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finished 10-6 and won the #AFC West division.
#Chargers advanced to the #AFC Championship vs the #Bengals one of the

games in #NFL

history.
#Bengals prevailed 27-7 in the #FreezerBowl

Cliffhangers, Comebacks, And Character.
The 1981 San Diego #Chargers

Week 1, vs the #Browns

Joiner 6-181
Muncie 24-161-1 4-23
Fouts 19-25-330-3
44-14 #BoltUp

The DL

LB’s
Secondary
28-23 over the #Lions
22-20 over the #Chiefs

@hank_bauer and the Special Teams.
The OL

Rookie James Brooks 109-525-3 46-329-3 22-290 PR, 40-949 KR 2093 APYd
Chuck Muncie 1-1-3-1 251-1144-19 43-362

Dan Fouts broke his own #NFL

records for attempts, completions and yards. 360-609-4802-33-17.
Charlie Joiner 70-1188-7
@kellenwinslowsr 88-1075-10
Wes Chandler 52-857-5

#Chargers lost 3-4 mid season.
They rebounded with a big win in Oakland 55-21.
@kellenwinslowsr caught a record 5TD’s in that game.
Muncie then scored 4 TD’s vs the #Broncos (34-17).

Edwards causes a fumble vs the #Buccaneers leading to a win.
The #BoltUp

win vs the #Raiders on #MNF 23-10 to wrap up the division.

January 2, 1982
#AFC Divisional
#BoltUp

#Dolphins
The Epic In Miami
One of the greatest playoff games ever.
#BoltUp

jump to a 24-0 lead
Brooks 3-19 4-31-2
Muncie 24-120-1

Don Strock gets the Dolphins the lead.
#Chargers D forces a fumble and Fouts (33-53-433-3-1) and crew tie the game.
Joiner 7-108
Chandler 6-106

vin Schamann misses a chance to win the game.
Benirschke misses in OT.
#Chargers block the FG.

Fouts gets the

back and starts throwing the #Chargers into FG position.
Benirschke kicks the winner from 29 yards out.
@kellenwinslowsr 13-166-1
41-38 #Chargers

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