Where: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
Temperature: 72°
Head Official: Gene Steratore
Attendance: 62189
Shaun Phillips returned an interception 31 yards for a touchdown and had four sacks as the San Diego Chargers routed the visiting Arizona Cardinals 41-10 on Sunday.
Tight end Antonio Gates scored two touchdowns and had 144 yards receiving and Mike Tolbert rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown for the Chargers (2-2).
Philip Rivers was 16 of 21 for 249 yards and two touchdowns to extend his NFL-best streak of games with a touchdown pass to 17 for San Diego.
Rookie Ryan Mathews had a 15-yard touchdown run and Nate Kaeding kicked two field goals – 48 and 47 yards – for the Chargers, who had nine sacks and held the Cardinals to 124 yards of offense.
Kerry Rhodes scored on a 42-yard fumble recovery return and Jay Feely kicked a 53-yard field goal for the Cardinals (2-2).
Derek Anderson was 7 of 14 for 64 yards and two interceptions and Max Hall was 8 of 14 for 82 yards.
| Arizona | San Diego | |
| Timothy Hightower | Player | Michael Tolbert |
| 7 | Attempts | 16 |
| 24 | Yards | 100 |
| 3.4 | Avg Yards | 6.2 |
| 0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
| 7 | Long | 23 |
| Arizona | San Diego | |
| Larry Fitzgerald | Player | Antonio Gates |
| 7 | Receptions | 7 |
| 56 | Yards | 144 |
| 8.0 | Avg Yards | 20.6 |
| 0 | Touchdowns | 2 |
| 13 | Long | 33 |
| Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
| Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
| Arizona | 134 | 47 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| San Diego | 419 | 180 | 239 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9.0 | 1 |
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San Diego will play their next game on the road against Oakland.
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Arizona will play their next game at home against New Orleans.