Indianapolis Colts Looking To End San Diego Chargers' Dominance Over AFC South

This Sunday night the San Diego Chargers will attempt to continue their mastery of the AFC South. Understandably the Indianapolis Colts have been under the most scrutiny for their repeated flops against the Chargers, but the rest of the AFC South is a dismal 1-11 against the Bolts since 2004.

The bad news for the Bolts is that they've gone 3-1 against the South in years that they've played against the entire division. They are 3-0 in that department this season, so they'll need to buck that trend if they are going to keep pace with the Kansas City Chiefs for the AFC West division lead.

The Colts are the only one of the four southern most AFC squads to not suffer an recent blowout loss to the Chargers, with five of the last six games between the two teams being settled by a six points or less. The lone exception was San Diego's first win during the current streak: a 29-17 stunner that derailed the Colts' 13-0 season.

The Chargers have been just as lucky, running up a 4-2 record against the Colts since their breakout 2004 season. The most stunning stroke of luck was the 2008 postseason triumph in which linebacker Tim Dobbins shifted into a pass-rushing position just as Manning looked away from that side of the field. The unblocked Dobbins drilled Manning before he could fire off a game-sealing completion to a wide-open receiver. The mishap allowed the Chargers to score, force overtime and steal a game they had no business winning.

Both Rivers and Manning have been extremely pedestrian against one another. Rivers has thrown five touchdowns and four interceptions in his four games against the Colts while going 3-1. Manning has thrown 11 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in his last six games against the Bolts, going 2-4.

Contrary to what you may have heard, the Chargers do not own Peyton Manning. His record is now 4-4 against San Diego including the playoffs, though at one point he was a sterling 3-0. Manning's regular-season record against the Chargers is 4-2.

Chargers	Opponent	Team	Result	Year
38	13	Jaguars	win	2010
33	25	Titans	win	2010
29	23	Texans	win	2010
42	17	Titans	win	2009
20	23	Colts	loss	2008
23	17	Colts	win	2008
35	10	Texans	win	2007
17	24	Jaguars	loss	2007
23	17	Titans	win	2007
23	21	Colts	win	2007
17	6	Titans	win	2007
28	24	Colts	win	2007
40	17	Titans	win	2006
26	17	Colts	win	2005
27	20	Texans	win	2004
38	17	Titans	win	2004
34	21	Jaguars	win	2004
31	34	Colts	loss	2004
Points For	Points Against			Win/Loss since '04 vs AFC South
486	346			15-3