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.

Following the split, Watkins entered a three year relationship with Takeo Spikes of the San Diego Chargers.

New York entered the game after losing their last two regular season games, but managed to defeat the Chargers with a Doug Brien field goal in overtime.

He entered the NFL in 1989 as the secondary coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, later also holding this job with the San Diego Chargers.

In the 2001 NFL Draft, the Falcons orchestrated a trade with the San Diego Chargers, acquiring the first overall pick ( which was used on quarterback Michael Vick ) in exchange for wide receiver / return specialist Tim Dwight and the fifth overall pick ( used on running back LaDainian Tomlinson ).

When the AFL-NFL Merger was completed for the 1970 season, the very first opponent for the Colts in their new environment of the American Football Conference was the San Diego Chargers at San Diego.

The next year on December 18 the Chargers faced the unbeaten Colts ; the Colts dream of the first perfect season since 1972 failed as the Chargers won 26-17.

With players such as Alworth, Paul Lowe, Keith Lincoln and John Hadl, the high-scoring Chargers won divisional crowns five of the league ’ s first six seasons and the AFL title in 1963 with a 51 – 10 victory over the Boston Patriots.

On December 17, the Chargers defeated the Denver Broncos 17 – 7 for their first AFC West division title since the AFL-NFL merger before a national Monday Night Football television audience and their home crowd.

However, the eventual-AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals, playing in their first AFC Championship Game, defeated the Chargers 27 – 7 in what became known as the Freezer Bowl.

The Chargers made it back to the playoffs, but after beating the Steelers in the first round, they lost to the Dolphins 34 – 13 in a rematch of their playoff game from the previous season.

The Chargers finished with an 8 — 7 record, their first winning record since 1982, despite winding up with six straight losses.

The Chargers would lose their first four games of the season and come back to become the first 0 – 4 team to make the playoffs as they won 11 of the last 12 games and clinched the AFC West title.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Chargers shut out the Kansas City Chiefs 17 – 0, but the Dolphins shut out the Chargers in the divisional playoffs to eliminate the Chargers.

In the 1994 season, the Chargers made their first and, so far, only Super Bowl appearance, against the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX.

However, in the first round, the Chargers were eliminated by the Indianapolis Colts in a 35 – 20 defeat.

Hired as a replacement to Riley, Marty Schottenheimer's Chargers squad opened the 2002 season with four straight victories making him the only coach in team history to win his first four games.

The team then used their second first round selection on defensive tackle Luis Castillo. The Chargers started the season without tight end Antonio Gates as he was suspended two games by Smith for holding out in training camp.

The Chargers beat Denver to end the season with a 9 – 7 record & out of the playoffs for the first time since 2005.

From that point on, however, the Chargers began a six game skid with losses to the Jets, Chiefs, Packers, Raiders, Bears and Broncos with the first four by only a score and against Denver in overtime.

But finally on December 5, 2011, the Chargers got their first win in over a month against the Jacksonville Jaguars, beating their also-struggling team.

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.

In March 2007, the Chargers unveiled their first uniform redesign since 1988, on the team's official website.

With the Oakland Raiders wearing their white jerseys at home for the first time ever in a game against the San Diego Chargers on September 28, 2008, the Seahawks have become the only NFL team to have never worn their white jerseys at home.

Indianapolis began the season with a 3 – 4 record, but would go onto win nine consecutive games to end the season at 12 – 4 and make in into the playoffs as a wild card team, eventually losing to the Chargers during the wild card round.

In the 1981 playoffs, the Chargers managed to outlast the Miami Dolphins in the divisional round, 41 – 38, in a game that became known as The Epic in Miami.

On January 3, 2009, the San Diego Chargers defeated the Indianapolis Colts 23 – 17 in overtime to advance to the AFC Divisional Playoff round.

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.

The Chargers went into the final game of the season vs. the Steelers needing a win to get the # 2 seed ( a loss would have given that spot to the Miami Dolphins ), which came with a first round bye and a home game in the divisional round of the playoffs.

* Quinn Early, former National Football League player who was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the 3rd round of the 1988 NFL Draft.

In the 1964 AFL championship game against the San Diego Chargers, he made the memorable " hit heard ' round the world ".

* Billy Ray Smith, Jr. – first round draft selection in 1983 draft ; played for the San Diego Chargers, 1983 – 1992.

In the divisional round, the Patriots traveled to San Diego to take on the Chargers.

Miller Farr was a first round draft choice by the AFL's Denver Broncos in 1964, then went to the San Diego Chargers for 1965 and 1966.

In the divisional round of the playoffs, Manning and the Colts lost to the Chargers, 28 – 24.

* Reginald Nelson-Former offensive Lineman and 5th round draft pick of the San Diego Chargers in the 1999 NFL Draft.

He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft.

Ultimately, Brees was the second quarterback selected in the 2001 draft, chosen by the San Diego Chargers as the first pick of the second round.

Under the terms of the franchise player contract, Brees was eligible to be traded or sign with another team, but the Chargers would receive two future first round draft choices in return.

He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft.

Jackson was the 29th player selected in the second round ( 61st overall ) of the 2005 NFL Draft ( the highest ever by a Northern Colorado graduate ) by the San Diego Chargers.