Worse yet, it was football season when the team took the floor at the San Diego Sports Arena for the first time Oct. 15, 1978.

In this montage from the fall of 1978, San Diego Chargers players are seen practicing and getting ready for what would be their first season with coach Don Coryell.

And it summoned the ghosts of Chargers kicking failures in Januarys past. Several errant kicks by Nate Kaeding contributed to San Diego Chargers playoff defeats.

7/31/1968 Lyle Bond with Speedy Duncan, Steve DeLong, Dick Farley, Ron Billingsley, Chuck Allen, on Chargers Picture Night.

San Diego Chargers season schedule (all times local by market of team) Sep. 11, at Kansas City Chiefs, 10:00 AM, CBS Sep. 18, Jacksonville Jaguars, 1:25 PM, CBS ...

The only familiar Chargers could be Rivers, Sproles, and Shaun Phillips. The Chargers have a great regular season team but when they reach the post season, they turn into the San Diego Chokers.

Rolf Benirschke's 29-yard field goal gives San Diego a 41-38 overtime victory over Miami in the Orange Bowl, capping one of the most sensational games in NFL history. The Chargers blow an early 24 ...

Then San Diego brought Don Coryell in as head coach early in the 1978 season. "Air Coryell" was soon born, an offense some consider the most exciting in NFL history.

Fouts completed 17 of 29 passes for 175 yards and San Diego’s offense accounted for 197 yards on the ground. Running back Lydell Mitchell saw extended action for the first time since last season.

If the Texans can turn their 0-3 start into a division title, they'll become just the second team ever to do so. The 1992 Chargers started 0-4 before winning the AFC West.