NFL: BALTIMORE at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL BALTIMORE 14 SAN DIEGO 32 2:16 LEFT, 4TH QTR BAL BALL ON BAL 16 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: BALTIMORE at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF BALTIMORE 14 SAN DIEGO 32 BAL BALL ON BAL 27 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: BALTIMORE at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- BALTIMORE 0 7 7 0 14 SAN DIEGO 0 22 7 3 32 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 27 YD, 1:49. Drive: 10 plays, 47 yards in 4:31. Key plays: Rivers 15-yard pass to Tomlinson to Baltimore 16. SAN DIEGO 3-0 BAL - TD, WILLIS MCGAHEE 1 YD RUN (MATT STOVER KICK), 5:01. Drive: 6 plays, 37 yards in 3:12. Key plays: Figurs 57-yard kickoff return to San Diego 37; Boller 23-yard pass to Mason to San Diego 1. BALTIMORE 7-3 SDG - TD, ANTONIO GATES 35 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (PAT FAILED), 7:44. Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards in 2:43. Key plays: Rivers 13-yard pass to Jackson to Baltimore 46; Rivers 11-yard pass to Gates to Baltimore 35. SAN DIEGO 9-7 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 46 YD, 9:51. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 0:43. Key plays: Harris recovery of Boller fumble at Baltimore 29. SAN DIEGO 12-7 SDG - TD, CHRIS CHAMBERS 5 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (NATE KAEDING KICK), 14:35. Drive: 9 plays, 49 yards in 3:22. Key plays: Rivers 14-yard pass to Gates to Baltimore 35; Rivers 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Baltimore 24; Rivers 15-yard pass to Gates to Baltimore 9. SAN DIEGO 19-7 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 41 YD, 14:57. Drive: 3 plays, 11 yards in 0:22. Key plays: Dobbins recovery of Anderson muffed kickoff at Baltimore 34; Rivers 11-yard pass to Tomlinson to Baltimore 23. SAN DIEGO 22-7 3RD QUARTER: SDG - TD, ANTONIO GATES 25 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (NATE KAEDING KICK), 3:30. Drive: 6 plays, 72 yards in 3:30. Key plays: Tomlinson 36-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Baltimore 27. SAN DIEGO 29-7 BAL - TD, LE'RON MCCLAIN 13 YD PASS FROM KYLE BOLLER (MATT STOVER KICK), 9:21. Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards in 5:51. Key plays: McGahee 13-yard run to midfield; Boller 8-yard pass to Clayton on 3rd-and-5 to San Diego 37; Boller 11-yard pass to M Smith on 3rd-and-8 to San Diego 24. SAN DIEGO 29-14 4TH QUARTER: SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 41 YD, 6:19. Drive: 11 plays, 64 yards in 6:11. Key plays: Rivers 31-yard pass to Jackson to San Diego 44; Tomlinson 1-yard run plus 15-yard personal foul penalty on Raven's Lewis to Baltimore 40; Rivers 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Baltimore 30. SAN DIEGO 32-14 ATT:</div>
NFL: BALTIMORE at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NFL BALTIMORE 14 SAN DIEGO 32 FINAL</div>
NFL: BALTIMORE at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- BALTIMORE 0 7 7 0 14 SAN DIEGO 0 22 7 3 32 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: 1:49 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 27 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 47 yards in 4:31. Key plays: Rivers 15-yard pass to Tomlinson to Baltimore 16. SAN DIEGO 3-0. 5:01 BAL - TD, WILLIS MCGAHEE 1 YD RUN (MATT STOVER KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 37 yards in 3:12. Key plays: Figurs 57-yard kickoff return to San Diego 37; Boller 23-yard pass to Mason to San Diego 1. BALTIMORE 7-3. 7:44 SDG - TD, ANTONIO GATES 35 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (PAT FAILED). Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards in 2:43. Key plays: Rivers 13-yard pass to Jackson to Baltimore 46; Rivers 11-yard pass to Gates to Baltimore 35. SAN DIEGO 9-7. 9:51 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 46 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 0:43. Key plays: Harris recovery of Boller fumble at Baltimore 29. SAN DIEGO 12-7. 14:35 SDG - TD, CHRIS CHAMBERS 5 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (NATE KAEDING KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 49 yards in 3:22. Key plays: Rivers 14-yard pass to Gates to Baltimore 35; Rivers 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Baltimore 24; Rivers 15-yard pass to Gates to Baltimore 9. SAN DIEGO 19-7. 