Tags: National Football League Season.
The 2002 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 5–11 record in 2001. It was Marty Schottenheimer’s first season as the team’s head coach. Their stadium Qualcomm Stadium hosted Super Bowl XXXVII at the end of the season but the Chargers’ failure to secure a playoff berth marked the 18th straight time that the Super Bowl did not include the team in whose region the game was being played.