List of Los Angeles Chargers seasons


The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football franchise based in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's American Football Conference West division. The club was founded in 1959 by Barron Hilton and played the 1960 season in Los Angeles as part of the American Football League. In the next season, the Chargers moved to San Diego. In 2017, the Chargers relocated back to the Los Angeles area.
The franchise has experienced three major periods of success. The first was from to, when the Chargers were AFL West champions five times and AFL champions once. The second was from to, when the Chargers had winning seasons in each of these years, and won three consecutive division championships for the second time in franchise history. The most recent accomplishments range from to, with the franchise reaching the playoffs five times in six years. Their only Super Bowl appearance was in.
The Chargers have experienced three notable periods of decline. Between and, the Chargers never won more games than they lost as part of a 13-year period without playing in the postseason, including four consecutive years last in their division from 1972 to 1975, in which year they bottomed out before two late wins avoided the NFL's first 0–14 season. From to, they never placed higher than third in their division and did not make the playoffs. From to, the team had no winning seasons, and had their worst season ever, winning only one of 16 games in.
The Chargers have been division champions nine times including 2009, all of them in the AFC West. They have been conference champions six times, but only once since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. As of the end of the 2017 season, the Chargers had played 917 regular and post-season games in 58 seasons, and have appeared in the post-season seventeen times.

Seasons


AFL Champions Conference ChampionsDivision ChampionsWild Card Berth

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