--Chiefs coach Herm Edwards is 5-4 against the Chargers as a head coach. His biggest win came when he was directing the Jets and upset the Chargers as a visiting wild-card team in the 2004 playoffs.

--TE Antonio Gates said he expects nothing but the Chargers' best efforts as they wrap up the season at Kansas City, at Tampa Bay and against Denver.

"We're not quitters," he said. "That is something in this locker room -- the leaders and character is second to none in my opinion. No way we would quit on a season."

--TE Brandon Manumaleuna's father, Frank, played for the Chiefs from 1979-81.

--Ex-Chargers LB Donnie Edwards (knee), the Chargers' leading tackler in each of his five years here before leaving after the 2006 season for K.C., has missed the past three games and isn't expect to play with a knee injury.

--The Chargers head back out on the road with a woeful 1-5 mark away from Qualcomm. The reason? "I don't think there is a definitive answer for that," Rivers said.

--The Chargers' Sunday night game against Tampa Bay on Dec. 21 has been bumped with the team's fading chances of making the playoffs. The game will now be played in the afternoon at Tampa. Fla.

--The Chargers have said they will not raise ticket prices for the 2009 season. They will also expand their family sections, which prohibit alcohol consumption.

--The Chargers won in Kansas City last year and are attempting consecutive victories at Arrowhead for the first time since 1980-81.

--K.C. defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham was a Chargers coach from 1985-90.

--Chiefs T Damion McIntosh played on the Chargers' 1-15 team of 2000.

BY THE NUMBERS: 11 -- Times these teams have played a game that ended in a one-point margin. That's the most one-point games between two teams since 1960, when the AFL started.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "We're fighting to hopefully finish at .500 and never know if we'll play more after that or not. We're going to keep fighting." -- QB Philip Rivers, on what the disappointing Chargers are playing for down the stretch.