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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

2012 San Diego ChargersW2012 San Diego Chargers↗

NFL · AFC West · 7–9 (.438) · 2nd in division · PF 350 · PA 350 · Coach Norv Turner

◀ 2011 2013 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 3606Philip Rivers

Rushing (yds)

1. 707Ryan Mathews
2. 311Jackie Battle
3. 220Ronnie Brown

Receiving (yds)

1. 814Malcom Floyd
2. 658Danario Alexander
3. 538Antonio Gates

Sacks

1. 9.5Shaun Phillips
2. 7Corey Liuget
3. 5.5Kendall Reyes

Interceptions

1. 3Quentin Jammer
2. 3Eric Weddle
3. 2Demorrio Williams

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	978	1005
EPA per play	-0.06	-0.04
Pass EPA per play	-0.01	+0.02
Rush EPA per play	-0.13	-0.13
Success rate	41.0%	43.0%
Pass rate	58.8%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play +0.00, success rate 43.0%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2012-09-10	1	@ Oakland Raiders	W 22–14	1–0	O.co Coliseum
2012-09-16	2	vs Tennessee Titans	W 38–10	2–0	Qualcomm Stadium
2012-09-23	3	vs Atlanta Falcons	L 3–27	2–1	Qualcomm Stadium
2012-09-30	4	@ Kansas City Chiefs	W 37–20	3–1	Arrowhead Stadium
2012-10-07	5	@ New Orleans Saints	L 24–31	3–2	Mercedes-Benz Superdome
2012-10-15	6	vs Denver Broncos	L 24–35	3–3	Qualcomm Stadium
2012-10-28	8	@ Cleveland Browns	L 6–7	3–4	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2012-11-01	9	vs Kansas City Chiefs	W 31–13	4–4	Qualcomm Stadium
2012-11-11	10	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 24–34	4–5	Raymond James Stadium
2012-11-18	11	@ Denver Broncos	L 23–30	4–6	Sports Authority Field at Mile High
2012-11-25	12	vs Baltimore Ravens	L 13–16 OT	4–7	Qualcomm Stadium
2012-12-02	13	vs Cincinnati Bengals	L 13–20	4–8	Qualcomm Stadium
2012-12-09	14	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–24	5–8	Heinz Field
2012-12-16	15	vs Carolina Panthers	L 7–31	5–9	Qualcomm Stadium
2012-12-23	16	@ New York Jets	W 27–17	6–9	MetLife Stadium
2012-12-30	17	vs Oakland Raiders	W 24–21	7–9	Qualcomm Stadium

