The
San Diego Chargers season
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was the franchise's 15th season in the
National Football League
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(NFL) and its 25th overall. From a 6–10 record in
1983
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Events January
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, the team improved to 7–9. Despite winning seven games, the Chargers failed to win a single game within their division.
Before the second game of the season against
the Seattle Seahawks, running back
Chuck Muncie
Harry Vance "Chuck" Muncie (March 17, 1953 − May 13, 2013) was an American professional football player who was a running back for the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers in the National Football League (NFL) from 1976 to 1984. He wa ...
missed the team's charter flight from San Diego. He told Chargers coach
Don Coryell
Donald David Coryell (October 17, 1924 – July 1, 2010) was an American football coach, who coached in the National Football League (NFL) first with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1973 to 1977 and then the San Diego Chargers from 1978 to 1986.
...
that he was late because vandals slashed the four tires on his car, but Coryell did not believe him. Muncie arrived in Seattle, but he was sent back to San Diego and did not play.
Two days later, he was traded to
the Miami Dolphins for a second-round draft pick;
[ however, a ]urinalysis
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given by Miami detected cocaine, and the trade was voided.[ Afterwards, Muncie entered an Arizona drug rehabilitation center for a month. On November 15, he was suspended indefinitely by the NFL;][ Muncie never played another NFL game.]
Draft
Roster
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Schedule
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 1
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Pro-Football-Reference.com
Week 2
Week 3
Week 6
This was the last time the Chargers defeated the Packers until Week 9, 2019.
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Standings
References
External links
at pro-football-reference.com
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