The San Diego Chargers say Sunday's home game against the Baltimore Ravens will be blacked out in Southern California because
more than 9,000 general-admission tickets remained unsold 72 hours before kickoff.
It will be the
second blackout this season for the Chargers (4-6), who are desperately trying to remain alive in the wild-card race. Their home game against Atlanta on Sept. 23 was blacked out, as well.
The blackout for their game against Kansas City on Nov. 1 was lifted only after several corporate sponsors guaranteed the sale of an estimated 10,000 tickets.
San Diego is three games behind Denver in the AFC West race, a deficit that's more like four games since the Broncos swept the season series.
Of the three remaining home games after Sunday,
only the season finale against the Oakland Raiders has a realistic chance of selling out.