Wild Card Playoff Games, 1989

played in New England, MA

36 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

San Diego Chargers	7	3	0	14	-	24
New England Patriots	0	6	7	3	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:30 SDO - Danny Peebles 5 pass from Matt Robinson (John Carney extra point)
2Q: 10:07 NED - Mike Wood 37 field goal
2Q: 04:04 NED - Mike Wood 39 field goal
2Q: 00:18 SDO - John Carney 34 field goal
3Q: 04:01 NED - Pete Koch 79 fumble return (Mike Wood extra point)
4Q: 14:14 NED - Mike Wood 31 field goal
4Q: 07:16 SDO - Anthony Miller 4 pass from Matt Robinson (John Carney extra point)
4Q: 05:33 SDO - Tim Wrightman 33 pass from Matt Robinson (John Carney extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:30 SDO - Danny Peebles 5 pass from Matt Robinson (John Carney extra point)
2Q: 10:07 NED - Mike Wood 37 field goal
2Q: 04:04 NED - Mike Wood 39 field goal
2Q: 00:18 SDO - John Carney 34 field goal
3Q: 04:01 NED - Pete Koch 79 fumble return (Mike Wood extra point)
4Q: 14:14 NED - Mike Wood 31 field goal
4Q: 07:16 SDO - Anthony Miller 4 pass from Matt Robinson (John Carney extra point)
4Q: 05:33 SDO - Tim Wrightman 33 pass from Matt Robinson (John Carney extra point)

Team Statistics SDO NED
Record 12-5 10-7
First Downs 26 17
- by Rushing 4 6
- by Passing 21 11
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 370 291
- Offensive Plays 68 60
- Yards per Play 5.44 4.85
Net Rushing Yards 104 117
- Rushing Attempts 23 28
- Yards per Rush 4.52 4.18
Net Passing Yards 266 174
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 42 - 29 - 1 31 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 288 178
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/22 1/4
- Yards per Pass Play 5.91 5.44
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/11 7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.3 5.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/15 2/20
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 3/33
Kick Returns/Yards 4/47 1/27
Interception Ret./Yards 1/23 1/4
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 30
Time of Possession 30:38 29:22

Team Statistics	SDO	NED
Record	12-5	10-7
First Downs	26	17
- by Rushing	4	6
- by Passing	21	11
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	370	291
- Offensive Plays	68	60
- Yards per Play	5.44	4.85
Net Rushing Yards	104	117
- Rushing Attempts	23	28
- Yards per Rush	4.52	4.18
Net Passing Yards	266	174
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	42 - 29 - 1	31 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	288	178
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/22	1/4
- Yards per Pass Play	5.91	5.44
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/11	7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.3	5.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/15	2/20
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	3/33
Kick Returns/Yards	4/47	1/27
Interception Ret./Yards	1/23	1/4
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 30
Time of Possession	30:38	29:22

Drive Charts

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:07	OWN 10	6	22	Punt
1	11:11	5:48	OWN 14	11	86	Touchdown
1	1:57	1:49	OWN 32	3	5	Punt
2	10:02	1:27	OWN 20	5	10	Punt
2	3:59	3:47	OWN 17	11	66	Field Goal
3	9:57	6:09	OWN 20	13	59	Fumble
3	3:48	1:55	OWN 16	3	-2	Interception
4	14:09	7:01	OWN 25	11	75	Touchdown
4	5:33	0:12	OPP 33	1	33	Touchdown
4	1:58	1:58	OWN 37	5	16	Game

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:53	1:42	OWN 28	3	8	Punt
1	5:23	3:26	OWN 20	7	55	Missed FG
1	0:08	5:06	OWN 25	13	55	Field Goal
2	8:35	4:36	OWN 32	9	46	Field Goal
2	0:12	0:12	OWN 36	1	6	Half
3	15:00	5:03	OWN 20	11	36	Punt
3	1:53	2:44	OPP 27	6	13	Field Goal
4	7:08	1:35	OWN 20	3	19	Fumble
4	5:21	3:23	OWN 20	7	48	Interception

Game MVP: Matt Robinson, San Diego Chargers

Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
John Williams	13	56	4.31	11	1
Brent Fullwood	7	37	5.29	15	1
Matt Robinson	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0
Kelvin Bryant	1	12	12.00	12	1
Anthony Toney	1	0	0.00	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Sylvester Stamps	14	51	3.64	9	0	0
Dalton Hilliard	14	66	4.71	15	1	0

Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matt Robinson	42	29	288	3/22	3	33	1	102.0

