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The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL) that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating back to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season.
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] [7] The team joined the NFL as a result of the AFL–NFL merger in 1970.
- The Chargers Football Team. So, if you didn’t know, the Chargers are a Southern California-based football team. They are part of the NFL (National Football League) and compete as a member club in the American Football Conference (AFC) West Division.
- But First… the Los Angeles Chargers. The franchise was first established in Los Angeles in 1959 before they played their first season in 1960. The team was first a charter member of the AFL (American Football League.)
- Turning into the San Diego Chargers. After the team’s inaugural season, the Chargers were based in San Diego from 1961 all the way up until 2017. That gives us San Diegans over half a century of calling the Chargers our home team.
- Now…Back to the Los Angeles Chargers. The San Diego Chargers spent years campaigning for a new stadium- Qualcomm Stadium was considered one of the worst stadiums in the National Football League for years, and there was a constant charge to work with the city to replace the stadium.
- Beginnings: The 1960 AFL Season
- San Diego Era
- Carson Stadium Plan
- Return to Los Angeles
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The Los Angeles Chargers were established with seven other American Football League teams in 1959. In 1960, the Chargers began AFL play in Los Angeles with the NFL's Los Angeles Rams as their main competition. The Chargers' original owner was hotel heir Barron Hilton, son of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton. The new franchise ran a contest to de...
The Chargers only spent one season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961 due to the popularity of the Rams. Initially denied in December, 1960, 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, their home...
By the late 2000s, Qualcomm Stadium, one of the last remaining venues in the league to have been built as a multi-purpose stadium, was becoming obsolete. Potential independent stadium projects intended to lure a team to Los Angeles targeted the Chargers as one of several teams that could potentially relocate to Los Angeles. The Chargers were seen a...
Dignity Health Sports Park
On January 12, 2017, Chargers chairman Dean Spanos announced in a letter that the team would be moving back to Los Angeles in time for the 2017 NFL Season. The Chargers also announced the team would play their games at the StubHub Center (now Dignity Health Sports Park) in Carson until the completion of Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park (now known as SoFi Stadium) in 2020. There had been speculation that the team may rebrand itself similar to how the Houston Oilers ultimately became the T...
2017–2020: Anthony Lynn and moving in with the Rams
On January 13, 2017, the day after announcing their move to Los Angeles, the Chargers announced they had hired Anthony Lynn to be their next head coach. They also unceremoniously fired defensive coordinator and longtime coaching assistant John Pagano, who learned of his dismissal through the media, replacing him with former Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley. The Chargers narrowly missed the playoffs in 2017, losing out on a four-way tiebreaker with the Titans, Bills, and Ravens. In 2018, the Cha...
2021–present: The Justin Herbert/Brandon Staley era
With Herbert firmly entrenched as the starting quarterback, the Chargers hired former Rams' defensive coordinator Brandon Staley as their new head coach on January 17, 2021. The Chargers started the 2021 season strong at 4-1 going into Week 6, but they would struggle and lose 7 of their next 12 games, including a tie breaker to enter the postseason in their season finale on the road against the rival Las Vegas Raiders. The Chargers performed better in 2022. Despite initially starting with a 1...
The Chargers were born on August 14, 1959, when Barron Hilton, a 32-year-old hotel executive, was awarded a franchise for Los Angeles in the new American Football League.
Team Names: Los Angeles Chargers, San Diego Chargers. Seasons: 65 (1960 to 2024) Record (W-L-T): 483-489-11. Playoff Record: 12-19. Super Bowls Won: 0 (1 Appearance)
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