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2008 San Diego Chargers (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference West Division 8-8-0 .500

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Clancy Barone	Tight Ends
Bill Bradley	Secondary
Ted Cottrell	Defensive Coordinator
Steve Crosby	Special Teams
Jack Henry	Offensive Line
Hal Hunter	Offensive Line
Jeff Hurd	Strength and Conditioning
Charlie Joiner	Receivers
Wayne Nunnely	Defensive Line
John Pagano	Outside Linebackers
John Ramsdell	Quarterbacks
Ron Rivera	Inside Linebackers
Kevin Ross	Assistant Secondary/Quality Control
Clarence Shelmon	Offensive Coordinator
Vernon Stephens	Assistant Strength and Conditioning
Ollie Wilson	Running Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/9/2008	H	Dallas Cowboys	31-17	W		San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	61946
Sat	8/16/2008	A	St. Louis Rams	6-7	L		St. Louis, MO	Edward Jones Dome	53039
Mon	8/25/2008	H	Seattle Seahawks	18-17	W		San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	52763
Fri	8/29/2008	A	San Francisco 49ers	20-17	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	67133
Sun	9/7/2008	H	Carolina Panthers	24-26	L		San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	67115
Sun	9/14/2008	A	Denver Broncos	38-39	L		Denver, CO	INVESCO Field	75915
Mon	9/22/2008	H	New York Jets	48-29	W		San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	68922
Sun	9/28/2008	A	Oakland Raiders	28-18	W		Oakland, CA	McAfee Coliseum	61808
Sun	10/5/2008	A	Miami Dolphins	10-17	L		Miami Gardens, FL	Dolphin Stadium	65063
Sun	10/12/2008	H	New England Patriots	30-10	W		San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	68704
Sun	10/19/2008	A	Buffalo Bills	14-23	L		Orchard Park, NY	Ralph Wilson Stadium	71602
Sun	10/26/2008	A	New Orleans Saints	32-37	L		London, England	Wembley Stadium	83226
Sun	11/9/2008	H	Kansas City Chiefs	20-19	W		San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	67510
Sun	11/16/2008	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-11	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	62051
Sun	11/23/2008	H	Indianapolis Colts	20-23	L		San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	68428
Sun	11/30/2008	H	Atlanta Falcons	16-22	L		San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	67200
Thu	12/4/2008	H	Oakland Raiders	34-7	W		San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	68097
Sun	12/14/2008	A	Kansas City Chiefs	22-21	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	73842
Sun	12/21/2008	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	41-24	W		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	64778
Sun	12/28/2008	H	Denver Broncos	52-21	W		San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	69131
AFC Wild Card Playoff
Sat	1/3/2009	H	Indianapolis Colts	23-17	W	OT	San Diego, CA	Qualcomm Stadium	68082
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	1/11/2009	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	24-35	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	63899

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
90	Antwan Applewhite	OLB	6-3	250	24	San Diego State	14	0
36	Tra Battle	S	5-11	173	23	Georgia	1	0
97	Ryon Bingham	DT	6-3	303	27	Nebraska	16	0
50	David Binn	LONG	6-3	237	36	California	16	0
20	Antoine Cason	CB	6-0	193	22	Arizona	16	3
93	Luis Castillo	RDE	6-3	292	25	Northwestern	15	15
73	Jacques Cesaire	LDE-RDE	6-2	295	28	Southern Connecticut State	16	2
89	Chris Chambers	WR	5-11	210	30	Wisconsin	14	9
66	Jeromey Clary	ROT	6-6	313	25	Kansas State	16	16
54	Stephen Cooper	LILLB	6-1	235	29	Maine	12	12
31	Antonio Cromartie	RCB	6-2	205	24	Florida State	16	15
84	Buster Davis	WR	6-1	206	23	Louisiana State	4	0
68	Kris Dielman	LOG	6-4	312	27	Indiana	15	15
51	Tim Dobbins	RILB	6-1	246	26	Copiah-Lincoln CC; Iowa State	16	8
80	Malcom Floyd	WR	6-5	221	27	Wyoming	13	2
85	Antonio Gates	TE	6-4	258	28	Sequoias JC; Kent State	16	16
79	Mike Goff	ROG	6-5	312	32	Iowa	16	16
24	Cletis Gordon	RCB	6-1	199	26	Jackson State	14	1
28	Steve Gregory	SS-CB	5-11	186	25	Syracuse	15	3
96	Keith Grennan	DE	6-4	298	24	Central Washington; Eastern Washington	1	0
61	Nick Hardwick	C	6-4	297	27	Purdue	13	13
92	Marques Harris	ROLB	6-1	234	27	Colorado; Southern Utah	15	3
42	Clinton Hart	SS	6-0	205	31	Central Florida CC	14	14
22	Jacob Hester	FB	5-11	232	23	Louisiana State	16	3
83	Vincent Jackson	WR	6-5	235	25	Northern Colorado	16	16
23	Quentin Jammer	LCB	6-0	204	29	Texas	16	16
10	Nate Kaeding	K	6-0	187	26	Iowa	16	0
86	Brandon Manumaleuna	TE	6-2	289	28	Arizona	16	11
73	Marcus McNeill	LOT	6-7	336	25	Auburn	14	14
56	Shawne Merriman	ROLB	6-4	270	24	Maryland	1	1
63	Scott Mruczkowski	LOG-C	6-5	318	26	Bowling Green State	16	1
11	Legedu Naanee	WR	6-2	223	25	Boise State	16	0
62	Jeremy Newberry	C	6-5	310	32	California	16	3
27	Paul Oliver	FS-CB	5-11	205	24	Georgia	12	0
99	Igor Olshansky	LDE	6-6	311	26	Oregon	16	13
81	Kassim Osgood	WR	6-5	218	28	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego State	16	0
95	Shaun Phillips	LOLB	6-3	260	27	Purdue	16	16
17	Philip Rivers	QB	6-5	228	27	North Carolina State	16	16
5	Mike Scifres	P	6-2	232	28	Western Illinois	16	0
98	Ian Scott	DT	6-2	307	27	Florida	4	0
70	L.J. Shelton	LOT	6-6	342	32	Eastern Michigan	16	2
59	Brandon Siler	LB	6-2	239	23	Florida	15	0
58	Derek Smith	LILB	6-2	246	33	Snow JC; Arizona State	5	4
43	Darren Sproles	RB	5-6	184	25	Kansas State	16	0
35	Mike Tolbert	FB	5-9	247	23	Coastal Carolina	13	7
21	LaDainian Tomlinson	RB	5-10	220	29	Texas Christian	16	16
94	Jyles Tucker	ROLB	6-3	258	25	Wake Forest	13	12
53	Anthony Waters	LB	6-3	238	24	Clemson	7	0
32	Eric Weddle	FS	5-11	199	23	Utah	16	16
57	Matt Wilhelm	RILB	6-4	246	27	Ohio State	16	7
76	Jamal Williams	DT	6-3	328	32	Oklahoma State; Kemper Militray JC; Oklahoma State	16	15
88	Kris Wilson	TE	6-2	249	27	Pittsburgh	3	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	27	Antoine Cason	DB	Arizona
3	69	Jacob Hester	RB	Louisiana State
5	166	Marcus Thomas	RB	Texas-El Paso
6	192	DeJuan Tribble	DB	Boston College
7	234	Corey Clark	T	Texas A&M

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	77	126	84	152
Opponents Totals	64	141	59	83

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	28:53	301	92	191	18	89/194 45.9%	8/11 72.7%	95	748
Opponents Totals	31:07	339	98	213	28	84/207 40.6%	13/24 54.2%	78	708

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Nate Kaeding	0	46	46	100.0	0	0	27	32	84.4	0	127
LaDainian Tomlinson	12	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	72
Antonio Gates	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	48
Darren Sproles	7	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	44
Vincent Jackson	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	42
Chris Chambers	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	30
Malcom Floyd	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
Jacob Hester	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Brandon Manumaleuna	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Antoine Cason	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Antonio Cromartie	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Mike Tolbert	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Eric Weddle	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Legedu Naanee	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	2
Philip Rivers	0	0	0		0	3	0	0		0	0
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	439
Team Totals	51	46	46	100.0	2	5	27	32	84.4	1	439
Opponents Totals	39	31	33	93.9	2	6	24	31	77.4	3	347

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Nate Kaeding	27	32	84.4	0/0	13/13	10/10	3/8	1/1
Team Totals	27	32	84.4	0/0	13/13	10/10	3/8	1/1
Opponents Totals	24	31	77.4	0/0	6/6	8/9	8/10	2/6

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
LaDainian Tomlinson	292	1110	3.8	45	11	52	6	3	0
Darren Sproles	61	330	5.4	37	1	15	3	0	0
Jacob Hester	19	95	5.0	28	1	6	1	0	1
Philip Rivers	31	84	2.7	11	0	12	0	0	2
Vincent Jackson	4	69	17.3	31	0	3	1	0	0
Mike Tolbert	13	37	2.8	11	0	4	0	0	0
Chris Chambers	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	421	1726	4.1	45	13	92	11	3	3
Opponents Totals	408	1641	4.0	49	11	98	5	1	3

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Philip Rivers	478	312	65.3	155	4009	8.4	12.8	67	34	7.1	11	2.3	25	151	3858	191	48	12	105.5
Team Totals	478	312	65.3	155	4009	8.4	12.8	67	34	7.1	11	2.3	25	151	3858	191	48	12	105.5
Opponents Totals	605	411	67.9	179	4090	6.8	10.0	71t	25	4.1	15	2.5	28	132	3958	213	37	4	90.3

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Antonio Gates	92	60	65.2	704	11.7	34	8	39	8	0	0
Vincent Jackson	101	59	58.4	1098	18.6	60	7	52	16	7	1
LaDainian Tomlinson	77	52	67.5	426	8.2	32	1	19	4	0	1
Chris Chambers	64	33	51.6	462	14.0	48t	5	21	4	2	0
Darren Sproles	34	29	85.3	342	11.8	66t	5	14	5	1	1
Malcom Floyd	37	27	73.0	465	17.2	49t	4	21	8	1	0
Brandon Manumaleuna	19	15	78.9	127	8.5	17	2	6	0	0	0
Mike Tolbert	15	13	86.7	171	13.2	67	1	7	2	1	0
Jacob Hester	13	12	92.3	91	7.6	16	1	4	0	0	0
Legedu Naanee	11	8	72.7	64	8.0	18	0	4	0	0	0
Buster Davis	7	4	57.1	59	14.8	20	0	4	1	0	0
Team Totals	470	312	66.4	4009	12.8	67	34	191	48	12	4
Opponents Totals		411	67.9	4090	10.0	71t	25	213	37	4	6

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Stephen Cooper	4	11	2.8	10	0
Antoine Cason	2	69	34.5	59t	1
Antonio Cromartie	2	66	33.0	52t	1
Quentin Jammer	2	2	1.0	2	0
Matt Wilhelm	1	8	8.0	8	0
Tim Dobbins	1	4	4.0	4	0
Luis Castillo	1	4	4.0	4	0
Eric Weddle	1	3	3.0	3	0
Paul Oliver	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	15	167	11.1	59t	2
Opponents Totals	11	189	17.2	50	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mike Scifres	51	2332	45.7	67	5	19	3	8	146	2086	40.9
Team Totals	51	2332	45.7	67	5	19	3	8	146	2086	40.9
Opponents Totals	60	2633	43.9	70	2	25			269	2324	38.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+	FUM
Darren Sproles	22	12	249	11.3	43	4	1	1
Buster Davis	2	0	15	7.5	10	0	0	0
Eric Weddle	1	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0
Antonio Cromartie	1	0	4	4.0	4	0	0	0
Team Totals	26	13	269	10.3	43	4	1	1
Opponents Totals	23	12	146	6.3	32		0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Nate Kaeding	92	5862	63.7	0	8	83	1907	1	1	1
Mike Scifres	4	207	51.8	0	0	3	36	0	1	1
Team Totals	96	6069	63.2	0	8	86	1943	1	2	2
Opponents Totals	77				11	62	1485	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Darren Sproles	53	1376	26.0	103t	1	41	6	1
Jacob Hester	3	42	14.0	20	0	1	0	0
Antonio Cromartie	3	37	12.3	26	0	1	0	2
Brandon Manumaleuna	2	14	7.0	9	0	0	0	0
Cletis Gordon	1	18	18.0	18	0	0	0	0
Legedu Naanee	0	-2		-2L	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	62	1485	24.0	103t	1	43	6	3
Opponents Totals	86	1943	22.6	94	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Shaun Phillips	7.5	38.5
Jyles Tucker	5.5	37.0
Marques Harris	2.5	19.5
Jacques Cesaire	2.0	10.0
Igor Olshansky	2.0	1.0
Jamal Williams	1.5	5.0
Stephen Cooper	1.5	5.0
Luis Castillo	1.5	3.0
Ryon Bingham	1.5	1.0
Eric Weddle	1.0	3.0
Antwan Applewhite	0.5	0.0
Team Totals	28.0	132.0
Opponents Totals	25.0	151.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Antoine Cason	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeromey Clary	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Antonio Cromartie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antonio Gates	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marques Harris	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Clinton Hart	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jacob Hester	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Vincent Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Quentin Jammer	0	0	0	2	2	23	0
Marcus McNeill	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Shaun Phillips	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Philip Rivers	8	4	2	0	2	-5	0
Darren Sproles	3	2	1	0	1	-2	0
LaDainian Tomlinson	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jyles Tucker	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Anthony Waters	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Eric Weddle	0	0	0	1	1	86	1
Team Totals	18	9	7	9	16	102	1
Opponents Totals	18	9	7	9	16		1

