Week 9, 1981

played in New England, MA

63 degrees, rain, 10 mph wind

San Diego Chargers	0	10	7	17	-	34
New England Patriots	7	0	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:38 NED - Lynn Swann 39 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Bucky Wallace extra point)
2Q: 08:13 SDO - Johnny Rodgers 21 pass from Dan Fouts (Chester Marcol extra point)
2Q: 00:36 SDO - Chester Marcol 26 field goal
3Q: 09:21 SDO - Wendell Tyler 3 pass from Dan Fouts (Chester Marcol extra point)
4Q: 10:53 SDO - Aundra Thompson 50 pass from Dan Fouts (Chester Marcol extra point)
4Q: 05:55 SDO - Chester Marcol 35 field goal
4Q: 03:02 SDO - Wendell Tyler 4 run (Chester Marcol extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:38 NED - Lynn Swann 39 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Bucky Wallace extra point)
2Q: 08:13 SDO - Johnny Rodgers 21 pass from Dan Fouts (Chester Marcol extra point)
2Q: 00:36 SDO - Chester Marcol 26 field goal
3Q: 09:21 SDO - Wendell Tyler 3 pass from Dan Fouts (Chester Marcol extra point)
4Q: 10:53 SDO - Aundra Thompson 50 pass from Dan Fouts (Chester Marcol extra point)
4Q: 05:55 SDO - Chester Marcol 35 field goal
4Q: 03:02 SDO - Wendell Tyler 4 run (Chester Marcol extra point)

Team Statistics SDO NED
Record 8-0 5-3
First Downs 20 9
- by Rushing 5 3
- by Passing 15 4
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 384 116
- Offensive Plays 74 48
- Yards per Play 5.19 2.42
Net Rushing Yards 82 49
- Rushing Attempts 30 18
- Yards per Rush 2.73 2.72
Net Passing Yards 302 67
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 29 - 1 24 - 9 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 318 103
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/16 6/36
- Yards per Pass Play 6.86 2.23
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 11/20 3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.7 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/30 4/20
Punt Returns/Yards 4/51 1/18
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 4/134
Interception Ret./Yards 1/13 1/77
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 31
Time of Possession 39:03 20:57

Team Statistics	SDO	NED
Record	8-0	5-3
First Downs	20	9
- by Rushing	5	3
- by Passing	15	4
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	384	116
- Offensive Plays	74	48
- Yards per Play	5.19	2.42
Net Rushing Yards	82	49
- Rushing Attempts	30	18
- Yards per Rush	2.73	2.72
Net Passing Yards	302	67
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 29 - 1	24 - 9 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	318	103
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/16	6/36
- Yards per Pass Play	6.86	2.23
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	11/20	3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.7	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/30	4/20
Punt Returns/Yards	4/51	1/18
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	4/134
Interception Ret./Yards	1/13	1/77
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 37	OWN 31
Time of Possession	39:03	20:57

Drive Charts

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:19	1:36	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
1	8:19	1:23	OWN 30	3	1	Punt
1	5:04	1:19	OWN 41	3	8	Punt
2	13:25	5:29	OWN 28	10	72	Touchdown
2	5:10	2:02	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	2:01	1:30	OWN 38	9	53	Field Goal
3	15:00	5:45	OWN 36	9	64	Touchdown
3	8:07	8:07	OWN 12	15	73	Interception
4	14:50	1:36	OWN 19	4	15	Punt
4	11:39	1:05	OWN 47	3	53	Touchdown
4	9:49	4:00	OPP 36	6	18	Field Goal
4	4:36	1:42	OPP 16	3	16	Touchdown
4	1:54	1:54	OPP 46	3	0	Game

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:41	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
1	10:43	2:24	OWN 23	5	15	Punt
1	6:56	1:52	OWN 22	3	5	Punt
1	3:45	5:20	OWN 3	9	36	Punt
2	7:56	2:46	OWN 45	5	12	Punt
2	3:08	1:07	OWN 36	3	-7	Punt
2	0:31	0:31	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	9:15	1:08	OPP 48	3	0	Punt
4	15:00	0:10	OPP 14	1	4	Fumble
4	13:14	1:35	OWN 14	3	6	Punt
4	10:34	0:45	OWN 36	1	0	Interception
4	5:49	1:13	OWN 30	4	-14	Downs
4	2:54	1:00	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt

Game MVP: Dan Fouts, San Diego Chargers

Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Wendell Tyler	16	41	2.56	12	1	1
Ricky Bell	10	38	3.80	11	1	0
Ron Lee	2	0	0.00	1	0	0
Bo Matthews	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
Gene Washington	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Chuck Foreman	9	29	3.22	10	1
Steve Bartkowski	3	6	2.00	5	0
Jimmy Rogers	3	11	3.67	9	0
Loaird McCreary	2	4	2.00	4	0
Darryl Stingley	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dan Fouts	41	29	318	3/16	3	50	1	107.5

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Bartkowski	24	9	103	6/36	1	39	1	47.7

Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Aundra Thompson	6	6	94	15.67	45	50	1
WR Johnny Rodgers	5	9	58	11.60	10	21	1
WR Gene Washington	5	8	41	8.20	0	10	0
RB Wendell Tyler	5	6	23	4.60	8	9	1
WR David Knight	3	4	62	20.67	11	27	0
RB Ricky Bell	2	2	23	11.50	15	16	0
FB Bo Matthews	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0
TE Paul Seymour	1	3	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
FB Ron Lee	1	1	14	14.00	9	14	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Lynn Swann	3	6	49	16.33	35	39	1
WR Lamont Marrow	3	3	26	8.67	2	11	0
WR Darryl Stingley	1	4	9	9.00	0	9	0
WR Stanley Morgan	1	5	15	15.00	1	15	0
TE Lin Dawson	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
RB Chuck Foreman	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Reuben Gant	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Mike Wilson	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Greg Bright	1	13	13.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Sam Hunt	1	77	77.00	0

Fumble Statistics

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Danny Reece	0	1	0	0
Ed Benson	0	0	1	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Lin Dawson	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Bragg	5	250	50.0	46.4	55	3

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Engles	7	293	41.9	31.7	51	2
Garo Yepremian	1	31	31.0	31.0	31	0

Kicking Statistics

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chester Marcol	2/2	0/0	0/0	35	4/4

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bucky Wallace	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronnie Coleman	4	51	12.8	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stanley Morgan	1	18	18.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronnie Coleman	1	22	22.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edddie Brown	3	106	35.3	0
Lynn Swann	1	28	28.0	0

Defensive Statistics

San Diego	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Doug English	5	1	2.0	17	23
S Dick Conn	5	0	0.0	16	25
DE Eddie Edwards	4	1	2.0	16	23
OLB Jim Kovach	4	1	0.0	15	23
DE Ed Benson	2	0	1.5	7	12
CB J.C. Wilson	2	0	0.0	12	26
CB James Davis	2	0	0.0	9	13
S Sam Williams	1	1	0.0	12	20
CB Danny Reece	1	1	0.0	12	29
OLB Charles Anthony	1	0	0.0	3	5
DT Charles Davis	1	0	0.0	5	16
OLB Don Goode	1	0	0.0	10	11
WR Johnny Rodgers	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Bob Horn	1	0	0.0	9	10
DE Mel Lunsford	0	1	0.5	2	7
CB Monte Jackson	0	2	0.0	11	15
OLB Eric Williams	0	2	0.0	4	11
DE Tyrone Keys	0	2	0.0	11	18

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Sam Hunt	9	0	1.0	26	35
DT Jeff Lloyd	7	1	0.0	25	40
S Edddie Brown	4	2	0.0	16	18
S Mike Davis	4	2	0.0	26	36
OLB Gary Campbell	4	1	0.0	30	39
S Shafer Suggs	4	1	0.0	18	30
CB Mark Mitchell	4	1	0.0	18	29
S Steve Luke	3	3	0.0	22	35
CB Mike Washington	3	3	0.0	20	30
ILB Shane Nelson	3	1	0.0	25	31
ILB John Anderson	3	1	0.0	11	18
CB Herman Edwards	3	0	0.0	21	30
DT R.J. Reese	2	0	1.0	6	8
OLB Steve Nelson	2	0	0.0	2	9
DE Barney Chavous	1	2	0.5	29	44
DE Jim Young	1	0	0.5	5	7
DE Al Harris	1	2	0.0	26	37
WR Reuben Gant	1	0	---	---	---
T Wade Griffin	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

San Diego	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Doug English	2.0	1	1	0	23
DE Eddie Edwards	2.0	0	0	0	23
DE Ed Benson	1.5	0	0	0	12
DE Mel Lunsford	0.5	0	1	0	7
OLB Don Goode	0.0	0	1	1	11
DT Charles Davis	0.0	0	1	0	16
DE Tyrone Keys	0.0	0	1	0	18

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Sam Hunt	1.0	0	1	1	35
DT R.J. Reese	1.0	0	0	0	8
DE Barney Chavous	0.5	1	1	0	44
DE Jim Young	0.5	0	0	0	7
OLB Gary Campbell	0.0	0	1	1	39

