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2006 AFC Divisional PlayoffsNew England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007 - Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)2004 AFC Wild Card PlayoffsNew York Jets 20, San Diego Chargers 17 (OT)Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005 - Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)HISTORYThe Chargers' record-breaking season came to end in heartbreakingfashion when New England Patriots overcame eight pointdeficit in fourth quarter to defeat Chargers, 24-21, in AFC DivisionalPlayoff game before record crowd of 68,810 in San Diego.After sluggish start by both teams, San Diego took 14-3 lead insecond quarter on touchdown runs by LaDainian Tomlinson andMichael Turner, but Bolts defense gave up late score and Patriotstrailed only 14-10 at half. New England added field goal inthird quarter to climb within point, but Chargers drove 83 yards innine plays early in fourth and took 21-13 lead when Tomlinson scored from threeyards out. game appeared to be all but over when Marlon McCree intercepted TomBrady on following drive, but Patriots' Troy Brown stripped McCree during runbackand Patriots recovered. Five plays later, Reche Caldwell caught four-yard touchdownpass and Pats tied it up on successful two-point conversion. Chargers got ball backwith chance to reclaim lead but instead went three-and-out and New England took24-21 lead on 31-yard field goal with 1:10 left in quarter. Chargers rallied one lasttime, but Nate Kaeding's 54-yard field goal attempt with just few seconds left cameup short and Patriots escaped with win.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalNew England Patriots 3 7 3 11 24San Diego Chargers 0 14 0 7 21Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) NE SDNE 1 0:40 Gostkowski 50 yd Field Goal (9-33, 4:35) 3 0SD 2 7:19 Tomlinson 2 yd run (Kaeding kick) (9-48, 4:31) 3 7SD 2 2:04 Turner 6 yd run (Kaeding kick) (4-77, 2:23) 3 14NE 2 0:08 Gaffney 6 yd pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick) (11-72, 1:56) 10 14NE 3 2:11 Gostkowski 34 yd Field Goal (7-15, 3:09) 13 14SD 4 8:35 Tomlinson 3 yd run (Kaeding kick) (9-83, 4:44) 13 21NE 4 4:36 Caldwell 4 yd pass from Brady (Faulk run) (5-32, 1:40) 21 21NE 4 1:10 Gostkowski 31 yd Field Goal (8-72, 2:20) 24 21Attendance — 68,810Team Statistics NE SDTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 18 21Rushing 3 12Passing 12 9Penalty 3 03RD DOWN EFF 4-17-24% 5-14-36%4TH DOWN EFF 0-1-0% 1-2-50%TOTAL NET YARDS 327 352Total Plays 74 68Average / Play 4.4 5.2NET YARDS RUSHING 51 148Total Plays 21 33Average / Play 2.4 4.5TFLs - Yards Lost 3-7 1-7NET YARDS PASSING 276 204Sacked - Yards Lost 2-4 3-26Gross Yards 280 230ATT-COMP-INT 51-27-3 32-14-1Avg. / Play 5.2 5.8KICKOFFS-In EZ-TB 6-0-0 4-0-0PUNTS No. and Avg 7-44.1 7-36.6Blocked 0 0NEW ENGLANDRushing No Yds Avg Lg TDFaulk 6 25 4.2 7 0Dillon 8 18 2.3 5 0Maroney 5 5 1.0 5 0Brady 2 3 1.5 4 0NE SDFGs - PATs Blocked 0-0 0-0Net Punting Avg. 39.3 36.6TOTAL RETURN YARDS 70 152Punt Returns 1-0 5-34Kickoff Returns 4-70 5-91Interception Returns 1-0 3-27PENALTIES No. and Yds 4-45 6-64FUMBLES No. and Lost 2-0 3-3TOUCHDOWNS 2 3Rushing 0 3Passing 2 0EXTRA POINTS 2-2 3-3Kicking 1-1 3-3Rushing 1-1 0-0FIELD GOALS 3-3 0-1RED ZONE EFF 2-4-50% 3-3-100%GOAL TO GO EFF 1-1-100% 2-2-100%SAFETIES 0 0FINAL SCORE 24 21TIME OF POSS 29:06 30:54Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtBrady 51 27 280 2-4 2 49 3 57.6 Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtRivers 32 14 2303-26 0 58 1 55.5Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDGaffney 10 103 10.3 17 1Caldwell 7 80 11.4 49 1Brown 5 39 7.8 12 0Graham 2 38 19.0 19 0Faulk 2 11 5.5 6 0Watson 1 9 9.0 9 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDColvin 1 0 0.0 0 0Punting No Yds Avg Net TB I20 LgSauerbrun 7 309 44.1 39.3 0 1 56Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDFaulk 1 0 0.0 1 0 0Brown 0 0 0.0 2 0 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDMaroney 2 37 18.5 25 0Hobbs 2 33 16.5 18 0SAN DIEGORushing No Yds Avg Lg TDTomlinson 23 123 5.3 15 2Turner 3 24 8.0 17 1Neal 3 5 1.7 3 0Rivers 3 3 1.0 2 0Parker 1 -7 -7.0 -7 0Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDGates 6 61 10.2 19 0Tomlinson 2 64 32.0 58 0Jackson 2 43 21.5 31 0Parker 2 42 21.0 21 0Neal 2 20 10.0 11 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDFlorence 1 17 17.0 17 0Edwards 1 9 9.0 9 0McCree 1 1 1.0 1 0Punting No Yds Avg Net TB I20 LgScifres 7 256 36.6 36.6 0 5 51Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDParker 5 34 6.8 2 13 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDTurner 3 75 25.0 32 0Cromartie 1 15 15.0 15 0McKinney 1 1 1.0 1 0The Chargers’ 2004 postseason came to early end as in 20-17overtime loss to New York Jets in Wild Card Playoff Game at QualcommStadium. sellout crowd of 67,536 braved elements as DrewBrees led furious fourth quarter comeback during which Chargersoutscored New York 10-0 to send game into overtime. Given newlife by roughing-the-passer penalty on what appeared to be SanDiego’s last play of game, Brees found Antonio Gates in end zonefor one-yard touchdown pass with 11 seconds left to send gameto extra period. It was only second overtime playoff game in teamhistory. Both teams traded possessions in extra period before Nate Kaeding’s gamewinningattempt from 40 yards sailed wide right, opening door for New York to drivedown and kick game winner with five seconds left in overtime. Keenan McCardellscored game’s first touchdown on 26-yard catch. He was initially ruled out of bounds,but San Diego challenged call and ruling was reversed. It was McCardell’s sixth-careertouchdown catch in postseason. Brees opened game by completing his first eight passesand on McCardell touchdown drive, he was 5 of 5 for 61 yards and touchdown. Hefinished night 31 of 42 (.738), setting team playoff record for completion percentage.Score by Quarters Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT TotalNew York Jets 0 7 10 0 3 20San Diego Chargers 0 7 0 10 0 17Tm Qtr Time Play Description (PAT & Drive) NYJ SDSD 2 9:26 McCardell 26 yd pass from Brees (Kaeding kick) (13-88, 8:25) 0 7NYJ 2 2:54 Becht 13 yd pass from Pennington (Brien kick) (5-37, 2:19) 7 7NYJ 3 10:29 Moss 47 yd pass from Pennington (Brien kick) (5-75, 2:31) 14 7NYJ 3 1:23 Brien 42 yd field goal (8-42, 5:31) 17 7SD 4 10:43 Kaeding 35 yd field goal (12-54, 5:40) 17 10SD 4 0:11 Gates 1 yd pass from Brees (Kaeding kick) (10-80, 4:35) 17 17NYJ 5 0:05 Brien 28 yd field goal (8-60, 4:14) 20 17Attendance — 67,536Team Statistics NYJ SDTOTAL FIRST DOWNS 20 24Rushing 3 11Passing 14 11Penalty 3 23RD DOWN EF 5-13-38% 6-15-40%4TH DOWN EFF 0-0-0% 0-0-0%TOTAL NET YARDS 396 408Total Plays 63 77Average / Play 6.3 5.3NET YARDS RUSHING 126 100Attempts 28 33Average / Play 4.5 3.0TFLs - Yards Lost 0-0 3-5NET YARDS PASSING 270 308Sacked - Yards Lost 2-9 2-11Gross Yards 279 319ATT-COMP-INT 33-23-0 42-31-1Avg. / Play 7.7 7.0KICKOFFS-In EZ-TB 5-0-0 4-1-1NEW YORK JETSRushing No Yds Avg Lg TDMartin 18 66 3.7 12 0Jordan 7 50 7.1 19 0Pennington 3 10 3.3 6 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtPennington 33 23 279 2-9 2 47t 0115.6Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDMcCareins 8 87 10.9 21 0Moss 4 100 25.0 47t 1Martin 4 47 11.8 23 0Jordan 3 18 6.0 13 0Baker 2 7 3.5 4 0Becht 1 13 13.0 13t 1Carter 1 7 7.0 7 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDTongue 1 22 22.0 22 0Punting No Yds Avg Net TB I20 LgGowin 5 199 39.8 33.6 1 2 47Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDMoss 0 0 0.0 3 0 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDCotchery 3 66 22.0 25 0NYJ SDPUNTS - No.-Avg 5-39.8 5-36.4Blocked 0 0Net Punting Avg. 33.6 36.4TOTAL RETURN YARDS 88 96Punt Returns 0-0 2-11Kickoff Returns 3-66 5-85Interception Returns 1-22 0-0PENALTIES No. and Yds 8-49 9-75FUMBLES No. and Lost 0-0 1-0TOUCHDOWNS 2 2Rushing 0 0Passing 2 2EXTRA POINTS 2-2 2-2FIELD GOALS 2-3 1-2RED ZONE EFF 1-3-33% 1-2-50%GOAL TO GO EFF 0-0-0% 1-1-100%SAFETIES 0 0FINAL SCORE 20 17TIME OF POSS 35:39 39:16SAN DIEGORushing No Yds Avg Lg TDTomlinson 26 80 3.1 12 0Brees 5 17 3.4 7 0Neal 1 3 3.0 3 0Parker 1 0 0.0 0 0Passing A C Yds S-L TD Lg IN RtBrees 42 31 3192-11 2 44 1101.2Receiving No Yds Avg Lg TDParker 9 93 10.3 16 0Tomlinson 9 53 5.9 10 0Gates 6 89 14.8 44 1McCardell 4 50 12.5 26t 1Peelle 3 34 11.3 20 0INT No Yds Avg Lg TDNonePunting No Yds Avg Net TB I20 LgScifres 5 182 36.4 36.4 0 1 42Punt Ret No Yds Avg FC Lg TDParker 2 11 5.5 2 14 0KO Ret No Yds Avg Lg TDDwight 5 85 17.0 25 0MEDIA GUIDE | 234