Originally established as the Los Angeles Chargers in 1960, they were dominant in the old
AFL, winning the title in 1963 and 1964. After having
14 straight seasons of missing the playoffs, the finally returned to the postseason behind long time quarterback Dan Fouts, with 4 straight berths from 1979-82. After another 10 poor years, the Chargers had
3 playoff berths in the
mid-90s, having their best ever season in 1994, when the lost in the Super Bowl. The Chargers were hindered by poor teams, despite having
good players, for many years afterwards. They picked perhaps the biggest bust in NFL
history when Ryan Leaf was selected number 1 overall at quarterback. Finally turned it around in
2004, with their only playoff berth in recent years, behind incredible runningback LaDainian Tomlinson.