Roster (68)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
6	Charlie Whitehurst	QB	6-5	226	Clemson	6	ACT
17	Philip Rivers	QB	6-5	228	N.C. State	8	ACT
33	Le'Ron McClain	FB	6-0	260	Alabama	5	ACT
24	Ryan Mathews	RB	6-0	220	Fresno State	2	RES
27	Edwin Baker	RB	5-8	210	Michigan State	0	ACT
30	Ronnie Brown	RB	6-0	223	Auburn	7	ACT
36	Curtis Brinkley	RB	5-9	208	Syracuse	3	ACT
44	Jackie Battle	RB	6-2	240	Houston	5	ACT
11	Eddie Royal	WR	5-10	190	Virginia Tech	4	ACT
12	Robert Meachem	WR	6-2	215	Tennessee	5	ACT
13	Seyi Ajirotutu	WR	6-3	215	Fresno State	2	RES
15	Richard Goodman	WR	6-0	192	Florida State	2	RES
80	Malcom Floyd	WR	6-5	225	Wyoming	8	RES
83	Mike Willie	WR	6-2	220	Arizona State	0	ACT
84	Danario Alexander	WR	6-5	217	Missouri	2	ACT
87	Micheal Spurlock	WR	5-11	210	Mississippi	6	ACT
81	Randy McMichael	TE	6-3	248	Georgia	10	ACT
85	Antonio Gates	TE	6-4	255	Kent State; Eastern Michigan; Michigan State; College of the Sequoias	9	ACT
88	Dante Rosario	TE	6-3	242	Oregon	5	ACT
89	Ladarius Green	TE	6-6	240	Louisiana-Lafayette	0	ACT
60	David Molk	C	6-1	290	Michigan	0	RES
61	Nick Hardwick	C	6-4	305	Purdue	8	ACT
64	Colin Baxter	C	6-3	310	Arizona	1	ACT
20	Antoine Cason	CB	6-1	195	Arizona	4	ACT
22	Chris Carr	CB	5-10	182	Boise State	7	ACT
23	Quentin Jammer	CB	6-0	204	Texas	10	ACT
29	Shareece Wright	CB	5-11	184	USC	1	ACT
38	Marcus Gilchrist	CB	5-10	200	Clemson	1	ACT
31	Gregory Gatson	DB	5-11	165	Arkansas	0	ACT
40	Sean Cattouse	DB	6-2	210	California	0	ACT
75	Damik Scafe	DE	6-2	300	Boston College	1	ACT
91	Kendall Reyes	DE	6-4	300	Connecticut	0	ACT
92	Vaughn Martin	DE	6-4	300	Western Ontario	3	RES
94	Corey Liuget	DE	6-2	300	Illinois	1	ACT
71	Antonio Garay	DT	6-4	320	Boston College	9	ACT
90	Aubrayo Franklin	DT	6-1	320	Tennessee; Itawamba JC	9	RES
93	Cam Thomas	DT	6-4	335	North Carolina	2	ACT
25	Darrell Stuckey	FS	5-11	212	Kansas	2	RES
32	Eric Weddle	FS	5-11	195	Utah	5	ACT
65	Louis Vasquez	G	6-5	335	Texas Tech	3	ACT
67	Rex Hadnot	G	6-2	310	Houston	8	ACT
69	Tyronne Green	G	6-2	316	Auburn	3	ACT
70	Kevin Haslam	G	6-5	304	Rutgers	2	ACT
74	Reggie Wells	G	6-4	318	University of Clarion	9	RES
51	Takeo Spikes	ILB	6-2	242	Auburn	14	ACT
53	Gary Guyton	ILB	6-3	245	Georgia Tech	4	ACT
56	Donald Butler	ILB	6-1	242	Washington	2	ACT
57	Jonas Mouton	ILB	6-2	240	Michigan	1	ACT
58	Demorrio Williams	ILB	6-1	235	Nebraska; Kilgore	8	ACT
59	Andrew Gachkar	ILB	6-2	224	Missouri	1	ACT
9	Nick Novak	K	6-0	200	Maryland	7	ACT
10	Nate Kaeding	K	6-0	187	Iowa	8	ACT
97	Bront Bird	LB	6-4	250	Texas Tech	1	ACT
42	Kyle Nelson	LS	6-2	240	New Mexico State	1	ACT
47	Mike Windt	LS	6-1	237	Cincinnati	2	RES
52	Larry English	OLB	6-2	255	Northern Illinois	3	ACT
54	Melvin Ingram	OLB	6-2	250	South Carolina	0	ACT
95	Shaun Phillips	OLB	6-3	255	Purdue	8	ACT
96	Jarret Johnson	OLB	6-3	260	Alabama	9	ACT
98	Antwan Barnes	OLB	6-1	251	Florida International	5	RES
5	Mike Scifres	P	6-2	215	Western Illinois	9	ACT
26	Atari Bigby	SS	5-11	211	UCF	7	RES
28	Brandon Taylor	SS	5-11	205	LSU	0	RES
41	Corey Lynch	SS	6-0	210	Appalachian State	4	ACT
66	Jeromey Clary	T	6-6	320	Kansas State	6	ACT
72	Stephen Schilling	T	6-5	312	Michigan	1	ACT
78	Jared Gaither	T	6-9	335	Maryland	5	RES
79	Michael Harris	T	6-5	338	UCLA	0	ACT

Depth chart, week 18

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Nick Hardwick	Colin Baxter
FB	Le'Ron McClain
LG	Tyronne Green	Rex Hadnot
LT	Kevin Haslam
QB	Philip Rivers	Charlie Whitehurst
RB	Jackie Battle	Ronnie Brown	Curtis Brinkley
RG	Louis Vasquez	Rex Hadnot
RT	Jeromey Clary	Kevin Haslam
TE	Antonio Gates	Randy McMichael	Dante Rosario
WR	Danario Alexander	Eddie Royal	Robert Meachem

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
DT	Cam Thomas	Antonio Garay
FS	Eric Weddle	Marcus Gilchrist
ILB	Takeo Spikes	Demorrio Williams	Jonas Mouton
LCB	Quentin Jammer	Marcus Gilchrist
LE	Kendall Reyes	Damik Scafe
OLB	Shaun Phillips	Jarret Johnson	Larry English
RCB	Antoine Cason	Shareece Wright	Chris Carr
RE	Corey Liuget	Cam Thomas
SS	Corey Lynch	Sean Cattouse

