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The Chargers announced their 50th Anniversary Team in 2009 to honor the top players and coaches in the team's history. The Chargers were founded in 1959. [148] The team included 53 players and coaches selected from 103 nominees. [149] [150] [151] The Chargers originally stated that only 50 members would be selected. [151]
The Chargers only spent one season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961 due to the popularity of the Rams. [16] Initially denied in December, 1960, [17] but announced in late January, 1961, owner Barron Hilton relocated the Chargers down the coast to a soon-to-be expanded Balboa Stadium at Balboa Park in San Diego for the 1961 season, [18] [19] [20] their home field until 1966.
The Oilers won five of their first six games, which included a 38–28 victory over the Chargers in the second week. They lost the rematch 24–21 to fall to 6–3 on the season before winning four of their final five games of the year to finish three games above New York at 10–4 while being the best team in total offensive yards (4,936) on ...
In the 11th week, the Chargers were defeated by Oakland 41–21 with 52,661 spectators at the game, alongside 2,018 closed-circuit television viewers in the San Diego Sports Arena. In 1968, the Chargers played a first pre-season game at San Diego Stadium against the NFL's San Francisco 49ers. The Chargers won 30–18, before 39,553 spectators.
The Foolish Club were the owners of the eight original franchises of the American Football League (AFL). When Texas oil magnates Lamar Hunt and Bud Adams Jr. were refused entry to the established National Football League (NFL) in 1959, they founded franchises in Dallas and Houston, and recruited businessmen in six other U.S. markets to form an eight-team rival circuit, calling it the American ...
The 1961 AFL Championship Game was a rematch of the first American Football League title game, between the Houston Oilers and the San Diego Chargers. It was played on December 24 at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, California, and the Oilers were three-point favorites. [2] [3] [4]
The Chargers won the first four games in this series, beginning with a 24-3 victory in Houston’s inaugural season in 2002. The Texans beat the Chargers 31-28 in 2013 for their first win in the ...
Jack Kemp was the first starter for the Chargers. His regular season winning percentage of 0.786 remains a franchise record (excluding those with only one or two starts). This is a sortable table. As a default, players are ordered by the date of their first start for the Chargers.