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FB Mike Tolbert had the longest TD reception of his career, a 66-yarder that gave the Chargers a 10-7 lead.

Philip Rivers looks to lead the Chargers to 9-3 as they take on Cleveland on Sunday.

They can have all the confidence in their players, in their preparation, in their game plan.

It seems so long ago that the Chargers felt snakebit in this city, unable to beat the Denver Broncos in their own stadium.

On the Chargers' final 12 offensive plays of Sunday's lopsided victory at Denver, Jacob Hester and Mike Tolbert each carried six times.

The last time San Diego faced Kansas City, the Chargers were in desperate need of an AFC West victory.

Five weeks after looking dead in the water, the San Diego Chargers are in control of the AFC West.

LaDainian Tomlinson and Mike Tolbert scored rushing touchdowns and Nate Kaeding kicked four field goals, as San Diego downed Denver, 32-3, to win its fifth straight game and overtake the Broncos for first place in the AFC West.

The last time the Chargers and Broncos met, a little more than a month ago in San Diego, those strange brown-and-yellow uniforms and striped stockings never stopped coming after Philip Rivers.

The Broncos certainly have fallen on run defense, a vertigo-inducing drop to the No.

Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12:43 a.m. The game is too simple. "Football for Dummies" is geared for precisely the right audience.

Game recaps are a thing of the past. Let's face it, it takes way less than a thousand monkeys banging on a thousand typewriters for a thousand years to churn out a decent NFL post-game stat sheet.

Tomlinson scored twice to continue his climb up the career rushing and scoring lists, and the San Diego Chargers beat the Philadelphia Eagles 31-23 on Sunday to pull into a tie atop the AFC West with the slumping Denver Broncos .

I was watching the Dolphins play the Patriots on Sunday and the final play of the game really caught my attention.

It hasn't quite gone the way of the flying wedge, but it's getting close. If it were a television episode, it would require an update on the fate of the courageous heroes.

" The Chargers special teams players call punt coverage "15 seconds to hell." In that span, they sprint headlong down the field, engaging in high-speed boxing matches before hurling their bodies at a ball carrier racing at them.

Larry English, left, loomed over 49ers quarterbacks all night on Friday. For Chargers hopefuls, Friday wasn't the day of reckoning.

The 65th and final game of the 2009 NFL preseason will kick off at Qualcomm Stadium on Friday night, as the San Diego Chargers seek to end the San Francisco 49ers' hopes for a perfect preseason.

By Tony Moss, NFL Editor -- - The 65th and final game of the 2009 NFL preseason will kick off at Qualcomm Stadium on Friday night, as the San Diego Chargers seek to end the San Francisco 49ers' hopes for a perfect preseason.

Running back Michael Bennett has scored a touchdown in all three preseason Chargers games.