Pass Defense Statistics

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Charles Anthony	2	0	0	5
S Sam Williams	1	2	0	20
S Dick Conn	1	0	0	25
OLB Don Goode	1	0	0	11
DE Ed Benson	1	0	0	12
CB J.C. Wilson	1	0	0	26
OLB Jim Kovach	1	0	0	23
CB James Davis	1	0	0	13
CB Monte Jackson	0	1	0	15
S Greg Bright	0	0	1	14

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Shafer Suggs	4	1	0	30
OLB Sam Hunt	4	0	1	35
CB Herman Edwards	3	2	0	30
S Edddie Brown	3	0	0	18
OLB Steve Nelson	3	0	0	9
CB Mark Mitchell	3	0	0	29
S Mike Davis	2	1	0	36
CB Mike Washington	2	0	0	30
ILB Shane Nelson	1	1	0	31
S Glenn Buchanan	1	0	0	4
S Steve Luke	1	0	0	35
DT Jeff Lloyd	1	0	0	40
ILB John Anderson	1	0	0	18

Blocking Statistics

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mark Koncar	2	6	23	1	37
Sid Smith	2	6	26	0	35
Billy Lindstrom	2	4	23	1	37
Russ Grimm	2	4	29	1	42
Ron Lee	1	2	14	0	12
Tom Condon	0	6	30	0	44
Wes Phillips	0	2	7	0	7

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Joe Fields	2	3	15	1	23
Wade Griffin	1	3	17	3	28
Larry Tearry	1	2	14	0	26
Lynn Boden	1	1	8	0	12
John Hannah	0	4	18	0	29
Irv Pankey	0	2	16	2	22

Special Teams Tackles

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Danny Reece	2	19
Ronnie Coleman	1	23
Bo Matthews	1	15
Wes Phillips	1	7

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Mike Hawkins	1	17
Lin Dawson	1	13
Loaird McCreary	1	12
Larry Tearry	1	6
Jimmy Rogers	1	6

Participation

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tom Condon	30	44	---	---	4	78
Russ Grimm	29	42	---	---	7	78
Dan Fouts	30	44	---	---	---	74
Aundra Thompson	20	30	---	---	17	67
Sid Smith	26	35	---	---	2	63
Paul Seymour	20	26	---	---	15	61
Billy Lindstrom	23	37	---	---	---	60
Mark Koncar	23	37	---	---	---	60
Danny Reece	---	---	12	29	19	60
Johnny Rodgers	21	30	---	---	---	51
Wendell Tyler	19	30	---	---	---	49
Gene Washington	18	29	---	---	---	47
Ron Lee	14	12	---	---	20	46
Eddie Edwards	---	---	16	23	3	42
Dick Conn	---	---	16	25	---	41
Doug English	---	---	17	23	1	41
Jim Kovach	---	---	15	23	2	40
J.C. Wilson	---	---	12	26	---	38
James Davis	---	---	9	13	14	36
David Knight	14	21	---	---	---	35
Eric Williams	---	---	4	11	19	34
Chester Brennan	11	16	---	---	6	33
Sam Williams	---	---	12	20	---	32
Bob Moore	5	14	---	---	10	29
Monte Jackson	---	---	11	15	3	29
Tyrone Keys	---	---	11	18	---	29
Charlie Babb	---	---	5	11	11	27
Ed Benson	---	---	7	12	7	26
Dennis Pearson	5	10	---	---	11	26
Ricky Bell	11	12	---	---	2	25
Bo Matthews	3	6	---	---	15	24
Bob Horn	---	---	9	10	5	24
Greg Bright	---	---	10	14	---	24
Ronnie Coleman	0	0	---	---	23	23
Charles Davis	---	---	5	16	1	22
Don Goode	---	---	10	11	1	22
Wes Phillips	7	7	---	---	7	21
Ray Yakavonis	---	---	9	11	---	20
Charles Anthony	---	---	3	5	9	17
Mel Lunsford	---	---	2	7	5	14
John Hennessy	---	---	3	7	2	12
Tim Vogler	1	2	---	---	7	10
Chester Marcol	0	0	---	---	9	9
Mike Bragg	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ron Penn	0	0	---	---	2	2
Tommy Duniven	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Barney Chavous	---	---	29	44	2	75
Gary Campbell	---	---	30	39	1	70
Al Harris	---	---	26	37	7	70
Jeff Lloyd	---	---	25	40	2	67
Mark Mitchell	---	---	18	29	18	65
Sam Hunt	---	---	26	35	3	64
Mike Davis	---	---	26	36	1	63
Steve Luke	---	---	22	35	3	60
Shane Nelson	---	---	25	31	3	59
Mike Washington	---	---	20	30	8	58
John Hannah	18	29	---	---	8	55
Herman Edwards	---	---	21	30	2	53
Shafer Suggs	---	---	18	30	2	50
Steve Bartkowski	18	30	---	---	---	48
Lynn Swann	14	26	---	---	7	47
Joe Fields	15	23	---	---	8	46
Larry Tearry	14	26	---	---	6	46
Wade Griffin	17	28	---	---	---	45
Darryl Stingley	14	28	---	---	2	44
Edddie Brown	---	---	16	18	9	43
Loaird McCreary	15	14	---	---	12	41
Irv Pankey	16	22	---	---	---	38
John Anderson	---	---	11	18	7	36
Lin Dawson	11	10	---	---	13	34
Chuck Foreman	14	15	---	---	---	29
Stanley Morgan	6	18	---	---	5	29
Mike Wilson	2	13	---	---	14	29
Lynn Boden	8	12	---	---	7	27
Mike Hawkins	5	2	---	---	17	24
Cullen Bryant	0	0	---	---	22	22
Reuben Gant	1	7	---	---	13	21
Milt McColl	---	---	4	4	13	21
Vern Holland	2	10	---	---	8	20
Steve Nelson	---	---	2	9	9	20
Jimmy Rogers	4	8	---	---	6	18
Jim Young	---	---	5	7	5	17
R.J. Reese	---	---	6	8	---	14
Lamont Marrow	4	9	---	---	---	13
Andy Bolton	0	0	---	---	10	10
Rick Engles	0	0	---	---	7	7
Glenn Buchanan	---	---	0	4	1	5
Garo Yepremian	0	0	---	---	3	3
Joe Gilliam	0	0	---	---	---	0
Larry Lawrence	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bucky Wallace	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ed McAleney	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	28	3.5
Middle	19	47	2.5
Right	3	7	2.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	12	1.7
Middle	6	27	4.5
Right	4	11	2.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dan Fouts	41	29	4	0	2	5	3	2	1

