Fri Oct 26 15:56:22 2007

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Chargers/Texans will play in San Diego on Sunday

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San Diego, CA (Sports Network) - The San Diego Chargers and the Houston Texans will play as scheduled Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium, the NFL announced Friday, despite the recent wildfires in Southern California.

The game will kick off, as scheduled, at 4:05 (et), even though the stadium has been used this week as a temporary housing facility for the thousands of people that are without homes due to the still-burning wildfires. The Chargers moved their practices to Arizona, and the league considered playing the game in Houston, or pushing the game back to Monday night.

Recent subsiding of the fires prompted the city of San Diego to okay the game as scheduled. Mayor Jerry Sanders released the following statement regarding the game.

"Qualcomm Stadium will be ready for NFL football by this weekend. The city will be able to provide sufficient public safety personnel to manage a professional football game without impeding ongoing wildfire recovery efforts. I informed the Chargers late Thursday that should they decide to play their game at Qualcomm this weekend, the stadium will be ready."