As Jim Harbaugh mentioned final 12 months in preparation for an prolonged highway journey: Carry the board video games and snacks.
This might be an extended journey.
The Chargers will cowl essentially the most air miles of any NFL staff in 2025, touring greater than 37,000 miles, in response to Bookies.com. The itinerary begins with a visit to Sao Paulo to face AFC West rival Kansas Metropolis on Sept. 5 within the NFL’s second regular-season recreation performed in South America.
The season opener is the primary of three consecutive divisional video games to kick off the Chargers’ second 12 months underneath Harbaugh. The AFC West added former Seahawks and USC coach Pete Carroll in Las Vegas, the place the Chargers will play at 7 p.m. PDT on Sept. 15 in a “Monday Night Football” showcase. It’s one in every of 5 prime-time video games for the Chargers.
Attempting to make consecutive postseason appearances for the primary time since 2009, the Chargers first must confront ghosts of playoffs previous. They’ve rematches towards their final two playoff opponents as Houston visits SoFi Stadium in Week 17 and the Chargers go to Jacksonville on Nov. 16. The reminiscence of a blown 27-point lead within the 2022 wild-card recreation probably gained’t totally fade till the staff will get over the postseason hump underneath Harbaugh and quarterback Justin Herbert.
Along with the Corridor of Fame Sport on July 31, the Chargers will play preseason video games at SoFi Stadium towards the New Orleans Saints (Aug. 10) and the Rams (Aug. 16). They shut the preseason towards the San Francisco 49ers on the highway (date to be decided).
Right here’s a game-by-game take a look at the regular-season schedule (all occasions Pacific).
Sept. 5, KANSAS CITY in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 5 p.m. (YouTube): Maybe one other change of surroundings may help break the Chargers’ 11-game dwelling dropping streak on this sequence. Kansas Metropolis’s highway dominance spans three cities and 4 stadiums with wins in San Diego, StubHub Heart, Mexico Metropolis’s Estadio Azteca and SoFi Stadium for the reason that Chargers’ final dwelling win within the sequence in 2013.
Sept. 15, at Las Vegas, 7 p.m. (ESPN): As if this division rivalry wanted extra gas. Greater than a decade after they battled within the NFC West and the Pac-12, Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll meet once more on “Monday Night Football.”
Sept. 21, DENVER, 1:05 p.m. (CBS): The Chargers’ dwelling win over the Broncos final season not solely arrange a late-season surge, but it surely achieved a life-long purpose for Harbaugh. He obtained to witness Cameron Dicker hit the longest truthful catch free kick in NFL historical past.
Sept. 28, at New York Giants, 10 a.m. (CBS): The Chargers get their first take a look at Malik Nabers, however the Giants star second-year receiver is already a well-known face for Chargers second-round decide Tre’ Harris. Harris, a receiver out of Mississippi, was Nabers’ highschool quarterback in Lafayette, La.
New York Giants huge receiver Malik Nabers runs with the ball towards the Indianapolis Colts in December.
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Oct. 5, WASHINGTON, 1:25 p.m. (Fox): San Bernardino native Jayden Daniels will play his first NFL recreation in L.A. after profitable the NFL offensive rookie of the 12 months and main the Commanders to their first look within the NFC championship recreation since 1991.
Oct. 12, at Miami, 10 a.m. (CBS): The Dolphins haven’t gained a playoff recreation since 2000, the longest lively postseason victory drought within the NFL.
Oct. 19, INDIANAPOLIS, 1:05 p.m. (CBS): The Colts have by no means performed at SoFi Stadium and have the longest playoff drought of any of the Chargers’ 2025 opponents, not making the postseason since 2020.
Oct. 23, MINNESOTA, 5:15 p.m. (Prime Video): The Vikings’ presumptive starter J.J. McCarthy will face off towards his former coach. McCarthy, who led Michigan to a nationwide title underneath Harbaugh in 2023, missed his rookie season due to a knee harm.
Nov. 2, at Tennessee, 10 a.m. (CBS): No. 1 general decide Cam Ward will attempt to elevate the staff that hasn’t made the playoffs since 2021. The Chargers haven’t gained a highway recreation at Tennessee since 2009, dropping 3 times by a mixed margin of 9 factors.
Nov. 9, PITTSBURGH, 5:20 p.m. (NBC): With out a playoff win since 2016, the Steelers are nonetheless ready for a choice from 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers to find out who will throw passes to key offseason acquisition D.Ok. Metcalf.
Nov. 16, at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. (CBS): Of their notorious wild card collapse in Jacksonville, the Chargers grew to become the primary NFL staff to lose a playoff recreation with a turnover differential of plus-five or higher.
Nov. 23, off week
Nov. 30, LAS VEGAS, 1:25 p.m. (CBS): With Carroll and former Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith in Las Vegas, the AFC West might once more be one of the aggressive divisions within the NFL after three groups made it to the playoffs final 12 months.
Dec. 8, Philadelphia, 5:15 p.m. (ABC/ESPN): The Chargers upgraded the scale on their inside defensive position to organize for matchups like this one. The Tremendous Bowl champions’ dominance on the line of scrimmage is the usual for the league.
Dec. 14, at Kansas Metropolis, 10 a.m. (CBS): The Chargers have misplaced seven consecutive video games to their AFC West rivals with six coming by seven factors or fewer together with final 12 months’s nail-biter at Arrowhead Stadium that ended with the Chiefs hitting a game-winning area purpose off the upright.
Dec. 21, at Dallas, 10 a.m. (Fox): After a contract extension that paid an NFL-record $60 million a 12 months, Dak Prescott had a career-low 86.0 passer ranking whereas throwing 11 touchdowns with eight passes intercepted earlier than lacking 10 video games due to a hamstring harm.
Week 17, HOUSTON, TBD: Herbert can redeem himself towards the protection that grabbed 4 interceptions within the Chargers’ 2024 playoff flop. Texans quarterback and Rancho Cucamonga native C.J. Stroud returns to his Southern California roots.
Week 18, at Denver, TBD: The Chargers secured their first win in Denver since 2018 final season.
