2008 San Diego Chargers (NFL) |
| 1st place • American Football Conference • West Division • 8-8-0 .500 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| 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 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Antwan Applewhite | 90 | LB | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | San Diego State | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Bennett | 29 | RB | 5-9 | 209 | 30 | Wisconsin | 2 | 0 |
| Ryon Bingham | 97 | DT | 6-3 | 303 | 27 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 |
| David Binn | 50 | C | 6-3 | 237 | 36 | California | 2 | 0 |
| Antoine Cason | 20 | CB | 6-0 | 193 | 22 | Arizona | 2 | 1 |
| Luis Castillo | 93 | RDE | 6-3 | 292 | 25 | Northwestern | 2 | 2 |
| Jacques Cesaire | 73 | DE | 6-2 | 295 | 28 | Southern Connecticut State | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Chambers | 89 | WR | 5-11 | 210 | 30 | Wisconsin | 2 | 1 |
| Jeromey Clary | 66 | ROT | 6-6 | 313 | 25 | Kansas State | 2 | 2 |
| Stephen Cooper | 54 | LILB | 6-1 | 235 | 29 | Maine | 2 | 2 |
| Antonio Cromartie | 31 | RCB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Florida State | 2 | 2 |
| Kris Dielman | 68 | LOG | 6-4 | 312 | 27 | Indiana | 2 | 2 |
| Tim Dobbins | 51 | RILB | 6-1 | 246 | 26 | Copiah-Lincoln CC; Iowa State | 2 | 2 |
| Malcom Floyd | 80 | WR | 6-5 | 221 | 27 | Wyoming | 1 | 0 |
| Antonio Gates | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 258 | 28 | Sequoias JC; Kent State | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Goff | 79 | ROG | 6-5 | 312 | 32 | Iowa | 2 | 2 |
| Cletis Gordon | 24 | CB | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | Jackson State | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Gregory | 28 | S | 5-11 | 186 | 25 | Syracuse | 2 | 1 |
| Nick Hardwick | 61 | C | 6-4 | 297 | 27 | Purdue | 2 | 2 |
| Marques Harris | 92 | LB | 6-1 | 234 | 27 | Colorado; Southern Utah | 2 | 0 |
| Clinton Hart | 42 | SS | 6-0 | 205 | 31 | Central Florida CC | 2 | 1 |
| Jacob Hester | 22 | RB-FB | 5-11 | 232 | 23 | Louisiana State | 2 | 0 |
| Vincent Jackson | 83 | WR | 6-5 | 235 | 25 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 2 |
| Quentin Jammer | 23 | LCB | 6-0 | 204 | 29 | Texas | 2 | 2 |
| Nate Kaeding | 10 | K | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | Iowa | 2 | 0 |
| Brandon Manumaleuna | 86 | FB | 6-2 | 289 | 28 | Arizona | 2 | 2 |
| Marcus McNeill | 73 | LOT | 6-7 | 336 | 25 | Auburn | 2 | 2 |
| Scott Mruczkowski | 63 | OG-C | 6-5 | 318 | 26 | Bowling Green State | 2 | 0 |
| Legedu Naanee | 11 | WR | 6-2 | 223 | 25 | Boise State | 2 | 0 |
| Jeremy Newberry | 62 | C | 6-5 | 310 | 32 | California | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Oliver | 27 | S | 5-11 | 205 | 24 | Georgia | 2 | 0 |
| Igor Olshansky | 99 | LDE | 6-6 | 311 | 26 | Oregon | 2 | 1 |
| Kassim Osgood | 81 | WR | 6-5 | 218 | 28 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego State | 2 | 0 |
| Shaun Phillips | 95 | LOLB | 6-3 | 260 | 27 | Purdue | 2 | 2 |
| Philip Rivers | 17 | QB | 6-5 | 228 | 27 | North Carolina State | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Scifres | 5 | P | 6-2 | 232 | 28 | Western Illinois | 2 | 0 |
| L.J. Shelton | 70 | OT | 6-6 | 342 | 32 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| Brandon Siler | 59 | LB | 6-2 | 239 | 23 | Florida | 1 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 43 | RB | 5-6 | 184 | 25 | Kansas State | 2 | 1 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 21 | RB | 5-10 | 220 | 29 | Texas Christian | 1 | 1 |
| Jyles Tucker | 94 | ROLB | 6-3 | 258 | 25 | Wake Forest | 2 | 2 |
| Anthony Waters | 53 | LB | 6-3 | 238 | 24 | Clemson | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Weddle | 32 | FS | 5-11 | 199 | 23 | Utah | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Wilhelm | 57 | LB | 6-4 | 246 | 27 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Jamal Williams | 76 | NT | 6-3 | 328 | 32 | Oklahoma State; Kemper Militray JC; Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 |
| Kris Wilson | 88 | TE | 6-2 | 249 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 47 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 52 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28:48 | 41 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 11/26 42.3% | 1/1 100.0% | 3 | 40 |
| Opponents Totals | 31:12 | 39 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 12/29 41.4% | 0/1 0.0% | 16 | 118 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Sproles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Nate Kaeding | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Vincent Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Legedu Naanee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 47 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 52 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Kaeding | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Sproles | 33 | 120 | 3.6 | 22t | 2 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Michael Bennett | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Philip Rivers | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 182 | 4.1 | 22t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 229 | 3.6 | 27 | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Rivers | 71 | 41 | 57.7 | 28 | 525 | 7.4 | 12.8 | 62t | 3 | 4.2 | 2 | 2.8 | 8 | 60 | 465 | 83.4 |
| Team Totals | 71 | 41 | 57.7 | 28 | 525 | 7.4 | 12.8 | 62t | 3 | 4.2 | 2 | 2.8 | 8 | 60 | 465 | 83.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 42 | 60.9 | 27 | 491 | 7.1 | 11.7 | 72t | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 479 | 92.1 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Sproles | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 136 | 13.6 | 62t | 1 |
| Antonio Gates | 15 | 13 | 86.7 | 146 | 11.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Chris Chambers | 11 | 8 | 72.7 | 129 | 16.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Vincent Jackson | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 49 | 24.5 | 41t | 1 |
| Jacob Hester | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Legedu Naanee | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Brandon Manumaleuna | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Michael Bennett | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 70 | 41 | 58.6 | 525 | 12.8 | 62t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 42 | 60.9 | 491 | 11.7 | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Scifres | 12 | 599 | 49.9 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 79 | 520 | 43.3 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 599 | 49.9 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 79 | 520 | 43.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 498 | 45.3 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 215 | 19.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Sproles | 5 | 0 | 76 | 15.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Eric Weddle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 0 | 243 | 27.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 5 | 79 | 19.8 | 67t | 1 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | OB | TB | OSA | OSR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Kaeding | 6 | 372 | 62.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Scifres | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 490 | 54.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 726 | 66.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Sproles | 9 | 0 | 270 | 30.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Antonio Cromartie | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 0 | 277 | 27.7 | 63 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 0 | 126 | 15.8 | 24 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Dobbins | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Eric Weddle | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8.0 | 60.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Sproles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Weddle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TT | TA | DT | DA | STT | STA | MT | MA | PD | QH | TFL | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Cooper | 21 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Weddle | 18 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Jammer | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Dobbins | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamal Williams | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Cason | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jyles Tucker | 16 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Wilhelm | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Igor Olshansky | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Cromartie | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cletis Gordon | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gregory | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Cesaire | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Phillips | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Oliver | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Siler | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwan Applewhite | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marques Harris | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clinton Hart | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Castillo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Legedu Naanee | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Binn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeromey Clary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Dielman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryon Bingham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Hester | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kassim Osgood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 153 | 99 | 54 | 86 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 127 | 99 | 28 | 85 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Goff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cletis Gordon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacob Hester | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Jammer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcus McNeill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Philip Rivers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jyles Tucker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Weddle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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