1979 San Diego Chargers

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1979 San Diego Chargers

Head Coach: Don Coryell

To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
* Hall of Fame
+ Primary starter
Starters are listed by position, beginning with primary starters and ending with non-starting depth. A player will be listed more than once if starting at mulitple positions during the season.

Pos		Player	GP	Exp	DOB	Ht	College
QB		Cliff Olander	4	3	05/15/1955	' "	New Mexico State
QB		James Harris	8	10	07/20/1947	' "	Grambling State
QB	*	Dan Fouts	16	7	06/10/1951	' "	Oregon
RB		Hank Bauer	16	3	07/15/1954	' "	California Lutheran
RB		Don Woods	15	6	02/17/1951	' "	New Mexico
RB		Lydell Mitchell	12	8	05/30/1949	' "	Penn State
RB		Mike Thomas	14	5	07/17/1953	' "	Nevada - Las Vegas
RB		Bo Matthews	16	6	11/15/1951	' "	Colorado
RB		Clarence Williams	16	3	01/25/1955	' "	South Carolina
TE	*	Kellen Winslow	7	R	11/05/1957	' "	Missouri
TE		Bob Klein	15	11	07/27/1947	' "	Southern California
TE		Greg McCrary	14	4	03/24/1952	' "	Clark Atlanta (GA)
WR	*	Charlie Joiner	16	11	10/14/1947	' "	Grambling State
WR		John Floyd	8	R	09/10/1956	' "	Northeast Louisiana
WR/RB		Artie Owens	16	4	01/14/1953	' "	West Virginia
WR		John Jefferson	15	2	02/03/1956	' "	Arizona State
WR		Larry Burton	12	5	12/15/1951	' "	Purdue
C/T		Bob Rush	16	2	02/27/1955	' "	Memphis
G		Ed White	16	11	04/04/1947	' "	California
C/G		Don Macek	10	4	07/21/1954	' "	Boston College
C/G		Ralph Perretta	16	5	01/30/1953	' "	Purdue
T/DT		Russ Washington	16	12	12/17/1946	' "	Missouri
G		Doug Wilkerson	12	10	03/27/1947	' "	North Carolina Central
T		Billy Shields	16	5	08/23/1953	' "	Georgia Tech
T/G		Dan Audick	16	3	11/15/1954	' "	Hawaii
DE	*	Fred Dean	13	5	02/24/1952	' "	Louisiana Tech
DE/DT		Wilbur Young	16	9	04/20/1949	' "	William Penn
DT/NT		Gary Johnson	16	5	08/31/1952	' "	Grambling State
DT/NT		Louie Kelcher	1	5	08/23/1953	' "	Southern Methodist
DE		Leroy Jones	16	4	09/29/1950	' "	Norfolk State (VA)
DE		John Lee	10	4	02/17/1953	' "	Nebraska
LB		Cliff Thrift	16	R	05/03/1956	' "	East Central (OK)
LB		Ray Preston	16	4	01/25/1954	' "	Syracuse
LB		Woodrow Lowe	16	4	06/09/1954	' "	Alabama
LB		Bob Horn	16	4	02/06/1954	' "	Oregon State
LB		Linden King	16	2	06/28/1955	' "	Colorado State
LB		Don Goode	12	6	06/21/1951	' "	Kansas
DB		Mike Williams	16	5	11/22/1953	' "	Louisiana State
DB		Hal Stringert	15	5	01/02/1952	' "	Willamette
DB		Jerome Dove	16	3	10/03/1953	' "	Colorado State
DB		Mike Fuller	16	5	04/07/1953	' "	Auburn
DB		Glen Edwards	15	9	07/31/1947	' "	Florida A&M
DB		Frank Duncan	4	R	11/16/1956	' "	San Francisco State
DT		Charles DeJurnett	12	4	06/17/1952	' "	San Jose State
DB		Willie Buchanon	16	8	11/04/1950	' "	San Diego State
DB		Pete Shaw	16	3	08/25/1954	' "	Northwestern
K		Mike Wood	9	2	09/03/1954	' "	Southeast Missouri State
P/TE		Jeff West	16	5	04/06/1953	' "	Cincinnati
K		Rolf Benirschke	4	3	02/07/1955	' "	California - Davis
K		Roy Gerela	3	11	04/02/1948	' "	New Mexico State

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