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.
Running backs (RB) Wide receivers (WR) Tight ends (TE) Defensive linemen (DL) Defensive backs (DB) Special teams Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.