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gary Kubiak	31	19	178	1/4	0	27	1	63.7

Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Reggie Langhorne	6	13	70	11.67	18	23	0
TE Tim Wrightman	5	5	55	11.00	0	33	1
WR Danny Peebles	5	7	53	10.60	12	18	1
TE Steve Jordan	3	4	15	5.00	1	7	0
WR Mike Young	3	5	44	14.67	8	26	0
FB Anthony Toney	3	3	20	6.67	15	13	0
WR Anthony Miller	3	4	17	5.67	9	10	1
WR Chris Burkett	1	1	14	14.00	1	14	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Terry LeCount	3	5	35	11.67	16	21
FB Stan Edwards	3	3	25	8.33	12	18
TE Eric Kattus	3	3	31	10.33	12	15
TE Lin Dawson	2	2	14	7.00	2	9
WR Mike Wilson	2	4	21	10.50	5	11
WR Jimmy Teal	2	5	36	18.00	6	27
WR Bobby Jones	1	1	1	1.00	0	1
TE Pete Holohan	1	3	14	14.00	0	14
WR Herbert Harris	1	4	3	3.00	0	3
RB Dalton Hilliard	1	1	-2	-2.00	0	-2

Interception Statistics

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Todd Shell	1	23	23.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Michael Stewart	1	4	4.00	0

Fumble Statistics

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force
Matt Robinson	1	0	0
Maurice Hurst	0	1	0
Ray Ellis	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Dalton Hilliard	1	0	0	0
Pete Koch	0	1	0	1
Donald Evans	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joe Prokop	3	149	49.7	38.7	55	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Engles	2	94	47.0	37.0	50	1

Kicking Statistics

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Carney	1/1	0/0	0/0	34	3/3

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Wood	3/4	0/1	0/0	39	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kevin Clark	3	33	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Preston Dennard	3	36	12.0	0
J.C. Wilson	1	11	11.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Fred Bohannon	1	27	27.0	0

Defensive Statistics

San Diego	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Rick Vaughn	8	0	0.0	19	24
S Mark Jerue	6	2	0.0	17	24
OLB Bill Romanowski	6	1	0.0	19	14
S Ray Ellis	4	0	0.0	11	8
OLB Todd Shell	4	0	0.0	13	21
CB Ricky Reynolds	4	0	0.0	23	26
CB Victor Scott	3	2	0.0	14	15
CB J.C. Wilson	3	1	0.0	17	24
CB Maurice Hurst	3	0	0.0	17	23
S Chuck Cecil	2	2	0.0	21	24
DT Mike Charles	2	1	0.0	22	19
DE Curtis Greer	1	3	1.0	20	24
DT Rich Stachowski	1	0	0.0	14	22
ILB Mike Reichenbach	1	0	0.0	9	8
WR Reggie Langhorne	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Vernon Maxwell	0	1	0.0	8	6

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB John Anderson	5	3	0.0	20	35
DT Harvey Armstrong	5	0	0.0	14	22
CB Kevin Clark	5	0	0.0	13	25
ILB Johnny Taylor	4	0	1.0	17	26
DE Reggie White	4	2	0.0	18	32
CB Don Griffin	4	2	0.0	20	37
ILB Dan Murray	3	1	0.0	13	19
S Ken Johnson	3	1	0.0	14	29
OLB Andrew Melontree	3	0	0.0	11	25
S Vencie Glenn	2	1	0.0	20	36
S Michael Stewart	2	1	0.0	16	33
ILB James Harrell	2	0	0.0	7	18
DT Pete Koch	2	0	0.0	11	26
CB Toi Cook	2	0	0.0	13	30
DE Burt Grossman	1	1	1.0	17	26
DE Donald Evans	1	0	1.0	9	29
S Fred Bohannon	1	2	0.0	6	19
OLB Greg Gaines	1	1	0.0	14	28
G Ron Solt	1	0	---	---	---
WR Herbert Harris	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

San Diego	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Curtis Greer	1.0	0	0	0	24

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Burt Grossman	1.0	1	0	0	26
ILB Johnny Taylor	1.0	0	0	0	26
DE Donald Evans	1.0	0	0	0	29
DE Reggie White	0.0	0	2	1	32
S Vencie Glenn	0.0	0	1	0	36

Pass Defense Statistics

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Rick Vaughn	4	1	0	24
CB Ricky Reynolds	3	0	0	26
CB Maurice Hurst	3	0	0	23
OLB Bill Romanowski	2	1	0	14
CB J.C. Wilson	2	0	0	24
CB Victor Scott	2	0	0	15
S Ray Ellis	1	0	0	8
S Mark Jerue	1	0	0	24
S Chuck Cecil	1	0	0	24
OLB Todd Shell	0	3	1	21
S James Marshall	0	1	0	16

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Andrew Melontree	5	0	0	25
CB Kevin Clark	5	0	0	25
ILB John Anderson	4	1	0	35
CB Don Griffin	4	1	0	37
ILB James Harrell	2	0	0	18
CB Toi Cook	2	0	0	30
S Michael Stewart	1	2	1	33
OLB Greg Gaines	1	0	0	28
DT Harvey Armstrong	1	0	0	22
S Fred Bohannon	1	0	0	19
ILB Johnny Taylor	1	0	0	26
ILB Dan Murray	1	0	0	19
S Ken Johnson	1	0	0	29

Blocking Statistics

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jesse Sapolu	3	9	1	22	2	44
Bruce Armstrong	3	6	0	22	0	38
Brett Miller	1	3	0	19	0	37
Homer Elias	1	2	0	19	1	35
Michael Durrette	0	1	0	18	0	37
Jeff Walker	0	1	0	4	0	8

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Don Maggs	5	5	0	21	0	25
Randy Dixon	2	4	1	17	1	17
Vince Stroth	2	2	0	15	0	18
Ron Solt	1	4	0	19	0	21
Ron McNair	1	3	0	22	0	21
Larry Tearry	0	6	0	16	0	18
Duval Love	0	2	0	16	0	20
Bill Cherry	0	2	0	14	0	20

Special Teams Tackles

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Preston Dennard	1	16
James Marshall	1	14
Anthony Miller	1	12
Ron Hallstrom	1	4

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Lin Dawson	3	16
Sylvester Stamps	1	6

Participation

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jesse Sapolu	22	44	---	---	4	70
Matt Robinson	23	45	---	---	---	68
Steve Jordan	15	33	---	---	14	62
Bruce Armstrong	22	38	---	---	---	60
Michael Durrette	18	37	---	---	3	58
Reggie Langhorne	17	34	---	---	6	57
Brett Miller	19	37	---	---	---	56
J.C. Wilson	---	---	17	24	14	55
Homer Elias	19	35	---	---	---	54
Colin Powell	---	---	24	26	4	54
Ricky Reynolds	---	---	23	26	3	52
Chuck Cecil	---	---	21	24	3	48
Rick Vaughn	---	---	19	24	5	48
Curtis Greer	---	---	20	24	3	47
Mike Charles	---	---	22	19	4	45
Anthony Miller	10	23	---	---	12	45
Mark Jerue	---	---	17	24	3	44
Maurice Hurst	---	---	17	23	4	44
James Marshall	---	---	12	16	14	42
Todd Shell	---	---	13	21	7	41
Anthony Toney	13	24	---	---	4	41
Victor Scott	---	---	14	15	11	40
Rich Stachowski	---	---	14	22	2	38
John Williams	15	20	---	---	---	35
Brent Fullwood	7	16	---	---	12	35
Bill Romanowski	---	---	19	14	2	35
Mike Young	11	22	---	---	---	33
Danny Peebles	12	21	---	---	---	33
Ramsey Dardar	---	---	16	14	2	32
Jethro Franklin	---	---	12	14	3	29
Kelvin Bryant	4	9	---	---	14	27
Vernon Maxwell	---	---	8	6	10	24
Tim Wrightman	7	13	---	---	2	22
Mike Reichenbach	---	---	9	8	5	22
Chris Burkett	4	7	---	---	10	21
Ray Ellis	---	---	11	8	1	20
Preston Dennard	0	3	---	---	16	19
Ron Hallstrom	5	8	---	---	4	17
Curt Marsh	4	10	---	---	---	14
Jeff Walker	4	8	---	---	1	13
Kevin Belcher	1	7	---	---	4	12
Dennis Swilley	1	1	---	---	4	6
John Carney	0	0	---	---	6	6
Joe Prokop	0	0	---	---	3	3
Tom Ramsey	0	0	---	---	1	1
Cody Carlson	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Gary Kubiak	28	32	---	---	---	60
Ken Johnson	---	---	14	29	16	59
Vencie Glenn	---	---	20	36	1	57
Don Griffin	---	---	20	37	---	57
John Anderson	---	---	20	35	1	56
Johnny Taylor	---	---	17	26	12	55
Toi Cook	---	---	13	30	11	54
Kevin Clark	---	---	13	25	15	53
Reggie White	---	---	18	32	1	51
Michael Stewart	---	---	16	33	1	50
Eric Kattus	17	17	---	---	15	49
Don Maggs	21	25	---	---	2	48
Stan Edwards	20	18	---	---	6	44
Ron Solt	19	21	---	---	4	44
Burt Grossman	---	---	17	26	1	44
Ron McNair	22	21	---	---	---	43
Greg Gaines	---	---	14	28	---	42
Pete Holohan	20	18	---	---	4	42
Donald Evans	---	---	9	29	3	41
Randy Dixon	17	17	---	---	6	40
Harvey Armstrong	---	---	14	22	3	39
Sylvester Stamps	14	19	---	---	6	39
Vince Stroth	15	18	---	---	6	39
Pete Koch	---	---	11	26	1	38
Larry Tearry	16	18	---	---	3	37
Bill Cherry	14	20	---	---	3	37
Herbert Harris	11	11	---	---	15	37
Andrew Melontree	---	---	11	25	---	36
Duval Love	16	20	---	---	---	36
James Harrell	---	---	7	18	10	35
Terry LeCount	11	16	---	---	5	32
Dan Murray	---	---	13	19	---	32
Lin Dawson	6	9	---	---	16	31
Mike Wilson	15	16	---	---	---	31
Fred Bohannon	---	---	6	19	6	31
Bobby Jones	6	11	---	---	13	30
Dalton Hilliard	14	13	---	---	---	27
Larry Heater	0	0	---	---	19	19
Jimmy Teal	6	12	---	---	---	18
Allan Leavitt	0	0	---	---	5	5
Mike Wood	0	0	---	---	4	4
Art Okoye	0	0	---	---	4	4
Rick Engles	0	0	---	---	2	2
Mark Nichols	0	0	---	---	---	0
Reggie Fisk	0	0	---	---	---	0
Chris Miller	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	35	7.0
Middle	12	45	3.8
Right	5	25	5.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	10	2.5
Middle	16	56	3.5
Right	8	51	6.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matt Robinson	42	29	4	1	3	4	3	1	1

