1971 San Diego Chargers season

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1971 San Diego Chargers season
OwnerEugene V. Klein
Head coachHarland Svare
General managerHarland Svare
Home fieldSan Diego Stadium
Results
Record6–8
Division place3rd AFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1971 San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's second season in the National Football League (NFL), and its 12th overall. The team improved on their 5–6–3 record in 1970. It was Harland Svare's first season as the team's head coach. After a 1-4 start, the Chargers would slightly improve, winning 3 of their next 4 games. However, they would lose 3 of their final 5 games en route to a 6-8 finish. The only bright spot was quarterback John Hadl who completed 233 passes out of 431 attempts for 3,075 yards and 21 touchdowns and won the NFL Man of the Year award as well as leading the league in both passing yards and touchdown passes.

Roster[]

1971 San Diego Chargers final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap
1 September 19 Kansas City Chiefs W 21–14 1–0 San Diego Stadium 54,061 Recap
2 September 26 Oakland Raiders L 0–34 1–1 San Diego Stadium 54,084 Recap
3 October 3 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–21 1–2 Three Rivers Stadium 44,339 Recap
4 October 10 at Kansas City Chiefs L 10–31 1–3 Municipal Stadium 50,514 Recap
5 October 17 at Denver Broncos L 16–20 1–4 Mile High Stadium 51,200 Recap
6 October 23 Buffalo Bills W 20–3 2–4 San Diego Stadium 49,261 Recap
7 October 31 New York Jets W 49–21 3–4 San Diego Stadium 44,786 Recap
8 November 7 at New York Giants L 17–35 3–5 Yankee Stadium 62,905 Recap
9 November 15 St. Louis Cardinals W 20–17 4–5 San Diego Stadium 46,486 Recap
10 November 21 at Oakland Raiders L 33–34 4–6 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 54,681 Recap
11 November 28 at Cincinnati Bengals L 0–31 4–7 Riverfront Stadium 59,580 Recap
12 December 5 Minnesota Vikings W 30–14 5–7 San Diego Stadium 54,505 Recap
13 December 12 Denver Broncos W 45–17 6–7 San Diego Stadium 44,347 Recap
14 December 19 at Houston Oilers L 33–49 6–8 Houston Astrodome 35,959 Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings[]

AFC West
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 W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Kansas City Chiefs 10 3 1 .769 4–1–1 8–2–1 302 208 W3
Oakland Raiders 8 4 2 .667 4–1–1 7–3–1 344 278 W1
San Diego Chargers 6 8 0 .429 2–4 4–7 311 341 L1
Denver Broncos 4 9 1 .308 1–5 3–6–1 203 275 L2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References[]

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