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The Chargers only spent one season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961 due to the popularity of the Rams. [16] Initially denied in December, 1960, [17] but announced in late January, 1961, owner Barron Hilton relocated the Chargers down the coast to a soon-to-be expanded Balboa Stadium at Balboa Park in San Diego for the 1961 season, [18] [19] [20] their home field until 1966.
The Chargers were founded in Los Angeles in 1959, and began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). They spent their first season in Los Angeles before relocating to San Diego in 1961 to become the San Diego Chargers. [ 1][ 6] The team joined the NFL as a result of the AFL–NFL merger in 1970.
Both the Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams share the Los Angeles market, which is on the West Coast of the United States. This means that the Chargers cannot play home games, road division games against the Denver Broncos or Oakland Raiders , or interconference road games against the NFC West (in seasons that the AFC West and NFC West meet in ...
The Chargers–Raiders rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Los Angeles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders that has transcended two leagues and a combined five relocations. Since debuting in the inaugural AFL season, in 1960, as the Oakland Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers in the AFL Western Conference, both teams joined ...
The team's first home game in Los Angeles was at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum against the San Diego Chargers on November 22, 1982, after a 57-day player strike. They played their last game as a Los Angeles–based club on December 24, 1994, at the Coliseum against the Kansas City Chiefs , a game which they lost 19–9 to eliminate them ...
Chargers at Chiefs, 3:25 p.m. on CBS: Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson Packers at Broncos, 3:25 p.m. on CBS: Kevin Harlan, Trent Green and Melanie Collins
2021 Los Angeles Chargers season. #10 Justin Herbert in Week 1 behind his rebuilt offensive line, featuring free-agent signings #63 Corey Linsley and #71 Matt Feiler, as well as 1st-round draft pick #70 Rashawn Slater. #87 Jared Cook (tight end) was another free-agent acquisition. The 2021 season was the Los Angeles Chargers ' 52nd season in ...
The L.A. Chargers brought a bit of Hollywood magic to their new El Segundo practice facility, the Bolt, with its own Walk of Fame. And it’s fitting that the team, competing for eyeballs in a ...