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POSTSEASON HISTORY2009 AFC Divisional PlayoffsNew York Jets 17, San Diego Chargers 14Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010 - Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)2008 AFC Divisional PlayoffsPittsburgh Steelers 35, San Diego Chargers 24Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009 - Heinz Field (Pittsburgh, PA)The No. 5 seed New York Jets upset No. 2 seed Chargers. SanDiego’s defense opened game with four straight three-and-outs,not allowing Jets first down until 8:11 remained in second quarter.Stephen Cooper set up Chargers’ first touchdown of game, forcingthree-and-out with four-yard tackle for loss on 3rd-and-4. Onensuing drive, Kris Wilson caught 13-yard touchdown pass for 7-0 lead. Antonio Gates helped set up TD with brilliant one-handed23-yard reception to 16. Quentin Jammer had solid afternoon,breaking up third-down pass in second quarter to force punt andintercepting another in third quarter. Paul Oliver provided pressure and hit on Jets’quarterback Mark Sanchez on interception and Steve Gregory, in coverage, tippedpass that Jammer picked off. Jacob Hester got his hand on late fourth-quarter punt byJets, contributing to just 26-yard punt. On ensuing possession, Philip Rivers scored TDon one-yard sneak with 2:20 left. Vincent Jackson, who had game-high 111 yardsreceiving, set up Rivers TD with 12-yard catch to one on 3rd-and-7.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalNew York Jets 0 0 3 14 17San Diego Chargers 0 7 0 7 14Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) NYJ SDSD 2 12:17 Wilson 13 yd pass from Rivers (Kaeding kick) (4-69, 1:56) 0 7NYJ 3 10:45 Feely 46 yd Field Goal (8-32, 4:15) 3 7NYJ 4 13:35 Keller 2 yd pass from Sanchez (Feely kick) (4-16, 1:27) 10 7NYJ 4 7:17 Greene 53 yd run (Feely kick) (4-66, 2:10) 17 7SD 4 2:14 Rivers 1 yd run (Kaeding kick) (7-63, 1:22) 17 14Attendance — 69,498Team Statistics NYJ SDTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 14 18Rushing 6 2Passing 6 15Penalty 2 13RD DOWN EFF 6-16-38% 4-13-31%4TH DOWN EFF 1-1-100% 0-0-0%TOTAL NET YARDS 262 344Total Plays 63 60Average / Play 4.2 5.7NET YARDS RUSHING 169 61Total Plays 39 18Average / Play 4.3 3.4TFLs - Yards Lost 3-9 1-1NET YARDS PASSING 93 283Sacked - Yards Lost 1-7 2-15Gross Yards 100 298ATT-COMP-INT 23-12-1 40-27-2Avg / Play 3.9 6.7KICKOFFS-In EZ-TB 4-1-0 3-0-0PUNTS No. and Avg 8-38.8 6-49.5NEW YORK JETSRushing No Yds Avg Lg TDGreene 23 128 5.6 53t 1Jones 14 41 2.9 8 0Cotchery 1 1 1.0 1 0Sanchez 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDLeonhard 1 11 11.0 11 0Revis 1 6 6.0 6 0Punting No Yds Avg Net TB I20 LgWeatherford8 310 38.8 35.9 1 2 51Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDCotchery 3 34 11.3 2 25 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDSmith 2 45 22.5 36 0NYJ SDBlocked 0 0FGs - PATs Blocked 0-0 0-0Net Punting Avg. 35.9 43.8TOTAL RETURN YARDS 96 99Punt Returns 3-34 3-3Kickoff Returns 2-45 4-72Interception Returns 2-17 1-24PENALTIES No. and Yds 5-37 10-87FUMBLES No. and Lost 0-0 3-0TOUCHDOWNS 2 2Rushing 1 1Passing 1 1EXTRA POINTS 2-2 2-2Kicking 2-2 2-2FIELD GOALS 1-1 0-3RED ZONE EFF 1-1-100% 2-3-67%GOAL TO GO EFF 1-1-100% 1-1-100%SAFETIES 0 0FINAL SCORE 17 14TIME OF POSS 31:31 28:29SAN DIEGORushing No Yds Avg Lg TDSproles 3 33 11.0 22 0Tomlinson 12 24 2.0 5 0Rivers 3 4 1.3 3 1Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtPassing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN Rt Rivers 40 27 2982-15 1 37 2 76.9Sanchez 23 12 100 1-7 1 21 1 60.1Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDReceiving No Yds Avg Lg TD Gates 8 93 11.6 23 0Cotchery 3 25 8.3 15 0 Jackson 7 111 15.9 37 0Keller 3 19 6.3 13 1 Sproles 3 30 10.0 19 0Edwards 2 41 20.5 21 0 Floyd 3 30 10.0 19 0Richardson 2 12 6.0 8 0 Tomlinson 3 0 0.0 3 0Greene 1 4 4.0 4 0 Hester 1 15 15.0 15 0Woodhead 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Wilson 1 13 13.0 13t 1Tolbert 1 6 6.0 6 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDJammer 1 24 24.0 24 0Punting No Yds Avg Net TB I20 LgScifres 6 297 49.5 43.8 0 3 60Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDSproles 2 3 1.5 1 3 0Cromartie 1 0 0.0 0 0 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDSproles 2 44 22.0 27 0Manumaleuna 1 17 17.0 17 0Cromartie 1 11 11.0 11 0MEDIA GUIDE | 231The Chargers’ run through AFC Playoffs came to abrupt end in Pittsburghas Steelers dealt Chargers 35-24 setback on cold