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2005 San Diego Chargers

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 418 points (26.1/g), 5th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 312 points (19.5/g), 13th.
 Differential of 106 points (6.6/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 10.7-5.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 25th.

Coached by Marty Schottenheimer (9-7-0)

2005 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 11 box L 0-1 Dallas Cowboys 24 28 19 291 188 103 2 23 301 192 109 1
2 Sun September 18 box L 0-2 @ Denver Broncos 17 20 15 213 134 79 2 21 331 233 98 2
3 Sun September 25 box W 1-2 New York Giants 45 23 25 485 217 268 1 23 424 338 86 1
4 Sun October 2 box W 2-2 @ New England Patriots 41 17 26 431 248 183 18 303 231 72 2
5 Mon October 10 box L 2-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 22 24 20 279 213 66 2 25 311 207 104 1
6 Sun October 16 box W 3-3 @ Oakland Raiders 27 14 22 346 156 190 19 310 271 39 1
7 Sun October 23 box L 3-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 20 15 291 270 21 3 22 286 262 24 2
8 Sun October 30 box W 4-4 Kansas City Chiefs 28 20 22 424 341 83 2 21 418 323 95 1
9 Sun November 6 box W 5-4 @ New York Jets 31 26 27 395 262 133 2 19 269 180 89
10 Bye Week
11 Sun November 20 box W 6-4 Buffalo Bills 48 10 28 478 337 141 12 202 137 65 2
12 Sun November 27 box W 7-4 @ Washington Redskins 23 17 24 397 195 202 3 15 282 191 91
13 Sun December 4 box W 8-4 Oakland Raiders 34 10 19 274 144 130 16 291 210 81 2
14 Sun December 11 box L 8-5 Miami Dolphins 21 23 27 341 245 96 3 14 300 229 71 2
15 Sun December 18 box W 9-5 @ Indianapolis Colts 26 17 18 453 247 206 4 21 338 314 24 3
16 Sat December 24 box L 9-6 @ Kansas City Chiefs 7 20 15 233 153 80 2 20 341 197 144
17 Sat December 31 box L 9-7 Denver Broncos 7 23 15 236 145 91 2 17 241 84 157

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 418 5567 1022 5.4 337 338 526 3495 27 16 6.3 191 465 2072 22 4.5 116 28 12 30
Team Defense 312 4948 999 5.0 522 338 567 3599 20 10 5.9 189 386 1349 14 3.5 306 20 10 27
Lg Rank Offense 5 10 5 13 12 4 17 9 12 9 4 6 17 14
Lg Rank Defense 13 13 26 28 28 17 26 17 3 1 18 3 27 23

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Drew Brees 26 QB 16 16 9-7-0 323 500 64.6 3576 24 4.8 15 3.0 54 7.2 6.3 11.1 223.5 89.2 27 223 6.4 5.5 5.1
Philip Rivers 24 2 0 12 22 54.5 115 0 0.0 1 4.5 22 5.2 3.2 9.6 57.5 50.4 3 16 4.0 2.2 12.0
LaDainian Tomlinson* 26 RB 16 16 3 4 75.0 47 3 75.0 0 0.0 26 11.8 19.3 15.7 2.9 153.1 0 0 11.8 19.3 0.0
Team Total 26.1 16 9-7-0 338 526 64.3 3738 27 5.1 16 3.0 54 7.1 6.3 11.1 233.6 89.7 31 243 6.3 5.5 5.6
Opp Total 16 338 567 59.6 3599 20 3.5 10 1.8 6.3 5.9 10.6 224.9 82.6 46 289 5.9 5.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
LaDainian Tomlinson* 26 RB 16 16 339 1462 18 62 4.3 91.4 21.2 51 370 7.3 2 41 3.2 23.1 1832 20 3
Michael Turner 23 16 0 57 335 3 83 5.9 20.9 3.6 335 3 0
Lorenzo Neal* 35 FB 16 15 29 98 0 9 3.4 6.1 1.8 24 145 6.0 1 21 1.5 9.1 243 1 0
Drew Brees 26 QB 16 16 21 49 1 9 2.3 3.1 1.3 49 1 8
Darren Sproles 22 RET 15 0 8 50 0 21 6.3 3.3 0.5 3 10 3.3 0 6 0.2 0.7 60 0 3
Eric Parker 26 WR 16 9 4 55 0 30 13.8 3.4 0.3 57 725 12.7 3 49 3.6 45.3 780 3 2
Keenan McCardell 35 WR 16 16 2 6 0 3 3.0 0.4 0.1 70 917 13.1 9 54 4.4 57.3 923 9 0
Reche Caldwell 26 16 2 2 10 0 7 5.0 0.6 0.1 28 352 12.6 1 43 1.8 22.0 362 1 2
Kassim Osgood 25 12 3 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 2 21 10.5 0 15 0.2 1.8 25 0 0
Andrew Pinnock 25 11 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.4 0.1 4 0 0
Philip Rivers 24 2 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.5 0.5 -1 0 2
Antonio Gates*+ 25 TE 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 89 1101 12.4 10 38 5.9 73.4 1101 10 0
Justin Peelle 26 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 38 3.5 1 11 0.7 2.4 38 1 0
Vincent Jackson 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 59 19.7 0 21 0.4 8.4 59 0 0
Team Total 26.1 16 465 2072 22 83 4.5 129.5 29.1 338 3738 11.1 27 54 21.1 233.6 5810 49 22
Opp Total 16 386 1349 14 3.5 84.3 24.1 338 3599 10.6 20 21.1 224.9 4948 34 23

