NFL: Chargers Clinch AFC West Title in Snowy Cleveland
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LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 111  yards and two touchdowns as the San Diego Chargers clinched the  AFC West title with a 21-0 win over the Cleveland Browns on  Sunday.
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CLEVELAND -- LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns, Antonio Gates tied a record with his 12th TD of the season, and San Diego captured the AFC West title yesterday, sliding through the snow for a 21-0 win over the Cleveland Browns. One season after they were a league-worst 4-12, the Chargers (11-3) won their eighth straight and ...
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SAN DIEGO -- Backup quarterbacks Doug Flutie and Philip Rivers each threw a touchdown pass and the San Diego Chargers warmed up for their first playoff game in nine seasons by beating the Kansas City Chiefs, 24-17, yesterday in what was little more than an exhibition. Having clinched the AFC West title two weeks earlier and the AFC's No. 4 ...
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From the pits to the NFL playoffs. The San Diego Chargers turned it all the way around. LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns, Antonio Gates tied a record with his 12th TD of the season and San Diego captured the AFC West title on Sunday, sliding through the snow for a 21-0 win over the Cleveland Browns.
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The San Diego Chargers overcame a dull first-half performance with a sparkling final 30 minutes to beat the Tennessee Titans 17-6 on Sunday and complete the NFL's Wild-Card opening round of playoffs.
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Although the resurgent San Diego Chargers can't clinch a playoff berth Sunday, they can continue to rehabilitate their image. Sad sacks just a year ago, the Chargers (9-3) have at least clinched a winning season. If they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-7) at home, they'll have won 10 games for the first time since 1994, when they were 11-5 and made their only Super Bowl appearance.
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Now that they've won their first playoff game in 13 seasons, the San Diego Chargers don't want to stop there.
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The San Diego Chargers didn&#39;t expect to be leading the AFC West at this point in the season. And the Denver Broncos probably didn&#39;t expect to be trailing the Chargers in the standings.
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San Diego frolicked in the snow on its way into the NFL playoffs. Green Bay, which knows something about winning in wintry conditions, backed into the postseason. The Chargers won their eighth straight game, their longest winning streak since 1987, and clinched the AFC West. Ignoring the blowing snow, a game-time temperature of 18 and subzero wind chill, they got their first shutout since 1993, 21-0 at Cleveland.
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San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson claimed his second straight NFL rushing title when he gained 56 yards in the playoff-bound Chargers' 30-17 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
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If Mother Nature couldn't slow down LaDainian Tomlinson, what chance did the Buffalo Bills have? Tomlinson was the Chargers' ideal tonic for a blustery winter afternoon in Buffalo on Sunday, producing 178 yards rushing and two touchdowns in San Diego's 24-21 win over the Bills.
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Norv Turner has guided the Chargers to their first playoff victory since January 1995, succeeding where many other San Diego head coaches had failed.
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The San Diego Chargers would like to think that their big win Sunday was the real thing and not a mirage. The Chargers beat Tennessee 38-17, getting strong performances from LaDainian Tomlinson, Drew Brees
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The San Diego Chargers won convincingly for the second straight week, beating the New Orleans Saints 43-17 with sporadic rain drops raining down.
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LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown when the San Diego Chargers rolled to their fifth consecutive victory with a 23-3 home win over the Denver Broncos on Monday.
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Chased from their homes and practice fields by deadly wildfires, the San Diego Chargers headed home Friday night and will play the Houston Texans at Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday as scheduled.
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The San Diego Chargers are slowly getting back their injured players ahead of the AFC championship game Sunday against the undefeated New England Patriots.