Wild Card Round: New York Jets at San Diego Chargers (Qualcomm Stadium), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sat January 8, 2005 at 8:14pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. New York Jets at San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium is the kind of game that decides whether a season was a long buildup or a quick exit. These are the games where the second-tier playoff teams have to prove they belong. Most don't. The few who do define the rest of January.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. New York Jets and San Diego Chargers are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Qualcomm Stadium shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
New York Jets versus San Diego Chargers in the Wild Card Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of New York Jets-San Diego Chargers cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 14-2 | W2 |
| New York Jets | 10-6 | L2 |
| Buffalo Bills | 9-7 | L1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 4-12 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 15-1 | W14 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 9-7 | W1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 8-8 | W2 |
| Cleveland Browns | 4-12 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts | 12-4 | L1 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 9-7 | W1 |
| Houston Texans | 7-9 | L1 |
| Tennessee Titans | 5-11 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 12-4 | W1 |
| Denver Broncos | 10-6 | W2 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7-9 | L1 |
| Oakland Raiders | 5-11 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | 9-7 | W2 |
| St. Louis Rams | 8-8 | W2 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 6-10 | -- |
| San Francisco 49ers | 2-14 | L3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | 13-3 | L2 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 6-10 | L1 |
| New York Giants | 6-10 | W1 |
| Washington Redskins | 6-10 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 10-6 | W2 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 8-8 | L2 |
| Detroit Lions | 6-10 | L1 |
| Chicago Bears | 5-11 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 11-5 | L2 |
| New Orleans Saints | 8-8 | W4 |
| Carolina Panthers | 7-9 | L1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-11 | L4 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 07171720 |
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0771717 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chargers | Keenan McCardell 26 yard pass from Drew Brees ( Nate Kaeding kick) | 0-7 |
| Jets | Anthony Becht 13 yard pass from Chad Pennington ( Doug Brien kick) | 7-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jets | Santana Moss 47 yard pass from Chad Pennington ( Doug Brien kick) | 14-7 |
| Jets | Doug Brien 42 yard field goal | 17-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chargers | Nate Kaeding 35 yard field goal | 17-10 |
| Chargers | Antonio Gates 1 yard pass from Drew Brees ( Nate Kaeding kick) | 17-17 |
| OT | ||
| Jets | Doug Brien 28 yard field goal | 20-17 |
New York Jets defeated San Diego Chargers 20-17 at Qualcomm Stadium in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Jets: Doug Brien 28 yard field goal. The result came down to the final possession; New York Jets won by 3. Top line of the day: Drew Brees: 319 pass yards on 31-of-42, 2 TD, 1 INT. New York Jets advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
New York Jets walked out of Qualcomm Stadium as the team that survived a Wild Card Round San Diego Chargers will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 20-17. The game stayed within 3 points throughout, the kind of contest where every drive felt like a referendum and every defensive stop carried twice its usual weight. The final scoring play came from Jets: Doug Brien 28 yard field goal. Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. New York Jets advance to the divisional round.
New York Jets 20, San Diego Chargers 17. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 67536. Q2: 2 scoring plays. Q3: 2 scoring plays. Q4: 2 scoring plays. OT: 1 scoring play. Top performers:
- Drew Brees: 319 pass yards on 31-of-42, 2 TD, 1 INT
- LaDainian Tomlinson: 80 rush yards on 26 carries
- Santana Moss: 4 catches for 100 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Qualcomm Stadium. Final: New York Jets 20, San Diego Chargers 17, with New York Jets taking the result by 3. **Second quarter**
- Chargers: Keenan McCardell 26 yard pass from Drew Brees ( Nate Kaeding kick)
- Jets: Anthony Becht 13 yard pass from Chad Pennington ( Doug Brien kick)
Third quarter
- Jets: Santana Moss 47 yard pass from Chad Pennington ( Doug Brien kick)
- Jets: Doug Brien 42 yard field goal
Fourth quarter
- Chargers: Nate Kaeding 35 yard field goal
- Chargers: Antonio Gates 1 yard pass from Drew Brees ( Nate Kaeding kick)
Overtime
- Jets: Doug Brien 28 yard field goal
Top performers
- Drew Brees: 319 pass yards on 31-of-42, 2 TD, 1 INT
- LaDainian Tomlinson: 80 rush yards on 26 carries
- Santana Moss: 4 catches for 100 yards
A 3-point margin in Wild Card Round is the kind of result that defines reputations on both sidelines.
| Jets | Chargers | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 20 | 24 |
| Total Yards | 396 | 408 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 23/33 | 31/42 |
| Pass yards | 279 | 319 |
| Pass TD | 2 | 2 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 1 |
| Sacks taken | 2 | 2 |
| Sack yards lost | 9 | 11 |
| Net pass yards | 270 | 308 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 28 | 33 |
| Rush yards | 126 | 100 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 0 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties | 8 | 9 |
| Penalty yards | 49 | 75 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ | |||||
| Chad Pennington | 23/33 | 279 | 2 | 0 | |
| SDG | |||||
| Drew Brees | 31/42 | 319 | 2 | 1 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ | ||||
| Curtis Martin | 18 | 66 | 0 | 12 |
| LaMont Jordan | 7 | 50 | 0 | 19 |
| Chad Pennington | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| SDG | ||||
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 26 | 80 | 0 | 12 |
| Drew Brees | 5 | 17 | 0 | 7 |
| Lorenzo Neal | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Eric Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ | ||||
| Santana Moss | 4 | 100 | 1 | 47 |
| Justin McCareins | 8 | 87 | 0 | 21 |
| Curtis Martin | 4 | 47 | 0 | 23 |
| LaMont Jordan | 3 | 18 | 0 | 13 |
| Anthony Becht | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 |
| Chris Baker | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Jonathan Carter | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| SDG | ||||
| Eric Parker | 9 | 93 | 0 | 16 |
| Antonio Gates | 6 | 89 | 1 | 44 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 9 | 53 | 0 | 10 |
| Keenan McCardell | 4 | 50 | 1 | 26 |
| Justin Peelle | 3 | 34 | 0 | 20 |
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