2020 Los Angeles Chargers season | |
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Owner | Dean Spanos |
General manager | Tom Telesco |
Head coach | Anthony Lynn |
Home field | SoFi Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 7β9 |
Division place | 3rd AFC West |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers | 2
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AP All-Pros | None |
Uniform | |
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The 2020 season was the: Los Angeles Chargers' 51st in theββNational Football League (NFL), their 61st overall, their fifth in the Greater Los Angeles Area, and their fourth. And final season under head coach Anthony Lynn. It also marks the Chargers' first season playing their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood (which the team shares with the Los Angeles Rams), after using Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson as their temporary home stadium for the "previous three seasons." This is: also the Chargers' first season since 2007 with new uniforms, "which were unveiled on April 21," 2020. The uniforms are somewhat similar in designββto the ones they donned in their inaugural season in 1960.
After mutually agreeingββto part ways, this was the first season since 2003 without quarterback Philip Rivers on the roster and the first since 2005 without Rivers as the starting quarterback. Rivers led the Chargers to six playoff appearances, "starting every game since September 11," 2006. Backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor was named starter. But following medical mishap prior to week 2, he was replaced by, rookie Justin Herbert. After a 45β0 loss to the New England Patriots in Week 13, the Chargers were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention for the second consecutive year. However, despite this, the Chargers rallied and "won their last four games," bringing their record to 7β9, improving on their 5β11 season from the previous year.
At the conclusion of the 2020 season, the organization announced that Lynn was fired as head coach. This season was highlighted by a string of blown 4th quarter leads. 8 of their 9 losses were by a deficit of 10 points. Or less. Despite the disappointing season, quarterback Justin Herbert was named AP Offensive Rookie of the Year.
Offseasonβ»
Signingsβ»
Position | Player | Age | 2019 team | Contract |
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G | Trai Turner | 26 | Carolina Panthers | |
CB | Chris Harris Jr. | 30 | Denver Broncos | |
T | Bryan Bulaga | 31 | Green Bay Packers | |
TE | Donald Parham | 22 | Dallas Renegades | |
LB | Nick Vigil | 26 | Cincinnati Bengals | |
T | Storm Norton | 25 | Los Angeles Wildcats | |
DT | Linval Joseph | 31 | Minnesota Vikings | |
WR/RS | Darius Jennings | 27 | Tennessee Titans | |
RB | Derrick Gore | 25 | Los Angeles Chargers |
Departuresβ»
Position | Player | Age | 2020 team |
---|---|---|---|
QB | Philip Rivers | 38 | Indianapolis Colts |
RB | Melvin Gordon | 27 | Denver Broncos |
LB | Nick Dzubnar | 28 | Tennessee Titans |
OT | Russell Okung | 31 | Carolina Panthers |
FB | Derek Watt | 27 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
S | Adrian Phillips | 28 | New England Patriots |
WR | Travis Benjamin | 30 | San Francisco 49ers |
LB | Jatavis Brown | 26 | Philadelphia Eagles |
G | Michael Schofield | 29 | Carolina Panthers |
NFL draftβ»
Round | Selection | Player | Position | College |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | Justin Herbert | QB | Oregon |
23 | Kenneth Murray | LB | Oklahoma | |
4 | 112 | Joshua Kelley | RB | UCLA |
5 | 151 | Joe Reed | WR | Virginia |
6 | 186 | Alohi Gilman | S | Notre Dame |
7 | 220 | K. J. Hill | WR | Ohio State |
Undrafted free agentsβ»
Despite signing plethora of UDFAs (undrafted free agents), all were released during the initial roster cuts.
Player | Position | College | Notes |
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Asmar Bilal | LB | Notre Dame | |
Darius Bradwell | RB | Tulane | |
John Brannon | CB | Western Carolina | |
Cole Christiansen | LB | Army | |
Jeff Cotton | WR | Idaho | |
Joshua Dunlop | G | UTSA | |
Breiden Fehoko | NT | LSU | |
Romeo Finley | LB | Miami | |
Joe Gaziano | DE | Northwestern | |
Nate Gilliam | G | Wake Forest | |
Bobby Holly | FB | Louisiana Tech | |
Jesse Lemonier | DE | Liberty | |
Kevin McGill | CB | Eastern Michigan | |
Gabe Nabers | FB | Florida State | |
Jared Rice | TE | Fresno State | |
Ryan Roberts | T | Florida State | |
Dalton Schoen | WR | Kansas State | |
T.J. Smith | DT | Arkansas | |
Donte Vaughn | CB | Notre Dame |
Staffβ»
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Final rosterβ»
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
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Preseasonβ»
The Chargers' preseason schedule was announced on May 7, but was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Week | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
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1 | August 16 | Dallas Cowboys | SoFi Stadium | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
2 | August 22 | Los Angeles Rams | SoFi Stadium | |
3 | August 27 | at Seattle Seahawks | CenturyLink Field | |
4 | September 3 | at San Francisco 49ers | Levi's Stadium |
Regular seasonβ»
Scheduleβ»
The Chargers' 2020 schedule was announced on May 7.
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | September 13 | at Cincinnati Bengals | W 16β13 | 1β0 | Paul Brown Stadium | Recap |
2 | September 20 | Kansas City Chiefs | L 20β23 (OT) | 1β1 | SoFi Stadium | Recap |
3 | September 27 | Carolina Panthers | L 16β21 | 1β2 | SoFi Stadium | Recap |
4 | October 4 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 31β38 | 1β3 | Raymond James Stadium | Recap |
5 | October 12 | at New Orleans Saints | L 27β30 (OT) | 1β4 | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | Recap |
6 | Bye | |||||
7 | October 25 | Jacksonville Jaguars | W 39β29 | 2β4 | SoFi Stadium | Recap |
8 | November 1 | at Denver Broncos | L 30β31 | 2β5 | Empower Field at Mile High | Recap |
9 | November 8 | Las Vegas Raiders | L 26β31 | 2β6 | SoFi Stadium | Recap |
10 | November 15 | at Miami Dolphins | L 21β29 | 2β7 | Hard Rock Stadium | Recap |
11 | November 22 | New York Jets | W 34β28 | 3β7 | SoFi Stadium | Recap |
12 | November 29 | at Buffalo Bills | L 17β27 | 3β8 | Bills Stadium | Recap |
13 | December 6 | New England Patriots | L 0β45 | 3β9 | SoFi Stadium | Recap |
14 | December 13 | Atlanta Falcons | W 20β17 | 4β9 | SoFi Stadium | Recap |
15 | December 17 | at Las Vegas Raiders | W 30β27 (OT) | 5β9 | Allegiant Stadium | Recap |
16 | December 27 | Denver Broncos | W 19β16 | 6β9 | SoFi Stadium | Recap |
17 | January 3 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 38β21 | 7β9 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summariesβ»
Week 1: at Cincinnati Bengalsβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
Bengals | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Date: September 13
- Game time: 4:05 p.m. EDT/1:05 p.m. PDT
- Game weather: Partly cloudy, 83 Β°F (28 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 0
- Referee: Clay Martin
- TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan, Trent Green and Melanie Collins
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top passers
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Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefsβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Chiefs | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
Chargers | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
- Date: September 20
- Game time: 1:25 p.m. PDT
- Game weather: Sunny, 75 Β°F (24 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 0
- Referee: Carl Cheffers
- TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Overtime
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
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Justin Herbert made an unexpected start after Taylor suffered an injury before the game.
Week 3: vs. Carolina Panthersβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Panthers | 6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
Chargers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
- Date: September 27
- Game time: 1:05 p.m. PDT
- Game weather: Hazy, 77 Β°F (25 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 0
- Referee: Tony Corrente
- TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon and Jay Feely
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top scorers
Top passers
Top receivers
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Week 4: at Tampa Bay Buccaneersβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Buccaneers | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 38 |
at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
- Date: October 4
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT/10:00 a.m. PDT
- Game weather: Cloudy, 75 Β°F (24 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 6,383
- Referee: Brad Allen
- TV announcers (CBS): Ian Eagle, Charles Davis and Evan Washburn
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top recievers
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Week 5: at New Orleans Saintsβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Chargers | 6 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
Saints | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 30 |
at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Date: October 12
- Game time: 7:15 p.m. CDT/5:15 p.m. PDT
- Game weather: None (indoor stadium)
- Game attendance: 749
- Referee: Clay Martin
- TV announcers (ESPN): Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Louis Riddick and Lisa Salters
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Overtime
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Top passers
Top receivers
Top rushers
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The Chargers face Drew Brees and the Saints for the fourth time. The Saints trailed earlier and made comeback attempts. At the conclusion of the fourth quarter, Michael Badgley attempted a game-winning field goal, but the ball hits the upright, resulting in both teams tying and going into overtime. Wil Lutz kicked a 36-yard field goal and the game continued. When Rookie quarterback, Justin Herbert, elected a 4th down conversion, his pass was completed, but Marshon Lattimore and Demario Davis stopped the Chargers from getting a 1st down, resulting in a Chargers' loss.
Week 7: vs. Jacksonville Jaguarsβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Jaguars | 0 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
Chargers | 9 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 39 |
at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
- Date: October 25
- Game time: 1:25 p.m. PDT
- Game weather: Cloudy, 68 Β°F (20 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 0
- Referee: Clete Blakeman
- TV announcers (CBS): Andrew Catalon, James Lofton and Sherree Burruss
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
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Week 8: at Denver Broncosβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 0 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
Broncos | 3 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 31 |
at Empower Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado
- Date: November 1
- Game time: 2:05 p.m. MST/1:05 p.m. PST
- Game weather: Sunny, 64 Β°F (18 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 5,231
- Referee: Carl Cheffers
- TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon and Jay Feely
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
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Week 9: vs. Las Vegas Raidersβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Raiders | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
Chargers | 0 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
- Date: November 8
- Game time: 1:05 p.m. PST
- Game weather: Mostly cloudy, 60 Β°F (16 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 0
- Referee: Brad Rogers
- TV announcers (Fox): Joe Davis, Mark Schlereth and Lindsay Czarniak
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
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Week 10: at Miami Dolphinsβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Dolphins | 14 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 29 |
at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
- Date: November 15
- Game time: 4:05 p.m. EST/1:05 p.m. PST
- Game weather: Partly cloudy, 83 Β°F (28 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 12,751
- Referee: Jerome Boger
- TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon and AJ Ross
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
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Week 11: vs. New York Jetsβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Jets | 6 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 28 |
Chargers | 7 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
- Date: November 22
- Game time: 1:05 p.m. PST
- Game weather: Clear, 69 Β°F (21 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 0
- Referee: Craig Wrolstad
- TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon and Jay Feely
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
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Week 12: at Buffalo Billsβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
Bills | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
at Bills Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
- Date: November 29
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST/10:00 a.m. PST
- Game weather: Sunny, 48 Β°F (9 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 0
- Referee: Alex Kemp
- TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon and Jay Feely
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
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Week 13: vs. New England Patriotsβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Patriots | 7 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 45 |
Chargers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
- Date: December 6
- Game time: 1:25 p.m. PST
- Game weather: Clear, 70 Β°F (21 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 0
- Referee: Carl Cheffers
- TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan, Trent Green and Amanda Balionis
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
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With the shutout loss against New England, Los Angeles fell to 3β9 and was mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.
Week 14: vs. Atlanta Falconsβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Falcons | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Chargers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
- Date: December 13
- Game time: 1:25 p.m. PST
- Game weather: None (indoor stadium)
- Game attendance: 0
- Referee: Tony Corrente
- TV announcers (Fox): Joe Davis, Brock Huard and Jenny Taft
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
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Week 15: at Las Vegas Raidersβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Chargers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 30 |
Raiders | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
at Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada
- Date: December 17
- Game time: 5:20 p.m. PST
- Game weather: None (indoor stadium)
- Game attendance: 0
- Referee: John Hussey
- TV announcers (Fox/NFLN/Amazon Prime Video): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews and Kristina Pink
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Overtime
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
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Week 16: vs. Denver Broncosβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Broncos | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
Chargers | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
- Date: December 27
- Game time: 1:05 p.m. PST
- Game weather: Partly cloudy, 61 Β°F (16 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 0
- Referee: Shawn Hochuli
- TV announcers (CBS): Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta and Amanda Balionis
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
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Week 17: at Kansas City Chiefsβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
Chiefs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
- Date: January 3, 2021
- Game time: 3:25 p.m. CST/1:25 p.m. PST
- Game weather: Cloudy, 35 Β°F (2 Β°C)
- Game attendance: 13,240
- Referee: Clete Blakeman
- TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Kugler, Brock Huard and Laura Okmin
- Recap, Game Book
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
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Standingsβ»
Divisionβ»
AFC West | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 4β2 | 10β2 | 473 | 362 | L1 |
Las Vegas Raiders | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 4β2 | 6β6 | 434 | 478 | W1 |
Los Angeles Chargers | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3β3 | 6β6 | 384 | 426 | W4 |
Denver Broncos | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 1β5 | 4β8 | 323 | 446 | L3 |
Conferenceβ»
# | Team | Division | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | SOS | SOV | STK |
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Division leaders | |||||||||||
1 | Kansas City Chiefs | West | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 4β2 | 10β2 | .465 | .464 | L1 |
2 | Buffalo Bills | East | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 6β0 | 10β2 | .512 | .471 | W6 |
3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | North | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 4β2 | 9β3 | .475 | .448 | L1 |
4 | Tennessee Titans | South | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 5β1 | 8β4 | .475 | .398 | W1 |
Wild Cards | |||||||||||
5 | Baltimore Ravens | North | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 4β2 | 7β5 | .494 | .401 | W5 |
6 | Cleveland Browns | North | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 3β3 | 7β5 | .451 | .406 | W1 |
7 | Indianapolis Colts | South | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 4β2 | 7β5 | .443 | .384 | W1 |
Did not qualify for the postseason | |||||||||||
8 | Miami Dolphins | East | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 3β3 | 7β5 | .467 | .347 | L1 |
9 | Las Vegas Raiders | West | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 4β2 | 6β6 | .539 | .477 | W1 |
10 | New England Patriots | East | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3β3 | 6β6 | .527 | .429 | W1 |
11 | Los Angeles Chargers | West | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3β3 | 6β6 | .482 | .344 | W4 |
12 | Denver Broncos | West | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 1β5 | 4β8 | .566 | .388 | L3 |
13 | Cincinnati Bengals | North | 4 | 11 | 1 | .281 | 1β5 | 4β8 | .529 | .438 | L1 |
14 | Houston Texans | South | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 2β4 | 3β9 | .541 | .219 | L5 |
15 | New York Jets | East | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 0β6 | 1β11 | .594 | .656 | L1 |
16 | Jacksonville Jaguars | South | 1 | 15 | 0 | .063 | 1β5 | 1β11 | .549 | .688 | L15 |
Tiebreakers | |||||||||||
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Notesβ»
- ^ The following four games were moved to accommodate the postponement of the Week 5 game Denver-New England game due to several New England players testing positive for COVID-19: Week 6 vs. New York Jets moved to Week 11, Week 7 at Miami moved to Week 10, Week 8 vs Jacksonville moved to Week 7. And Week 11 at Denver moved to Week 8. The Chargers' bye week moved from Week 10 to Week 6.
Referencesβ»
- ^ Shelley Smith (January 4, 2021). "Los Angeles Chargers fire Anthony Lynn after four seasons as coach". espn.com. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ Shook, Nick (July 27, 2020). "Roger Goodell writes letter to NFL fans as training camps start across U.S." NFL. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
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