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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 350 points (21.9/g), 20th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 350 points (21.9/g), 16th.
Differential of 0 points (0.0/g), 16th.
Expected W-L: 8.0-8.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 14th.
Simple Rating System: Total -2.3, Offense: -2.0, Defense: -0.4, SoS: -2.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Norv Turner
Offensive Coordinator: Hal Hunter
Defensive Coordinator: John Pagano
Training Camp: Chargers Park (San Diego, California)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 350 | 4756 | 988 | 4.8 | 293 | 338 | 528 | 3295 | 26 | 15 | 5.7 | 184 | 411 | 1461 | 4 | 3.6 | 81 | 26 | 11 | 28 |
| Team Defense | 350 | 5223 | 1012 | 5.2 | 316 | 347 | 568 | 3681 | 28 | 14 | 6.1 | 201 | 406 | 1542 | 10 | 3.8 | 85 | 28 | 14 | 30 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 20 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 17 | 21 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 16 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Mon | September 10 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 22 | 14 | 15 | 258 | 226 | 32 | 21 | 321 | 276 | 45 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 16 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | Tennessee Titans | 38 | 10 | 27 | 416 | 268 | 148 | 1 | 9 | 212 | 174 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 23 | boxscore | L | 2-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 27 | 15 | 280 | 164 | 116 | 4 | 25 | 384 | 265 | 119 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 30 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 37 | 20 | 19 | 293 | 189 | 104 | 1 | 25 | 349 | 234 | 115 | 6 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 7 | boxscore | L | 3-2 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 24 | 31 | 27 | 427 | 310 | 117 | 2 | 21 | 404 | 351 | 53 | 1 | |
| 6 | Mon | October 15 | boxscore | L | 3-3 | Denver Broncos | 24 | 35 | 23 | 307 | 217 | 90 | 6 | 18 | 365 | 309 | 56 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun | October 28 | boxscore | L | 3-4 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 6 | 7 | 17 | 265 | 148 | 117 | 1 | 15 | 250 | 117 | 133 | ||
| 9 | Thu | November 1 | boxscore | W | 4-4 | Kansas City Chiefs | 31 | 13 | 18 | 339 | 216 | 123 | 2 | 21 | 289 | 176 | 113 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 11 | boxscore | L | 4-5 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 24 | 34 | 23 | 426 | 323 | 103 | 2 | 12 | 279 | 205 | 74 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 18 | boxscore | L | 4-6 | @ | Denver Broncos | 23 | 30 | 13 | 277 | 224 | 53 | 3 | 21 | 386 | 253 | 133 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 25 | boxscore | L | OT | 4-7 | Baltimore Ravens | 13 | 16 | 16 | 280 | 189 | 91 | 25 | 443 | 316 | 127 | |||
| 13 | Sun | December 2 | boxscore | L | 4-8 | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 20 | 20 | 297 | 251 | 46 | 2 | 21 | 339 | 211 | 128 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 9 | boxscore | W | 5-8 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34 | 24 | 19 | 294 | 200 | 94 | 18 | 340 | 271 | 69 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 16 | boxscore | L | 5-9 | Carolina Panthers | 7 | 31 | 12 | 164 | 94 | 70 | 2 | 29 | 372 | 217 | 155 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 23 | boxscore | W | 6-9 | @ | New York Jets | 27 | 17 | 15 | 223 | 136 | 87 | 18 | 225 | 156 | 69 | 2 | ||
| 17 | Sun | December 30 | boxscore | W | 7-9 | Oakland Raiders | 24 | 21 | 14 | 210 | 140 | 70 | 17 | 265 | 150 | 115 | 1 | |||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Philip Rivers | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 7-9-0 | 338 | 527 | 64.1 | 3606 | 26 | 4.9 | 15 | 2.8 | 80 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 225.4 | 88.6 | 40.57 | 49 | 311 | 5.72 | 5.45 | 8.5 | ||
| 84 | Danario Alexander | 26 | wr | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 1.69 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 26.9 | 16 | 7-9-0 | 338 | 528 | 64.0 | 3606 | 26 | 4.9 | 15 | 2.8 | 80 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 225.4 | 88.5 | 49 | 311 | 5.71 | 5.44 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 347 | 568 | 61.1 | 3925 | 28 | 4.9 | 14 | 2.5 | 6.9 | 6.79 | 11.3 | 245.3 | 87.9 | 38 | 244 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 24 | Ryan Mathews | 25 | RB | 12 | 9 | 184 | 707 | 1 | 31 | 3.8 | 58.9 | 15.3 | 39 | 252 | 6.5 | 0 | 24 | 3.3 | 21.0 | 959 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | Jackie Battle | 29 | rb | 16 | 5 | 95 | 311 | 3 | 52 | 3.3 | 19.4 | 5.9 | 15 | 108 | 7.2 | 1 | 18 | 0.9 | 6.8 | 419 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Ronnie Brown | 31 | rb | 14 | 1 | 46 | 220 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | 15.7 | 3.3 | 49 | 371 | 7.6 | 0 | 25 | 3.5 | 26.5 | 591 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Curtis Brinkley | 27 | rb | 10 | 1 | 39 | 115 | 0 | 13 | 2.9 | 11.5 | 3.9 | 12 | 77 | 6.4 | 0 | 12 | 1.2 | 7.7 | 192 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Philip Rivers | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 27 | 40 | 0 | 11 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 40 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
| 33 | Le'Ron McClain | 28 | FB | 16 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | 12 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 71 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Eddie Royal | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 23 | 234 | 10.2 | 1 | 31 | 2.3 | 23.4 | 256 | 1 | 1 | |
| 32 | Eric Weddle | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 12 | Robert Meachem | 28 | wr | 15 | 3 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 14 | 207 | 14.8 | 2 | 46 | 0.9 | 13.8 | 201 | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | Malcom Floyd | 31 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 56 | 814 | 14.5 | 5 | 39 | 4.0 | 58.1 | 814 | 5 | 0 | |
| 85 | Antonio Gates | 32 | TE | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49 | 538 | 11.0 | 7 | 34 | 3.3 | 35.9 | 538 | 7 | 0 | |
| 84 | Danario Alexander | 26 | wr | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37 | 658 | 17.8 | 7 | 80 | 3.7 | 65.8 | 658 | 7 | 0 | |
| 88 | Dante Rosario | 28 | te | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 95 | 9.5 | 3 | 18 | 0.8 | 7.3 | 95 | 3 | 1 | |
| 81 | Randy McMichael | 33 | te | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 0 | 13 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 51 | 0 | 1 | |
| 87 | Micheal Spurlock | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 79 | 8.8 | 0 | 13 | 79 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 89 | Ladarius Green | 22 | te | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | 31 | 1.3 | 18.7 | 56 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Seyi Ajirotutu | 25 | wr | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | 28 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| 66 | Jeromey Clary | 29 | RT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | -8 | 0.1 | -0.6 | -8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 16 | 411 | 1461 | 4 | 52 | 3.6 | 91.3 | 25.7 | 338 | 3606 | 10.7 | 26 | 80 | 21.1 | 225.4 | 5067 | 30 | 24 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 406 | 1542 | 10 | 3.8 | 96.4 | 25.4 | 347 | 3681 | 10.6 | 28 | 21.7 | 230.1 | 5223 | 38 | 29 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 87 | Micheal Spurlock | 29 | 7 | 11 | 188 | 1 | 63 | 17.1 | 10 | 257 | 1 | 99 | 25.7 | 524 | ||
| 15 | Richard Goodman | 25 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 497 | 0 | 39 | 27.6 | 497 | ||||||
| 11 | Eddie Royal | 26 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 64 | 0 | 14 | 5.3 | 320 | ||||||
| 22 | Chris Carr | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 5 | 102 | 0 | 26 | 20.4 | 113 | |
| 32 | Eric Weddle | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 20 | 6.9 | 58 | |||||
| 36 | Curtis Brinkley | 27 | rb | 10 | 1 | 4 | 86 | 0 | 28 | 21.5 | 278 | |||||
| 20 | Antoine Cason | 26 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 25 |
| 54 | Melvin Ingram | 23 | olb | 16 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | -1 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.9 | 16 | 33 | 320 | 1 | 63 | 9.7 | 40 | 957 | 1 | 99 | 23.9 | 6344 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 40 | 0 | 45 | 1017 | 0 | 22.6 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 5 | Mike Scifres | 32 | p | 16 | 0 | 81 | 3914 | 66 | 3 | 48.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Nick Novak | 31 | k | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 90.0% | 33 | 33 | 100.0% | |||||
| 10 | Nate Kaeding | 30 | k | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 25 | 92.6% | 39 | 39 | 100.0% | 81 | 3914 | 66 | 3 | 48.3 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 21 | 19 | 90.5% | 39 | 39 | 100.0% | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 32 | Eric Weddle | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 14 | |
| 20 | Antoine Cason | 26 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 11 | ||
| 51 | Takeo Spikes | 36 | ILB | 16 | 16 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 25 | |
