12	22		19	16	16	6
Lg Rank Defense	9	6			8	18	12		14	4	3	5	4		15	13	13	11

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Los Angeles Raiders	14	40	16	305	134	171	1	23	418	258	160	1	3.29	-20.49	-2.38
2	Sun	September 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Houston Oilers	27	34	24	413	372	41	5	26	367	235	132		-0.70	-14.90	6.70
3	Sun	September 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2		Kansas City Chiefs	21	6	18	296	96	200		13	272	154	118	5	4.27	12.73	2.06
4	Sun	October 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2	@	Phoenix Cardinals	24	13	13	268	165	103		17	301	232	69	4	-9.91	24.15	-1.94
5	Sun	October 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	Denver Broncos	10	16	12	211	93	118	2	24	335	179	156	1	-5.74	-4.84	5.30
6	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4		Seattle Seahawks	16	17	26	362	263	99	4	15	224	139	85	3	5.01	2.28	-10.74
7	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		New York Giants	13	20	9	179	128	51	1	24	327	218	109	2	-14.54	5.93	-0.93
8	Sun	October 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6	@	Seattle Seahawks	7	10	11	195	103	92	1	23	339	269	70	2	-8.26	1.06	6.47
9	Sun	November 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-6		Philadelphia Eagles	20	17	17	358	254	104	3	24	373	195	178	3	2.44	1.40	-1.89
10	Sun	November 12	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-6		Los Angeles Raiders	14	12	12	202	66	136	2	15	295	161	134	3	-10.86	14.67	-3.00
11	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-7	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	20	20	359	225	134	3	14	191	103	88	1	0.88	18.62	-25.23
12	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-8	@	Indianapolis Colts	6	10	14	314	137	177	1	11	264	205	59	2	-23.09	19.42	-1.18
13	Sun	December 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-9		New York Jets	17	20	14	258	187	71	2	19	249	68	181	4	-20.20	20.30	-3.67
14	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-10	@	Washington Redskins	21	26	21	427	350	77	1	20	389	302	87	1	8.74	-5.71	-4.66
15	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-10	@	Kansas City Chiefs	20	13	22	376	159	217	4	11	214	124	90	3	-12.33	15.89	-0.09
16	Sun	December 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-10		Denver Broncos	19	16	18	387	305	82	6	16	206	109	97	3	-11.85	19.03	-2.25

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Jim McMahon	30	QB	12	11	4-7-0	176	318	55.3	2132	10	3.1	10	3.1	97	37.9	69	6.7	5.9	12.1	177.7	73.5	28	167	8.09	5.68	5.0	2	3
2	Billy Joe Tolliver	23	QB	5	5	2-3-0	89	185	48.1	1097	5	2.7	8	4.3	48	34.5	49	5.9	4.5	12.3	219.4	57.9	9	75	4.64	5.27	3.9	2	2
3	David Archer	27	QB	16	0		5	12	41.7	62	0	0.0	1	8.3	4	35.7	17	5.2	1.4	12.4	3.9	23.6	2	12	14.29	3.57	0.4	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	6-10-0	270	515	52.4	3037	15	2.9	19	3.7	149	36.6	69	6.4	5.3	12.2	189.8	66.7	39	254	7.04	5.48	4.48	4	5

