After the league office informed him that his proposed combination too closely resembled that worn by the San Diego Chargers, he settled on black as the primary color as a nod to his financial involvement in the petroleum industry.

After starting 5 – 0 in the 2009 season, New York lost to the likewise undefeated New Orleans Saints at the Superdome 48 – 27, beginning a four game losing streak, in which they lost to the Arizona Cardinals 24 – 17, the San Diego Chargers 21 – 20 and the Philadelphia Eagles 40 – 17.

After a brief struggle for control over filling these vacancies, General Manager AJ Smith fired Schottenheimer, replacing him with Norv Turner, who had been a head coach with two other NFL teams and had previously served the Chargers as offensive coordinator.

After beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday December 21, 2008, the Chargers stood at 7 – 8, one game behind the Denver Broncos.

After a 38-26 victory over the Raiders in week 17, the Chargers finished at 8-8 and in a numerical tie for first place in the AFC West along with Oakland and Denver.

After former Georgia Tech head coach Bobby Ross was hired by the Chargers in 1992, the team won the AFC West with an 11-5 regular season record and won an opening round playoff game against Kansas City.

After forcing the Chargers to punt, the 49ers advanced 79 yards in four plays, with Young rushing for 21 yards and then throwing 51-yard touchdown pass to running back Ricky Watters to give San Francisco a 14-0 lead less than 5 minutes into the first quarter, and setting a Super Bowl record for the fastest " second " touchdown scored by a team.

After a 33-yard kickoff return by Andre Coleman, the Chargers advanced to the San Francisco 33-yard line, but they turned the ball over on downs when Humphries ' fourth down pass was broken up by Davis.

After 2 San Francisco punts and another interception, the Chargers scored the final points of the game with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Humphries to wide receiver Tony Martin and another two-point conversion to make the score 49-26.

After a falling out with Head Coach Mike Ditka, and to a larger extent team president Michael McCaskey, McMahon was traded to the San Diego Chargers.

After several unsuccessful business ventures ( including passing up the opportunity to purchase the American Football League's San Diego Chargers in 1967 ), he began an oil and gas exploration business in Arkansas, Jones Oil and Land Lease, which became phenomenally successful.

After graduating, Bloom briefly played in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers.

After the Chargers rallied from a 10 point deficit in the 4th to tie the game, Manning led the game-winning drive by completing a 14 yard pass to Marvin Harrison on 4th and inches at midfield.

After a season as offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( 1978 ) under McKay, Gibbs rejoined Coryell with the San Diego Chargers ( 1979 – 1980 ).

After entering the pro ranks, he worked with Chargers ' assistant coach Chuck Noll to continually blow past opposing offensive lineman on his way to smashing American Football League quarterbacks.

After the team moved to Chargers Park about a mile north of the stadium, the area was used primarily for rugby.

After the trade, it was almost certain Brees ' days as the Chargers ' starting QB were over.

After the season, the Chargers offered Brees a 5-year, $ 50 million contract that paid $ 2 million in base salary the first year and the rest heavily based on performance incentives.

After three years as a Trojan, Seau entered the NFL draft after his junior season and was chosen in the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft by Bobby Beathard's San Diego Chargers as the fifth overall draft selection.

After the 2007 NFL Draft, Godfrey was released by the San Diego Chargers.

After a home win versus the Raiders, the Buccaneers fell to a quick 14 – 0 hole to the Chargers in San Diego, where the Buccaneers had not won on the west coast in over 15 years.

After starting Chargers quarterback Drew Brees went to the New Orleans Saints following the 2005 season, Rivers came off the bench to lead the Chargers to a 14-2 record in his first season as a starter.

After re-signing with the team as an exclusive rights free agent, Chatman appeared in 15 games for the Chargers in 2004 despite a nagging toe injury.

After the war began, he long refused to permit emancipation of the slaves by Union action even in the Border States that stayed with the Union.

Abby May wrote in her journal on January 17, 1843, " A day of some excitement, as Mr. Alcott refused to pay his town tax ... After waiting some time to be committed jail, he was told it was paid by a friend.

After being widowed in 1327, Alfonso married in February 1329 Eleanor of Castile ( 1308 – 1359 ), who was betrothed to his brother James, who had refused to consummate the marriage.

After a successful campaign Manuel I and Andronikos returned together to Constantinople ( 1168 ); but a year later, Andronikos refused to take the oath of allegiance to the future king Béla III of Hungary, whom Manuel desired to become his successor.

After a recent increase in profits by 60 %, the company refused to raise worker's pay by more than 30 %.

After Charlemagne's columns arrived at the gates of Zaragoza, Sulayman got cold feet and refused to let the Franks into the city.

After being refused a shelter by other Protestant cities, he directed his steps towards Poland, at that time the most tolerant state in Europe.

After the Nazis came to power in the early 1930s, Bartók refused to give concerts in Germany and broke with his publisher there.

After the release of Shoulder Arms he requested more money from the company, which was refused.

After she refused to pay the ransom, they started to threaten Chaplin's youngest children with violence.

After six weeks of negotiations, Molotov refused the demands and the talks were adjourned.

After the proper facilities had been built and the personnel hired to make such a change, the U. S. Department of Agriculture issued an injunction and refused to allow Creekstone to buy the kits necessary to test.

After realising the captain of the taken vessel was an Englishman, Kidd tried to persuade his crew to return the ship to its owners, but they refused, claiming that their prey was perfectly legal as Kidd was commissioned to take French ships, and that an Armenian ship counted as French if it had French passes.

After the four phones AT & T Wireless had offered to the public ( two from Panasonic, one from Mitsubishi and the Ericsson R289LX ), AT & T Wireless eventually refused to activate the devices.

After being treated for strabismus in childhood, he refused to wear an eye patch.

After laying charges of sedition against the Jews, Haman gained the king's approval to write a decree for their destruction ; offering ten thousand silver talents to the king for approval of this plan, but the king refused to take them ().

After his demands were refused, he attempted to incite the gens de couleur to revolt.

After having been passed over for the All-Star team in 1935 and being left on the bench for the 1937 game, Greenberg refused to participate in the 1938 contest.

After Gresham's death in 1895, Landis refused an offer of an ambassadorship, and returned to Chicago to practice law and marry.

After being refused recognition as official representative of the Bolshevik regime, Radek alongside other delegates ( Adolph Joffe, Nikolai Bukharin, Christian Rakovsky and Ignatov ) to the German Congress of Soviets.

After four awkward meetings with his biological father, the man refused further contact.

After Mary's death, he sought to marry Elizabeth, but she refused him.

After a decision of the High Court in favour of the Nevis Island Administration, the Prime Minister gave newspaper interviews stating that he " refused to accept the decision of the High Court ".

After defeating King Porus in the fierce Battle of the Hydaspes ( modern day Jhelum ), his battle weary troops refused to advance further into India to engage the formidable army of Nanda Dynasty and its vanguard of trampling elephants, new monstorities to the invaders.

After Doolittle tensions between Deal and Francis came to a head ( for example, Francis threw a guitar at Deal during a concert in Stuttgart ), and Deal was almost fired from the band when she refused to play at a concert in Frankfurt.