14:57 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 41 YD. Drive: 3 plays, 11 yards in 0:22. Key plays: Dobbins recovery of Anderson muffed kickoff at Baltimore 34; Rivers 11-yard pass to Tomlinson to Baltimore 23. SAN DIEGO 22-7. 3RD QUARTER: 3:30 SDG - TD, ANTONIO GATES 25 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (NATE KAEDING KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 72 yards in 3:30. Key plays: Tomlinson 36-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Baltimore 27. SAN DIEGO 29-7. 9:21 BAL - TD, LE'RON MCCLAIN 13 YD PASS FROM KYLE BOLLER (MATT STOVER KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards in 5:51. Key plays: McGahee 13-yard run to midfield; Boller 8-yard pass to Clayton on 3rd-and-5 to San Diego 37; Boller 11-yard pass to M Smith on 3rd-and-8 to San Diego 24. SAN DIEGO 29-14. 4TH QUARTER: 6:19 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 41 YD. Drive: 11 plays, 64 yards in 6:11. Key plays: Rivers 31-yard pass to Jackson to San Diego 44; Tomlinson 1-yard run plus 15-yard personal foul penalty on Raven's Lewis to Baltimore 40; Rivers 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Baltimore 30. SAN DIEGO 32-14. BALTIMORE - SAN DIEGO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS BALTIMORE SAN DIEGO FIRST DOWNS 19 18 Rushing 4 3 Passing 12 13 Penalty 3 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-12-42% 7-15-47% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 210 332 Total offensive plays 57 65 Average gain per play 3.7 5.1 NET YARDS RUSHING 56 83 Rushing attempts 20 30 Average gain per rush 2.8 2.8 Tackles for loss-yards 4-11 3-6 NET YARDS PASSING 154 249 Times sacked: Number-Yards 4-37 0-0 Gross passing yards 191 249 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 33-21-0 35-25-0 Avg gain per pass play 4.2 7.1 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-0 8-2-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 6-37.0 4-48.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 37.0 43.8 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 0 17 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 4-17 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 7-152 2-59 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-30 6-60 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 2 3 Rushing 1 0 Passing 1 3 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 4-4 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 28:05 31:55 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS BALTIMORE SAN DIEGO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W MCGAHEE 17 59 3.5 13 1 L TOMLINSO 24 77 3.2 36 0 M SMITH 3 -3 -1.0 2 0 P RIVERS 2 3 1.5 2 0 M TURNER 2 2 1.0 1 0 D SPROLES 2 1 0.5 1 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K BOLLER 21-33-191 0 1 23 P RIVERS 25-35-249 0 3 35 Sacked-Yards Lost: K BOLLER 4-37. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D MASON 7 99 14.1 23 0 A GATES 6 105 17.5 35 2 M SMITH 4 28 7.0 11 0 L TOMLINSO 6 45 7.5 15 0 D DARLING 2 24 12.0 13 0 V JACKSON 5 65 13.0 31 0 M CLAYTON 2 15 7.5 8 0 C CHAMBERS 5 22 4.4 7 1 W MCGAHEE 2 2 1.0 1 0 L NAANEE 1 8 8.0 8 0 L MCCLAIN 1 13 13.0 13 1 C DAVIS 1 4 4.0 4 0 M ANDERSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 B MANUMALE 1 0 0.0 0 0 Q SYPNIEWS 1 2 2.0 2 0 L VICKERS 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Interceptions: None PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S KOCH 6 222 37.0 0 1 45 M SCIFRES 4 192 48.0 1 2 70 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D SPROLES 3 17 5.7 7 0 K OSGOOD 1 0 0.0 0 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Y FIGURS 6 152 25.3 57 0 D SPROLES 2 59 29.5 32 0 M ANDERSON 1 0 0.0 0 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- M STOVER 2/2 0/0 N KAEDING 2/2 4/4 Dist.: 27 46 41 41 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ K BOLLER 2 1 0 0-0 S MERRIMAN 0 0 1 0-0 M FLYNN 0 0 0 1-0 I OLSHANSKY 0 0 1 0-0 T DOBBINS 0 0 0 0-1 M HARRIS 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ R LEWIS 8 5 3 0-0 S MERRIMAN 7 5 2 1-14 T SUGGS 7 7 0 0-0 S PHILLIPS 6 4 2 .5-5 J JOHNSON 7 6 1 0-0 J WILLIAMS 6 4 2 0-0 H NGATA 6 5 1 0-0 I OLSHANSKY 5 5 0 1-5 S ROLLE 5 4 1 0-0 S COOPER 5 4 1 0-0 C IVY 5 4 1 0-0 Q JAMMER 4 4 0 0-0 B SCOTT 5 4 1 0-0 D FLORENCE 4 4 0 0-0 D LANDRY 5 4 1 0-0 M WILHELM 4 3 1 0-0 K GREGG 5 2 3 0-0 C HART 3 3 0 0-0 D MARTIN 3 3 0 0-0 M MCCREE 3 2 1 0-0 E REED 3 2 1 0-0 E WEDDLE 2 2 0 0-0 D EDWARDS 2 2 0 0-0 R BINGHAM 2 1 1 .5-5 J BANNAN 2 2 0 0-0 J CESAIRE 1 1 0 1-8 B MCKINNEY 1 1 0 0-0 A CROMARTIE 1 1 0 0-0</div>
