2011 · Week 3
Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers
Sep 25, 2011 · Qualcomm Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Los Angeles Chargers held off Kansas City Chiefs 20–17. ScoutIndex had favored Chargers (75%) going in. Chargers improve to 2-1; Chiefs fall to 0-3. Ryan Mathews paced the offense with 98 rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs; 4 catches for 51 yards. Chargers out-gained the opponent 383–257 in total yards.
Team stats
| KC | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | First downs | 21 |
| 257 | Total yards | 383 |
| 176 | Passing yards | 266 |
| 81 | Rushing yards | 117 |
| 17/24 | Comp / Att | 24/38 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
KC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cassel | 17/24 | 176 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cassel | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dexter McCluster | 9 | 45 | 0 |
| Thomas Jones | 14 | 31 | 0 |
| Jackie Battle | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Le'Ron McClain | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwayne Bowe | 4 | 6 | 67 | 1 |
| Steve Breaston | 3 | 6 | 55 | 0 |
| Dexter McCluster | 5 | 6 | 17 | 0 |
| Leonard Pope | 3 | 3 | 32 | 1 |
| Thomas Jones | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jackie Battle | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Keary Colbert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
LAC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Rivers | 24/38 | 266 | 0 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Rivers | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Ryan Mathews | 21 | 98 | 2 |
| Vincent Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| Jacob Hester | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Mathews | 4 | 4 | 51 | 0 |
| Vincent Jackson | 5 | 8 | 63 | 0 |
| Randy McMichael | 4 | 5 | 51 | 0 |
| Patrick Crayton | 5 | 7 | 47 | 0 |
| Malcom Floyd | 2 | 5 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0 |
| Jacob Hester | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kory Sperry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |