Chargers vs Vikings Recap

The San Diego Chargers picked up the victory vs the Minnesota Vikings after one hard battle with the Vikings the Chargers were able to get the victory in the final minutes of the 4th quarter.

1st Quarter: The 1st quarter of the game kicked off on bad note for the San Diego Chargers they gave up a 103 yard kickoff return to Percy Harvin and along with that the Chargers lost there kicker Nate Kaeding for the rest of the game and possibly for the rest of the season. Later on in the quarter linebacker Shaun Philips picked off Donovan Mcnabb putting the Chargers in position for Philip Rivers throw a passing touchdown to Mike Tolbert to tie the score 7-7.

 2nd Quarter: The 2nd quarter was all Minnesota, San Diego did not have the greatest 2nd quarter there were just so many problems going on for San Diego one of the key problems was the kicking situation the Chargers had to convert on 4th down twice in the game and one of the 4th down attempts in 2nd quarter where San Diego did not convert on 4th turning it over to the Vikings, Rivers went to the sideline yelling at coach Turner saying "I need a Kicker" after this the Vikings got a field goal by Ryan Longwell and a touchdown from Mcnabb to Micheal Jenkins making the score Minnesota 17, San Diego 7 at the half.

3rd Quarter: The Chargers were coming into the 3rd quarter looking to get ahead of the Vikings it was close but no prevail, Rivers lead the Chargers down field so that Mike Tolbert can run in for the touchdown making the score 17-14.

4th Quarter: The 4th quarter really took a toll on the Minnesota Vikings, San Diego finally got there things together and got a drive going in the beginning of the quarter. Philip Rivers got close enough so that Matt Scifres could kick his 1st ever field goal in his career filling in for the injured Kaeding. After a couple of back and forth drives San Diego ended up with the ball with about 8:00 mins left on the clock Rivers again drive the Chargers down field and with the clocked drained to 5 mins left in the game Rivers connects to Mike Tolbert once again for the game winning touchdown and pick up the victory 24-17 over the Vikings.