Schedule Game summaries Week 1: vs. Chicago Bears The Chargers began their 2007 campaign at home as they matched up their offensive firepower against
the Chicago Bears and their stingy defense. In this defensive slugfest, the Bears held RB
LaDainian Tomlinson, the previous year's league MVP, to just 25 yards rushing on 17 attempts, while getting a 27-yard field goal from kicker
Robbie Gould in the second quarter. This game also marked the first time since 2001 that the Chargers were shut out in the first half. In the third quarter, San Diego started to bounce back as Tomlinson threw his 7th career touchdown pass to TE
Antonio Gates from 17 yards out. In the fourth, Tomlinson delivered the final blow with a 7-yard TD run. With the win, the Chargers began their season at 1–0.
Week 2: at New England Patriots Following their low-scoring home win over the Bears, the Chargers flew to
Gillette Stadium for a Week 2 Sunday night fight against
the New England Patriots in a rematch of last year's AFC Divisional game. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as the Patriots took their opening drive and ended it with QB
Tom Brady completing a 7-yard TD pass to TE
Benjamin Watson. Afterwards, New England continued its opening assault as Brady completed a 23-yard TD pass to WR
Randy Moss. In the second quarter, the Chargers continued to show last week's first half struggles as Patriots kicker
Stephen Gostkowski getting a 24-yard field goal, while LB
Adalius Thomas intercepted one of QB
Philip Rivers' passes and returned it 65 yards for a touchdown. In the third quarter, the Chargers finally managed to score as Rivers completed a 1-yard TD pass to FB
Lorenzo Neal, but New England responded with Brady and Moss hooking up with each other again on a 24-yard TD pass. In the fourth quarter, San Diego tried to fight back with Rivers completing a 12-yard TD pass to TE
Antonio Gates, but the Patriots ended the game with RB
Sammy Morris getting a 3-yard TD run. RB
LaDainian Tomlinson was a non-factor, as he was only able to muster 43 yards on 18 carries. At this point, he was off to a rough start, totalling only 68 rushing yards in the first two games. With the loss, the Chargers fell to 1–1.
Week 3: at Green Bay Packers Trying to rebound from their primetime road loss to the Patriots, the Chargers flew to
Lambeau Field for Week 3, as they played an interconference game with
the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, San Diego struck first with QB
Philip Rivers completing a 27-yard TD pass to WR
Vincent Jackson. The Packers responded with kicker
Mason Crosby getting a 28-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Green Bay took the lead with QB
Brett Favre completing a pair of 5-yard TD passes, one to WR
Donald Driver and one to TE
Bubba Franks. The Chargers responded with Rivers completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR
Craig Davis. In the third quarter, the Chargers took the lead with Rivers completing a 21-yard TD pass to RB
LaDainian Tomlinson for the only score of the period. However, in the fourth quarter, the Packers retook the lead with Favre's record-tying 57-yard TD pass to WR
Greg Jennings, along with RB
Brandon Jackson getting a 1-yard TD run. San Diego tried to come back, as kicker
Nate Kaeding got a 44-yard field goal. However, the onside kick failed with Green Bay holding on to win. Notable:
Philip Rivers broke a Chargers record completing 15 consecutive passes in the first half. With the loss, the Chargers fell to 1–2.
Week 4: vs. Kansas City Chiefs Trying to snap a two-game skid, the Chargers went home for an AFC West duel with
the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, San Diego's struggling offense found some life with kicker
Nate Kaeding getting a 24-yard field goal, while RB
LaDainian Tomlinson got a 5-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Chargers increased its lead with Kaeding kicking a 51-yard field goal. The Chiefs answered with a 25-yard field goal by
Dave Rayner. Afterwards, San Diego ended the half with Kaeding getting a 38-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Chargers lost their lead, with Kansas City getting a 41-yard field goal from Rayner and QB
Damon Huard completing a 22-yard TD pass to TE
Tony Gonzalez. Even worse, San Diego ended up losing in the fourth quarter with Huard completing a 51-yard TD pass to WR
Dwayne Bowe, along with CB
Tyron Brackenridge returning a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown. With their third-straight loss, the Chargers fell to 1–3. One of the few positives from the game, Tomlinson finally got his first 100-yard game of the year, with 132 rushing yards on 20 carries.
Week 5: at Denver Broncos Hoping to rebound from their embarrassing divisional home loss to the Chiefs, the Chargers flew to
Invesco Field at Mile High for a Week 5 divisional duel with
the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, San Diego got off to a fast start with QB
Philip Rivers getting a 2-yard TD run. Immediately afterwards on the ensuing kickoff, rookie LB
Brandon Siler returned a fumble 23 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Chargers increased its lead with kicker
Nate Kaeding getting a 26-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Broncos got their only score of the game with kicker
Jason Elam getting a 30-yard field goal. San Diego ended the half with Kaeding nailing a 45-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Chargers continued their offensive revival with Rivers completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE
Antonio Gates and a 15-yard TD pass to WR
Vincent Jackson. In the fourth quarter, RB
Michael Turner helped San Diego seal their easy victory with a 74-yard TD run. With the win, the Chargers improved to 2–3. The win also marked San Diego's first back-to-back wins in Denver since
1967 and
1968.
Week 6: vs. Oakland Raiders Coming off of their blowout divisional road win over the Broncos, the Chargers went home for a Week 6 divisional duel with
the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, the Chargers came out striking with RB
LaDainian Tomlinson got a 3-yard and a 27-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Raiders managed to get on the board with LB
Thomas Howard returning an interception 66 yards for a touchdown, along with the only score of the period. In the third quarter, San Diego went back to work with Tomlinson getting a 13-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Oakland tried to salvage a comeback as QB
Daunte Culpepper threw a 1-yard TD pass to TE
Zach Miller. However, the Chargers sealed the victory a 41-yard TD run by Tomlinson. With the win, the Chargers entered their bye week at 3–3.
Week 8: vs. Houston Texans After speculation about the games location because of the
ongoing California wildfires, it was confirmed on October 26, 2007, that Qualcomm Stadium would no longer be an evacuation site for San Diego residents, with most of the evacuees moved to
Del Mar. Before, sites in the
Phoenix area were being considered to host the game, as well as Houston's
Reliant Stadium, and also
the Dallas Cowboys’
Texas Stadium. Before the game a special tribute was paid to at the stadium for the fire fighters, National Guard, and volunteers who assisted in fighting the fires and helping the evacuees. Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger attended the game and
flipped the coin, which the Chargers won. With an emotional charge from both the players and fans, as well as some victims, the Chargers played one of the best games of their season. Philip Rivers threw 3 touchdown passes despite only throwing 11 passes. Two TDs went to tight end
Antonio Gates, and the remainder went to newly acquired wideout
Chris Chambers, who was just traded from
the Miami Dolphins a two weeks earlier and played his first game as a Charger (due to San Diego's bye week). However, that performance was second to second-year corner
Antonio Cromartie, who performance included two interceptions, and two defensive touchdowns. He had a 70-yard INT return for a score, and the other was a complicated snap where the Texans snapped the ball over punter
Matt Turk’s head, and the ball fell into the end zone. Quickly having to recover, Turk missed grabbing the ball and it fell into the hands of Cromartie, easily scoring. The Chargers won, 35–10 in a home blowout, which was, in the quote of
LaDainian Tomlinson, "one for the fans.” With this win, the Chargers improved to 4–3.
Week 9: at Minnesota Vikings After an emotional home win over the Texans, the Chargers flew to the
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 9 interconference duel with
the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, San Diego struck first with RB
LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 1-yard TD run. The Vikings responded with RB
Adrian Peterson getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, there was no scoring until the final play of the half, as CB
Antonio Cromartie returned a missed field goal 109 yards for a touchdown, the longest play in NFL history. In the third quarter, things started to get grim for San Diego as Minnesota took the lead with Peterson getting a 64-yard TD run and QB
Brooks Bollinger completing a 40-yard TD pass to WR
Sidney Rice. In the fourth quarter, the Chargers tried to come back as kicker
Nate Kaeding nailed a 36-yard field goal. The Vikings sealed the win with Peterson getting a 46-yard TD run, along with RB
Chester Taylor getting a 2-yard TD run. LaDainian Tomlinson, despite getting only 1 rushing touchdown, managed to surpass
Jim Brown for most career rushing touchdowns with his 107th TD. With the loss, San Diego fell to 4–4. During the game, Minnesota rookie running back
Adrian Peterson broke the NFL single-game rushing record with 296 yards rushing on 30 carries.
Week 10: vs. Indianapolis Colts After an upset loss to the Vikings, the Chargers faced the defending Super Bowl champions in San Diego following their first loss of the season to the
New England Patriots. Darren Sproles return the opening kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown. After a Nate Kaeding field goal, Sproles returned a punt 45 yards for his second special teams touchdown of the game with less than 6 minutes left in the first quarter. The PAT snap wasn't held and the PAT failed.
