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Oakland Raiders 24, San Diego Chargers 17Thursday, November 10, 2011Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)The Chargers suffered yet another heartbreaking loss and gave up a share of the lead inthe AFC West after falling to arch-rival Oakland, 24-17, in a Thursday night game at QualcommStadium. The Chargers scored a field goal on their opening possession of thegame, but then were silenced for the remainder of the half as the Raiders ran off 17unanswered points. Oakland dominated the Chargers in first downs (13 to 3), total yards(293 to 65) and time of possession (19:35 to 10:25). The Chargers rallied with 14 pointsin the third quarter to climb back within seven, but Oakland held the Bolts at bay in thefinal period, closing out the victory with two late takeaways against the Chargers’offense.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalOakland Raiders 7 10 7 0 24San Diego Chargers 3 0 14 0 17Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) OAK SDSD 1 10:40 Novak 20 yd Field Goal (6-38, 3:09) 0 3OAK 1 0:41 Bush 2 yd run (Janikowski kick) (11-86, 6:25) 7 3OAK 2 11:02 Janikowski 23 yd Field Goal (7-70, 3:25) 10 3OAK 2 1:51 Moore 33 yd pass from Palmer (Janikowski kick) (2-56, 0:31) 17 3SD 3 11:48 Brown 30 yd pass from Rivers (Novak kick) (8-80, 3:12) 17 10OAK 3 9:01 Moore 26 yd pass from Palmer (Janikowski kick) (5-85, 2:47) 24 10SD 3 0:00 Hester 7 yd pass from Rivers (Novak kick) (7-51, 2:06) 24 17Attendance — 68,109Chicago Bears 31, San Diego Chargers 20Sunday, November 20, 2011Soldier Field (Chicago, IL)The Chargers dropped their fifth-straight game on a cold in windy day in Chicago’sSolider Field, falling to the Bears, 31-20. With four new starters on offense, includingthree on the offensive line, the Chargers put up a valiant effort against the Bears,matching them score-for-score until late in the third quarter. Looking to answer followinga score that gave Chicago a 24-17 lead, the Chargers turned the ball over andthe Bears capitalized quickly with a two-play drive for a touchdown and a 31-17 lead.The Chargers scored three early in the fourth quarter to trim the deficit to 11, but twomore fourth-quarter turnovers proved costly and Chicago held on for the win.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalSan Diego Chargers 3 7 7 3 20Chicago Bears 3 14 14 0 31Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) SD CHISD 1 9:40 Novak 28 yd Field Goal (6-47, 3:45) 3 0CHI 1 5:01 Gould 42 yd Field Goal (9-62, 4:39) 3 3CHI 2 4:09 Barber 1 yd run (Gould kick) (5-41, 2:26) 3 10SD 2 2:04 Gates 8 yd pass from Rivers (Novak kick) (7-78, 2:05) 10 10CHI 2 0:20 Davis 4 yd pass from Cutler (Gould kick) (6-44, 1:44) 10 17SD 3 10:58 Jackson 5 yd pass from Rivers (Novak kick) (6-76, 4:02) 17 17CHI 3 5:47 Cutler 1 yd run (Gould kick) (8-83, 5:11) 17 24CHI 3 4:53 Knox 24 yd pass from Cutler (Gould kick) (2-37, 0:39) 17 31SD 4 14:55 Novak 48 yd Field Goal (8-51, 4:58) 20 31Attendance — 62,3442011 IN REVIEWMEDIA GUIDE | 142