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The Chargers started their 2016 season in Kansas City, playing against the Chiefs and at half time, held a lead of 21–3. The Chiefs rallied in the second half, defeating the Chargers 33–27. In San Diego, the Chargers defeated the Jaguars 38–14. Running back Danny Woodhead did not play due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury. The ...
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 Chargers' fight song, "San Diego Super Chargers", was recorded in 1979 at the height of the team's success with Air Coryell, and has a distinctly disco sound. [160] The team under then-new owner Alex Spanos replaced the song in 1989 with a non-disco cover version, but the original version was revived in 2002. The team played this song at ...
The Los Angeles Chargers are an American football franchise who play in the National Football League (NFL). They began play in Los Angeles in 1960 as charter members of the American Football League (AFL), [1] switched cities to San Diego the following season, [2] and returned to the Greater Los Angeles area in 2017. [3]
Sid Gillman coached the Los Angeles and San Diego Chargers to five Western Division titles and one league championship in the first six years of the league's existence.. His greatest coaching success came after he was persuaded by Barron Hilton, then the Chargers' majority owner, to become the head coach of the American Football League franchise he planned to operate in Los Angeles.
The last NFL player to connect on such a kick was the San Diego Chargers' Ray Wersching on Nov. 21, 1976. He made a kick from 45 yards on the final play of the second quarter against the Buffalo ...
17 years ago, Eli Manning was selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers — a team for whom he never played a single snap. Just before the draft, Manning ...
San Diego Super Chargers: [67] Nickname given to the San Diego Chargers from its fight song. [68] [69] Steel Curtain: [70] Nickname given to the defensive line of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, the backbone of a dominant defense, which was itself giver this moniker. The nickname was a play on the phrase Iron Curtain during the height of the ...