The San Diego Chargers were 10-6 in 1981. They finished 1st in the AFC West and 4th in the AFC. They fell to the Cincinnati Bengals, 27 to 7, in the 1981 AFC Championship game.

1981 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
478
6,744
1,129
6.0
2,005
481
4.2
4,873
629
7.7
19
134
379
127
224
28
128
947
Team Rank
1st
1st
3rd
1st
16th
20th
10th
1st
2nd
5th
2nd
28th
1st
10th
1st
7th
28th
24th
Opponent
16
390
6,136
1,109
5.5
1,825
491
3.7
4,695
571
8.2
47
384
365
114
216
35
108
877
Opponent Rank
26th
27th
23rd
27th
5th
9th
7th
28th
28th
27th
3rd
26th
26th
11th
28th
27th
7th
12th
Net
+88
+608
+20
+0.4
+180
-10
+0.5
+178
+58
-0.5
-28
-250
+14
+13
+8
-7
+20
+70
Net Rank
5th
6th
15th
6th
10th
17th
6th
13th
4th
20th
3rd
27th
14th
9th
10th
22nd
26th
20th

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

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)
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM