ATLANTA -- Tarheeb Still intercepted Kirk Cousins twice -- including a pick-6 -- and Ladd McConkey caught nine passes for 117 yards as the visiting Los Angeles Chargers beat the Atlanta Falcons 17-13 on Sunday.
Los Angeles (8-4) won its fifth game in six tries despite being outgained 350-187. Justin Herbert completed 16 of 23 passes for 147 yards for the Chargers, who had four interceptions.
Cousins completed 24 of 39 passes for 245 yards as the Falcons (6-6) lost their third in a row. Bijan Robinson ran for 102 yards and a score, while Ray-Ray McCloud caught four passes for 95 yards and Drake London had nine receptions for 86 yards.
Trailing 9-7 at halftime, Atlanta took the lead on Younghoe Koo's 41-yard field goal with 7:23 left in the third.
After Los Angeles was forced to punt, Still picked off Cousins for the second time, returning it for a 61-yard touchdown late in the third. Herbert found Josh Palmer for the two-point conversion, giving the Chargers a 17-10 lead.
Cousins connected with McCloud for a 60-yard pass, leading to Koo's 26-yard field goal that trimmed the Chargers' lead to 17-13 heading to the fourth.
Los Angeles gave the ball back on a failed fake punt attempt. After advancing to Los Angeles' 13-yard line, Cousins was intercepted for a third time, this time by Marcus Maye in the end zone with 9:11 left in regulation.
Following another Chargers punt, Derwin James' interception on Los Angeles' 24-yard line with 47 seconds left iced the win.
On its opening drive, Atlanta advanced to the Chargers' 17-yard line, where Koo missed a 35-yard field goal, his fourth miss in the last three games. From there, Lorenzo Carter forced Hassan Haskins' third-and-1 fumble, which Clark Phillips recovered and returned to the Los Angeles 29-yard line.
The Falcons cashed in on the takeaway as Robinson's 2-yard rush gave the hosts a 7-0 lead with 3:59 left in the opening quarter.
After Cameron Dicker's 45-yard field goal cut into the Chargers' deficit, Still picked off Cousins on Los Angeles' 34-yard line on the first play of the second quarter.
Herbert's 20-yard pass to McConkey helped advance the ball to Atlanta's 31, where Arnold Ebiketie sacked Herbert. Dicker made a 51-yard field goal at the 11:08 mark of the second quarter to trim Atlanta's lead to 7-6.
Dicker's 34-yard field goal capped the scoring in the first half with 58 seconds left, giving Los Angeles a 9-7 lead at the break.
--Jack Batten, Field Level Media
L.A. Chargers | Atlanta | |
Gus Edwards | Player | Bijan Robinson |
6 | Attempts | 26 |
32 | Yards | 102 |
5.3 | Avg Yards | 3.9 |
0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
12 | Long | 15 |
L.A. Chargers | Atlanta | |
Ladd McConkey | Player | Ray-Ray McCloud III |
9 | Receptions | 4 |
117 | Yards | 95 |
13.0 | Avg Yards | 23.8 |
0 | Touchdowns | 0 |
48 | Long | 60 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
L.A. Chargers | 187 | 56 | 131 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 |
Atlanta | 350 | 116 | 234 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 |