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Rivers' late drive lifts Chargers over reeling Giants
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Rivers' late drive lifts Chargers over reeling Giants
• SAN DIEGO 21, N.Y. GIANTS 20: Philip Rivers capped an 80-yard drive with an 18-yard pass to Vincent Jackson with 21 seconds to play as the Chargers handed the Giants their fourth consecutive loss. Rivers was 24-for-36 for 209 yards and three touchdowns, including two to Jackson, in helping San Diego (5-3) win its third in a row. Terrell Thomas intercepted Rivers' pass late in the fourth quarter and returned it 33 yards to the San Diego 4. A holding penalty on first down pushed New York back 10 yards, and it had to settle for a short field goal and a six-point lead that Rivers and Jackson erased. It was the first meeting between Rivers and Giants quarterback Eli Manning since they were dealt for each other on draft day 2004.
• TENNESSEE 34, SAN FRANCISCO 27: Six plays after his 81-yard touchdown run was overturned, Chris Johnson took a pitch from Vince Young and ran 2 yards for a go-ahead score. Young showed his comeback is legitimate, outplaying fellow first-round draft pick Alex Smith down the stretch. Johnson converted on fourth-and-inches for his TD, making up for the six points negated only a few minutes earlier after video replay determined he stepped out of bounds on the long run. Johnson ran for 135 yards. Stunned San Francisco (3-5) has lost four in a row following a 3-1 start.
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| Date/Opponent | Time | W | L | Score |
| Sep 13 - at Cleveland | 12:00 PM | 1 | 0 | 34-20 |
| Sep 20 - at Detroit | 12:00 PM | 2 | 0 | 27-13 |
| Sep 27 - vs. San Francisco | 12:00 PM | 3 | 0 | 27-24 |
| Oct 5 - vs. Green Bay | 7:30 PM | 4 | 0 | 30-23 |
| Oct 11 - at St. Louis | 12:00 PM | 5 | 0 | 38-10 |
| Oct 18 - vs. Baltimore | 12:00 PM | 6 | 0 | 33-31 |
| Oct 25 - at Pittsburgh | 12:00 PM | 6 | 1 | 17-27 |
| Nov 1 - at Green Bay | 3:15 PM | 7 | 1 | 38-26 |
| Open | ||||
| Nov 15 - vs. Detroit | 12:00 PM | 8 | 1 | 27-10 |
| Nov 22 - vs. Seattle | 12:00 PM | 9 | 1 | 35-9 |
| Nov 29 - vs. Chicago | 3:15 PM | |||
| Dec 6 - at Arizona | 7:20 PM | |||
| Dec 13 - vs. Cincinnati | 12:00 PM | |||
| Dec 20 - at Carolina | 7:20 PM | |||
| Dec 28 - at Chicago | 7:30 PM | |||
| Jan 3 - vs. NY Giants | 12:00 PM |
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