The Chargers will have to wait a few more weeks to record their first win inside SoFi Stadium after dropping today’s matchup in a 21-16 blunder that ended on a botched hook n’ ladder from Keenan Allen to Austin Ekeler. That play would have been the game-winner as Ekeler had nobody in front of him, but the lateral wasn’t on point from Allen and the ball was fumbled away as time expired.
Both teams started slow with each going three-and-out through their opening drives. Carolina was the first to get on the board when Joey Slye converted a 29-yard field goal following a six-play, 37-yard drive.