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New England Patriots at Los Angeles Chargers

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 12 · SoFi Stadium · Sunday Night

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

New England Patriots—Away
Los Angeles Chargers—Home

Matchup preview

New England Patriots 1–2 · Road 0–2 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 13 · 14 days of rest (off a bye)
Los Angeles Chargers 0–3 · Home 0–2 · Streak L3 · Power Index No. 30 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NE 3 games, LAC 3 games
MetricNELAC
Points per game12.031st14.729th
Points allowed per game17.06th25.321st
Total yards per game307.023rd308.722nd
Passing yards per game210.320th209.021st
Rushing yards per game109.315th113.013th
Turnovers per game2.731st2.027th
Sacks allowed per game3.025th2.720th
Penalty yards per game49.711th53.012th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New England Patriots: recent results

  1. L 6–35 @ JAX Week 3
  2. W 20–3 vs PIT Week 2
  3. L 10–13 @ SEA Week 1

Los Angeles Chargers: recent results

  1. L 16–24 @ BUF Week 3
  2. L 14–26 vs LV Week 2
  3. L 14–26 vs ARI Week 1

New England Patriots: season leaders

Passing
Drake Maye 585 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Rhamondre Stevenson 116 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Mack Hollins 156 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Gabe Jacas 1.5 · 3 g

Los Angeles Chargers: season leaders

Passing
Justin Herbert 627 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Omarion Hampton 193 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Ladd McConkey 183 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Khalil Mack 2.0 · 2 g

New England Patriots: injury report

  • Out Carlton Davis III LCB
  • Out Channing Canada
  • Out Christian Gonzalez RCB
  • Out Harold Landry III WLB
  • Out Karon Prunty RCB
  • Questionable Charles Woods LCB
  • Questionable Christian Barmore LDE
  • Questionable Christian Elliss LILB

4 more listed.

13 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Los Angeles Chargers: injury report

  • Out Brenen Thompson
  • Out Derwin James Jr. SS
  • Out Donte Jackson RCB
  • Out Isaiah World LT
  • Out Joe Alt RT
  • Out Kayode Awosika LG
  • Out Quentin Johnston WR
  • Questionable Branson Taylor LT

4 more listed.

8 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NE 12 · LAC 5 in 17 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Wild Card LAC 3, NE 16
  2. 2024 · Week 17 LAC 40, NE 7
  3. 2023 · Week 13 LAC 6, NE 0
  4. 2021 · Week 8 NE 27, LAC 24
  5. 2020 · Week 13 NE 45, LAC 0

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NE 48.4% · LAC 51.2%

Matchup quality 49.6 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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