Chargers Beat Browns, Grab AFC West Title
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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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LaDainian Tomlinson did not have a good game statistically, but he threw a touchdown pass and ran for another as the Chargers beat the defending N.F.C. champions.
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Philip Rivers looked like an overmatched rookie in the first half. But once he got the chance to play against San Francisco's backup defenders, he showed signs of why the San Diego Chargers believe he's their quarterback of the future. Rivers completed his first 13 passes of the second half and the Chargers finished the preseason with a 31-15 victory over the 49ers on Thursday night.
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LaDainian Tomlinson ran for two first-half touchdowns and Shawne Merriman led a defense that's starting to take this "Lights Out" thing seriously. Six days after blanking the Oakland Raiders, the Chargers came within 3:09 of consecutive shutouts for the first time in club history in a 40-7 rout of the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
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LaDainian Tomlinson took over the N.F.L. rushing lead and helped the Chargers beat the Broncos, 23-3, on Monday.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Strip away the great plays and the wild action and San Diego's 34-31 victory over Kansas City is reduced to a simple story: big plays. The revitalized Chargers (8-3) showed why they keep winning and the distraught Chiefs (3-8) showed why they continue to lose. San Diego made the big plays yesterday, got expert quarterbacking from ...
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So the San Diego Chargers shocked the NFL and won their season opener.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Antonio Gates had eight receptions for 101 yards and a touchdown, LaDainian Tomlinson ran for 164 yards and a score on 37 carries, and the San Diego Chargers won their fourth straight game, 23-17, over the AFC West rival Raiders yesterday.
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LaDainian Tomlinson and the San Diego Chargers left no doubt. The Chargers repeated as AFC West champions by beating the punchless Detroit Lions 51-14 on Sunday, their fourth straight win and eighth in 10 games.
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Kaeding booted a tiebreaking 43-yarder with 2:24 left, lifting San Diego past Kansas City 34-31 Sunday after a wild second half that saw Dante Hall drop the ball during a 77-yard kickoff return and then hold onto it for an electrifying 96-yard touchdown
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The San Diego Chargers finally reached a contract agreement last night with quarterback Philip Rivers. Rivers, the fourth overall choice in April&#39;s draft, agreed to a six-year deal worth about $40 million, including
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The No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs isn't the only thing the San Diego Chargers are playing for in their final two games. For one, LaDainian Tomlinson is within reach of his second straight NFL rushing title.
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The San Diego Chargers repeat as AFC West champions by beating the Detroit Lions, 51-14, their fourth straight win and eighth in 10 games.
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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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Key plays: The Chargers took advantage of two Browns mistakes to take a 7-0 lead. First, Luke McCown threw an end-zone interception to Donnie Edwards on first-and-goal at the 5. Then, after Cleveland
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The San Diego Chargers  shocked the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts 28-24 on  Sunday, advancing to the AFC title game and a meeting with the  unbeaten New England Patriots.
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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.