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GAME RELEASE VS.VS. NEWNEW ORLEANSOORRLLEEANNS SAINTSAINTSSASAIINNTS PRESEASON WEEK 3 VS SAT. AUG. 25 | 5 PM PT CHARGERS vs. SAINTS CHARGERS SCHEDULE The Los Angles Chargers cap off their preseason home slate against the New Orleans Saints on PRESEASON Saturday, Aug. 25. Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m., from ROKit Field at StubHub Center. Ian Eagle, SAT. AUG. 11 @ ARIZONA L, 24-17 KABC Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts and Evan Washburn will be on the national broadcast for SAT. AUG. 18 SEATTLE W, 24-14 KABC CBS while Matt “Money” Smith, Daniel Jeremiah and Shannon Farren will bring the action on SAT. AUG. 25 NEW ORLEANS 5:00 PM CBS* KFI-AM 640. Mario Solis and Jorge Villanueva will present the game in Spanish on KFWB-AM THU. AUG. 30 @ SAN FRANCISCO 7:00 PM KABC 980. REGULAR SEASON SUN. SEPT. 9 KANSAS CITY 1:05 PM CBS The Chargers are 7-5 all-time against the Saints and are 4-3 in preseason contests. Saturday’s SUN. SEPT. 16 @ BUFFALO 10:00 AM CBS game will mark the second straight preseason that the two teams meet, and the second year SUN. SEPT. 23 @ LOS ANGELES 1:05 PM CBS in a row the two teams share the practice fi elds at Jack Hammett. Last year, the Saints won the SUN. SEPT. 30 SAN FRANCISCO 1:25 PM CBS SUN. OCT. 7 OAKLAND 1:05 PM CBS preseason matchup, 13-7. SUN. OCT. 14 @ CLEVELAND 10:00 AM CBS SUN. OCT. 21 TENNESSEE 6:30 AM CBS The Bolts opened the 2018 preseason home slate with a 24-14 victory against the Seattle BYE Seahawks this past Saturday. Melvin Gordon opened the scoring with a two-yard rushing score SUN. NOV. 4 @ SEATTLE 1:05 PM CBS while JJ Jones returned a punt 72-yards to give the Bolts a 14-6 lead. Mike Williams hauled SUN. NOV. 11 @ OAKLAND 1:05 PM FOX SUN. NOV. 18 DENVER 1:05 PM CBS in a highlight 25-yard touchdown from Geno Smith in the third quarter while Roberto Aguayo SUN. NOV. 25 ARIZONA 1:05 PM FOX capped off the scoring with a 39-yard fi eld in the last minute of the fourth. SUN. DEC. 2 @ PITTSBURGH 10:00 AM CBS SUN. DEC. 9 CINCINNATI 1:05 PM CBS After a 0-4 start out of the gate, the Chargers came to form and rattled off nine wins in the THU. DEC. 13 @ KANSAS CITY 5:20 PM FOX/NFLN remaining 12 contests of the season, including a fi ve-game home winning streak. The nine wins DEC. 22 OR 23 BALTIMORE TBD TBD SUN. DEC. 30 @ DENVER 1:25 PM CBS over the 12-game span was the best mark since the team won the last 11 games of the 2009 season. The fi ve straight home wins were also the best run on home turf since that 2009 season. The Chargers will host the Tennessee Titans at Wembley Stadium as part of the 2018 NFL London Games Subject to NFL’s fl ex scheduling All times Pacifi c and subject to change * Nationally televised The Chargers led the NFL in passing in 2017 with 4,431 net passing yards for 276.9 yards-per- game. Philip Rivers completed the season ranked second in the league with 4,515 total passing 2017 AFC WEST STANDINGS yards. Keenan Allen had a record-breaking season for the Chargers in 2017 en route to sweeping Comeback Player of the Year honors. Allen broke the Chargers’ single-season receptions record, WEST W L T Pct. PF PA fi nishing fourth in the NFL with 102 catches. His 1,393 receiving yards was the second-most in y-Kansas City 10 6 0 .625 415 339 a season in team history. On the ground, Melvin Gordon tallied his fi rst 1,000-yard season by Los Angeles Chargers 9 7 0 .563 355 272 totaling 1,105 yards to rank seventh in the NFL. Oakland 6 10 0 .375 301 373 Denver 5 11 0 .313 289 382 The Chargers orchestrated a huge turnaround on the defensive side of the ball as the Bolts ranked third in the league, allowing 17 points per game. The 17 points per game was the best mark by the team since 1992 and nearly a 10 points-per-game improvement from 2016. CHARGERS ON THE AIR The Chargers will conclude their preseason schedule on the road against the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday, Aug. 30. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and will air on KABC-TV. TELEVISION: CBS Play-by-play: Ian Eagle TRAINING CAMP Analyst: Dan Fouts Sideline: Evan Washburn The Los Angeles Chargers are in the midst of their second straight training camp at Jack Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa, Calif. There are 14 practices open to the public. The CHARGERS RADIO: KFI-AM 640 Chargers once again will have joint practices with the New Orleans Saints, scheduled for Aug. Play-by-play: Matt “Money” Smith 22-23. For more information visit chargers.com/schedule/training-camp. Analyst: Daniel Jeremiah GAME RELEASE INDEX Sideline: Shannon Farren SPANISH RADIO: KFWB-AM 980 PAGE CONTENT PAGE CONTENT PAGE CONTENT 2 Schedule Breakdown 10 2017 Honor Roll 21 Pronunciation Play-by-play: Mario Solis 3 The Coaches 11 2017 Rankings 22 Transactions Analyst: Jorge Villanueva 4 Connections 12 2017 Notes 23 Depth Chart 5 The Matchup 14 Philip Rivers 24 Last Time 6 Series History 17 Anthony Lynn 26 Statistics 7 2018 Notes 18 Tom Telesco 29 Supplemental Bios 9 Milestones 19 Rosters 30 Media Information 1 1 BREAKING DOWN THE 2018 SCHEDULE The Chargers opponents in 2018 posted a 102-106 (.490) regular season record in 2017. Five of the teams on the schedule made the postseason and eight of the teams had a .500 or better record. The Chargers fi nished second in the AFC West and were 3-3 against divisional foes. The Bolts fi nished strong, winning nine of their last 12 contests. SERIES BREAKDOWN 2017 RECORD NOTES ALL-TIME: 55-60-1 OVERALL: 10-6-0 The Chiefs have been a thorn in the side of the Chargers for the past few HOME: 32-25-1 HOME: 6-2-0 seasons. Kansas City once again swept the season series, moving their winning AWAY: 23-35-0 AWAY: 4-4-0 streak to eight games against the Bolts. This will be the fourth time the Char- LAST: L, 30-13 - 2017 at Chiefs POSTSEASON: Wild Card Round gers host the Chiefs in the season-opener and the fi rst since 1992. ALL-TIME: 24-12-2 OVERALL: 9-7-0 The Chargers put up 54 points and recorded six takeaways to run away to a HOME: 14-6-1 HOME: 6-2-0 54-24 victory at home in 2017. The Bolts hold an all-time regular-season re- AWAY: 10-6-1 AWAY: 3-5-0 cord of 23-10-2 against the Bills, which is the franchise’s best regular-season LAST: W, 54-24 - 2017 at Chargers POSTSEASON: Wild Card Round winning percentage against any team. ALL-TIME: 5-6-0 OVERALL: 11-5-0 The Chargers won’t have to travel far as they take on the Rams. This meeting HOME: 3-1-0 HOME: 4-4-0 marks a clash of two of the league’s most explosive offenses as the Chargers AWAY: 2-5-0 AWAY: 7-1-0 ranked fourth and the Rams 10th in 2017. The two teams last met in 2014, a LAST: W 27-24 - 2014 at Chargers POSTSEASON: Wild Card Round 27-24 victory for the Bolts. ALL-TIME: 7-7-0 OVERALL: 6-10-0 TThehe 449ers9ers hheadead ddownown tthehe ccoastoast ttoo ffaceace LL.A..A. TThehe llastast ttimeime tthehe tteamseams ssquaredquared HOME: 4-3-0 HOME: 3-5-0 ooffff iinn tthehe rregularegular sseasoneason mmarkedarked tthehe CChargers’hargers’ ggreatestreatest ccomebackomeback aass ttheyhey ttiedied AWAY: 3-4-0 AWAY: 3-5-0 a ffranchiseranchise rrecordecord bbyy sstormingtorming bbackack ffromrom a 221-point1-point ssecondecond hhalfalf ddefiefi ccitit ttoo ppullull LAST: W 38-35 (OT) - 2014 at 49ers POSTSEASON: N/A ooutut a tthrillinghrilling 338-358-35 OOTT vvictory.ictory. ALL-TIME: 52-63-2 OVERALL: 6-10-0 The Chargers swept their division rival for the fi rst time since the 2014 HOME: 26-32-1 HOME: 4-4-0 season. The Chargers used a last-second game-winning fi eld from Nick Novak AWAY: 26-31-1 AWAY: 2-6-0 to earn a 17-16 victory at Oakland. Philip Rivers then threw for 387 yards and LAST: W 30-10 - 2017 at Chargers POSTSEASON: N/A three scores to lead the Bolts to a convincing, 30-10 win in the season fi nale. ALL-TIME: 16-9-1 OVERALL: 0-16-0 The Chargers did not suffer a let down against the Browns in 2017 as the HOME: 8-4-0 HOME: 0-8-0 Bolts held on for a 19-10 home victory. Philip Rivers completed 31 passes for AWAY: 8-5-1 AWAY: 0-8-0 344 yards while Keenan Allen became the fi rst player in NFL history to have LAST: W, 19-10 - 2017 at Chargers POSTSEASON: N/A 10+ catches, 100+ receiving yards and 1+ TD catch in three straight games. ALL-TIME: 27-17-1 OVERALL: 9-7-0 While this is considered a home game for the Bolts, it will take place in HOME: 18-5-1 HOME: 6-2-0 London at Wembley Stadium.