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2011 GAME SUMMARIESSan Diego Chargers 24, Minnesota Vikings 17Sunday, September 11, 2011Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)The Chargers opened the season with a 24-17 win over the Vikings, overcoming afourth-quarter deficit and scoring 17 unanswered points in the win. Philip Rivers passedfor two touchdowns, including the game-winner to Mike Tolbert at 5:01 of the fourthquarter. San Diego’s defense dominated the Vikings, holding them to just 187 yards oftotal offense and just 26 in the second half. After the Vikings’ second touchdown of thegame at 9:44 of the second quarter, they didn’t manage to cross the 50-yard line intoChargers territory for the rest of the game. The Chargers finished the game with 31 firstdowns to the Vikings’ 10, and possessed the ball for 37:17 to Minnesota’s 22:43.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalMinnesota Vikings 7 10 0 0 17San Diego Chargers 7 0 7 10 24Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) MIN SDMIN 1 14:45 Harvin 103 yd kickoff return (Longwell kick) (0-0, 0:15) 7 0SD 1 11:38 Tolbert 1 yd pass from Rivers (Scifres kick) (3-6, 1:21) 7 7MIN 2 12:56 Longwell 33 yd Field Goal (14-77, 7:34) 10 7MIN 2 9:44 Jenkins 3 yd pass from McNabb (Longwell kick) (3-51, 1:28) 17 7SD 3 10:43 Tolbert 7 yd run (Scifres kick) (7-69, 4:17) 17 14SD 4 10:05 Scifres 40 yd Field Goal (9-46, 4:45) 17 17SD 4 5:01 Tolbert 19 yd pass from Rivers (Scifres kick) (6-64, 3:10) 17 24Attendance — 66,716New England Patriots 35, San Diego Chargers 21Sunday, September 18, 2011Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, MA)The Chargers lost a heartbreaker to the Patriots, falling by a 35-21 score at GilletteStadium in Foxborough. San Diego turned the ball over four times leading to 10 Patriotspoints, including a fourth-quarter fumble just three plays after stopping the Patriotson downs near midfield in a six-point game. The Patriots answered with a touchdownand two-point conversion to stretch their lead to 14. Tom Brady was nearlyflawless for New England, completing 31 of 40 (77.5%) for 423 yards with threetouchdowns and no interceptions.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalSan Diego Chargers 7 0 0 14 21New England Patriots 7 13 0 15 35Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) SD NENE 1 6:16 Hernandez 14 yd pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick) (12-92, 5:47) 0 7SD 1 2:55 Mathews 10 yd run (Novak kick) (7-80, 3:21) 7 7NE 2 13:20 Gostkowski 22 yd Field Goal (14-59, 4:35) 7 10NE 2 2:49 Gronkowski 10 yd pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick) (10-99, 5:25) 7 17NE 2 0:00 Gostkowski 47 yd Field Goal (3-18, 0:09) 7 20SD 4 13:33 Jackson 3 yd pass from Rivers (Novak kick) (10-64, 5:03) 14 20NE 4 8:40 Gronkowski 17 yd pass from Brady (Woodhead run) (4-61, 1:40) 14 28SD 4 5:40 Jackson 26 yd pass from Rivers (Novak kick) (8-80, 3:00) 21 28NE 4 1:54 Green-Ellis 16 yd run (Gostkowski kick) (9-80, 3:46) 21 35Attendance — 68,7562011 IN REVIEWMEDIA GUIDE | 138