Rams-Chargers Capsule

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ST. LOUIS (4-6) at SAN DIEGO (6-4)

Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET, CBS

OPENING LINE - Chargers by 6

RECORD VS. SPREAD - St. Louis 5-5, San Diego 5-5

SERIES RECORD - Rams lead 6-4

LAST MEETING - Rams beat Chargers 20-17, Oct. 17, 2010

LAST WEEK - Rams beat Broncos 22-7; Chargers beat Raiders 13-6

AP PRO32 RANKING - Rams No. 19, Chargers No. 16

RAMS OFFENSE - OVERALL (29), RUSH (20), PASS (27).

RAMS DEFENSE - OVERALL (17), RUSH (18), PASS (19).

CHARGERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (22), RUSH (29), PASS (13).

CHARGERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (12), RUSH (17), PASS (9T).

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - 34-year-old Rams QB Shaun Hill makes second straight start after turnover-free outing in upset of Denver. ... Three of Rams' four victories have been against teams that reached conference championship games last year: Seattle, San Francisco, Denver. ... San Diego has beaten only one team with winning record, Seattle. ... Rams offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer was Chargers quarterbacks coach from 2002-05 on father Marty's staff. ... Rams have 13 sacks in last three games. ... Chargers QB Philip Rivers listed on injury report with ''chest'' affliction. TE Antonio Gates said Sunday that Rivers has been dealing with ''a severe rib injury'' for last three- four weeks. In helping San Diego to 5-1 record, Rivers had passer rating of 123.8 or better in five straight games, completed 71.4 percent or more of his passes three times. In losing three of last four, Rivers twice failed to complete 55 percent of passes, hasn't cracked a 100 rating. .... ... Chargers backup QB Kellen Clemens played for Rams from 2011-13; started final nine games of 2013.

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