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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2002 San Diego ChargersW2002 San Diego Chargers↗

NFL · AFC West · 8–8 (.500) · 3rd in division · PF 333 · PA 367 · Coach Marty Schottenheimer

◀ 2001 2003 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 3284Drew Brees
2. 64Doug Flutie
3. 20Reche Caldwell

Rushing (yds)

1. 1683LaDainian Tomlinson
2. 130Drew Brees
3. 128Terrell Fletcher

Receiving (yds)

1. 852Curtis Conway
2. 623Tim Dwight
3. 510Stephen Alexander

Sacks

1. 6.5Raylee Johnson
2. 6Marcellus Wiley
3. 5Ben Leber

Interceptions

1. 5Donnie Edwards
2. 3Alex Molden
3. 2Rodney Harrison

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1026	1053
EPA per play	+0.00	+0.03
Pass EPA per play	-0.02	+0.05
Rush EPA per play	+0.03	+0.00
Success rate	41.9%	44.8%
Pass rate	55.1%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 42.2%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2002-09-08	1	@ Cincinnati Bengals	W 34–6	1–0	Paul Brown Stadium
2002-09-15	2	vs Houston Texans	W 24–3	2–0	Qualcomm Stadium
2002-09-22	3	@ Arizona Cardinals	W 23–15	3–0	Sun Devil Stadium
2002-09-29	4	vs New England Patriots	W 21–14	4–0	Qualcomm Stadium
2002-10-06	5	@ Denver Broncos	L 9–26	4–1	Invesco Field at Mile High
2002-10-13	6	vs Kansas City Chiefs	W 35–34	5–1	Qualcomm Stadium
2002-10-20	7	@ Oakland Raiders	W 27–21 OT	6–1	Network Associates Coliseum
2002-11-03	9	vs New York Jets	L 13–44	6–2	Qualcomm Stadium
2002-11-10	10	@ St. Louis Rams	L 24–28	6–3	Edward Jones Dome
2002-11-17	11	vs San Francisco 49ers	W 20–17 OT	7–3	Qualcomm Stadium
2002-11-24	12	@ Miami Dolphins	L 3–30	7–4	Pro Player Stadium
2002-12-01	13	vs Denver Broncos	W 30–27 OT	8–4	Qualcomm Stadium
2002-12-08	14	vs Oakland Raiders	L 7–27	8–5	Qualcomm Stadium
2002-12-15	15	@ Buffalo Bills	L 13–20	8–6	Ralph Wilson Stadium
2002-12-22	16	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 22–24	8–7	Arrowhead Stadium
2002-12-29	17	vs Seattle Seahawks	L 28–31 OT	8–8	Qualcomm Stadium