and snowyday in Steel City. Chargers staked out to early lead on long touchdowncatch by Vincent Jackson and led or were tied for most of first half,but game’s momentum changed right before and right after halftime.Down 10-7, Pittsburgh drove 66 yards for touchdown just beforehalftime, giving them their first lead of night at 14-10. Steelers got ballfirst coming out of locker room and drove 77 yards for another scorethat extended lead to 21-10. Darren Sproles’ 63-yard kickoff returngave ball to Chargers at Pittsburgh’s 23-yard line, but Philip Rivers’ first-down pass wastipped and intercepted by Steelers. Though replays showed ball appeared to hit ground, playwithstood instant replay challenge and Pittsburgh maintained possession. Chargers’ defenseheld and forced punt, but punt inadvertently hit unknowing Eric Weddle and Steelersrecovered and took over at Chargers’ 23. Again Chargers defense would hold, stoppingPittsburgh on downs at one, but with Bolts offense unable to get out of shadow of its owngoal line, Steelers got ball again in San Diego territory and 49 yards later, Steelers scored totake 28-10 lead. San Diego managed pair of late touchdowns, including 62-yarder by Sproles,who finished game with 274 all-purpose yards, but Pittsburgh held Bolts at bay and heldon for win.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalSan Diego Chargers 7 3 0 14 24Pittsburgh Steelers 7 7 7 14 35Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) SD PITSD 1 12:59 Jackson 41 yd pass from Rivers (Kaeding kick) (4-75, 2:01) 7 0PIT 1 7:41 Holmes 67 yd punt return (Reed kick) 7 7SD 2 1:56 Kaeding 42 yd Field Goal (7-20, 3:09) 10 7PIT 2 0:40 Parker 3 yd run (Reed kick) (7-66, 1:16) 10 14PIT 3 7:04 Miller 8 yd pass from Roethlisberger (Reed kick) (13-77, 7:56) 10 21PIT 4 12:52 Russell 1 yd run (Reed kick) (2-49, 0:49) 10 28SD 4 9:09 Naanee 4 yd pass from Rivers (Kaeding kick) (10-73, 3:43) 17 28PIT 4 4:11 Parker 16 yd run (Reed kick) (9-73, 4:58) 17 35SD 4 1:53 Sproles 62 yd pass from Rivers (Kaeding kick) (4-79, 0:50) 24 35Attendance — 63,899Team Statistics SD PITTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 15 22Rushing 1 12Passing 13 8Penalty 1 23RD DOWN EFF 5-12-42% 6-14-43%4TH DOWN EFF 0-0-0% 0-2-0%TOTAL NET YARDS 290 342Total Plays 50 70Average / Play 5.8 4.9NET YARDS RUSHING 15 165Total Plays 11 42Average / Play 1.4 3.9TFLs - Yards Lost 2-6 3-6NET YARDS PASSING 275 177Sacked - yards lost 4-33 1-4Gross yards 308 181ATT-COMP-INT 35-21-1 27-17-0Avg / Play 7.1 6.3KICKOFFS-In EZ-TB 5-0-0 6-1-0PUNTS No. and Avg. 6-47.2 5-43.4SAN DIEGOReceiving No Yds Avg Lg TDSproles 5 91 18.2 62t 1Gates 5 59 11.8 21 0Chambers 4 72 18.0 25 0Jackson 2 49 24.5 41t 1Hester 2 13 6.5 11 0Manumaleuna 1 14 14.0 14 0Bennett 1 6 6.0 6 0Naanee 1 4 4.0 4t 1INT No Yds Avg Lg TDNonePunting No Yds Avg Net TB I20 LgScifres 6 283 47.2 35.0 0 1 53Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDSproles 2 4 2.0 0 4 0Weddle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDSproles 5 164 32.8 63 0Cromartie 1 7 7.0 7 0SD PITBlocked 0 0FGs - PATs Blocked 0-0 0-0Net Punting Avg. 35.0 38.6TOTAL RETURN YARDS 175 136Punt Returns 3-4 2-73Kickoff Returns 6-171 4-63Interception Returns 0-0 1-0PENALTIES No. and Yds 8-104 7-44FUMBLES No. and Lost 1-1 0-0TOUCHDOWNS 3 5Rushing 0 3Passing 3 1Punt Returns 0 1EXTRA POINTS 3-3 5-5Kicking 3-3 5-5FIELD GOALS 1-1 0-0RED ZONE EFF 1-1-100% 4-5-80%GOAL TO GO EFF 1-1-100% 2-3-67%FINAL SCORE 24 35TIME OF POSS 23:30 36:30PITTSBURGHRushing No Yds Avg Lg TD Rushing No Yds Avg Lg TDSproles 11 15 1.4 8 0 Parker 27 146 5.4 27 2Moore 3 13 4.3 5 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN Rt Holmes 2 7 3.5 4 0Rivers 35 21 308 4-33 3 62t 1 105.4 Russell 4 5 1.3 3 1Davis 1 0 0.0 0 0Leftwich 4 -2 -0.5 2 0Clark 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtRoethlisberger 26 17 181 1-4 1 41 0 98.4Leftwich 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 39.6Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDWard 4 70 17.5 41 0Miller 3 37 12.3 18 1Washington 3 30 10.0 18 0Davis 3 7 2.3 6 0Holmes 2 25 12.5 15 0Moore 2 12 6.0 9 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDFoote 1 0 0.0 0 0Punting No Yds Avg Net TB I20 LgBerger 4 192 48.0 42.0 1 0 51Roethlisberger 1 25 25.0 25.0 0 1 25Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDHolmes 2 73 36.5 1 67t 1Moore 0 0 0.0 2 0 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDRussell 2 33 16.5 19 0Moore 1 18 18.0 18 0Davis 1 12 12.0 12 0HISTORY