Английская Википедия:2004 San Diego Chargers season

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The Шаблон:Nfly San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's 35th season in the National Football League (NFL), its 45th overall and the third under head coach Marty Schottenheimer. It would be the first season the franchise would have involving quarterback Philip Rivers. The team improved on their 4–12 record in 2003 and finished the regular season 12–4, made the playoffs for the first time in nine years, and captured their first division title since the 1994 season. In the playoffs they lost in overtime to the New York Jets. At the end of the season Marty Schottenheimer was named NFL Coach of the Year.

Offseason

NFL draft

Entering the draft, the consensus top pick was Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning. However, Manning had said prior to the draft that he did not want to play for the Chargers and would not sign with them if he was drafted. The Chargers would strike a deal with the Giants before the draft that would shape the future of both franchises. The Chargers would select Manning first overall, as they had intended to. The Giants would then draft quarterback Philip Rivers of North Carolina State, and then swap him and two 2005 draft picks for Manning.

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 12	at Houston Texans	W 27–20	1–0	Reliant Stadium	Recap
2	September 19	New York Jets	L 28–34	1–1	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap
3	September 26	at Denver Broncos	L 13–23	1–2	Invesco Field at Mile High	Recap
4	October 3	Tennessee Titans	W 38–17	2–2	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap
5	October 10	Jacksonville Jaguars	W 34–21	3–2	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap
6	October 17	at Atlanta Falcons	L 20–21	3–3	Georgia Dome	Recap
7	October 24	at Carolina Panthers	W 17–6	4–3	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
8	October 31	Oakland Raiders	W 42–14	5–3	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap
9	November 7	New Orleans Saints	W 43–17	6–3	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap
10	Bye
11	November 21	at Oakland Raiders	W 23–17	7–3	McAfee Coliseum	Recap
12	November 28	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 34–31	8–3	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
13	December 5	Denver Broncos	W 20–17	9–3	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap
14	December 12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 31–24	10–3	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap
15	December 19	at Cleveland Browns	W 21–0	11–3	Cleveland Browns Stadium	Recap
16	December 26	at Indianapolis Colts	L 31–34 Шаблон:Small	11–4	RCA Dome	Recap
17	January 2, 2005	Kansas City Chiefs	W 24–17	12–4	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 15: at Cleveland Browns

San Diego clinches its first division title since 1994.

Postseason

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Wildcard	January 8, 2005	New York Jets (5)	L 17–20	0–1	Qualcomm Stadium	67,536

See also

• 2004 NFL season