Schedule In addition to their regular games with
AFC West rivals, the Chargers played teams from the
AFC North and
NFC North as per the schedule rotation, and also played intraconference games against
the Jaguars and
the Dolphins based on divisional positions from 2002. Oddly, this season marked the first time that the Chargers played
the Jaguars, despite that team existing since
1995. This occurred due to old NFL scheduling formulas in place prior to 2002, whereby teams had no rotating schedule opposing members of other divisions within their own conference, but played interdivisional conference games according to position within a season’s table. The Chargers played
the Tennessee Titans only once during this period (in
1998) but played
the Bengals five times during these years. In preceding years, even longer gaps between two teams playing each other had occurred. For instance
the Jets never opposed
the Cardinals between
1979 and
1995 inclusive. The Week 8 home game against the
Miami Dolphins was relocated to
Sun Devil Stadium in
Tempe,
Arizona due to a
massive wildfire that turned Qualcomm Stadium into an evacuation site.
Note: Intra-division opponents are in
bold text.
Week 1: at Kansas City Chiefs Week 2: vs. Denver Broncos Week 3: vs. Baltimore Ravens Week 4: at Oakland Raiders Week 5: at Jacksonville Jaguars Week 7: at Cleveland Browns Week 8: vs. Miami Dolphins Week 9: at Chicago Bears Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings Week 11: at Denver Broncos Week 12: vs. Cincinnati Bengals Week 13: vs. Kansas City Chiefs Week 14: at Detroit Lions Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers Week 16: at Pittsburgh Steelers Week 17: vs. Oakland Raiders Standings == Awards ==