1998 San Diego Chargers season
| 1998 San Diego Chargers season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Kevin Gilbride June Jones (interim) |
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| Home field | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||||
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| Record | 5–11 | ||||||
| Division place | 5th AFC West | ||||||
| Playoff finish | did not qualify | ||||||
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The 1998 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 4–12 record in 1997. It was Kevin Gilbride’s final season as the teams head coach. The team's defense lead the league in yards allowed; however a weak offense under infamous draft bust quarterback Ryan Leaf meant that the team was last in the AFC West.
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Offseason [edit]
NFL Draft [edit]
1st round 2nd overall Ryan Leaf
Personnel [edit]
Staff [edit]
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Head Coaches
Offensive Coaches
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Defensive Coaches
Special Teams Coaches
Strength and Conditioning
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Regular season [edit]
The opening game for 1998 constituted the first time since 1985 that the Chargers played the Buffalo Bills.[2] The reason for this is that before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team’s division were much more influenced by table position during the previous season.[3]
Schedule [edit]
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| 1 | September 6, 1998 | Buffalo Bills | W 16–14 |
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| 2 | September 13, 1998 | at Tennessee Oilers | W 13–7 |
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| 3 | September 20, 1998 | at Kansas City Chiefs | L 7-23 |
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| 4 | September 27, 1998 | New York Giants | L 16-34 |
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| 5 | October 4, 1998 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 12-17 |
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| 6 | October 11, 1998 | at Oakland Raiders | L 6-7 |
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| 7 | October 18, 1998 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 13–10 |
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| 8 | October 25, 1998 | Seattle Seahawks | L 20–27 |
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| 9 | Bye | |||
| 10 | November 8, 1998 | at Denver Broncos | L 10-27 |
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| 11 | November 15, 1998 | Baltimore Ravens | W 14–13 |
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| 12 | November 22, 1998 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 38–37 |
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| 13 | November 29, 1998 | Denver Broncos | L 16-31 |
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| 14 | December 6, 1998 | at Washington Redskins | L 20–24 |
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| 15 | December 13, 1998 | at Seattle Seahawks | L 17-38 |
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| 16 | December 20, 1998 | Oakland Raiders | L 10–17 |
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| 17 | December 27, 1998 | at Arizona Cardinals | L 13–16 |
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Standings [edit]
| AFC West | |||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Denver Broncos | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 501 | 309 | W-1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 372 | 310 | L-1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 288 | 356 | L-1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 327 | 363 | W-1 |
| San Diego Chargers | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 241 | 342 | L-5 |
References [edit]
- ^ 2009 San Diego Chargers Media Guide. pp. 326–327. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
- ^ Buffalo Bills v San Diego Chargers
- ^ History of the NFL’s Structure and Formats
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