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San Diego Chargers at Indianapolis Colts

Final · Kickoff

2016 Regular season · Week 3 · Lucas Oil Stadium

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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SDSan Diego Chargers22Away
INDIndianapolis Colts26Home
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Colts beat Chargers 26–22 in 2016 Week 3

The Indianapolis Colts beat the San Diego Chargers 26–22 at home at Lucas Oil Stadium in Week 3 of the 2016 regular season on September 25, 2016. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 4 points.

The result moved the Colts to 1–2 and dropped the Chargers to 1–2. The Chargers finished 2016 at 5–11 and missed the playoffs. The Colts finished 2016 at 8–8 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the San Diego Chargers won 19–9 on October 14, 2013. When they met again, the Los Angeles Chargers won 30–24 on September 8, 2019.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Chargers lead the series 6–4 after meeting No. 10 since 1999 Full series history

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