Peyton Manning threw four interceptions in the first quarter alone. In the second quarter the Chargers put together a 45-yard drive resulting in a 4-yard touchdown run by LaDainian Tomlinson. Manning was able to score a touchdown to Reggie Wayne leaving the score 23–7 at halftime. After a scoreless third quarter Manning threw a touchdown to
Kenton Keith and the Colts were able to complete the two-point conversion. On third and 10 from the Chargers 8-yard line, Philip Rivers went back to pass and the ball slipped out of his hand and into the end zone. Colts linebacker
Gary Brackett picked up the ball for a touchdown with 14:28 to play. The Colts failed the two-point conversion. With six minutes left in the game Rivers threw an interception to rookie Clint Session. In the red zone the Colts picked up the first down, but the booth reviewed the play and it was determined to be fourth and inches. The Colts intended to go for the first down, but a false start penalty by
Ben Utecht moved them five yards back, and instead they went for the field goal. With 1:31 left the Colts lined up the kicking team for a game-winning field goal, but
Adam Vinatieri’s 29-yard kick was wide right. The Chargers ran down the clock and the Colts had 22 seconds to score, but the game ended with Clinton Hart intercepting the ball with time expiring for the Chargers win. Manning set a franchise record by throwing six interceptions in one game (3 to Antonio Cromartie and one apiece to Clinton Hart, Matt Wilhelm, and Shaun Philips). Both teams had significant injuries coming into the game. For the Chargers CB
Quentin Jammer and DE
Luis Castillo were out of the game. The Colts had 10 players out of the game including TE
Dallas Clark, WR
Marvin Harrison, and OT
Tony Ugoh.
Dwight Freeney left the game with an injured foot. With the win, the Chargers improved to 5–4. With Kansas City losing to Denver, San Diego retained first place in the AFC West.
Week 11 at Jacksonville Jaguars Coming off their win over the Colts, the Chargers flew to
Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for a Week 11 intraconference duel with
the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as Jaguars kicker
Josh Scobee managed to get a 48-yard field goal, along with RB
Maurice Jones-Drew getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Chargers got on the board with kicker
Nate Kaeding getting a 23-yard field goal. However, Jacksonville responded with QB
David Garrard completing a 36-yard TD pass to WR
Reggie Williams. In the third quarter, San Diego responded with RB
LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 6-yard TD run, yet the Jaguars answered with Garrard completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE
Marcedes Lewis. In the fourth quarter, the Chargers tried to make a comeback as QB
Philip Rivers completed a 24-yard TD pass to TE
Antonio Gates which would be the last scoring play as Jacksonville's defense held on to win. With the loss, San Diego fell to 5–5.
Week 12: vs. Baltimore Ravens Hoping to rebound from their road loss to the Jaguars, the Chargers went home for a Week 12 duel with
the Baltimore Ravens. After a scoreless first quarter, San Diego struck first with kicker
Nate Kaeding getting a 27-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Ravens took the lead with RB
Willis McGahee getting a 1-yard TD run. The Chargers regained the lead with QB
Philip Rivers completing a 35-yard TD pass to TE
Antonio Gates (with a failed PAT), Kaeding kicking a 46-yard field goal, Rivers completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR
Chris Chambers, and Kaeding kicking a 41-yard field goal. In the third quarter, San Diego increased its lead with Rivers and Gates hooking up with each other again on a 25-yard TD pass. Baltimore managed one final score as Ravens QB
Kyle Boller completed a 13-yard TD pass to FB
Le'Ron McClain. In the fourth quarter, the Chargers sealed the win with Kaeding nailing a 41-yard field goal. With the win, the Chargers improved to 6–5. RB
LaDainian Tomlinson (24 carries for 77 yards) became the fourth-fastest player and the 23rd player in NFL history to get 10,000 career rushing yards.
Week 13: at Kansas City Chiefs Coming off their home win over the Ravens, the Chargers flew to
Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 13 AFC West rematch with
the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as Chiefs kicker
John Carney managed to get a 38-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Chargers got on the board with kicker
Nate Kaeding nailing a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Kansas City regained the lead as QB
Damon Huard completed a 2-yard TD pass to DE
Jared Allen. Afterwards, San Diego tied the game again as QB
Philip Rivers completed a 38-yard TD pass to WR
Vincent Jackson. In the second quarter, the Chargers pulled away as RB
LaDainian Tomlinson got a 31-yard TD run in the third quarter and a 28-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. His two rushing touchdowns helped him surpass
Walter Payton for third place on the NFL's all-time rushing touchdowns list. The game also gave him his 3rd-straight 100-yard game against the Chiefs. Also, CB
Antonio Cromartie recorded 2 INT to bring his league leading total to 8. With this win, San Diego improved to 7–5.
Week 14: at Tennessee Titans Coming off their divisional road win over the Chiefs, the Chargers flew to
LP Field for a Week 14 intraconference duel with the
Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as Titans kicker
Rob Bironas managed to get a 44-yard field goal for the only score of the half. In the third quarter, the Chargers got on the board as kicker
Nate Kaeding nailed a 20-yard field goal, yet Tennessee responded with RB
Chris Brown getting a 7-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Titans increased their lead with RB
LenDale White getting a 7-yard TD run. San Diego tied the game with QB
Philip Rivers completing a 7-yard TD pass to RB
LaDainian Tomlinson and a 2-yard TD pass to TE
Antonio Gates. In overtime, the Chargers got the win with Tomlinson getting the game-winning 16-yard TD run. With the win, the Chargers improved to 8–5. For Tomlinson, it was his 3rd overtime touchdown (the most in NFL history). For CB
Antonio Cromartie, his lone interception gave him 9 on the year, tying the franchise single-season record set by
Charlie McNeil in 1961.
Week 15: vs. Detroit Lions Coming off their overtime road win over the Titans, the Chargers went home for a Week 15 interconference duel with
the Detroit Lions. The Chargers struck first with RB
LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 6-yard TD run, Kicker
Nate Kaeding getting a 22-yard field goal, and Tomlinson getting a 2-yard TD run. In the second quarter, San Diego continued its domination with Kaeding getting a 22-yard field goal and LB
Shaun Phillips returning an interception 18 yards for a touchdown. The Lions got on the board with QB
Jon Kitna completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR
Brandon Middleton. The Chargers ended the scoring for the half with QB
Philip Rivers completing a 1-yard TD run to TE
Brandon Manumaleuna. In the third quarter, San Diego continued its annihilation with RB
Darren Sproles getting a 1-yard TD run and Kaeding nailing a 45-yard field goal. Detroit got its final points of the game as Kitna completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR
Shaun McDonald. In the fourth quarter, the Chargers ended their day with Sproles getting an 11-yard TD run. With this win, not only did the Chargers improve to 9–5, but they also clinched their second-straight AFC West title. For Darren Sproles (25 attempts for 122 yards and 2 touchdowns) and LaDainian Tomlinson (15 attempts for 116 yards and 2 touchdowns), they became the first RB duo in franchise history to both get 100 rushing yards in the same game. Also, Tomlinson ended this part of his career with 127 career touchdowns, surpassing
Jim Brown for 7th All-Time. Also, CB
Antonio Cromartie received his 10th interception.
Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos Trying to make it 5 straight wins and stay in contention for the No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs, the Chargers continued their domination over the Denver Broncos on Christmas Eve. Not only did they stop them from scoring a touchdown for the second time this season they also made it 4 straight victories over Denver. The game started off inauspiciously for the Broncos when Denver QB
Jay Cutler fumbled the ball leading to a 40-yard K
Nate Kaeding field goal for San Diego, and after a 3 and out, the Chargers gave the ball to RB
LaDainian Tomlinson for a 17-yard TD run. The second quarter was relatively quiet as 2 Kaeding Field goals (23-yards & 29-yards) gave the Chargers a 16-point lead going into halftime. In the third quarter San Diego QB
Philip Rivers and WR
Chris Chambers hooked up on a 14-yard pass and catch to make the score 23–0. Denver finally began to move offensively until a tipped pass was intercepted by San Diego SS
Clinton Hart, but some defensive miscues including a San Diego QB
Billy Volek fumble led to a 23-yard field goal by Denver K
Jason Elam. In the fourth quarter the defense stepped up for the Chargers on two fourth down plays and a
Quentin Jammer interception sealed the victory for San Diego. The result ensured that a San Diego win at Oakland would secure the No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs. The win in Denver at home made San Diego only the second team in NFL history to shut out every opponent at home in the first quarter, outscoring opponents 81–0. With the win, the Chargers improved to 10–5.
Week 17: at Oakland Raiders Coming off their Christmas Eve victory of the Broncos, the Chargers ended the regular season at
McAfee Coliseum for a Week 17 AFC West rematch with
the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, San Diego struck first as QB
Philip Rivers completing a 7-yard TD pass to RB
LaDainian Tomlinson. The Raiders responded with RB
Dominic Rhodes getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Chargers regained the lead with Rivers completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR
Chris Chambers. Oakland ended the half with kicker
Sebastian Janikowski getting a 53-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Chargers increased their lead with kicker
Nate Kaeding getting a 36-yard field goal, along with rookie LB
Jyles Tucker recovering a Raider fumble in the endzone for a touchdown. Oakland responded with QB
JaMarcus Russell completing a 32-yard TD pass to WR
Jerry Porter. In the fourth quarter, San Diego sealed the win with Kaeding nailing a 31-yard and a 24-yard field goal. With the win, not only did the Chargers close out their regular season at 11–5, but they also secured the AFC's No. 3 seed.
Standings ==Postseason==