By Tim Powers PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - Philip Rivers proved he can win a game on aday when LaDainian Tomlinson is not at his best. Rivers threw three touchdown passes and the San Diego Chargersovercame the stingy run defense of the Baltimore Ravens to earna 32-14 triumph on Sunday. The contest followed suit of the up-and-down season for SanDiego (6-5), which won for the fourth consecutive time at homebut has struggled (1-4) on the road. The Ravens (4-7) absorbed their fifth consecutive defeat. Tomlinson was held to 77 yards on 24 carries, extendingBaltimore's streak of holding opposing runners under 100 yardsto 14 games. That set the stage for Rivers and San Diego's passing attack,which erased Baltimore's short-lived 7-3 lead in the secondquarter when Rivers hit Antonio Gates for a 35-yard score with7:16 remaining. The Chargers never surrendered the lead as Rivers threw a 5-yardscore to Chris Chambers with 0:25 left in the first half,giving San Diego a 19-7 advantage and Chambers his firsttouchdown since coming over in a trade from Miami last month. San Diego recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and added aquick field goal to build a 22-7 lead at halftime, and mostlydominated the second half as well. Despite a sub-par day by his standards, Tomlinson reeled off a36-yard run in the third quarter, his longest of the day, to goover 10,000 rushing yards for his career. In crossing that plateau in his 106th career game, the reigningleague MVP equalled Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith as thefourth-fastest player to reach that milestone. He also becamethe 22nd player in NFL history to reach 10,000 rushing yards. Rivers hooked up with Gates again, this time for a 25-yardstrike with 11:30 left in the third quarter, to push the lead to29-7. The 25-year-old Rivers went 25-for-35 for 249 yards, threetouchdowns and no interceptions. Baltimore quarterback Kyle Boller hit LeRon McClain with a13-yard touchdown pass to make the score 29-14, but the Ravenscould muster little else on offense. Boller finished 15-for-24 for 128 yards and a touchdown. WillisMcGahee rushed for 59 yards on 17 carries for Baltimore.
NFL: BALTIMORE at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- BALTIMORE 0 7 7 0 14 SAN DIEGO 0 22 7 3 32 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: 1:49 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 27 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 47 yards in 4:31. Key plays: Rivers 15-yard pass to Tomlinson to Baltimore 16. SAN DIEGO 3-0. 5:01 BAL - TD, WILLIS MCGAHEE 1 YD RUN (MATT STOVER KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 37 yards in 3:12. Key plays: Figurs 57-yard kickoff return to San Diego 37; Boller 23-yard pass to Mason to San Diego 1. BALTIMORE 7-3. 7:44 SDG - TD, ANTONIO GATES 35 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (PAT FAILED). Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards in 2:43. Key plays: Rivers 13-yard pass to Jackson to Baltimore 46; Rivers 11-yard pass to Gates to Baltimore 35. SAN DIEGO 9-7. 9:51 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 46 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 0:43. Key plays: Harris recovery of Boller fumble at Baltimore 29. SAN DIEGO 12-7. 14:35 SDG - TD, CHRIS CHAMBERS 5 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (NATE KAEDING KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 49 yards in 3:22. Key plays: Rivers 14-yard pass to Gates to Baltimore 35; Rivers 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Baltimore 24; Rivers 15-yard pass to Gates to Baltimore 9. SAN DIEGO 19-7. 14:57 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 41 YD. Drive: 3 plays, 11 yards in 0:22. Key plays: Dobbins recovery of Anderson muffed kickoff at Baltimore 34; Rivers 11-yard pass to Tomlinson to Baltimore 23. SAN DIEGO 22-7. 3RD QUARTER: 3:30 SDG - TD, ANTONIO GATES 25 YD PASS FROM PHILIP RIVERS (NATE KAEDING KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 72 yards in 3:30. Key plays: Tomlinson 36-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Baltimore 27. SAN DIEGO 29-7. 9:21 BAL - TD, LE'RON MCCLAIN 13 YD PASS FROM KYLE BOLLER (MATT STOVER KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards in 5:51. Key plays: McGahee 13-yard run to midfield; Boller 8-yard pass to Clayton on 3rd-and-5 to San Diego 37; Boller 11-yard pass to M Smith on 3rd-and-8 to San Diego 24. SAN DIEGO 29-14. 4TH QUARTER: 6:19 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 41 YD. Drive: 11 plays, 64 yards in 6:11. Key plays: Rivers 31-yard pass to Jackson to San Diego 44; Tomlinson 1-yard run plus 15-yard personal foul penalty on Ravens' Lewis to Baltimore 40; Rivers 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Baltimore 30. SAN DIEGO 32-14. BALTIMORE - SAN DIEGO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS BALTIMORE SAN DIEGO FIRST DOWNS 19 18 Rushing 4 3 Passing 12 13 Penalty 3 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-12-42% 7-15-47% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 210 332 Total offensive plays 57 65 Average gain per play 3.7 5.1 NET YARDS RUSHING 56 83 Rushing attempts 20 30 Average gain per rush 2.8 2.8 Tackles for loss-yards 4-11 3-6 NET YARDS PASSING 154 249 Times sacked: Number-Yards 4-37 0-0 Gross passing yards 191 249 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 33-21-0 35-25-0 Avg gain per pass play 4.2 7.1 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-0 8-2-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 6-37.0 4-48.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 37.0 43.8 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 0 17 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 4-17 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 7-152 2-59 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-30 6-60 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-2 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 2 3 Rushing 1 0 Passing 1 3 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 4-4 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 28:05 31:55 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS BALTIMORE SAN DIEGO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W MCGAHEE 17 59 3.5 13 1 L TOMLINSO 24 77 3.2 36 0 M SMITH 3 -3 -1.0 2 0 P RIVERS 2 3 1.5 2 0 M TURNER 2 2 1.0 1 0 D SPROLES 2 1 0.5 1 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K BOLLER 21-33-191 0 1 23 P RIVERS 25-35-249 0 3 35 Sacked-Yards Lost: K BOLLER 4-37. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D MASON 7 99 14.1 23 0 A GATES 6 105 17.5 35 2 M SMITH 4 28 7.0 11 0 L TOMLINSO 6 45 7.5 15 0 D DARLING 2 24 12.0 13 0 V JACKSON 5 65 13.0 31 0 M CLAYTON 2 15 7.5 8 0 C CHAMBERS 5 22 4.4 7 1 W MCGAHEE 2 2 1.0 1 0 L NAANEE 1 8 8.0 8 0 L MCCLAIN 1 13 13.0 13 1 C DAVIS 1 4 4.0 4 0 M ANDERSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 B MANUMALE 1 0 0.0 0 0 Q SYPNIEWS 1 2 2.0 2 0 L VICKERS 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Interceptions: None PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S KOCH 6 222 37.0 0 1 45 M SCIFRES 4 192 48.0 1 2 70 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D SPROLES 3 17 5.7 7 0 K OSGOOD 1 0 0.0 0 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Y FIGURS 6 152 25.3 57 0 D SPROLES 2 59 29.5 32 0 M ANDERSON 1 0 0.0 0 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- M STOVER 2/2 0/0 N KAEDING 2/2 4/4 Dist.: 27 46 41 41 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ K BOLLER 2 1 0 0-0 S MERRIMAN 0 0 1 0-0 M ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0 I OLSHANSKY 0 0 1 0-0 M FLYNN 0 0 0 1-0 T DOBBINS 0 0 0 0-1 M HARRIS 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ R LEWIS 8 5 3 0-0 S MERRIMAN 7 5 2 1-14 T SUGGS 7 7 0 0-0 S PHILLIPS 6 4 2 .5-5 J JOHNSON 7 6 1 0-0 J WILLIAMS 6 4 2 0-0 H NGATA 6 5 1 0-0 I OLSHANSKY 5 5 0 1-5 S ROLLE 5 4 1 0-0 S COOPER 5 4 1 0-0 C IVY 5 4 1 0-0 Q JAMMER 4 4 0 0-0 B SCOTT 5 4 1 0-0 D FLORENCE 4 4 0 0-0 D LANDRY 5 4 1 0-0 M WILHELM 4 3 1 0-0 K GREGG 5 2 3 0-0 C HART 3 3 0 0-0 D MARTIN 3 3 0 0-0 M MCCREE 3 2 1 0-0 E REED 3 2 1 0-0 E WEDDLE 2 2 0 0-0 D EDWARDS 2 2 0 0-0 R BINGHAM 2 1 1 .5-5 J BANNAN 2 2 0 0-0 J CESAIRE 1 1 0 1-8 B MCKINNEY 1 1 0 0-0 A CROMARTIE 1 1 0 0-0 Att: 63,337</div>
