Los Angeles Chargers Trivia

LOS ANGELES CHARGERS TRIVIA

1) What year did the Chargers join the NFL?

1950 1970 1960 1980

The Chargers won one AFL title in 1963 and reached the AFL playoffs five times and the AFL Championship four times before joining the NFL in 1970 as part of the AFL-NFL merger.

2) Where did the Chargers play their first season?

SACRAMENTO LOS ANGELES SAN JOSE SAN DIEGO

The team spent its first season in Los Angeles, before moving to San Diego in 1961 to become the San Diego Chargers.

3) Under head coach Don Coryell, how many consecutive years did the Chargers lead the NFL in passing yards?

6 YEARS 4 YEARS 7 YEARS 5 YEARS

With Dan Fouts at quarterback, San Diego's "Air Coryell" was among the greatest passing offenses in NFL history. The Chargers led the league in passing yards an NFL record six consecutive years from 1978 to 1983 and again in 1985.

4) Which of the following Chargers has the highest career passer rating?

CHUCK MUNCIE PHILIP RIVERS DREW BREES DAN FOUTS

Running back Chuck Muncie completed three of four passes in his career, all for touchdowns, giving him a 156.2 career passer rating.

5) What undrafted free agent did the Chargers sign in 2003?

PHILIP RIVERS DREW BREES ANTONIO GATES JUNIOR SEAU

Despite never having played college football, Antonio Gates would go on to become the franchise leader in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns.

6) How many receptions did Hall of Fame WR Lance Alworth have his rookie season?

20 40 80 10

In his rookie season, Alworth had just 10 receptions in 4 games (though three were for touchdowns). His second year was a different story, as he set franchise records in receptions (61), yards (1,205), and touchdowns (11), earning the AFL Most Valuable Player Award.

7) What nickname was given to the Chargers defensive line in the 1970s and 1980s?

FEARSOME FOURSOME BRUISE BROTHERS OVER-THE-HILL GANG SACK PACK

The Chargers defensive line was given the name "Bruise Brothers", a reference to the Blues Brothers, an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live.

8) Who was the original owner of the Chargers?

BARRY STERNLICHT CESAR RITZ BARRON HILTON BILL MARRIOTT JR.

Barron Hilton, son and successor of hotelier Conrad Hilton, was a founding partner of the American Football League. He named his team the Chargers, but denies that he did it to create synergy with his new credit card business.

9) What quarterback led the Chargers to Super Bowl XXIX?

DAN FOUTS JIM HARBAUGH ERIK KRAMER STAN HUMPHRIES

During the 1994 season, Humphries completed 264 out of 453 attempts for 3,209 yards and 17 touchdowns, with 12 interceptions. But he couldn't keep up with 49ers QB Steve Young in the Super Bowl, and the Chargers lost 26-49.

10) Who was the Chargers' first head coach?

DON CORYELL SID GILLMAN HARLAND SVARE CHARLIE WALLER

As the first coach of the Chargers, Sid Gillman gave the team a mercurial personality that matched his own. His insistence on stretching the football field by throwing deep downfield passes, instead of short passes to running backs or wide receivers at the sides of the line of scrimmage, was instrumental in making football into the modern game that it is today.