Final
Chargers continue trip through AFC East against Bills
Oct 14, 2008 - 5:19 PM San Diego (3-3) at Buffalo (4-1), 1:00 pm EDTORCHARD PARK, New York (Ticker) -- The San Diego Chargers have faced all the rest, and will now take on the best of the AFC East.
For the fourth time in five weeks, the Chargers will take on an AFC East opponent when they visit the division-leading Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
San Diego picked up its first win of the season in Week Three against the New York Jets and lost to the Miami Dolphins two weeks later.
Philip Rivers threw three touchdown passes as the Chargers exacted a measure of revenge against the New England Patriots this past weekend, cruising to a 30-10 triumph in a rematch of last season's AFC Championship Game.
The victory snapped a three-game losing streak to New England for San Diego, which fell, 21-12, in January as the then-unbeaten Patriots advanced to the Super Bowl.
With All-Pro tailback LaDainian Tomlinson mostly neutralized for the first three quarters of the game, Rivers took control from the start. The 26-year-old Rivers went 18-for-27 for 306 yards and tossed three touchdowns for the fourth time this season.
"Playing New England was big," Rivers said. "We didn't intentionally downplay it, but it wasn't necessarily a payback game. It was big to beat these guys, but I think the main reason was the situation we were in this season at 2-3 and it gets us back to .500."
The Chargers complete their tour of the AFC East against the well-rested Bills, who are coming off a bye week with a one-game edge on the Patriots and Jets in the division.
Buffalo likely will get back quarterback Trent Edwards, who was knocked out of the Bills' first loss of the season, a 41-17 setback to the Arizona Cardinals on October 5.
Edwards, who left the game during the Bills' first possession with a concussion, has passed for 948 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions this season.
- NFL
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN DIEGO 7 0 7 0 14
BUFFALO 3 10 7 3 23 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 38 YD, 8:14. Drive: 9
plays, 52 yards in 5:44. Key plays:
Edwards 20-yard pass to Evans to
midfield; Edwards 14-yard pass to
Evans to San Diego 25. BUFFALO 3-0
SDG - TD
Oct 19 3:57 PM - NFL
FG BUF
RIAN LINDELL 44 YD
SAN DIEGO 14
BUFFALO 23 3:17 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Chargers 14, Bills 23 4th - 3:17Oct 19 3:43 PM - NFL
END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN DIEGO 7 0 7 14
BUFFALO 3 10 7 20 END, 3RD QTR
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 38 YD, 8:14. Drive: 9
plays, 52 yards in 5:44. Key plays:
Edwards 20-yard pass to Evans to
midfield; Edwards 14-yard pass to
Evans to San Diego 25. BUFFALO 3-0
S
Oct 19 3:13 PM - NFL
TD BUF
MARSHAWN LYNCH 9 YD RUN
(RIAN LINDELL KICK)
SAN DIEGO 14
BUFFALO 20 0:33 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Chargers 14, Bills 20 3rd - 0:33Oct 19 3:07 PM
TD SDG VINCENT JACKSON 10 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (NATE KAEDING KICK)
Chargers 14, Bills 13 3rd - 6:28Oct 19 2:56 PM
TD SDG VINCENT JACKSON 10 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (NATE KAEDING KICK)
Chargers 14, Bills 13 3rd - 6:28Oct 19 2:56 PM
TD SDG VINCENT JACKSON 10 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (NATE KAEDING KICK)
Chargers 14, Bills 13 3rd - 6:28Oct 19 2:56 PM- NFL
TD SDG
VINCENT JACKSON 10 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS
(NATE KAEDING KICK)
SAN DIEGO 14
BUFFALO 13 6:28 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Chargers 14, Bills 13 3rd - 6:28Oct 19 2:56 PM - NFL
HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN DIEGO 7 0 7
BUFFALO 3 10 13 HALFTIME
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 38 YD, 8:14. Drive: 9
plays, 52 yards in 5:44. Key plays:
Edwards 20-yard pass to Evans to
midfield; Edwards 14-yard pass to
Evans to San Diego 25. BUFFALO 3-0
SDG -
Oct 19 2:28 PM - NFL
FG BUF
RIAN LINDELL 27 YD
SAN DIEGO 7
BUFFALO 13 0:16 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Chargers 7, Bills 13 2nd - 0:16Oct 19 2:25 PM
TD BUF LEE EVANS 2 YD PASS FROM TRENT EDWARDS (RIAN LINDELL KICK)
Chargers 7, Bills 10 2nd - 5:20Oct 19 2:05 PM
TD BUF LEE EVANS 2 YD PASS FROM TRENT EDWARDS (RIAN LINDELL KICK)
Chargers 7, Bills 10 2nd - 5:20Oct 19 2:05 PM
TD BUF LEE EVANS 2 YD PASS FROM TRENT EDWARDS (RIAN LINDELL KICK)
Chargers 7, Bills 10 2nd - 5:20Oct 19 2:05 PM- NFL
TD BUF
LEE EVANS 2 YD PASS FROM TRENT EDWARDS
(RIAN LINDELL KICK)
SAN DIEGO 7
BUFFALO 10 5:20 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Chargers 7, Bills 10 2nd - 5:20Oct 19 2:05 PM - NFL
END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN DIEGO 7 7
BUFFALO 3 3 END, 1ST QTR
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 38 YD, 8:14. Drive: 9
plays, 52 yards in 5:44. Key plays:
Edwards 20-yard pass to Evans to
midfield; Edwards 14-yard pass to
Evans to San Diego 25. BUFFALO 3-0
S
Oct 19 1:46 PM
TD SDG MALCOM FLOYD 14 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (NATE KAEDING KICK)
Chargers 7, Bills 3 1st - 0:21Oct 19 1:44 PM
TD SDG MALCOM FLOYD 14 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (NATE KAEDING KICK)
Chargers 7, Bills 3 1st - 0:21Oct 19 1:44 PM
TD SDG MALCOM FLOYD 14 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (NATE KAEDING KICK)
Chargers 7, Bills 3 1st - 0:21Oct 19 1:44 PM- NFL
TD SDG
MALCOM FLOYD 14 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS
(NATE KAEDING KICK)
SAN DIEGO 7
BUFFALO 3 0:21 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Chargers 7, Bills 3 1st - 0:21Oct 19 1:44 PM - NFL
FG BUF
RIAN LINDELL 38 YD
SAN DIEGO 0
BUFFALO 3 6:46 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Chargers 0, Bills 3 1st - 6:46Oct 19 1:35 PM
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