1986 San Diego Chargers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Al Saunders (3-5)
Coach: Don Coryell (1-7)
Location: San Diego, California

1986 San Diego Chargers Roster
1986 San Diego Chargers Results

The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

San Diego chalked up 335 points, while the defensive squad yielded 396. Dan Fouts tossed for 3,031 yards. Gary Anderson grabbed 80 passes, while Wes Chandler accumulated 874 receiving yards, while Kellen Winslow provided receiving help also.

Gary Anderson carried the ball for a team-best 442 yards for the Chargers, while Curtis Adams and Tim Spencer additionally buoyed the ground attack.

Gill Byrd seized 5 opponent throws. Lee Williams topped pass rushers with 15 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 62 sacks.

Al Saunders and Don Coryell coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Dan Fouts	430	252	58.6	3031	7.0	16	3.7	22	5.1	65	21	173	71.4
Mark Herrmann	97	51	52.6	627	6.5	2	2.1	3	3.1	28	5	43	66.8
Tom Flick	73	33	45.2	361	4.9	2	2.7	8	11.0	26	6	49	29.9
Pete Holohan	2	1	50.0	21	10.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	0	0	87.5
Gary Anderson	1	1	100.0	4	4.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	4	0	0	122.9
Buford McGee	1	1	100.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0	0	79.2
Totals	604	339	56.1	4045	6.7	21	3.5	33	5.5	65	32	265

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gary Anderson	127	442	3.5	17	1
Curtis Adams	118	366	3.1	22	4
Tim Spencer	99	350	3.5	23	6
Lionel James	51	224	4.4	24	0
Buford McGee	63	187	3.0	20	7
Mark Herrmann	2	6	3.0	6	0
Tom Flick	6	5	0.8	7	1
Bruce Mathison	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Dan Fouts	4	-3	-0.8	0	0
Totals	471	1576	3.3	24	19

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gary Anderson	80	871	10.9	65	8
Kellen Winslow	64	728	11.4	28	5
Wes Chandler	56	874	15.6	40	4
Charlie Joiner	34	440	12.9	33	2
Trumaine Johnson	30	399	13.3	30	1
Pete Holohan	29	356	12.3	34	1
Lionel James	23	173	7.5	18	0
Buford McGee	10	105	10.5	18	0
Tim Spencer	6	48	8.0	15	0
Curtis Adams	4	26	6.5	10	0
Eric Sievers	2	14	7.0	9	0
Timmie Ware	1	11	11.0	11	0
Totals	339	4045	11.9	65	21

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Rolf Benirschke	41	39	95.1	25	16	64.0	87
Totals	41	39	95.1	25	16	64.0	87

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ralf Mojsiejenko	72	3026	42.0	62
Wes Chandler	5	167	33.4	38
Totals	77	3193	41.5	62

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Gary Anderson	25	227	9.1	30
Lionel James	9	94	10.4	21
Wes Chandler	3	13	4.3	10
Totals	37	334	9.0	30

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Gary Anderson	24	482	20.1	35
Lionel James	18	315	17.5	31
Curtis Adams	5	100	20.0	25
Tim Spencer	5	81	16.2	21
Kevin Wyatt	5	74	14.8	23
Trumaine Johnson	3	48	16.0	21
Buford McGee	1	15	15.0	15
Wes Chandler	1	11	11.0	11
Kellen Winslow	2	11	5.5	8
Gary Plummer	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	65	1137	17.5	35

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gill Byrd	5	45	9.0	18	0
Jeffery Dale	4	153	38.2	50	0
Vencie Glenn	2	31	15.5	31	0
Leslie O'Neal	2	22	11.0	17	1
Donald Brown	1	23	23.0	23	0
Ken Taylor	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	15	274	18.3	50	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Lee Williams	15.0
Leslie O'Neal	12.5
Billy Smith	11.0
Dee Hardison	6.5
Earl Wilson	5.5
Thomas Benson	5.0
Gary Plummer	2.5
Chuck Ehin	2.5
Fred Robinson	1.0
Terry Unrein	0.5
Totals	62.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Gary Plummer	98	98	0		0	2	0	0	1
Leslie O'Neal	82	82	0	0	0	2	0		3
Vencie Glenn	33	33	0	0	0	2	32	0	0
Blaise Winter	6	6	0
Dan Fouts					4	2	-13	0	0
Thomas Benson					0	2	0	0	0
Donald Brown				0	0	2	0	0	0
Woodrow Lowe					0	2	0	0	0
Gary Anderson					5	2	0		0
Kellen Winslow					0	2	0		0
Fred Robinson					0	2	0	0	0
Lee Williams					0	1	6	0	0
Derrie Nelson					0	1	0	0	0
Don Macek					0	1	0	0	0
Tim Spencer					2	1	0		0
Mike Douglass					0	1	0	0	0
Billy Smith					0	1	0	0	0
Tom Flick					1	1	0		0
Dee Hardison					0	1	0	0	0
Chuck Ehin					0	1	0	0	0
Lionel James					5	1	0	0	0
Ken Taylor				0	0	1	0	0	0
Curtis Adams					3	1	0		0
Mark Herrmann					2	0	0	0	0
Wes Chandler					2	0	0		0
Buford McGee					4	0	-3		0
Trumaine Johnson					1	0	0		0
Totals	219	219	0	0	29	32	22	0	4

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Rolf Benirschke									16	39	0			87
Gary Anderson	1	8	0	0					0	0	0			54
Buford McGee	7	0		0					0	0	0			42
Tim Spencer	6	0		0					0	0	0			36
Kellen Winslow		5		0					0	0	0			30
Curtis Adams	4	0		0					0	0	0			24
Wes Chandler		4	0	0					0	0	0			24
Charlie Joiner		2							0	0	0			12
Leslie O'Neal						1			0	0	0			6
Tom Flick	1								0	0	0			6
Trumaine Johnson		1		0					0	0	0			6
Pete Holohan		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	19	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	39	0	0	0	333