SAN DIEGO (8-7) At DENVER (4-11)
Sunday, 4:15 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE – San Diego by 3 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – San Diego 8-7; Denver 5-10
SERIES RECORD – Broncos lead 54-46-1
LAST MEETING – Chargers won 35-14, Nov. 22, 2010
LAST WEEK – Chargers lost to Bengals 34-20, Broncos beat Texans 24-23
Chargers OFFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (17), PASS (3)
Chargers DEFENSE – OVERALL (1), RUSH (2), PASS (1)
Broncos OFFENSE – OVERALL (12), RUSH (28), PASS (7)
Broncos DEFENSE – OVERALL (31), RUSH (31), PASS (25)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Chargers QB Philip Rivers threw TD passes to four different teammates in 35-14 win over Denver last month. … Rivers has 103.9 passer rating this season, and his counterpart, Tim Tebow, has 100.7 QB rating. … Rivers needs four TD passes to tie franchise mark of 34 set in 2008. He has thrown for career-best 4,397 yards so far this season. … In nine career starts vs. Denver, Rivers is 7-2 with 18 TDs and 4 INTs and a 118.8 QB rating. … San Diego’s defense allowing NFL-low 267 yards per game and NFL-low 177 yards passing. … Chargers tied for league lead with 44 sacks. … LB Shaun Phillips needs one sack to surpass his career best of 11 1/2 in ’06. … Broncos 15-5 at home against San Diego since 1990. … Tebow’s 308 yards passing against Houston last week are third-most by rookie in franchise history. … RB Knowshon Moreno averaged 8 yards a carry in Broncos’ last game against Chargers (10 carries for 80 yards). … RB Correll Buckhalter had 92 yards from scrimmage last week and two TDs, one rushing and one receiving. … WR Brandon Lloyd leads NFL with 1,375 yards receiving and headed to first Pro Bowl in eighth pro season. … WR Jabar Gaffney has career highs in receptions (64) and yards receiving (863). … LB Mario Haggan, who leads Broncos with five sacks, was chosen 2010 winner of Darrent Williams Good Guy Award, selected by team’s local media. Award created in memory of former Broncos CB killed in drive-by shooting Jan. 1, 2007. … K Steven Hauschka 6-for-7 since replacing Matt Prater (groin).
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