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Beefed-up security and more police officers may be responsible for the relatively tame crowd at Sunday’s Chargers-Raiders National Football League game at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium, officials said.

Of the 59,100 fans who attended Sunday night’s game, only five people were jailed on drunk and disorderly charges, said Lt. Bill Hoover of the San Diego Police Department. Officers also issued 44 citations for other infractions, he said.

Another 18 people were ejected from the game, 16 were taken to a detoxification center and 17 were questioned by police, Hoover said.

Willie O’Ree, director of Strategic Security, the private firm hired by the Chargers to handle security for Charger home games, said: “It went a lot smoother than expected. We were afraid fights would break out after the Raiders took the lead, but then the Chargers took the lead, and everything mellowed out.”

O’Ree said he had about 100 security officers working the game. He said a crew of 50 is normal for a Chargers game.

When the Chargers played the Philadelphia Eagles Nov. 5 at the stadium, police and stadium security broke up more than 50 fights, made nine arrests and ejected 15 disorderly fans from the game.