By Bob Rose | SI
In the last game of Week Five, the 2-2 New Orleans Saints will host the 1-3 Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football. The Saints are coming off a 35-29 road win over the Detroit Lions that snapped a two-game losing streak. A win would move them back into a first-place tie in the NFC South. Los Angeles has lost three straight after an opening day win and looking to stay in contention in the AFC West.
This is only the 13th time that the Saints and Chargers have ever played. Los Angeles holds a 7-5 lead in the series, as the San Diego Chargers, and a 4-2 advantage when the teams play each other in New Orleans. They played one of those games on a neutral site, with the Saints designated as the home team. They played the first game between the franchises in San Diego on November 18, 1973, a 17-14 Chargers victory. It was the first of three consecutive wins by San Diego over the Saints.
The next two meetings between the two were their first games in the Superdome against each other. The first of the two played on October 9, 1977, would be a 14-0 Chargers win. The second would be another San Diego shutout, this time a 35-0 whitewash on December 9, 1979.
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