| 56 | Donald Butler | 24 | ILB | 12 | 12 | 3.0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 27 | |
| 23 | Quentin Jammer | 33 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 89 | 1 | 80 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 9 | ||
| 26 | Atari Bigby | 31 | SS | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 18 | ||
| 38 | Marcus Gilchrist | 24 | cb | 16 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 9 | ||||||
| 95 | Shaun Phillips | 31 | OLB | 16 | 16 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 1 |
| 94 | Corey Liuget | 22 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 15 | |
| 58 | Demorrio Williams | 32 | ilb | 14 | 3 | 2 | 90 | 2 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11 | ||
| 41 | Corey Lynch | 27 | ss | 16 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | ||
| 96 | Jarret Johnson | 31 | OLB | 15 | 15 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13 | ||||||
| 91 | Kendall Reyes | 23 | 16 | 4 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | |||||||
| 54 | Melvin Ingram | 23 | olb | 16 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | |
| 90 | Aubrayo Franklin | 32 | DT/nt | 12 | 9 | 16 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 93 | Cam Thomas | 24 | dt | 15 | 3 | 14 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 92 | Vaughn Martin | 26 | LDE | 13 | 12 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | ||||||
| 59 | Andrew Gachkar | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1.0 | 12 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 97 | Bront Bird | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||
| 71 | Antonio Garay | 33 | dt | 8 | 1 | 1.0 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 98 | Antwan Barnes | 28 | 11 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||||
| 29 | Shareece Wright | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 52 | Larry English | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| 17 | Philip Rivers | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 2 | -8 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | Brandon Taylor | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 81 | Randy McMichael | 33 | te | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 44 | Jackie Battle | 29 | rb | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Curtis Brinkley | 27 | rb | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 53 | Gary Guyton | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 24 | Ryan Mathews | 25 | RB | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Kyle Nelson | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 88 | Dante Rosario | 28 | te | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 | Darrell Stuckey | 25 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Ronnie Brown | 31 | rb | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 85 | Antonio Gates | 32 | TE | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 67 | Rex Hadnot | 30 | lg | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 | Eddie Royal | 26 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.9 | 16 | 38.0 | 14 | 336 | 5 | 80 | 72 | 18 | 24 | 25 | -2 | 2 | 686 | 244 | 1 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 49 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Nick Novak | 31 | k | 13 | 0 | 33 | 18 | 87 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Danario Alexander | 26 | wr | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Antonio Gates | 32 | TE | 15 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Malcom Floyd | 31 | WR | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Nate Kaeding | 30 | k | 6 | 7 | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 44 | Jackie Battle | 29 | rb | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 88 | Dante Rosario | 28 | te | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Quentin Jammer | 33 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 12 | Robert Meachem | 28 | wr | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Micheal Spurlock | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 58 | Demorrio Williams | 32 | ilb | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 95 | Shaun Phillips | 31 | OLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 56 | Donald Butler | 24 | ILB | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Ryan Mathews | 25 | RB | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Eddie Royal | 26 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 32 | Eric Weddle | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.9 | 16 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 39 | 25 | 1 | 350 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 350 |