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The Patriots enter this week's game with a seven-game winning streak against the Chargers, including a 2018 playoff game.
The Patriots will wear throwback uniforms this week for the second time this season. The Patriots wore their throwback uniforms for the first time against Miami on Sept. 17. The uniforms are based on the ones worn from 1984-1992 and then sporadically from 1994-2012 as an alternate uniform. The Patriots will wear red jerseys with white pants and a white helmet featuring the "Pat Patriot" logo with white facemasks. The Patriots are 7-2 when wearing throwback uniforms at home. New England has worn uniforms featuring the old "Pat Patriot" logo at home nine times since switching to the current logo in 1993.
The New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers will meet for the first time since Oct. 31, 2021, when the Patriots prevailed with a 27-24 win in Los Angeles. This week's game between the two original AFL teams will be the first meeting at Gillette Stadium since the Patriots beat the Chargers, 41-28, on Jan. 13, 2019, in a AFC Divisional Playoff game. The Patriots enter this week's game having won the last seven games overall against the Chargers.
New England leads the regular season by a 24-14-2 margin. The teams have met four times in the postseason with the Patriots holding a 3-1 edge.
The New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers are an old AFL rivalry as part of the original eight teams from the American Football League. The Patriots and Chargers met in the 1963 AFL Championship Game played on Jan. 5, 1964, in San Diego with the Chargers taking a 51-10 decision.
The series dates back to 1960, the inaugural season for each team. Bill Belichick is 9-5 in his career against the Chargers in the regular season, including a 8-3 record as the Patriots head coach. He is 3-0 against the Chargers in the postseason, all with New England.
Overall Record: 27-15-2
Home Record:14-8-1
- Boston: 2-7-1
- Foxborough: 12-1-0
- Los Angeles: 3-0-0
- San Diego: 10-7-1
Longest losing streak: 4 games (11/10/68– 11/15/70)
Bill Belichick vs. LA Chargers: 12-5 (1-2 with Cleveland)
TELEVISION: This week's game will be broadcast by CBS and can be seen locally on WBZ-TV Channel 4. Spero Dedes will handle play-by-play duties with Adam Archuleta as the color analyst. Aditi Kinkhabwala will provide analysis from the sidelines. The game will be produced by Jason Ross and directed by Mark Grant.
NATIONAL RADIO: This week's game will be broadcast to a national audience by Sports USA. Josh Appel will call the game with Rob Ninkovich providing analysis.
LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Network. A complete listing of the network's 33 stations can be found here. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quarterback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. The games are produced by Marc Cappello.
