GAME RELEASE VS. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 2018 GAME ONE VS SUNDAY, SEPT. 9 / 1:05 PT CHARGERS vs. CHIEFS CHARGERS SCHEDULE The Los Angles Chargers offi cially open the 2018 season against AFC West divisional foe Kansas PRESEASON City on Sunday, Sept. 9. Kickoff is slated for 1:05 p.m. from ROKiT Field at StubHub Center. Ian SAT. AUG. 11 @ ARIZONA L, 24-17 KABC Eagle, Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts and Evan Washburn have the call on CBS while Matt SAT. AUG. 18 SEATTLE W, 24-14 KABC “Money” Smith, Daniel Jeremiah and Shannon Farren will bring the action on KFI-AM 640. Mario SAT. AUG. 25 NEW ORLEANS L, 36-7 CBS* Solis and Jorge Villanueva will present the game in Spanish on KFWB-AM 980. THU. AUG. 30 @ SAN FRANCISCO W, 23-21 KABC REGULAR SEASON The Chiefs have been a thorn in the side of the Chargers for the past few seasons. Kansas City SUN. SEPT. 9 KANSAS CITY 1:05 PM CBS swept the season series in 2017, moving their winning streak to eight straight games against SUN. SEPT. 16 @ BUFFALO 10:00 AM CBS the Bolts. Kansas City holds a 60-55-1 all-time advantage in the series while Los Angeles has the SUN. SEPT. 23 @ LOS ANGELES 1:05 PM CBS edge at home at 32-25-1. This will be the fourth time (2-2) the Chargers host the Chiefs in the SUN. SEPT. 30 SAN FRANCISCO 1:25 PM CBS season-opener and the fi rst since 1992. SUN. OCT. 7 OAKLAND 1:05 PM CBS SUN. OCT. 14 @ CLEVELAND 10:00 AM CBS SUN. OCT. 21 TENNESSEE 6:30 AM CBS The Chargers are 32-26 (.552) all-time in season openers and 4-6 against the Chiefs. The last BYE season-opening victory for the Bolts was at home against the Detroit Lions (33-28) in 2015. SUN. NOV. 4 @ SEATTLE 1:05 PM CBS SUN. NOV. 11 @ OAKLAND 1:05 PM FOX In 2017, the Chiefs fi nished with a 10-6 record en route to winning the AFC West Division title, SUN. NOV. 18 DENVER 1:05 PM CBS SUN. NOV. 25 ARIZONA 1:05 PM FOX before falling to Tennessee in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. Kansas City had three players SUN. DEC. 2 @ PITTSBURGH 10:00 AM CBS earn 2018 Pro Bowl honors (Hill, Hunt and Kelce) along with fi ve alternates. Rookie RB Kareem SUN. DEC. 9 CINCINNATI 1:05 PM CBS Hunt earned the NFL’s rushing title last season with 272 carries for 1,327 yards (4.9 avg.) with THU. DEC. 13 @ KANSAS CITY 5:20 PM FOX/NFLN eight rushing TDs and three receiving touchdowns. WR Tyreek Hill led all KC pass catchers with DEC. 22 OR 23 BALTIMORE TBD TBD 75 receptions for 1,183 yards (15.8 avg.) with seven TDs. TE Travis Kelce had 83 catches for 1,038 SUN. DEC. 30 @ DENVER 1:25 PM CBS yards (12.5 avg.) with eight touchdowns. Defensively, the Chiefs had 31.0 team sacks. LB Justin The Chargers will host the Tennessee Titans at Wembley Stadium as part of the 2018 NFL London Games Houston led the club with 9.5 sacks and DL Chris Jones had 6.5. Subject to NFL’s fl ex scheduling All times Pacifi c and subject to change * Nationally televised After an 0-4 start out of the gate, the Chargers came to form and rattled off nine wins in the 2017 AFC WEST STANDINGS remaining 12 contests of the season, including a fi ve-game home winning streak. The nine wins over the 12-game span was the best mark since the team won the last 11 games of the 2009 WEST W L T Pct. PF PA season. The fi ve straight home wins were also the best run on home turf since that 2009 season. y-Kansas City 10 6 0 .625 415 339 Los Angeles Chargers 9 7 0 .563 355 272 The Chargers led the NFL in passing in 2017 with 4,431 net passing yards for 276.9 yards-per- Oakland 6 10 0 .375 301 373 game. Philip Rivers completed the season ranked second in the league with 4,515 total passing Denver 5 11 0 .313 289 382 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, fi nishing fourth in the NFL with 102 catches. His 1,393 receiving yards was the second-most in CHARGERS ON THE AIR a season in team history. On the ground, Melvin Gordon tallied his fi rst 1,000-yard season by totaling 1,105 yards to rank seventh in the NFL. TELEVISION: CBS Play-by-play: Ian Eagle The Chargers orchestrated a huge turnaround on the defensive side of the ball as the Bolts Analyst: Dan Fouts ranked third in the league, allowing 17 points per game. The 17 points per game was the best Sideline: Evan Washburn mark by the team since 1992 and nearly a 10 points-per-game improvement from 2016. NATIONAL RADIO: SportsUSA The Chargers head east to face the Buffalo Bills in Week 2 of the young season. The cross-country Play-by-play: John Ahlers matchup will take place on Sunday, Sept. 16, at 10 a.m. PT from New Era Field. Analyst: Hank Bauer Sideline: Troy West GAME RELEASE INDEX CHARGERS RADIO: KFI-AM 640 PAGE CONTENT PAGE CONTENT PAGE CONTENT Play-by-play: Matt “Money” Smith 2 Schedule Breakdown 14 2017 Honor Roll 25 Rosters Analyst: Daniel Jeremiah 3 The Coaches 15 2017 Rankings 27 Pronunciations Sideline: Shannon Farren 4 Connections 16 2017 Notes 28 Transactions 6 The Matchup 18 Philip Rivers 30 Depth Chart SPANISH RADIO: KFWB-AM 980 7 Series History 21 Antonio Gates 31 Last Time Play-by-play: Mario Solis 10 2018 Notes 23 Anthony Lynn 33 Statistics 12 Milestones 24 Tom Telesco 36 Media Information Analyst: Jorge Villanueva 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 finished second in the AFC West and were 3-3 against divisional foes. The Bolts finished 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 first 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 The 49ers head down the coast to face L.A. The last time the teams squared HOME: 4-3-0 HOME: 3-5-0 off in the regular season marked the Chargers’ greatest comeback as they tied AWAY: 3-4-0 AWAY: 3-5-0 a franchise record by storming back from a 21-point second half deficit to pull LAST: W 38-35 (OT) - 2014 at 49ers POSTSEASON: N/A out a thrilling 38-35 OT victory. ALL-TIME: 52-63-2 OVERALL: 6-10-0 The Chargers swept their division rival for the first time since the 2014 HOME: 26-32-1 HOME: 4-4-0 season. The Chargers used a last-second game-winning field 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 finale. 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 first 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.