DEFENSE	TKL	TT	TA	DT	DA	STT	STA	MT	PD	QH	TFL	FF	BL
Eric Weddle	127	105	22	103	22	2	0	0	5	0	3	0	0
Stephen Cooper	99	72	27	72	27	0	0	0	6	2	3	0	0
Quentin Jammer	88	75	13	73	13	2	0	0	19	0	1	3	0
Shaun Phillips	76	53	23	53	23	0	0	0	4	15	7	1	0
Antoine Cason	75	59	16	50	10	9	6	0	7	0	3	1	0
Antonio Cromartie	64	60	4	60	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Clinton Hart	63	45	18	45	18	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0
Tim Dobbins	59	47	12	36	10	11	2	0	4	0	1	3	0
Jamal Williams	56	46	10	46	10	0	0	0	3	2	8	0	0
Matt Wilhelm	51	41	10	40	10	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
Luis Castillo	40	27	13	27	13	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0
Jyles Tucker	37	27	10	27	9	0	1	0	1	7	8	0	0
Steve Gregory	36	31	5	27	5	4	0	0	4	0	1	0	0
Igor Olshansky	28	20	8	20	8	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
Marques Harris	28	23	5	18	4	5	1	0	0	6	3	2	0
Ryon Bingham	25	14	11	14	11	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
Brandon Siler	25	16	9	5	5	11	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jacques Cesaire	22	16	6	16	6	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0
Antwan Applewhite	20	16	4	8	4	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Kassim Osgood	17	16	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Paul Oliver	15	13	2	9	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jacob Hester	14	9	5	0	0	9	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
Derek Smith	13	7	6	7	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Cletis Gordon	13	10	3	8	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Legedu Naanee	10	9	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Hardwick	6	6	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
David Binn	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malcom Floyd	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Waters	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shawne Merriman	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Nate Kaeding	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Grennan	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tra Battle	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Scifres	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kris Wilson	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Chambers	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeromey Clary	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Antonio Gates	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Goff	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vincent Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus McNeill	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Philip Rivers	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
LaDainian Tomlinson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Davis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kris Dielman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Manumaleuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Mruczkowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Newberry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ian Scott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
L.J. Shelton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darren Sproles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Tolbert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	1134	888	246	767	222	108	24	13	77	56	54	14	0
Opponents Totals	965	786	179	682	166	88	13	16	48	41	51	14	1

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
Antonio Cromartie	12	2	10	80	0	10	0
Philip Rivers	10	1	9	48	0	0	6
Kris Dielman	8	2	6	52	5	0	1
Jeromey Clary	8	2	6	34	9	0	4
Eric Weddle	7	2	5	63	0	1	0
Quentin Jammer	5	1	4	42	0	3	0
Shaun Phillips	5	2	3	10	0	1	0
Clinton Hart	4	0	4	65	0	4	0
Antoine Cason	3	0	3	20	80	1	0
Marcus McNeill	3	0	3	20	25	0	2
Legedu Naanee	3	0	3	23	12	0	0
Tim Dobbins	3	0	3	22	0	1	0
Mike Goff	3	0	3	16	5	0	2
Chris Chambers	3	0	3	20	0	0	0
Nick Hardwick	3	1	2	15	0	0	1
Stephen Cooper	3	1	2	9	0	1	0
Matt Wilhelm	3	1	2	6	0	1	0
Brandon Siler	3	2	1	5	0	0	0
Cletis Gordon	2	0	2	29	0	1	0
Brandon Manumaleuna	2	0	2	13	11	0	1
Antwan Applewhite	2	0	2	20	0	1	0
Marques Harris	2	0	2	20	0	1	0
Jacob Hester	2	0	2	20	0	0	0
Antonio Gates	2	0	2	15	0	0	1
LaDainian Tomlinson	2	0	2	5	0	0	1
Ryon Bingham	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Steve Gregory	1	0	1	32	0	1	0
Anthony Waters	1	0	1	5	21	0	0
Jeremy Newberry	1	0	1	7	17	0	1
Malcom Floyd	1	0	1	10	12	0	0
L.J. Shelton	1	0	1	15	0	0	0
Igor Olshansky	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Jyles Tucker	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Kassim Osgood	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jamal Williams	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Last Updated: March 6, 2023