SAN DIEGO — Philip Rivers rallied
San Diego to 30 straight points, including throwing a go-ahead, 13-yard
touchdown pass to tight end Ladarius Green early in the fourth quarter, and the
Chargers stunned the Detroit Lions 33-28 in what could be their final home
opener at Qualcomm Stadium.
Rivers overcame two interceptions,
including a 31-yard return for a touchdown by Glover Quin, to complete 35 of 42
passes for 404 yards and two scores.
Green was subbing for Antonio
Gates, who's suspended without pay for four games for testing positive for
PEDs. Keenan Allen had 15 catches — tying the club record set by Hall of Famer
Kellen Winslow in 1984 — for 166 yards.
The Chargers trailed 21-3 after Matthew
Stafford threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Eric Ebron midway through the
second quarter. Rivers was picked off by Darius Slay in the end zone just
before halftime to keep the score at 21-10.
But the second
half was all San Diego. Rivers also threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Stevie
Johnson and Danny Woodhead's 1-yard TD run gave San Diego a 33-21 lead.
Bengals
33, Raiders 13
OAKLAND,
Calif. — Andy Dalton threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns and Jeremy Hill ran
for two scores to help the Cincinnati Bengals spoil coach Jack Del Rio's debut
in Oakland with a 33-13 victory over the Raiders on Sunday.
Dalton had
it easy all day long as he faced little pressure and often had receivers
running free in the Raiders secondary. He connected on two touchdown passes
with tight end Tyler Eifert as the Bengals (1-0) broke out to a 33-0 lead and
coasted.
The game couldn't
have gone worse for the Raiders (0-1), who lost starting quarterback Derek Carr
to a hand injury in the second quarter and were held scoreless until midway
through the fourth quarter in Del Rio's first game as coach.
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