2006 San Diego Chargers season

2006 San Diego Chargers season
2006 San Diego Chargers season
Owner	Alex Spanos
General manager	A. J. Smith
Head coach	Marty Schottenheimer
Home field	Qualcomm Stadium
Results
Record	14–2
Division place	1st AFC West
Playoff finish	Lost Divisional Playoffs; (vs. Patriots) 21–24
Pro Bowlers	11 QB Philip Rivers; RB LaDainian Tomlinson; FB Lorenzo Neal; TE Antonio Gates; T Marcus McNeill; C Nick Hardwick; DT Jamal Williams; OLB Shawne Merriman; K Nate Kaeding; ST Kassim Osgood; LS David Binn;
AP All-Pros	6 RB LaDainian Tomlinson (1st team); FB Lorenzo Neal (1st team); TE Antonio Gates (1st team); DT Jamal Williams (1st team); OLB Shawne Merriman (1st team); K Nate Kaeding (2nd team);

The 2006 season was the San Diego Chargers' 37th season in the National Football League (NFL), and the 47th overall. They improved on their 9–7 record in 2005 and finished the campaign as the No. 1 seed in the AFC ending the season at 14–2, the best record in the NFL in 2006. Their two regular season losses were by a combined 6 points. The team would experience a brutal home-field playoff loss for the second time in the past three seasons losing in the final minutes, this time to the New England Patriots 24–21. This was the first of four consecutive AFC West titles for the Chargers.

Running back LaDainian Tomlinson led the league in rushing with 1,815 yards, as well as setting NFL single-season records for rushing touchdowns (28) and total touchdowns (31). It was the final season the Chargers wore their powder blue-free uniforms.

The 2006 Chargers are widely considered to be one of the greatest teams to not make the Super Bowl.

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