The facts continue as the Houston Texans get ready to face the Los Angeles Chargers for a Week 3 showdown at Dignity Health Sports Park. In this installment, we take a look at Chargers coach Anthony Lynn and referee Clay Martin.
Facts and Figures for Chargers, No. 1-25
Facts and Figures for Chargers, No. 26-50
anthony lynn facts
51. Lynn and Sid Gillman are the only coaches to have coached the Los Angeles Chargers. All the other franchise coaches coached the San Diego Chargers.
52. Lynn is 1-1 for the second time in his career. Gillman, Don Coryell, Norv Turner, and Mike McCoy are tied for the most 1-1 starts in Chargers history with four apiece.
53. Lynn is 6/16 Chargers coaches to have won a playoff game.
54. Lynn is facing the Texans for the first time, and the last of the AFC South teams he has yet to face. Here is how other Chargers coaches fared in their first encounters with the Texans:
Marty Schottenheimer: 1-0
Norv Turner: 1-0
Mike McCoy: 0-1
55. Lynn is 2-1 against the AFC South with a 2-0 record at home.
56. Lynn’s 2-0 record against the AFC South is his best against any other non-AFC West division:
AFC South: 2-0
AFC North: 2-1
AFC East: 1-1
57. After the Texans, Lynn will have faced the entire complement of AFC teams.
58. Lynn is 14-9 in initial encounters with an 8-4 record at home.
59. Lynn is 4-6 against division winners from the previous year or from the regular season.
60. Lynn is 10-6 against playoff-winning coaches with a 3-3 record at home.
61. Lynn is 3/7 on challenges for his career, but has yet to throw the challenge flag in 2019.
62. The Chargers are tied with the New England Patriots for the fifth-fewest penalties in the NFL with 12.
63. The Chargers have accrued the third-fewest penalty yards in the NFL with 90.
64. The Chargers are tied for the 10th-lowest red zone conversion rate at 50.0%.
clay martin facts
65. This week’s referee is Clay Martin. The Texans are 1-0 with Martin with their first game occurring last season in a 19-17 win at the Denver Broncos. Houston had fewer penalties: 7-60 to 8-50.
66. Martin is 1/7 referees who has not had a home team win in one of his games through two weeks:
Walt Anderson: 1.000
John Hussey: 1.000
Brad Rogers: 1.000
Ron Torbert: 1.000
Craig Wrolstad: 1.000
Scott Novak: .500
Clete Blakeman: .500
Brad Allen: .500
Shawn Smith: .500
Bill Vinovich: .500
Jerome Boger: .000
Carl Cheffers: .000
Tony Corrente: .000
Shawn Hochuli: .000
Alex Kemp: .000
Adrian Hill: .000
Clay Martin: .000
67. Martin is 1/10 referees to have a .500 mark on home teams having fewer penalties:
Walt Anderson: 1.000
John Hussey: 1.000
Scott Novak: 1.000
Clay Martin: .500
Alex Kemp: .500
Shawn Hochuli: .500
Shawn Smith: .500
Ron Torbert: .500
Bill Vinovich: .500
Clete Blakeman: .500
Jerome Boger: .500
Carl Cheffers: .500
Tony Corrente: .500
Brad Allen: .000
Brad Rogers: .000
Craig Wrolstad: .000
Adrian Hill: .000
68. The Chargers 1-0 in their lone game with Martin on Sept. 16, 2018 at the Buffalo Bills. Los Angeles had more penalties: 6-45 to the Bills’ 6-31.
69. Martin’s games are tied for the seventh-most sacks per game in the NFL:
Rogers: 9
Novak: 8
Corrente: 7
Vinovich: 7
Allen: 6.5
Kemp: 5.5
Martin: 5
Hussey : 5
Smith: 5
Boger: 5
Blakeman: 4.5
Torbert: 3.5
Cheffers: 3
Anderson: 3
Hochuli: 3
Hill: 2
Wrolstad: 2
70. Martin has called the second-fewest offensive holding calls per game:
Corrente: 8
Hill: 7
Cheffers: 6.5
Allen: 6.5
Torbert : 6
Anderson: 5.5
Novak: 4.6
Hochuli: 4.5
Kemp: 4
Rogers: 4
Hussey: 3.5
Blakeman: 3.5
Boger: 3.5
Wrolstad: 3.5
Vinovich: 3
Martin: 2.5
Smith: 1.5
71. The Texans have never challenged Martin, while opponents are 0/1. Replay Assistant has yet to challenge Martin in a Texans game.
72. The Chargers have never challenged Martin, while opponents are 0/2 Replay Assistant has yet to challenge Martin in a Chargers game.
73. Martin is 0/1 this season when it comes to coaches’ challenges. Here is how that compares to the rest of the referees:
Anderson: 1.000 (1/1)
Kemp: 1.000 (1/1)
Vinovich: .500 (2/4)
Cheffers: .500 (1/2)
Corrente: .500 (1/2)
Novak: .500 (1/2)
Hussey: .333 (1/3)
Allen: .000 (0/1)
Hochuli: .000 (0/1)
Martin: .000 (0/1)
Smith: .000 (0/1)
Wrolstad: .000 (0/1)
Torbert: .000 (0/2)
Rogers: .000 (0/2)
Boger: .000 (0/2)
74. Martin is 1/9 referees who has been challenged to call pass interference. Here are the results:
Cheffers: 1/1
Vinovich: 1/2
Allen: 0/1
Boger: 0/1
Corrente: 0/1
Martin: 0/1
Novak: 0/1
Rogers: 0/1
Torbert: 0/1
75. Martin is a high school basketball coach in Jenks, Okla.