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Darren Sproles 22 RET 15 0 18 108 0 23 6.0 63 1528 0 58 24.3 1696
Eric Parker 26 WR 16 9 18 106 0 15 5.9 1 16 0 16 16.0 902
Reche Caldwell 26 16 2 3 99 0 60 33.0 461
Keenan McCardell 35 WR 16 16 3 31 0 14 10.3 954
Andrew Pinnock 25 11 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 28
Michael Turner 23 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 335
Team Total 26.1 16 39 245 0 23 6.3 69 1667 0 60 24.2 7722
Opp Total 16 26 0 83 1856 0 22.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Nate Kaeding 23 K 16 0 1 1 3 3 9 9 11 8 24 21 87.5% 49 49 100.0%
Mike Scifres 25 P 16 0 71 3104 71 0 43.7
Team Total 26.1 16 1 1 3 3 9 9 11 8 24 21 87.5% 49 49 100.0% 71 3104 71 0 43.7
Opp Total 16 29 20 69.0% 35 34 97.1% 78 3276 42.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Shawne Merriman* 21 LOLB 15 10 10.0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 43 14
Drew Brees 26 QB 16 16 8 0 0 0
Shaun Phillips 24 15 3 7.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 33 2
Donnie Edwards 32 LILB 16 16 3.0 2 15 0 14 11 2 0 0 0 0 114 40
Randall Godfrey 32 RILB 14 14 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 35 0 56 21
Steve Foley 30 ROLB 13 13 4.5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 28 10
DeQuincy Scott 27 16 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 2 11 2
Darren Sproles 22 RET 15 0 3 1 0 0
LaDainian Tomlinson* 26 RB 16 16 3 1 0 0
Luis Castillo 22 LDE 16 15 3.5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 37 12
Clinton Hart 28 ss 16 5 1 110 2 70 6 1 0 2 -1 0 34 11
Bhawoh Jue 26 FS 14 14 3 28 0 20 8 34 13
Ben Leber 27 lolb 9 6 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 4
Igor Olshansky 23 RDE 14 12 3.0 18 11
Eric Parker 26 WR 16 9 2 1 0 0
Reche Caldwell 26 16 2 2 0 0 0
Jamar Fletcher 26 14 0 1.0 1 19 0 19 5 21 8
Drayton Florence 25 RCB 13 12 1 9 0 9 11 0 1 0 0 0 47 7
Terrence Kiel 25 SS 12 12 1.0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 49 10
Shane Olivea 24 RT 15 15 0 2 0 0
Philip Rivers 24 2 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Scifres 25 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
Matt Wilhelm 24 16 0 1.0 1 10 0 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 25 6
Stephen Cooper 26 16 2 1.5 29 10
Jacques Cesaire 25 rde 16 5 1.0 17 8
Sammy Davis 25 16 4 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 25 3
Marques Harris 24 11 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2
Quentin Jammer 26 LCB 16 16 1 14 0 14 19 1 0 0 0 0 62 12
Leander Jordan 28 LT 13 9 0 1 0 0
Lorenzo Neal* 35 FB 16 15 0 1 0 0
Roman Oben 33 lt 8 8 0 1 0 0
Jamal Williams*+ 29 NT 16 16 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 40 13
Team Total 26.1 16 46.0 10 205 2 70 94 15 22 19 34 0 780 231
Opp Total 16 31 23 13 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
LaDainian Tomlinson* 26 RB 16 16 18 2 120
Nate Kaeding 23 K 16 0 49 21 112
Antonio Gates*+ 25 TE 15 15 10 60
Keenan McCardell 35 WR 16 16 9 54
Eric Parker 26 WR 16 9 3 18
Michael Turner 23 16 0 3 18
Clinton Hart 28 ss 16 5 2 12
Drew Brees 26 QB 16 16 1 6
Reche Caldwell 26 16 2 1 6
Lorenzo Neal* 35 FB 16 15 1 6
Justin Peelle 26 16 4 1 6
Team Total 26.1 16 22 27 2 49 21 418
Opp Total 16 14 20 34 20 1 312