SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (5-8) vs. OAKLAND RAIDERS (10-3) Sunday, December 18, 2016 — 1:25 p.m. PT Qualcomm Stadium (70,000) — San Diego, California 2016 SCHEDULE & RESULTS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2016 REGULAR SEASON It’s “Raider Week” in San Diego and the Chargers look for win number six when Sun. Sept. 11 at Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium L 27-33 (OT) they host the division-leading Oakland Raiders at Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday, Sun. Sept. 18 JACKSONVILLE Qualcomm Stadium W 38-14 Dec. 18. Kickoff is 1:25 p.m. PT. Sun. Sept. 25 at Indianapolis Lucas Oil Stadium L 22-26 The Chargers come in at 5-8, looking to end a two-game skid. The Raiders fell Sun. Oct. 2 NEW ORLEANS Qualcomm Stadium L 34-35 in Kansas City last Thursday night, ending a six-game winning streak. Oakland Sun. Oct. 9 at Oakland O.co Coliseum L 31-34 is 10-3, tied with Kansas City for fi rst in the AFC West. The Chargers are 3-3 at Thur. Oct. 13 DENVER Qualcomm Stadium W 21-13 Qualcomm Stadium this season. Sun. Oct. 23 at Atlanta Georgia Dome W 33-30 (OT) CBS Sports (KFMB-TV, Channel 8 in San Diego and KCBS-TV, Chan- Sun. Oct. 30 at Denver Sports Authority Field L 19-27 nel 2 in Los Angeles and Orange County) will televise the game. Spe- Sun. Nov. 6 TENNESSEE Qualcomm Stadium W 43-35 ro Dedes and former NFL defensive back Solomon Wilcots will call Sun. Nov. 13 MIAMI Qualcomm Stadium L 24-31 the action. BYE Sun. Nov. 27 at Houston NRG Stadium W 21-13 CHARGERS POSTGAME NOTES FROM WEEK 14 AT CAROLINA Sun. Dec. 4 TAMPA BAY Qualcomm Stadium L 21-28 • Antonio Gates played in his 201st career game, surpassing Junior Seau and Russ Sun. Dec. 11 at Carolina Bank of America Stadium L 16-28 Washington for the most games played by a full-time position player in franchise Sun. Dec. 18 OAKLAND Qualcomm Stadium 1:25 p.m. CBS history. Seau and Washington appeared in 200. The only player to appear in more Sat. Dec. 24 at Cleveland FirstEnergy Stadium 10:00 a.m. CBS games is former long snapper David Binn, who played in 256 career games. Sun. Jan. 1 KANSAS CITY Qualcomm Stadium *1:25 p.m. CBS • Philip Rivers played in his 174th straight game, tying Mike Scifres for the third- *Subject to Flexible Scheduling longest streak in franchise history. Home games in BOLD CAPS • Rivers’ longest completion of the game covered 46 yards to Tyrell Williams. It was Rivers’ 14th completion this season of 40 yards or longer, tying his high for TELEVISION AND RADIO COVERAGE a season (2010). CBS SPORTS (KFMB-TV, Channel 8 in San Diego and • Rivers passed for 236 yards against the Panthers and eclipsed 45,000 career KCBS-TV in Los Angeles and Orange County) — Spero yards as he raised his total to 45,036. Dedes (play-by-play) and Solomon Wilcots (analyst) • Kenneth Farrow took over for an injured Melvin Gordon and set career highs with Sports USA Radio (National) — Larry Kahn (play-by-play) and Hank 16 carries and 55 yards. Bauer (analyst) and Troy West (reporter) • Hunter Henry had his sixth touchdown catch in the Chargers’ last nine games. Spanish Radio — Pulsar 107.3 FM (San Diego) — Jorge Villanueva • Trovon Reed collected the fi rst interception of his NFL career as the Chargers (play-by-play) and Tony Alvarez (analyst) continued to be the only team in the NFL with at least one takeaway in every Rock 105.3 FM, XTRA Sports 1360 AM game this season. (San Diego) & KLAC 570 AM (Los Angeles & • Joey Bosa had one of the Chargers’ two sacks against Carolina to raise his season Orange County) — Josh Lewin (play-by-play), total to 6.5, which leads the team. Fellow rookie Christopher Landrum had the Nick Hardwick (analyst) and Mike Costa (reporter) — The Chargers radio net- Chargers’ other sack, the fi rst of his NFL career. work includes KATY 101.3 FM in Temecula and the Inland Empire; KNWH 1250 AM in the Yucca Valley; KNWZ 94.3 FM in Palm Springs; KAVL 610 AM in Palm- WHAT TO WATCH FOR VS. THE RAIDERS dale and Lancaster; KRAK 910 AM in Victorville and Hesperia; KRLV 1340 AM • Philip Rivers is expected to play in his 175th consecutive game on Sunday, which in Las Vegas; KXO 107.5 FM in the Imperial Valley and Yuma, Arizona, and Sirius would rank third in team history. Satellite Radio. Network stations are subject to change. • Rivers has completed 14 passes this season of 40 yards or longer, tying his high Chargers.com — All Chargers radio broadcasts are streamed live on for a season (2010). Rivers’ 14 are second in the NFL to Matt Ryan’s 16. www.chargers.com. Broadcasts will begin two hours before kickoff • Rivers next 300-yard passing game will be the 51st of his career, which would tie and continue for 90 minutes after the game ends. Dan Fouts’ franchise record. PRACTICE & MEDIA SCHEDULE • Melvin Gordon is the NFL’s sixth-leading rusher with 997 yards this season. He Wed. Dec. 14 Practice 12:00-1:30 p.m. needs just three yards for the 20th 1,000-yard rushing season in franchise history Conf. Calls: Jack Del Rio (10:30 a.m. PT) & Raiders player (11:45 a.m. PT) and fi rst since Ryan Mathews had 1,255 in 2013. Thurs. Dec. 15 Practice 11:05-12:30 p.m. • Gordon leads the Chargers and is tied for fourth in the NFL with 12 touchdowns Fri. Dec. 16 Practice 10:35-11:35 a.m. this season: 10 rushing and two receiving. Should Gordon score three more, it The fi rst 30 minutes approx. (stretch and individual) are open to local media. Head would mark the ninth time that a player in franchise history has scored 15 or Coach Mike McCoy will be available after practice and the locker room will be more touchdowns in a season. LaDainian Tomlinson did it six times, while Chuck open for 45 minutes. Quarterback Philip Rivers will be available at the podium on Muncie and Lance Alworth each did it once. Already this season, Gordon is the Wednesday. It will be Rivers’ only availability for the week. fi rst player in NFL history to follow a season with no rushing touchdowns with a 10-TD season. • When Gordon reaches 1,000 rushing yards, he’ll become just the 11th player • The Bolts have held several of the NFL’s top seven rushers this season in in franchise history and fi rst since LaDainian Tomlinson in 2008 to rush for check. In Week 9, the Chargers held Tennessee’s DeMarco Murray, the 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns in a season. League’s second-leading rusher, to 51 yards on 14 carries. In Week 10, the • Gordon has three 40-plus yard rushes this season, tied for most in the NFL. Chargers held Miami’s Jay Ajayi, the League’s 10th-leading rusher, to 79 yards • Gordon has 1,416 total yards from scrimmage this season (997 rushing and on 19 carries. And in Week 12, the Chargers held Houston’s Lamar Miller, the 419 receiving), to rank fi fth in the NFL. With 84 more yards, Gordon would League’s fi fth-leading rusher, to 57 yards on 19 carries. record just the 15th 1,500-yard season in franchise history. • Joey Bosa leads the Chargers and ranks second among all rookies with 6.5 • Tyrell Williams is the Chargers leading receiver with 55 catches, 905 yards sacks. and six touchdowns, including a TD in four of the Chargers’ last fi ve games. • Josh Lambo has hit 48 career fi eld goals, seventh in franchise history. He • Williams needs 95 yards for a 1,000-yard season. Should he get there, it needs two to reach 50 and move into a tie for sixth on the franchise’s all-time would mark the 36th 1,000-yard receiving season in franchise history. list with George Blair (1961-64). Lambo has hit 22 fi eld goals this season and 36 of 39 point after tries. He has scored 102 points this season. • Should Williams reach 1,000 yards receiving and catch 10 touchdown passes, it would mark just the 16th time in franchise history and the fi rst time since • Lambo’s had 62 of his 78 kickoffs go for touchbacks, most in the NFL. 2005 (Antonio Gates) that a Chargers player reached both totals in a season. • Williams leads the Chargers with a 16.5-yard receiving average (min. 10 rec.). NOTES FROM WEEK 5 AT OAKLAND He has six catches this season of 40 yards or longer, tied for most in the NFL • Philip Rivers tied his career high with four touchdown passes and he threw and 17 catches of 20 yards or longer which is fi fth in the League. for 359 yards vs. the Raiders. Rivers raised his career touchdown total to 292 during the game, passing Johnny Unitas (290) and Warren Moon (291) • Dontrelle Inman has a touchdown catch in three straight games. to move into ninth place all-time. • Hunter Henry has six touchdown catches, tied for second in the NFL among • It marked Rivers’ third-straight 300-yard passing game, tying for the third- all rookies. All six have come in the Chargers’ last nine games. longest streak in franchise history.