San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the team had played the 1960 season.
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47 Facts About San Diego Chargers
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Chargers' first home game in San Diego was at Balboa Stadium against the Oakland Raiders on September 17,1961.
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San Diego Chargers's strength lay in offense innovation and he was later honoured in the Hall of Fame.
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San Diego Chargers originally planned to play at the Rose Bowl, but instead signed a lease to play at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
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San Diego Chargers were to host the first ever AFL national championship game at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1961.
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However, as attendances for home games were falling below 10,000, league and ABC television officials, fearing that showing empty seats in the 100,000+ seat Coliseum might jeopardize the entire league, persuaded the San Diego Chargers to give up the advantage and move the game to Houston.
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San Diego Chargers played in four of the first five AFL national championship games after their move, although they won only in 1963.
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San Diego Chargers set a record of 96 consecutive games with a reception.
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San Diego would spend $250,000 to increase stadium seating from 22,000 to 30,000; adding back rests for reserved seats; raising the scoreboard; upgrading the locker rooms; moving the football field closer to the stands and reseeding it; and improving security measures.
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In 1970, the San Diego Chargers settled into the AFC West division following the NFL merger with the AFL.
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San Diego Chargers played three games and then was replaced by the rookie Dan Fouts.
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In 1978, San Diego hired head coach Don Coryell, who would coach the team until 1986.
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The San Diego Chargers led the league in passing yards an NFL record six consecutive years from 1978 to 1983 and again in 1985.
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San Diego Chargers batted and kicked the ball into the end zone, where he fell on it for the game-tying touchdown as time ran out.
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San Diego Chargers' fans saw the fumble as an incomplete pass or an intentional grounding.
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San Diego Chargers was replaced by Don Coryell of the St Louis Cardinals.
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The San Diego Chargers won nine games and lost seven, thus missing the playoffs.
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San Diego Chargers's achievement was established in a game in which he threw over 303 yards against the Oakland Raiders.
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The San Diego Chargers defeated the New Orleans Saints 35 points to nil and proceeded to the playoffs, the first time in fourteen years.
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The defensive front line included the 1975 San Diego Chargers' draftees Fred Dean, Gary "Big Hands" Johnson and Louie Kelcher.
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The San Diego Chargers' owner traded the wide receiver, John Jefferson, to the Green Bay Packers after a salary raise could not be agreed upon.
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The San Diego Chargers were led by Fouts who made an NFL single season record of 4,802 yards and 33 touchdowns.
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San Diego Chargers became exhausted and was assisted from the field by his teammates.
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The San Diego Chargers reached the playoffs for the fourth straight year, finishing fifth in the AFC.
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San Diego Chargers set seven NFL records and 42 club records, and became the NFL's second most prolific passer of all time with 43,040 yards.
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From 1996 to 2003, the San Diego Chargers had eight consecutive seasons where they finished with just as many, if not more losses than wins.
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The San Diego Chargers signed former Buffalo Bills quarterback Doug Flutie and traded the team's first overall selection in the 2001 NFL Draft to the Atlanta Falcons in return for the first-round selection and third-round selection in the same draft.
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The San Diego Chargers used those selections in the 2001 draft to select Texas Christian University running back LaDainian Tomlinson and Purdue University quarterback Drew Brees.
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San Diego Chargers became the first Charger and the eighth player in NFL history to record consecutive 2,000-yard seasons.
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The San Diego Chargers used their first pick to gain Shawne Merriman from the University of Maryland.
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The San Diego Chargers defeated the Colts in the wild card round but lost to the Steelers in the divisional round.
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The San Diego Chargers secured another division title and became the AFC second seed.
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The San Diego Chargers won the next four games then again were defeated by the Raiders at home, 28 points to 13.
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On January 9,2013, the San Diego Chargers announced that Tom Telesco, former Vice President of Football Operations for the Indianapolis Colts, would become the San Diego Chargers' general manager.
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On January 14,2014, the San Diego Chargers announced Frank Reich, the quarterback coach, would replace Whisenhunt as the team's offensive coordinator.
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The San Diego Chargers brought back Donald Butler, Chad Rinehart, and Darrell Stuckey; dismissed Derek Cox; and engaged the running back Donald Brown.
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The San Diego Chargers selected Jason Verrett, Jeremiah Attaochu, and Chris Watt in the first three rounds of the 2014 NFL Draft.
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In September and October 2014, the San Diego Chargers won five games after losing their first game of the season and then lost a further three games.
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The San Diego Chargers lost to the Cincinnati Bengals and Minnesota Vikings in away games before defeating the Cleveland Browns on a last second field goal.
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San Diego Chargers drafted defensive end Joey Bosa in the third overall pick of the 2016 draft.
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The San Diego Chargers were given an approval to relocate in one year's time, under the condition they negotiate a lease or partnership agreement with the Rams.
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The San Diego Chargers would contribute a $200 million stadium loan from the NFL and personal seat license fees to the construction costs, and they would pay $1 per year in rent to the Rams.
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Between April 21 and June 10,2016, the San Diego Chargers collected 110,786 signatures in support of a new Downtown stadium.
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On December 23,2016, the San Diego Chargers leased a property of approximately 3 acres in Costa Mesa for offices, practice fields, and training facilities.
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On January 12,2017, Spanos announced the San Diego Chargers would move back to Los Angeles for the 2017 season.
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In returning to Los Angeles, the San Diego Chargers became the third franchise to relocate to a previous home city.
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