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gary Kubiak	31	19	2	2	3	6	0	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	21	4.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	14	93	5.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	8	115	8.2
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	59	9.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	32	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	62	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	6	57	5.7
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	27	5.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Reggie Langhorne	13	6	3	70	2	34
WR Danny Peebles	7	5	0	53	0	21
TE Tim Wrightman	5	5	0	55	1	13
WR Mike Young	5	3	0	44	1	22
TE Steve Jordan	4	3	0	15	0	33
WR Anthony Miller	4	3	0	17	0	23
FB Anthony Toney	3	3	0	20	0	24
WR Chris Burkett	1	1	0	14	0	7

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Terry LeCount	5	3	0	35	1	16
WR Jimmy Teal	5	2	1	36	1	12
WR Mike Wilson	4	2	0	21	0	16
WR Herbert Harris	4	1	2	3	0	11
TE Pete Holohan	3	1	0	14	0	18
FB Stan Edwards	3	3	0	25	0	18
TE Eric Kattus	3	3	0	31	0	17
TE Lin Dawson	2	2	0	14	0	9
WR Bobby Jones	1	1	0	1	0	11
RB Dalton Hilliard	1	1	0	-2	0	13

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
John Williams	1	6	6.00	4.31
Brent Fullwood	1	9	9.00	5.29

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dalton Hilliard	2	6	3.00	4.71

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Matt Robinson	7	4	21	3.00	6.86

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gary Kubiak	3	0	0	0.00	5.74

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Reggie Langhorne	2	1	5	2.50	5.38
WR Anthony Miller	2	1	4	2.00	4.25
TE Steve Jordan	1	1	7	7.00	3.75
WR Mike Young	1	0	0	0.00	8.80
WR Danny Peebles	1	1	5	5.00	7.57

New England	Target	Overall Avg
TE Pete Holohan	1	4.67
WR Jimmy Teal	1	7.20
WR Herbert Harris	1	0.75

Third Down Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Kelvin Bryant	1	1

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Dalton Hilliard	2	2
Sylvester Stamps	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matt Robinson	10	6	5

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gary Kubiak	9	4	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Reggie Langhorne	3	1	1
WR Mike Young	3	2	2
WR Danny Peebles	2	1	1
TE Tim Wrightman	1	1	0
WR Anthony Miller	1	1	1

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jimmy Teal	3	1	1
WR Terry LeCount	2	1	1
WR Mike Wilson	2	0	0
TE Lin Dawson	1	1	1
TE Eric Kattus	1	1	1

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

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