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Mike Scifres	Eric Weddle
K	Nick Novak
KR	Micheal Spurlock	Chris Carr	Curtis Brinkley
LS	Kyle Nelson
P	Mike Scifres
PR	Micheal Spurlock	Eddie Royal	Chris Carr

Biggest contracts on the books in 2012

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Philip Rivers	QB	2009	6	$91.8M	$15.3M	$38.1M	12.4%
Eric Weddle	S	2011	5	$40.0M	$8.0M	$19.0M	6.6%
Antonio Gates	TE	2010	6	$36.2M	$7.2M	$20.4M	5.6%
Jeromey Clary	RT	2011	4	$20.0M	$5.0M	$6.8M	4.2%
Jarret Johnson	ED	2012	4	$19.0M	$4.8M	$6.0M	3.9%
Eddie Royal	WR	2012	3	$13.5M	$4.5M	$6.0M	3.7%
Nick Hardwick	C	2012	3	$13.5M	$4.5M	$5.2M	3.7%
Malcom Floyd	WR	2012	4	$11.6M	$3.9M	$5.2M	3.2%
Mike Scifres	P	2011	5	$18.1M	$3.6M	$7.4M	3.0%
Ryan Mathews	RB	2010	5	$17.8M	$3.6M	$13.4M	2.8%
Melvin Ingram	ED	2012	5	$16.1M	$3.2M	$15.4M	2.7%
Corey Liuget	IDL	2011	5	$14.8M	$3.0M	$13.0M	2.5%
Le'Ron McClain	FB	2012	3	$8.2M	$2.8M	$3.5M	2.3%
Malcom Floyd	WR	2011	2	$5.0M	$2.5M	$1.2M	2.1%
Larry English	ED	2009	6	$14.2M	$2.4M	$9.6M	1.9%
Charlie Whitehurst	QB	2012	2	$3.0M	$1.5M	$1.0M	1.3%
Kendall Reyes	IDL	2012	4	$4.1M	$1.0M	$2.2M	0.9%
Marcus Gilchrist	S	2011	4	$4.0M	$988,900	$2.1M	0.8%
Jonas Mouton	LB	2011	4	$3.2M	$802,376	$0	0.7%
Brandon Taylor	S	2012	4	$2.8M	$691,594	$643,876	0.6%
Vincent Brown	WR	2011	4	$2.6M	$656,517	$586,068	0.5%
Donald Butler	LB	2010	4	$2.6M	$649,625	$808,500	0.5%
Shareece Wright	CB	2011	4	$2.6M	$646,035	$544,140	0.5%
Ladarius Green	TE	2012	4	$2.6M	$637,725	$450,900	0.5%
Louis Vasquez	RG	2009	4	$2.5M	$636,125	$794,500	0.5%

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

Trades in 2012 (1)

Date	Trade
2012-04-27	MIA → SDG: 2012 round 3 pick 73 SDG → MIA: 2012 round 3 pick 78, 2012 round 6 pick 183

Injury reports (121)

