Rivers Leads Chargers To Rout of Their Nemesis
Chargers 30, Patriots 10
Malcom Floyd pulls in a 49-yard touchdown pass over the Patriots' Deltha O'Neal. New England had beaten the Chargers three straight times.
(By Lenny Ignelzi -- Associated Press)
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Monday, October 13, 2008; Page E07
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 12 -- Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers solved their Patriots problem and perhaps saved their season.
Rivers threw three touchdown passes and San Diego's defense stuffed quarterback Matt Cassel on fourth and goal from the 1-yard line to highlight a 30-10 win over the Patriots on Sunday night.
It was a measure of payback against a team that had beaten the Chargers three straight times, including in the playoffs the last two seasons.
Rivers drew raves for his toughness by playing the AFC championship game with a shredded ligament in his right knee, but he couldn't get the Chargers into the end zone that day and they lost, 21-12, to the Patriots in Foxborough, Mass.
He had no trouble Sunday night, when he threw touchdown passes of 49 yards to Malcom Floyd, four yards to Vincent Jackson and one yard to Antonio Gates.
It was the fourth time this season that Rivers threw three touchdown passes.
The Patriots scored their fewest points since a 21-0 loss at Miami on Dec. 10, 2006.
