Los Angeles’ touchdown drought lasted 59 minutes and 23 seconds of game time.
The Chargers hadn’t found the end zone since Week 6, when they scored on a JK Dobbins run with 1:00 remaining in the second quarter against the Broncos. It seems fitting, then, that Dobbins was the one to break the drought, as the running back scored on a one yard plunge with 1:37 remaining in the first half against the Saints.
The score capped a 15 play, 90 yard touchdown drive for Los Angeles that was characterized by Justin Herbert scrambles and throws to Ladd McConkey and took 8:07 off the clock. The Chargers thought they had scored three plays earlier on a deep pass to Simi Fehoko from the 20 yard line, but the officials ruled that Fehoko did not get both feet down in bounds as he backed towards the end line.
Fehoko drew a pass interference penalty on Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore on the next play, putting the Chargers on the 3 yard line. After a false start by tight end Eric Tomlinson and another throw to McConkey, Los Angeles needed two plays from the 1 to find the end zone.
Dobbins’ touchdown was his fourth of the season. Cameron Dicker missed the extra point, which left the Chargers with a 9-2 lead late in the second quarter.