By Tim Powers PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - Philip Rivers proved he can win a game on aday when LaDainian Tomlinson is not at his best. Rivers threw three touchdown passes and the San Diego Chargersovercame the stingy run defense of the Baltimore Ravens to earna 32-14 triumph on Sunday. The contest followed suit of the up-and-down season for SanDiego (6-5), which won for the fourth consecutive time at homebut has struggled (1-4) on the road. The Ravens (4-7) absorbed their fifth consecutive defeat. Tomlinson was held to 77 yards on 24 carries, extendingBaltimore's streak of holding opposing runners under 100 yardsto 14 games. "We knew going against the number one-ranked defense against therun in our conference, we knew it was going to be tough,"Tomlinson said. "They have invested a lot of money on that sideof the ball. We didn't expect to run through them guys. "We stayed with it today, and I think that was the reason for usgetting some of the pass plays opening up." It set the stage for Rivers and San Diego's passing attack,which erased Baltimore's short-lived 7-3 lead in the secondquarter when Rivers hit Antonio Gates for a 35-yard score with7:16 remaining. The Chargers never surrendered the lead as Rivers threw a 5-yardscore to Chris Chambers with 0:25 left in the first half,giving San Diego a 19-7 advantage and Chambers his firsttouchdown since coming over in a trade from Miami last month. "I expected us to play well," Chargers coach Norv Turner said."Offensively, I think our guys responded. It's not thetextbook-style of offense you want. You know (Tomlinson) hadeight yards in the first half, but Philip had a heck of a firsthalf and we were able to make big plays in the passing game. Ilike the way our entire football team played." San Diego recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and added aquick field goal to build a 22-7 lead at halftime, and mostlydominated the second half as well. Despite a sub-par day by his standards, Tomlinson reeled off a36-yard run in the third quarter, his longest of the day, to goover 10,000 rushing yards for his career. In crossing that plateau in his 106th career game, the reigningleague MVP equalled Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith as thefourth-fastest player to reach that milestone. He also becamethe 22nd player in NFL history to reach 10,000 rushing yards. "With that run, I knew that I had to have (the milestone) bythen," Tomlinson said. "It's been the benchmark for runningbacks in this league, but I never set out to get 10,000 yards.I kind of take it like, you get 10,000 yards, but that meansyou're getting older also." Rivers hooked up with Gates again, this time for a 25-yardstrike with 11:30 left in the third quarter, to push the lead to29-7. The 25-year-old Rivers went 25-for-35 for 249 yards, threetouchdowns and no interceptions. "I feel pretty good about the way I played," Rivers said. "Whenthe guys up front blocked like they did, the pocket was prettyclean, receivers are separating, it certainly makes it easier.I've said all along I haven't lost any confidence." Baltimore quarterback Kyle Boller hit LeRon McClain with a13-yard touchdown pass to make the score 29-14, but the Ravenscould muster little else on offense. "We need to figure out some way to break this cycle that we'rein right now," Ravens coach Brian Billick said. "It's not easy,but we'll continue to try to find a way. We did a couple ofgood things, but again, just not consistently." Wide receiver Derrick Mason turned in one of the few strongperformances for the Ravens, pulling in six catches for 84yards. "I take responsibility for what happened," Mason said. "I hadsome opportunities to catch balls, and I didn't come through. Ineed to be more aggressive. We fought, but sometimes justfighting isn't good enough to win you the game." Boller finished 15-for-24 for 128 yards and a touchdown. WillisMcGahee rushed for 59 yards on 17 carries for Baltimore.