Wk	Player	Pos	Injury	Game status	Practice
1	Antonio Garay	DT	Ankle	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
1	Jared Gaither	T	Back	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
1	Ryan Mathews	RB	Shoulder	Out	Limited Participation in Practice
2	Antonio Garay	DT	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2	Antonio Gates	TE	Ribs	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2	Jared Gaither	T	Back	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2	Quentin Jammer	CB	Thumb	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2	Richard Goodman	WR	Concussion	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2	Ryan Mathews	RB	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2	Shareece Wright	CB	Foot	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
3	Antonio Gates	TE	Ribs	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
3	Curtis Brinkley	RB	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
3	Dante Rosario	TE	Calf	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
3	Eddie Royal	WR	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
3	Jared Gaither	T	Back	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
3	Ryan Mathews	RB	Shoulder	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
3	Shareece Wright	CB	Foot	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
4	Antwan Barnes	LB	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
4	Demorrio Williams	LB	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
4	Jared Gaither	T	Back	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
4	Nate Kaeding	K	Groin	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
4	Quentin Jammer	CB	Hand	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
4	Shareece Wright	CB	Foot	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
5	Nate Kaeding	K	right Groin	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
5	Shareece Wright	CB	Foot	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
5	Tyronne Green	G	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
6	Eddie Royal	WR	Hamstring		Did Not Participate In Practice
6	Jared Gaither	T	Groin		Did Not Participate In Practice
6	Jeromey Clary	T	Foot		Full Participation in Practice
6	Malcom Floyd	WR	Groin		Limited Participation in Practice
6	Nate Kaeding	K	right Groin		Did Not Participate In Practice
6	Ryan Mathews	RB	Ankle		Full Participation in Practice
6	Shareece Wright	CB	Foot		Limited Participation in Practice
8	Eddie Royal	WR	Hamstring	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
8	Jared Gaither	T	Groin	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
8	Jonas Mouton	LB	Hip	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
8	Nick Hardwick	C	Abdomen	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
8	Shareece Wright	CB	Foot	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
8	Vaughn Martin	DE	Neck	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
9	Chris Carr	CB	Quadricep	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
9	Eddie Royal	WR	Hamstring	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
9	Jared Gaither	T	Groin	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
9	Jonas Mouton	LB	Hip	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
9	Robert Meachem	WR	Hamstring	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
9	Takeo Spikes	LB	Elbow	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
9	Vaughn Martin	DE	Neck	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
9	Nick Hardwick	C	Abdomen		Full Participation in Practice
9	Richard Goodman	WR	Hamstring		Did Not Participate In Practice
9	Shareece Wright	CB	Foot		Full Participation in Practice
10	Antwan Barnes	LB	Hamstring	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
10	Atari Bigby	S	Quadricep	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
10	Chris Carr	CB	Quadricep	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
10	Corey Liuget	DE	Hamstring	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
10	Demorrio Williams	LB	Abdomen	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
10	Eddie Royal	WR	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
10	Jared Gaither	T	Groin	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
10	Robert Meachem	WR	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
10	Shaun Phillips	LB	Finger	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
11	Antwan Barnes	LB	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
11	Atari Bigby	S	Quadricep	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
11	Aubrayo Franklin	DT	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
11	Chris Carr	CB	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
11	Dante Rosario	TE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
11	Eric Weddle	S	Illness / Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
11	Jared Gaither	T	Groin	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
11	Melvin Ingram	LB	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
11	Mike Scifres	P	right Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
11	Ryan Mathews	RB	Neck	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
11	Tyronne Green	G	Ribs / Illness	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
12	Atari Bigby	S	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
12	Aubrayo Franklin	DT	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
12	Dante Rosario	TE	Hamstring	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
12	Eddie Royal	WR	Hamstring	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
12	Larry English	LB	Calf	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
12	Louis Vasquez	G	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
12	Mike Scifres	P	right Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
12	Tyronne Green	G	Hamstring	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
12	Jared Gaither	T	Groin		Did Not Participate In Practice
13	Antwan Barnes	LB	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
13	Dante Rosario	TE	Hamstring	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
13	Darrell Stuckey	S	Hamstring	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
13	Donald Butler	LB	Groin	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
13	Eddie Royal	WR	Hamstring	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
13	Eric Weddle	S	Concussion	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
13	Jarret Johnson	LB	Back	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
13	Jeromey Clary	T	Thigh	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
13	Larry English	LB	Calf	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
13	Mike Scifres	P	right Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
13	Tyronne Green	G	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
13	Corey Liuget	DE	Tibia		Full Participation in Practice
13	Danario Alexander	WR	Thigh		Full Participation in Practice
14	Corey Lynch	S	Quadricep	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
14	Dante Rosario	TE	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
14	Darrell Stuckey	S	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
14	Donald Butler	LB	Groin	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
14	Eddie Royal	WR	Hamstring	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
14	Jarret Johnson	LB	Back	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
14	Jeromey Clary	T	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
14	Michael Harris	T	Ankle	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
14	Tyronne Green	G	Hamstring	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Demorrio Williams	LB	Ankle	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Donald Butler	LB	Groin	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Eddie Royal	WR	Hamstring	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
15	Jeromey Clary	T	Knee	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Kendall Reyes	DE	Quadricep	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
15	Michael Harris	T	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
15	Ronnie Brown	RB	Hamstring	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Tyronne Green	G	Hamstring	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
16	Aubrayo Franklin	DT	Knee	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
16	Demorrio Williams	LB	Ankle	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
16	Donald Butler	LB	Groin	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
16	Eddie Royal	WR	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
16	Jeromey Clary	T	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
16	Ronnie Brown	RB	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
16	Takeo Spikes	LB	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
16	Tyronne Green	G	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
17	Demorrio Williams	LB	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
17	Donald Butler	LB	Groin	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
17	Ronnie Brown	RB	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
17	Shareece Wright	CB	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
17	Takeo Spikes	LB	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice