| New England Patriots at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 9, 1975 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 24161 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 68 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 33 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ray Wersching 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 38 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Bobby Howard 44 interception return (John Smith kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ray Wersching 30 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 19 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 4 run (John Smith kick) | 20 | 6 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 35 FG | 23 | 6 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ray Wersching 25 FG | 23 | 9 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Randy Vataha 13 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 30 | 9 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 8 pass from Dan Fouts (Ray Wersching kick) | 30 | 16 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 46 FG | 33 | 16 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ray Wersching 37 FG | 33 | 19 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Darryl Stingley |
| 18 | WR | Randy Vataha |
| 70 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 63 | ROT | Shelby Jordan |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
| 39 | RB | Sam Cunningham |
| 32 | RB | Andy Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Tony McGee |
| 71 | NT | Ray Hamilton |
| 85 | RDT | Julius Adams |
| 90 | RDE | George Webster |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 50 | RILB | Sam Hunt |
| 54 | ROLB | Steve Zabel |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 34 | LS | Prentice McCray |
| 25 | RS | John Sanders |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 80 | WR | Dwight McDonald |
| 65 | LOT | Booker Brown |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 69 | ROG | Ira Gordon |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 82 | TE | Pat Curran |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 41 | RB | Bo Matthews |
| 34 | RB | Rickey Young |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Fred Dean |
| 64 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 72 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 77 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 50 | LLB | Don Goode |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 57 | RLB | Floyd Rice |
| 40 | LCB | Joe Beauchamp |
| 47 | LS | Samaji Adi Akili |
| 44 | RS | Chris Fletcher |
| 20 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 21 | 90 | 4.3 | 7 | 1 |
| Andy Johnson | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Mack Herron | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rickey Young | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Dan Fouts | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Bo Matthews | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Sam Scarber | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Garrison | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 1 | 245 | 8.8 | 1 | 86.2 | |||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 42 | 25 | 59.5 | 2 | 329 | 7.8 | 1 | 72.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Randy Vataha | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 1 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Russ Francis | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| Andy Johnson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Mack Herron | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Pat Curran | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Gary Garrison | 7 | 108 | 15.4 | 1 | |
| Rickey Young | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Joe Sweet | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | |
| Sam Scarber | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Dwight McDonald | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Ron Bolton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Samaji Adi Akili | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Patrick | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mack Herron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mack Herron | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 0 | ||
| Allen Carter | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Smith | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Fred Dean | 2.0 |
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