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Anthony Miller	24	WR	16	16	4	21	0	2	50.0	24	5.3	1.3	0.3	151	75	1252	16.7	10	56	43.0	69	4.7	78.3	49.7	8.3	79	16.1	1273	10	1	PB
2	Marion Butts	23	RB	15	5	170	683	9	38	41.8	50	4.0	45.5	11.3	12	7	21	3.0	0	0	16.7	8	0.5	1.4	58.3	1.8	177	4.0	704	9	2
3	Tim Spencer	29	RB	16	11	134	521	3	24	53.7	15	3.9	32.6	8.4	24	18	112	6.2	0	5	54.2	23	1.1	7.0	75.0	4.7	152	4.2	633	3	3
4	Darrin Nelson	30	RB	9	0	36	197	0	7	41.7	28	5.5	21.9	4.0	52	31	328	10.6	0	9	26.9	49	3.4	36.4	59.6	6.3	67	7.8	525	0	1
5	Wayne Walker	23	WR	13	4	1	9	0	0	100.0	9	9.0	0.7	0.1	57	24	395	16.5	1	17	33.3	49	1.8	30.4	42.1	6.9	25	16.2	404	1	2
6	Jamie Holland	25	WR	16	6	6	46	0	2	50.0	24	7.7	2.9	0.4	60	26	336	12.9	0	17	36.7	37	1.6	21.0	43.3	5.6	32	11.9	382	0	0
7	Rod Bernstine	24	RB	5	0	15	137	1	5	53.3	32	9.1	27.4	3.0	27	21	222	10.6	1	12	63.0	36	4.2	44.4	77.8	8.2	36	10.0	359	2	0
8	Arthur Cox	28	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	31	22	200	9.1	2	11	54.8	24	1.4	12.5	71.0	6.5	22	9.1	200	2	0
9	Quinn Early	24	WR	6	3	1	19	0	1	100.0	19	19.0	3.2	0.2	27	11	126	11.5	0	6	37.0	21	1.8	21.0	40.7	4.7	12	12.1	145	0	0
10	Jim McMahon	30	QB	12	11	29	141	0	12	55.2	15	4.9	11.8	2.4	1	1	4	4.0	0	0	100.0	4	0.1	0.3	100.0	4.0	30	4.8	145	0	3
11	Dana Brinson	24	WR	10	0	17	64	0	1	29.4	9	3.8	6.4	1.7	21	12	71	5.9	0	5	28.6	11	1.2	7.1	57.1	3.4	29	4.7	135	0	3
12	Craig McEwen	24	RB	4	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	13	7	99	14.1	0	4	53.8	29	1.8	24.8	53.8	7.6	7	14.1	99	0	0
13	Joe Caravello	26	TE	12	9	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	13	10	95	9.5	0	4	46.2	37	0.8	7.9	76.9	7.3	11	8.6	95	0	0
14	Victor Floyd	23	RB	6	0	8	15	0	0	0.0	5	1.9	2.5	1.3	2	1	6	6.0	0	0	0.0	6	0.2	1.0	50.0	3.0	9	2.3	21	0	1
15	Anthony Allen	30	WR	7	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	2	19	9.5	0	2	33.3	11	0.3	2.7	33.3	3.2	2	9.5	19	0	0
16	David Archer	27	QB	16	0	2	14	0	1	50.0	14	7.0	0.9	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	7.0	14	0	0
17	Gary Plummer	29	LILB	16	16	1	6	0	1	100.0	6	6.0	0.4	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	6.0	6	0	0
18	Andy Parker	28	TE	10	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	5	2.5	1	1	33.3	4	0.2	0.5	66.7	1.7	2	2.5	5	1	0
19	Billy Joe Tolliver	23	QB	5	5	7	0	0	1	14.3		0.0	0.0	1.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			7	0.0	0	0	4
	Team Totals			16	16	432	1873	13	95	45.6	50	4.3	117.1	27.0	500	270	3291	12.2	15	149	40.4	69	16.9	205.7	54.0	6.6	702	7.4	5164	28	20

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Martin Bayless	27	SS	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	61	61	0	0
2	Gill Byrd	28	LCB	16	16	7	38	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Vencie Glenn	25	FS	16	16	4	52	0	31	0	0	1	81	1	1.0	68	68	0	0
4	Burt Grossman	22	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	63	63	0	0
5	Courtney Hall	21	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-29	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Anthony Miller	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
7	Leslie O'Neal	25	ROLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	10	0	12.5	96	96	0	0	PB
8	Gary Plummer	29	LILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	146	146	0	0
9	Billy Ray Smith	28	LOLB	16	16	1	9	0	9	1	0	2	23	1	2.5	0	0	0	0
10	Lee Williams	27	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
11	Joe Phillips	26	NT	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	37	37	0	0
12	Cedric Figaro	23	RILB	16	14	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	64	64	0	0
13	Sam Seale	27	RCB	13	12	4	47	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Jim McMahon	30	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Tim Spencer	29	RB	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Joe Caravello	26	TE	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Marion Butts	23	RB	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Billy Joe Tolliver	23	QB	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	-6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Wayne Walker	23	WR	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Elvis Patterson	29	DB	16	3	2	44	0	34	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Joey Howard	24	T	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Chris Gannon	23	TE	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Lester Lyles	27	DB	16	1	2	28	0	28	2	1	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
24	Chris Bahr	36	K	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Roy Bennett	28	DB	16	0	3	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	David Brandon	24	LB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	9	0	0
27	Dana Brinson	24	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Victor Floyd	23	RB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	George Hinkle	24	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
30	Phil McConkey	32	WR	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Les Miller	24	NT	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	18	18	0	0
32	Darrin Nelson	30	RB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Johnny Thomas	25	DB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0
34	Darryl Usher	24	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	25	224	0	34	12	24	18	79	2	48.0	569	569	0	0

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