Los Angeles Chargers Milestones

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How the Los Angeles Chargers history timeline works

Each card is a Chargers milestone, described in a line under its headline, and you're ordering them by the year they happened. You begin with one card placed and dated. Look at each new card and choose its gap. If you're right, its year shows and it stays; if you're wrong, it shifts to its true spot and takes one of your three lives.

The Chargers spent most of their history in San Diego, and their story is one of great offenses, star quarterbacks and painful playoff exits. The quarterback and draft cards are the hardest, since the franchise has had several famous passers and some notable draft-day decisions. Coaching changes and big playoff collapses are spread across the eras too, so read each description for the names involved.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 28 of the 30 cards you might be dealt, with 2 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Debuted as the Los Angeles Chargers Barron Hilton's team won the Western Division in the AFL's first season
Moved to San Diego After one year in Los Angeles, the team headed south to Balboa Stadium
Won the franchise's only league championship Keith Lincoln piled up over 300 yards in a 51-10 AFL title rout of the Boston Patriots
Lost a second straight AFL title game to the Bills Sid Gillman's high-powered offense was shut out by Buffalo this time
San Diego Stadium opened The team moved into a new multi-purpose venue in Mission Valley
Traded for Deacon Jones The fearsome Rams pass rusher who popularized the term 'sack' arrived in San Diego
Johnny Unitas arrived for his final season The Colts legend was traded west and soon gave way to a rookie named Dan Fouts
Hired Don Coryell midseason The former San Diego State coach took over after a 1-3 start and changed the passing game forever
Air Coryell won the AFC West Dan Fouts broke Joe Namath's single-season passing yardage record
Won the Epic in Miami Kellen Winslow, carried off exhausted, blocked a field goal in a 41-38 overtime playoff classic
Dan Fouts retired The bearded Hall of Famer walked away with more than 43,000 passing yards
Drafted Junior Seau Took the hometown USC linebacker fifth overall
Made the playoffs after an 0-4 start Bobby Ross's first team became the first in NFL history to recover from four straight opening losses and reach the postseason
Started 6-0 in the franchise's only Super Bowl season Stan Humphries and Natrone Means powered an AFC West title run
Drafted Ryan Leaf second overall Traded up for the Washington State quarterback taken right after Peyton Manning
Drafted LaDainian Tomlinson and Drew Brees Landed a Hall of Fame running back fifth overall and a quarterback in round two of the same draft
Signed Antonio Gates An undrafted Kent State basketball forward became a Hall of Fame tight end
Traded Eli Manning for Philip Rivers Drafted Manning first overall despite his refusal to play there, then swapped him to the Giants on draft day
LaDainian Tomlinson's MVP season 31 total touchdowns set an NFL single-season record during a 14-2 campaign
Fired Marty Schottenheimer after going 14-2 Dumped the coach following a playoff loss and handed the team to Norv Turner
Reached the AFC Championship in New England Philip Rivers played on a torn ACL against the undefeated Patriots
Drafted Keenan Allen in the third round The Cal receiver slid to pick 76 and became a franchise cornerstone
Moved back to Los Angeles Returned north after 56 seasons in San Diego, playing in a soccer stadium while awaiting a new home
Drafted Justin Herbert Took the Oregon quarterback sixth overall the same year SoFi Stadium opened
Justin Herbert threw for over 5,000 yards His 5,014 yards came in his second season, the first year of the 17-game schedule
Traded for Khalil Mack Paired the veteran edge rusher with Joey Bosa
Blew a 27-0 playoff lead in Jacksonville The wild-card collapse against Trevor Lawrence sealed Brandon Staley's fate
Hired Jim Harbaugh The coach returned to the NFL fresh off a national championship at Michigan