Roster (62)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
7	Doug Flutie	QB	5-10	180	Boston College	17	ACT
9	Drew Brees	QB	6-0	209	Purdue	1	ACT
12	Seth Burford	QB	6-3	241	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); Idaho State	0	ACT
44	Fred McCrary	FB	6-0	247	Mississippi State	7	ACT
45	Joey Goodspeed	FB	6-0	250	Notre Dame	2	ACT
21	LaDainian Tomlinson	RB	5-10	215	TCU	1	ACT
24	Jesse Chatman	RB	5-8	225	Eastern Washington	0	ACT
28	Ronney Jenkins	RB	5-11	190	Northern Arizona; BYU	2	ACT
41	Terrell Fletcher	RB	5-8	196	Wisconsin	7	ACT
80	Curtis Conway	WR	6-1	200	USC; El Camino	9	ACT
82	Reche Caldwell	WR	6-0	210	Florida	0	ACT
85	Tim Dwight	WR	5-8	180	Iowa	4	ACT
86	Dondre Gilliam	WR	6-0	185	University of Millersville; University of Cheyney	1	ACT
87	Tamarick Vanover	WR	6-0	220	Florida State	7	CUT
88	Eric Parker	WR	6-0	180	Tennessee	0	ACT
81	Stephen Alexander	TE	6-4	250	Oklahoma	4	ACT
83	Josh Norman	TE	6-2	236	Oklahoma	0	ACT
84	Justin Peelle	TE	6-4	251	Oregon	0	ACT
50	David Binn	C	6-3	228	California	8	ACT
66	Cory Raymer	C	6-3	300	Wisconsin	7	RES
20	Jerry Wilson	CB	5-11	190	Southern	7	ACT
23	Quentin Jammer	CB	6-0	204	Texas	0	ACT
25	Alex Molden	CB	5-10	190	Oregon	6	ACT
27	Tay Cody	CB	5-9	180	Florida State	1	RES
33	Davis Sanchez	CB	5-10	190	Oregon	1	ACT
34	Tony Okanlawon	CB	5-11	187	Maryland	0	RES
47	Ryan McNeil	CB	6-2	210	Miami	9	ACT
32	Kevin House	DB	6-0	185	South Carolina	0	ACT
75	Marcellus Wiley	DE	6-4	275	Columbia; West Los Angeles College	5	ACT
90	Adrian Dingle	DE	6-3	296	Clemson	3	ACT
93	Otis Leverette	DE	6-7	278	UAB; Middle Georgia College	1	ACT
93	Chris Demaree	DE	6-3	260	Kentucky	0	CUT
99	Raylee Johnson	DE	6-3	272	Arkansas	9	ACT
76	Jamal Williams	DT	6-3	348	Oklahoma State; Kemper Military Junior College	4	RES
78	DeQuincy Scott	DT	6-1	260	Southern Mississippi	1	ACT
91	Shawn Price	DT	6-4	290	University of U. of Pacific; Sierra JC	9	ACT
92	Jason Fisk	DT	6-3	300	Stanford	7	ACT
96	Leonardo Carson	DT	6-2	305	Auburn	2	ACT
35	Keith Lyle	FS	6-2	210	Virginia	8	ACT
42	Rogers Beckett	FS	6-2	207	Marshall	2	ACT
60	Jason Ball	G	6-2	301	New Hampshire	0	ACT
61	Michael Keathley	G	6-4	296	TCU	1	ACT
62	Bob Hallen	G	6-3	295	Kent State	4	ACT
63	Kelvin Garmon	G	6-2	350	Baylor	3	ACT
71	Toniu Fonoti	G	6-4	350	Nebraska	0	ACT
5	Wade Richey	K	6-3	205	LSU	4	CUT
8	Steve Christie	K	6-0	195	William & Mary	12	ACT
17	James Tuthill	K	6-2	250	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	2	CUT
56	Orlando Ruff	MLB	6-3	253	Furman	3	ACT
59	Donnie Edwards	MLB	6-2	224	UCLA	6	ACT
51	Ben Leber	OLB	6-3	245	Kansas State	0	ACT
52	Carlos Polk	OLB	6-2	262	Nebraska	1	ACT
55	Junior Seau	OLB	6-3	250	USC	12	ACT
57	Zeke Moreno	OLB	6-2	235	USC	1	ACT
2	Darren Bennett	P	6-5	235		8	ACT
30	Robert Carswell	SS	5-11	215	Clemson	1	CUT
36	Vernon Fox	SS	5-10	203	Fresno State	0	ACT
37	Rodney Harrison	SS	6-1	220	Western Illinois	8	ACT
69	Ed Ellis	T	6-5	325	Buffalo	5	ACT
70	Vaughn Parker	T	6-3	300	UCLA	8	ACT
77	Damion McIntosh	T	6-4	320	Kansas State	2	ACT
79	Sammy Williams	T	6-5	310	Oklahoma; Coffeyville CC	4	ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Jason Ball	Michael Keathley
FB	Fred McCrary	Joey Goodspeed
LG	Kelvin Garmon	Bob Hallen
LT	Damion McIntosh	Ed Ellis
QB	Drew Brees	Doug Flutie
RB	LaDainian Tomlinson	Terrell Fletcher
RG	Toniu Fonoti	Michael Keathley
RT	Sammy Williams	Kelvin Garmon
TE	Stephen Alexander	Justin Peelle
WR	Tim Dwight	Curtis Conway	Eric Parker

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Keith Lyle	Rogers Beckett
LCB	Alex Molden	Jerry Wilson
LDE	Marcellus Wiley	Adrian Dingle
LDT	Leonardo Carson	DeQuincy Scott
MLB	Donnie Edwards	Orlando Ruff
RCB	Quentin Jammer	Davis Sanchez
RDE	Raylee Johnson	Adrian Dingle
RDT	Jason Fisk	Leonardo Carson
SLB	Ben Leber	Carlos Polk
SS	Rodney Harrison	Vernon Fox
WLB	Junior Seau	Zeke Moreno

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Darren Bennett
K	Steve Christie
KR	Ronney Jenkins	Reche Caldwell
LS	David Binn
P	Darren Bennett
PR	Tim Dwight	Reche Caldwell

Biggest contracts on the books in 2002

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Junior Seau	LB	2000	3	$22.0M	$7.3M	$10.2M	11.8%
Junior Seau	LB	1998	5	$24.7M	$4.9M	$6.0M	9.4%
LaDainian Tomlinson	RB	2001	6	$15.8M	$2.6M	$11.5M	3.9%
Drew Brees	QB	2001	4	$3.6M	$901,250	$1.8M	1.3%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2002 (3)

Date	Trade
2002-08-31	CLV → SDG: 2003 round 7 pick 236 (conditional), Brandon Drumm SDG → CLV: Steve Heiden
2002-09-01	ATL → SDG: 2004 round 7 pick 209 SDG → ATL: Trevor Gaylor
2002-10-12	DAL → SDG: Kelvin Garmon SDG → DAL: 2003 round 7 pick 236 (conditional), Bron Drumm