The San Diego Chargers were 4-12 in 1997. They finished 5th in the AFC West and 14th in the AFC.

1997 Stats

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GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
16
266
4,505
1,025
4.4
1,416
409
3.5
3,475
565
6.2
51
386
251
70
160
21
129
1,101
Team Rank
26th
28th
15th
27th
28th
26th
27th
19th
7th
26th
25th
4th
28th
30th
24th
20th
29th
30th
Opponent
16
425
5,166
1,048
4.9
1,698
453
3.7
3,632
568
6.4
27
164
308
92
181
35
101
784
Opponent Rank
30th
21st
21st
15th
11th
16th
8th
17th
28th
8th
30th
1st
24th
9th
23rd
28th
15th
22nd
Net
-159
-661
-23
-0.5
-282
-44
-0.3
-157
-3
-0.2
+24
+222
-57
-22
-21
-14
+28
+317
Net Rank
30th
28th
19th
28th
22nd
20th
22nd
20th
15th
17th
27th
2nd
29th
24th
25th
30th
30th
30th

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Panthers Panthers
3
3
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM