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 RosterTeam 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 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.
Greg Jackson, Paul Bradford, Junior Seau, 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 | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Seau | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rodney Harrison | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| John Parrella | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| William Fuller | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Shawn Lee | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Raylee Johnson | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Marco Coleman | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Norman Hand | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Dumas | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 27.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Harrison | 114 | 96 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Patrick Sapp | 28 | 24 | 8 | ||||||
| William Fuller | 26.5 | 24 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Paul Bradford | 22.5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 1 | 0 |
| Kurt Gouveia | 24 | 21 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Norman Hand | 17.5 | 16 | 3 | ||||||
| Michael Swift | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Burgess | 13.5 | 13 | 1 | ||||||
| Greg Jackson | 12.5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Montreuil | 12.5 | 11 | 3 | ||||||
| Toran James | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Gerome Williams | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Mohring | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Michael Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Dorian Brew | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Van Van Tuinei | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Craig Whelihan | 7 | 2 | -11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eric Metcalf | 4 | 2 | 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 | |||||
| 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 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Tony Martin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Eric Metcalf | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| John Carney | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Gary Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Rodney Harrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Greg Jackson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Freddie Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Paul Bradford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Erric Pegram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Charlie Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Frank Hartley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 |