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Bartkowski	24	9	1	1	4	3	5	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	4	23	3.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	14	137	8.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	9	107	8.2
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	51	10.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	4	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	3	48	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	5	51	4.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Johnny Rodgers	9	5	0	58	1	30
WR Gene Washington	8	5	2	41	0	29
WR Aundra Thompson	6	6	0	94	1	30
RB Wendell Tyler	6	5	0	23	0	30
WR David Knight	4	3	0	62	2	21
TE Paul Seymour	3	1	0	-1	0	26
FB Bo Matthews	2	1	0	4	0	6
RB Ricky Bell	2	2	0	23	0	12
FB Ron Lee	1	1	0	14	0	12

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Lynn Swann	6	3	1	49	1	26
WR Stanley Morgan	5	1	2	15	0	18
WR Darryl Stingley	4	1	0	9	0	28
WR Lamont Marrow	3	3	0	26	0	9
RB Chuck Foreman	2	0	0	0	0	15
WR Mike Wilson	2	0	0	0	0	13
WR Reuben Gant	1	0	1	0	0	7
TE Lin Dawson	1	1	0	4	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Wendell Tyler	5	16	3.20	2.56
Ricky Bell	2	4	2.00	3.80

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dan Fouts	8	5	32	4.00	7.76

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Bartkowski	1	1	4	4.00	4.29

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Gene Washington	3	2	16	5.33	5.13
RB Wendell Tyler	3	3	16	5.33	3.83
WR David Knight	1	0	0	0.00	15.50
WR Johnny Rodgers	1	0	0	0.00	6.44

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Lin Dawson	1	1	4	4.00	4.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Ricky Bell	2	1
Wendell Tyler	2	1

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Chuck Foreman	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dan Fouts	15	13	9

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Bartkowski	6	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Johnny Rodgers	4	2	1
WR Aundra Thompson	3	3	2
WR Gene Washington	2	2	1
RB Ricky Bell	2	2	2
WR David Knight	1	1	1
FB Bo Matthews	1	1	1
FB Ron Lee	1	1	1
RB Wendell Tyler	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Darryl Stingley	2	0	0
RB Chuck Foreman	1	0	0
WR Lynn Swann	1	1	1
WR Stanley Morgan	1	1	1
WR Mike Wilson	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,300 (21,400)
End Zone 14,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,300 (21,400)
End Zone	14,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)