San Diego Chargers seasons
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This is a list of seasons completed by the San Diego Chargers American football franchise of the National Football League. The list documents the season-by-season records of the Chargers' franchise from 1960 to the present, including post-season records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.
The Chargers franchise was founded in 1959 by Barron Hilton and played the 1960 season in Los Angeles as part of the American Football League (AFL). The next season saw the Chargers move to San Diego, becoming the San Diego Chargers.[1]
The franchise has experienced three major periods of success. The first was from 1960 to 1965, when the Chargers were AFL West champions five times and AFL champions once. The second was from 1978 to 1982, when the Chargers had winning seasons (seasons with more wins than losses) in each of these years, and won three consecutive division championships for the second time in franchise history. The most recent accomplishments range from 2004 to the present, with the franchise reaching the playoffs three times in four years. Their only Super Bowl appearance was in 1994. The Chargers have also experienced two notable periods of decline. From 1983 to 1991, they never placed higher than third in their division and did not make the playoffs. From 1996 to 2003, the team had no winning seasons, and had their worst season ever, winning only one of sixteen games in 2000.[2]
The Chargers have been division champions eight times, all of them in the AFC West. As of 2008, they are the only team since the NFL restructuring in 2002, reducing divisions to four teams, to win the AFC West championship more than once. They have been conference champions six times, but only once since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. As of the end of the 2007 season, the Chargers had played 749 regular and post-season games in 48 seasons, and have appeared in the post-season fifteen times.[2]
[edit] Seasons
Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any post-season play.
| AFL Champions (1960–1969) | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Wild Card Berth | One-Game Playoff Berth |
| NFL Season | Team's season[2] | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Post-season results | Awards | |||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||||
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| 1960 | 1960 | AFL | West | 1st | 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost AFL Championship (Oilers) (24–16) | ||
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| 1961 | 1961 | AFL | West | 1st | 12 | 2 | 0 | Lost AFL Championship (Oilers) (10–3) | ||
| 1962 | 1962 | AFL | West | 3rd | 4 | 10 | 0 | Earl Faison (AFL All-Star Game Defensive MVP) | ||
| 1963 | 1963 | AFL | West | 1st | 11 | 3 | 0 | Won AFL Championship (Patriots) (51–10) | Lance Alworth (AFL MVP) Keith Lincoln (AFL All-Star Game Offensive MVP) |
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| 1964 | 1964 | AFL | West | 1st | 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost AFL Championship (Bills) (20–7) | Keith Lincoln (AFL All-Star Game Offensive MVP) | |
| 1965 | 1965 | AFL | West | 1st | 9 | 2 | 3 | Lost AFL Championship (Bills) (23–0) | Frank Buncom (AFL All-Star Game Defensive MVP) | |
| 1966 | 1966 | AFL | West | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 1967 | 1967 | AFL | West | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 1 | Speedy Duncan (AFL All-Star Game Defensive MVP) | ||
| 1968 | 1968 | AFL | West | 3rd | 9 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | 1969 | AFL | West | 3rd | 8 | 6 | 0 | John Hadl (AFL All-Star Game MVP) | ||
| 1970[3] | 1970 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 1971 | 1971 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1972 | 1972 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 4 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 1973 | 1973 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 2 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 1974 | 1974 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 5 | 9 | 0 | Don Woods (Offensive Rookie of the Year) | |
| 1975 | 1975 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | 1976 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1977 | 1977 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | 1978[4] | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | 1979 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Oilers) (17–14) | |
| 1980 | 1980 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st[5] | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Bills) (20–14) Lost Conference Playoffs (Raiders) (34–27) |
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| 1981 | 1981 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st[6] | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins) (41–38 OT)[7] Lost Conference Playoffs (Bengals)[8] (27–7) |
Kellen Winslow (Pro Bowl MVP) |
| 1982[9] | 1982 | NFL | AFC | 6th | 6 | 3 | 0 | Won First-round Playoffs (Steelers) (31–28) Lost Second-round Playoffs (Dolphins) (34–13) |
Dan Fouts (NFL MVP) (Pro Bowl MVP) (Offensive Player of the Year) |
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| 1983 | 1983 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1984 | 1984 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1985 | 1985 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1986 | 1986 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 4 | 12 | 0 | Leslie O'Neal (Defensive Rookie of the Year) | |
| 1987[10] | 1987 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 8 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1988 | 1988 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1989 | 1989 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | 1990 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | 1991 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | 1992 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild-Card Playoffs (Chiefs) (17–0) Lost Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins) (31–0) |
Bobby Ross (AFC Coach of the Year) |
| 1993 | 1993 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | 1994 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins) (22–21) Won Conference Playoffs (Steelers) (17–13) Lost Super Bowl XXIX (49ers) (49–26) |
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| 1995 | 1995 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Colts) (35–20) | |
| 1996 | 1996 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | 1997 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | 1998 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | 1999 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 2000 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | 2001 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 5 | 11 | 0 | LaDainian Tomlinson (Offensive Rookie of the Year) | |
| 2002 | 2002 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | 2003 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | 2004 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Jets) (20–17 OT) | Marty Schottenheimer (NFL Coach of the Year) Drew Brees (NFL Comeback Player of the Year) |
| 2005 | 2005 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Shawne Merriman (Defensive Rookie of the Year) | |
| 2006 | 2006 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 14 | 2 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Patriots) (24–21) | LaDainian Tomlinson (NFL MVP) (Offensive Player of the Year) |
| 2007 | 2007 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Titans) (17–6) Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts) (28-24) Lost Conference Playoffs (Patriots) (21–12) |
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| Total | 354 | 359 | 13 | (1960–2007, includes only regular season) | ||||||
| 9 | 14 | 0[11] | (1960–2008, includes only playoffs)[12] | |||||||
| 363 | 373 | 13 | (1960–2008, includes both regular season and playoffs; 1 AFL Championship)[12] | |||||||
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Chronology. chargers.com. Retrieved on January 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c San Diego Chargers Franchise Encyclopedia. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved on January 15, 2008.
- ^ As a result of the AFL-NFL Merger, the league was broken into two conferences, with the AFL teams moving into the American Football Conference.
- ^ This season included the Holy Roller game.
- ^ The Chargers finished ahead of Oakland in the AFC West based on better net points in division games.
- ^ The Chargers finished ahead of the Denver Broncos based on better divisional record.
- ^ This game is known as the Epic in Miami.
- ^ This game was known as the Freezer Bowl.
- ^ 1982 was a strike-shortened season so the league was divided up into two conferences instead of its normal divisional alignment.
- ^ The strike of 1987 reduced the regular season schedule from sixteen to fifteen games.
- ^ Ties can not occur in the playoffs.
- ^ a b The 2007 season's playoffs took place in 2008.
[edit] References
- San Diego Chargers (1960-Present). Sports Encyclopedia. Retrieved on January 15, 2008.
- San Diego Chargers Season Records. Rauzulu's Street. Retrieved on January 15, 2008.
- HickokSports.com. HickokSports.com - History - NFL Rookie of the Year Awards. Retrieved on January 15, 2008.
- NFL.com - History - Yearly Standings. National Football League Official website. Retrieved on January 15, 2008.
- chargers.com - History - Record Book. The National Football League - San Diego Chargers. Retrieved on January 15, 2008.
- San Diego Chargers (1970 - ). databasefootball.com. Retrieved on January 15, 2008.
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