GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: OAKLAND (2-4) at TENNESSEE (4-2)

NFL: OAKLAND at TENNESSEE

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
OAKLAND 3 6 0 0 9
TENNESSEE 3 0 7 3 13 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:27 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 50 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 35 yards in 3:34.
Key plays: Culpepper 22-yard pass to Porter to midfield; Culpepper
8-yard pass to Curry on 3rd-and-6 to Tennessee 39. OAKLAND 3-0.
13:47 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 35 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 49 yards in 5:10.
Key plays: Young 8-yard pass to White on 3rd-and-6 to Tennessee 46;
White 11-yard run to Oakland 33; Henry 13-yard run to Oakland 22. OAKLAND
3-3.

2ND QUARTER:

9:42 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 43 YD.
Drive: 14 plays, 55 yards in 8:38.
Key plays: Culpepper 11-yard pass to Porter on 3rd-and-8 to Oakland
44; Culpepper 10-yard pass to Curry on 3rd-and-3 to Tennessee 39;
Culpepper 10-yard pass to Miller to Tennessee 34; 5-yard neutral zone
infraction penalty on Titans' Haynesworth on 3rd-and-5 to Tennessee 29.
OAKLAND 6-3.
15:00 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 54 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards in 2:21.
Key plays: Culpepper 17-yard pass to Fargas to Tennessee 48;
Culpepper 14-yard pass to Williams to Tennessee 33. OAKLAND 9-3.

3RD QUARTER:

12:36 TEN - TD, CHRIS HENRY 24 YD RUN (ROB BIRONAS KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in 1:51.
Key plays: White 27-yard run to Oakland 38; White 14-yard run to
Oakland 24. TENNESSEE 10-9.

4TH QUARTER:

3:38 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 23 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 0:59.
Key plays: LaBoy recovery of Culpepper fumble at Oakland 9.
TENNESSEE 13-9.

OAKLAND - TENNESSEE Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS OAKLAND TENNESSEE

FIRST DOWNS 14 11
Rushing 5 8
Passing 7 3
Penalty 2 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-16-31% 3-13-23%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 235 218
Total offensive plays 64 52
Average gain per play 3.7 4.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 92 192
Rushing attempts 27 36
Average gain per rush 3.4 5.3
Tackles for loss-yards 5-10 2-5
NET YARDS PASSING 143 26
Times sacked: Number-Yards 5-24 2-16
Gross passing yards 167 42
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-15-1 14-6-0
Avg gain per pass play 3.9 1.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-1 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-51.8 8-47.1
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 46.3 43.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 33 27
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-33 4-27
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-78 2-32
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 14-100 7-62
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 4-1 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 0 1
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-2-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 32:37 27:23


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

OAKLAND TENNESSEE

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J FARGAS 12 61 5.1 17 0 L WHITE 25 133 5.3 27 0
L JORDAN 12 16 1.3 7 0 C HENRY 4 48 12.0 24 1
D CULPEPPER 2 9 4.5 9 0 V YOUNG 7 11 1.6 6 0
J GRIFFITH 1 6 6.0 6 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D CULPEPPER 15-32-167 1 0 27 V YOUNG 6-14- 42 0 0 12

Sacked-Yards Lost: D CULPEPPER 5-24. Sacked-Yards Lost: V YOUNG 2-16.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J PORTER 4 46 11.5 22 0 J GAGE 2 19 9.5 12 0
R CURRY 3 45 15.0 27 0 B SCAIFE 2 12 6.0 8 0
J FARGAS 3 36 12.0 17 0 L WHITE 1 8 8.0 8 0
M WILLIAMS 2 20 10.0 14 0 R WILLIAMS 1 3 3.0 3 0
Z MILLER 2 19 9.5 10 0
O O'NEAL 1 1 1.0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C HOPE 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S LECHLER 6 311 51.8 1 1 70 C HENTRICH 8 377 47.1 1 1 62

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C CARR 3 24 8.0 14 0 C DAVIS 4 27 6.8 17 0
J HIGGINS JR. 1 9 9.0 9 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D RHODES 2 48 24.0 26 0 C DAVIS 1 19 19.0 19 0
C CARR 2 30 15.0 21 0 C CRAMER 1 13 13.0 13 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
S JANIKOWSKI 0/0 3/3 R BIRONAS 1/1 2/2
Dist.: 50 43 54 Dist.: 35 23

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D CULPEPPER 4 1 0 1-0 V YOUNG 1 0 0 1-0
L JORDAN 0 0 0 1-0 K VANDEN BOSCH 0 0 1 0-0
B SIMS 0 0 0 1-0 T LABOY 0 0 1 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
K MORRISON 12 8 4 0-0 D THORNTON 12 9 3 0-0
M HUFF 6 6 0 0-0 C FINNEGAN 6 6 0 0-0
S SCHWEIGERT 6 4 2 0-0 K BULLUCK 6 5 1 0-0
T HOWARD 6 4 2 0-0 C HOPE 6 5 1 0-0
T KELLY 5 4 1 0-0 T BROWN 6 3 3 0-0
T SANDS 4 4 0 0-0 R FOWLER 5 4 1 0-0
R THOMAS 4 3 1 0-0 K VANDEN BOSCH 4 2 2 1-2
W SAPP 2 2 0 1-7 M GRIFFIN 4 2 2 0-0
J RICHARDSON 2 2 0 0-0 T LABOY 3 2 1 2-12
D BURGESS 2 1 1 1-9 A HAYNESWORTH 3 2 1 1-4
S ROUTT 2 1 1 0-0 N HARPER 3 2 1 0-0
N ASOMUGHA 1 1 0 0-0 A ODOM 2 2 0 1-6
C CARR 1 1 0 0-0 B FISHER 2 2 0 0-0
J ALSTON 1 0 1 0-0 R STARKS 1 1 0 0-0

Att: 69,143</div>

 

NFL: OAKLAND at TENNESSEE

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
OAKLAND 9
TENNESSEE 13 FINAL</div>

 

By Jim Diamond
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) - In a game billed as a battle oftwo highly rated rush defenses, the Tennessee Titans finallyestablished their running game in the second half to defeat theOakland Raiders, 13-9, on Sunday.


LenDale White rushed for a career-high 133 yards on 25 carriesand backup Chris Henry added 48 yards and scored the onlytouchdown as the Titans handed the Raiders their third straightdefeat.


Tennessee has to turn back a late drive by the Raiders, whomoved to the Titans' 26-yard line with 2:00 remaining.

The Titans defense stiffened, with Alfred Haynesworth sackingDaunte Culpepper before Mike Williams dropped a pass on4th-and-14 to seal it.


In the first half, both teams failed to generate muchoffensively. The Raiders held the Titans to just 70 totalsyards and allowing Tennessee just three first downs.

The game's first touchdown wasn't scored until 2:24 wasremaining in the third quarter. Henry's 24-yard touchdown runcompleted a four play 69-yard drive for a 10-9 lead. Henry'srun came after back-to-back runs by White of 27 and 14 yards.

White was the workhorse for the Titans, gaining 96 of his 133yards in the second half.


After playing four of their first six games on the road,Sunday's game against the Raiders was the first game of athree-game homestand for the Titans.


Rob Bironas accounted for Tennessee's only first-half pointswith a 35-yard field goal with 1:04 remaining in the firstquarter. Bironas had kicked an NFL-record eight field goals inlast week's 38-36 win over the Houston Texans.


Culpepper was an efficient 10-of-19 for 122 yards in the firsthalf, but the Raiders were unable to reach the end zone. Allnine Oakland points came from the left foot of kick SebastianJanikowski.


Janikowski connected on field goals of 50, 43, and 54 yards.The 54-yard field goal came as time expired in the first half.

Vince Young returned to the Titan's starting lineup aftermissing last week's game at Houston with a strained rightquadriceps. He completed just 6-of-14 passes for 42 yards.

After a Travis LaBoy sack and forced fumble gave Tennesseepossession at Oakland's 9-yard line with 12:21 remaining in thefourth quarter, the Titans were only able to add another Bironasfield goal to extend their lead to 13-9.

 

NFL: OAKLAND at TENNESSEE

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
OAKLAND 3 6 0 0 9
TENNESSEE 3 0 7 3 13 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:27 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 50 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 35 yards in 3:34.
Key plays: Culpepper 22-yard pass to Porter to midfield; Culpepper
8-yard pass to Curry on 3rd-and-6 to Tennessee 39. OAKLAND 3-0.
13:47 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 35 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 49 yards in 5:10.
Key plays: Young 8-yard pass to White on 3rd-and-6 to Tennessee 46;
White 11-yard run to Oakland 33; Henry 13-yard run to Oakland 22. OAKLAND
3-3.

2ND QUARTER:

9:42 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 43 YD.
Drive: 14 plays, 55 yards in 8:38.
Key plays: Culpepper 11-yard pass to Porter on 3rd-and-8 to Oakland
44; Culpepper 10-yard pass to Curry on 3rd-and-3 to Tennessee 39;
Culpepper 10-yard pass to Miller to Tennessee 34; 5-yard neutral zone
infraction penalty on Titans' Haynesworth on 3rd-and-5 to Tennessee 29.
OAKLAND 6-3.
15:00 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 54 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards in 2:21.
Key plays: Culpepper 17-yard pass to Fargas to Tennessee 48;
Culpepper 14-yard pass to M Williams to Tennessee 33. OAKLAND 9-3.

3RD QUARTER:

12:36 TEN - TD, CHRIS HENRY 24 YD RUN (ROB BIRONAS KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in 1:51.
Key plays: White 27-yard run to Oakland 38; White 14-yard run to
Oakland 24. TENNESSEE 10-9.

4TH QUARTER:

3:38 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 23 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 0:59.
Key plays: LaBoy recovery of Culpepper fumble at Oakland 9.
TENNESSEE 13-9.

OAKLAND - TENNESSEE Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS OAKLAND TENNESSEE

FIRST DOWNS 14 11
Rushing 5 8
Passing 7 3
Penalty 2 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-16-31% 3-13-23%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 235 218
Total offensive plays 64 52
Average gain per play 3.7 4.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 92 192
Rushing attempts 27 36
Average gain per rush 3.4 5.3
Tackles for loss-yards 5-10 2-5
NET YARDS PASSING 143 26
Times sacked: Number-Yards 5-24 2-16
Gross passing yards 167 42
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-15-1 14-6-0
Avg gain per pass play 3.9 1.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-1 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-51.8 8-47.1
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 46.3 43.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 33 27
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-33 4-27
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-78 2-32
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 14-100 7-62
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 4-1 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 0 1
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-2-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 32:37 27:23


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

OAKLAND TENNESSEE

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J FARGAS 12 61 5.1 17 0 L WHITE 25 133 5.3 27 0
L JORDAN 12 16 1.3 7 0 C HENRY 4 48 12.0 24 1
D CULPEPPER 2 9 4.5 9 0 V YOUNG 7 11 1.6 6 0
J GRIFFITH 1 6 6.0 6 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D CULPEPPER 15-32-167 1 0 27 V YOUNG 6-14- 42 0 0 12

Sacked-Yards Lost: D CULPEPPER 5-24. Sacked-Yards Lost: V YOUNG 2-16.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J PORTER 4 46 11.5 22 0 J GAGE 2 19 9.5 12 0
R CURRY 3 45 15.0 27 0 B SCAIFE 2 12 6.0 8 0
J FARGAS 3 36 12.0 17 0 L WHITE 1 8 8.0 8 0
M WILLIAMS 2 20 10.0 14 0 R WILLIAMS 1 3 3.0 3 0
Z MILLER 2 19 9.5 10 0
O O'NEAL 1 1 1.0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C HOPE 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S LECHLER 6 311 51.8 1 1 70 C HENTRICH 8 377 47.1 1 1 62

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C CARR 3 24 8.0 14 0 C DAVIS 4 27 6.8 17 0
J HIGGINS JR. 1 9 9.0 9 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D RHODES 2 48 24.0 26 0 C DAVIS 1 19 19.0 19 0
C CARR 2 30 15.0 21 0 C CRAMER 1 13 13.0 13 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
S JANIKOWSKI 0/0 3/3 R BIRONAS 1/1 2/2
Dist.: 50 43 54 Dist.: 35 23

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D CULPEPPER 4 1 0 1-0 V YOUNG 1 0 0 1-0
L JORDAN 0 0 0 1-0 K VANDEN BOSCH 0 0 1 0-0
B SIMS 0 0 0 1-0 T LABOY 0 0 1 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
K MORRISON 12 8 4 0-0 D THORNTON 12 9 3 0-0
M HUFF 6 6 0 0-0 C FINNEGAN 6 6 0 0-0
S SCHWEIGERT 6 4 2 0-0 K BULLUCK 6 5 1 0-0
T HOWARD 6 4 2 0-0 C HOPE 6 5 1 0-0
T KELLY 5 4 1 0-0 T BROWN 6 3 3 0-0
T SANDS 4 4 0 0-0 R FOWLER 5 4 1 0-0
R THOMAS 4 3 1 0-0 K VANDEN BOSCH 4 2 2 1-2
W SAPP 2 2 0 1-7 M GRIFFIN 4 2 2 0-0
J RICHARDSON 2 2 0 0-0 T LABOY 3 2 1 2-12
D BURGESS 2 1 1 1-9 A HAYNESWORTH 3 2 1 1-4
S ROUTT 2 1 1 0-0 N HARPER 3 2 1 0-0
N ASOMUGHA 1 1 0 0-0 A ODOM 2 2 0 1-6
C CARR 1 1 0 0-0 B FISHER 2 2 0 0-0
J ALSTON 1 0 1 0-0 R STARKS 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Walt Anderson, Umpire-Butch Hanna, Head
Linesman-Phil Mckinnely, Line Judge-Byron Boston, Field Judge-Terry
Brown, Side Judge-Rick Patterson, Back Judge-Billy Smith.

Att: 69,143 Time of Game: 2:52</div>

 

By Jim Diamond
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) - In a game billed as a battle oftwo highly rated rush defenses, the Tennessee Titans finallyestablished their running game in the second half to defeat theOakland Raiders, 13-9, on Sunday.


LenDale White rushed for a career-high 133 yards on 25 carriesand backup Chris Henry added 48 yards and scored the onlytouchdown as the Titans handed the Raiders their third straightdefeat.


"The game play this week was to go three tight ends and poundthe ball hard on the run," Titans quarterback Vince Young said."In the passing game, we had some dropped balls and somemiscommunications, we just all need to get on the same page."

Tennessee (5-2) had to turn back a late drive by the Raiders,who moved to the Titans' 26-yard line with 2:00 remaining.

The Titans defense stiffened, with Alfred Haynesworth sackingDaunte Culpepper before Mike Williams dropped a pass on4th-and-14 to seal it.


"Mike is a big-play player, I have all the confidence in theworld in him, but he just didn't make the play right there,"Culpepper said. "If we had the same situation again, I would goright back to him if his number is called and he is open."

"It was a drop," Williams said. "It's a situation that you wantto be in as a player, and it just didn't work out."

In the first half, both teams failed to generate muchoffensively. The Raiders (2-5) held the Titans to just 70totals yards and allowing Tennessee just three first downs.

The game's first touchdown wasn't scored until 2:24 wasremaining in the third quarter. Henry's 24-yard touchdown runcompleted a four play 69-yard drive for a 10-9 lead.

"The difference in the game was the four-play 69-yard drive withfour runs," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. "That turned thegame around for us."


Henry's touchdown came after back-to-back runs by White of 27and 14 yards.


"Our offensive line wore their defensive front down," Henrysaid. "It's so easy to run and be comfortable behind them, I amjust taking my steps and seeing the plays develop."

White was the workhorse for the Titans, gaining 96 of his 133yards in the second half.


"Now that I am finally in the offense, I'm getting comfortable,"White said. "Things are slowing down for me, I'm able to hitthe holes and I am really feeling this offense."


After playing four of their first six games on the road,Sunday's game against the Raiders was the first game of athree-game homestand for the Titans.


Rob Bironas accounted for Tennessee's only first-half pointswith a 35-yard field goal with 1:04 remaining in the firstquarter. Bironas had kicked an NFL-record eight field goals inlast week's 38-36 win over the Houston Texans.


"This is a disappointing loss for our defense," Raiders coachLane Kiffin said. "They played great today, and everything wetalked about all week about what we needed to do to win thegame, our defense did it."


Culpepper was an efficient 10-of-19 for 122 yards in the firsthalf, but the Raiders were unable to reach the end zone. Hefinished 15-of-32 for 167 yards and an interception.

All nine Oakland points came from the left foot of kickSebastian Janikowski, who connected on field goals of 50, 43,and 54 yards. The 54-yarder came as time expired in the firsthalf.


"There is not a weak spot on our defensive line," Titansdefensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch said. "We are going to getafter people because we have playmakers all the way across."

Young returned to the Titans' starting lineup after missing lastweek's game at Houston with a strained right quadriceps. Hecompleted just 6-of-14 passes for 42 yards.


"We had some difficulty throwing the football," Fisher said."They were taking things away, but we hung in there and found away to win the ballgame."


After a Travis LaBoy sack and forced fumble gave Tennesseepossession at Oakland's 9-yard line with 12:21 remaining in thefourth quarter, the Titans were only able to add another Bironasfield goal to extend their lead to 13-9.


"I got off the ball really well and came around the corner andwas able to wrap Culpepper up," LaBoy said.

 

By Jim Diamond
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) - In a game billed as a battle oftwo highly rated rush defenses, the Tennessee Titans finallyestablished their running game in the second half to defeat theOakland Raiders, 13-9, on Sunday.


LenDale White rushed for a career-high 133 yards on 25 carriesand backup Chris Henry added 48 yards and scored the onlytouchdown as the Titans handed the Raiders their third straightdefeat.


"The game play this week was to go three tight ends and poundthe ball hard on the run," Titans quarterback Vince Young said."In the passing game, we had some dropped balls and somemiscommunications, we just all need to get on the same page."

Tennessee (5-2) had to turn back a late drive by the Raiders,who moved to the Titans' 26-yard line with 2:00 remaining.

The Titans defense stiffened, with Alfred Haynesworth sackingDaunte Culpepper before Mike Williams dropped a pass on4th-and-14 to seal it.


"Mike is a big-play player, I have all the confidence in theworld in him, but he just didn't make the play right there,"Culpepper said. "If we had the same situation again, I would goright back to him if his number is called and he is open."

"It was a drop," Williams said. "It's a situation that you wantto be in as a player, and it just didn't work out."

In the first half, both teams failed to generate muchoffensively. The Raiders (2-5) held the Titans to just 70totals yards and allowing Tennessee just three first downs.

The game's first touchdown wasn't scored until 2:24 wasremaining in the third quarter. Henry's 24-yard touchdown runcompleted a four play 69-yard drive for a 10-9 lead.

"The difference in the game was the four-play 69-yard drive withfour runs," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. "That turned thegame around for us."


Henry's touchdown came after back-to-back runs by White of 27and 14 yards.


"Our offensive line wore their defensive front down," Henrysaid. "It's so easy to run and be comfortable behind them, I amjust taking my steps and seeing the plays develop."

White was the workhorse for the Titans, gaining 96 of his 133yards in the second half.


"Now that I am finally in the offense, I'm getting comfortable,"White said. "Things are slowing down for me, I'm able to hitthe holes and I am really feeling this offense."


After playing four of their first six games on the road,Sunday's game against the Raiders was the first game of athree-game homestand for the Titans.


Rob Bironas accounted for Tennessee's only first-half pointswith a 35-yard field goal with 1:04 remaining in the firstquarter. Bironas had kicked an NFL-record eight field goals inlast week's 38-36 win over the Houston Texans.


"This is a disappointing loss for our defense," Raiders coachLane Kiffin said. "They played great today, and everything wetalked about all week about what we needed to do to win thegame, our defense did it."


Culpepper was an efficient 10-of-19 for 122 yards in the firsthalf, but the Raiders were unable to reach the end zone. Hefinished 15-of-32 for 167 yards and an interception.

All nine Oakland points came from the left foot of kickSebastian Janikowski, who connected on field goals of 50, 43,and 54 yards. The 54-yarder came as time expired in the firsthalf.


"There is not a weak spot on our defensive line," Titansdefensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch said. "We are going to getafter people because we have playmakers all the way across."

Young returned to the Titans' starting lineup after missing lastweek's game at Houston with a strained right quadriceps. Hecompleted just 6-of-14 passes for 42 yards.


"We had some difficulty throwing the football," Fisher said."They were taking things away, but we hung in there and found away to win the ballgame."


After a Travis LaBoy sack and forced fumble gave Tennesseepossession at Oakland's 9-yard line with 12:21 remaining in thefourth quarter, the Titans were only able to add another Bironasfield goal to extend their lead to 13-9.


"I got off the ball really well and came around the corner andwas able to wrap Culpepper up," LaBoy said.

 

NFL: OAKLAND at TENNESSEE

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
OAKLAND 3 6 0 0 9
TENNESSEE 3 0 7 3 13 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:27 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 50 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 35 yards in 3:34.
Key plays: Culpepper 22-yard pass to Porter to midfield; Culpepper
8-yard pass to Curry on 3rd-and-6 to Tennessee 39. OAKLAND 3-0.
13:47 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 35 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 49 yards in 5:10.
Key plays: Young 8-yard pass to White on 3rd-and-6 to Tennessee 46;
White 11-yard run to Oakland 33; Henry 13-yard run to Oakland 22. OAKLAND
3-3.

2ND QUARTER:

9:42 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 43 YD.
Drive: 14 plays, 55 yards in 8:38.
Key plays: Culpepper 11-yard pass to Porter on 3rd-and-8 to Oakland
44; Culpepper 10-yard pass to Curry on 3rd-and-3 to Tennessee 39;
Culpepper 10-yard pass to Miller to Tennessee 34; 5-yard neutral zone
infraction penalty on Titans' Haynesworth on 3rd-and-5 to Tennessee 29.
OAKLAND 6-3.
15:00 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 54 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards in 2:21.
Key plays: Culpepper 17-yard pass to Fargas to Tennessee 48;
Culpepper 14-yard pass to M Williams to Tennessee 33. OAKLAND 9-3.

3RD QUARTER:

12:36 TEN - TD, CHRIS HENRY 24 YD RUN (ROB BIRONAS KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in 1:51.
Key plays: White 27-yard run to Oakland 38; White 14-yard run to
Oakland 24. TENNESSEE 10-9.

4TH QUARTER:

3:38 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 23 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 0:59.
Key plays: LaBoy recovery of Culpepper fumble at Oakland 9.
TENNESSEE 13-9.

OAKLAND - TENNESSEE Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS OAKLAND TENNESSEE

FIRST DOWNS 14 11
Rushing 5 8
Passing 7 3
Penalty 2 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-16-31% 3-13-23%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 235 218
Total offensive plays 64 52
Average gain per play 3.7 4.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 92 192
Rushing attempts 27 36
Average gain per rush 3.4 5.3
Tackles for loss-yards 5-10 2-5
NET YARDS PASSING 143 26
Times sacked: Number-Yards 5-24 2-16
Gross passing yards 167 42
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-15-1 14-6-0
Avg gain per pass play 3.9 1.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-1 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-51.8 8-47.1
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 46.3 43.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 33 27
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-33 4-27
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-78 2-32
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 14-100 7-62
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 4-1 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 0 1
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-2-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 32:37 27:23


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

OAKLAND TENNESSEE

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J FARGAS 12 61 5.1 17 0 L WHITE 25 133 5.3 27 0
L JORDAN 12 16 1.3 7 0 C HENRY 4 48 12.0 24 1
D CULPEPPE 2 9 4.5 9 0 V YOUNG 7 11 1.6 6 0
J GRIFFITH 1 6 6.0 6 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D CULPEPPE 15-32-167 1 0 27 V YOUNG 6-14- 42 0 0 12

Sacked-Yards Lost: D CULPEPPE 5-24. Sacked-Yards Lost: V YOUNG 2-16.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J PORTER 4 46 11.5 22 0 J GAGE 2 19 9.5 12 0
R CURRY 3 45 15.0 27 0 B SCAIFE 2 12 6.0 8 0
J FARGAS 3 36 12.0 17 0 L WHITE 1 8 8.0 8 0
M WILLIAMS 2 20 10.0 14 0 R WILLIAMS 1 3 3.0 3 0
Z MILLER 2 19 9.5 10 0
O O'NEAL 1 1 1.0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C HOPE 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S LECHLER 6 311 51.8 1 1 70 C HENTRICH 8 377 47.1 1 1 62

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C CARR 3 24 8.0 14 0 C DAVIS 4 27 6.8 17 0
J HIGGINS JR. 1 9 9.0 9 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D RHODES 2 48 24.0 26 0 C DAVIS 1 19 19.0 19 0
C CARR 2 30 15.0 21 0 C CRAMER 1 13 13.0 13 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
S JANIKOWS 0/0 3/3 R BIRONAS 1/1 2/2
Dist.: 50 43 54 Dist.: 35 23

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D CULPEPPER 4 1 0 1-0 V YOUNG 1 0 0 1-0
L JORDAN 0 0 0 1-0 K VANDEN BOSCH 0 0 1 0-0
B SIMS 0 0 0 1-0 T LABOY 0 0 1 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
K MORRISON 12 8 4 0-0 D THORNTON 12 9 3 0-0
M HUFF 6 6 0 0-0 C FINNEGAN 6 6 0 0-0
S SCHWEIGERT 6 4 2 0-0 K BULLUCK 6 5 1 0-0
T HOWARD 6 4 2 0-0 C HOPE 6 5 1 0-0
T KELLY 5 4 1 0-0 T BROWN 6 3 3 0-0
T SANDS 4 4 0 0-0 R FOWLER 5 4 1 0-0
R THOMAS 4 3 1 0-0 K VANDEN BOSCH 4 2 2 1-2
W SAPP 2 2 0 1-7 M GRIFFIN 4 2 2 0-0
J RICHARDSON 2 2 0 0-0 T LABOY 3 2 1 2-12
D BURGESS 2 1 1 1-9 A HAYNESWORTH 3 2 1 1-4
S ROUTT 2 1 1 0-0 N HARPER 3 2 1 0-0
N ASOMUGHA 1 1 0 0-0 A ODOM 2 2 0 1-6
C CARR 1 1 0 0-0 B FISHER 2 2 0 0-0
J ALSTON 1 0 1 0-0 R STARKS 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Walt Anderson, Umpire-Butch Hanna, Head
Linesman-Phil Mckinnely, Line Judge-Byron Boston, Field Judge-Terry
Brown, Side Judge-Rick Patterson, Back Judge-Billy Smith.

Att: 69,143 Time of Game: 2:52</div>

 

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Re: NFL: OAKLAND (2-4) at TENNESSEE (4-2)

This was like getting in a time machine and revisiting any of 14 games last year. Zero blocking. Lamont Jordan looking for the biggest pile to run into, and finding it 12 times for 16 yards. Is this guy kidding? Isn't Dominick Rhodes over there somewhere?</p>

Mike Williams demonstrating how <u>not</u> to catch a football. Over 100 yards in penalties. Barry Sims cant count to 2 !!! I mean, I know he cant block, but I thought for sure he could count. Robert Gallery with another rendition of his famous "Rusty Gate" blocking technique. If this O line had a nickname it would probably be "The Lookouts".</p>

Culpepper seems to have a "dead spot" on his hand. Seems like the snap from center hits a certain spot on his hand and it goes numb for a second or two. I aint a doctor, but I drove past a Holiday Inn today. OK ? Sue me.</p>

It doesn't happen on every play, but I saw this 4 or 5 times in the Titans game. If we get beat by Houston due to penalties, fumbled snaps, etc. it may be time to put Russell in there and ride the last 8 games with him.</p>

Janikowski IS the offense.</p>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
OAKLAND 3 6 0 0 9
TENNESSEE 3 0 7 3 13 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:27 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 50 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 35 yards in 3:34.
Key plays: Culpepper 22-yard pass to Porter to midfield; Culpepper
8-yard pass to Curry on 3rd-and-6 to Tennessee 39. OAKLAND 3-0.
13:47 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 35 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 49 yards in 5:10.
Key plays: Young 8-yard pass to White on 3rd-and-6 to Tennessee 46;
White 11-yard run to Oakland 33; Henry 13-yard run to Oakland 22. OAKLAND
3-3.

2ND QUARTER:

9:42 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 43 YD.
Drive: 14 plays, 55 yards in 8:38.
Key plays: Culpepper 11-yard pass to Porter on 3rd-and-8 to Oakland
44; Culpepper 10-yard pass to Curry on 3rd-and-3 to Tennessee 39;
Culpepper 10-yard pass to Miller to Tennessee 34; 5-yard neutral zone
infraction penalty on Titans' Haynesworth on 3rd-and-5 to Tennessee 29.
OAKLAND 6-3.
15:00 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 54 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards in 2:21.
Key plays: Culpepper 17-yard pass to Fargas to Tennessee 48;
Culpepper 14-yard pass to M Williams to Tennessee 33. OAKLAND 9-3.

3RD QUARTER:

12:36 TEN - TD, CHRIS HENRY 24 YD RUN (ROB BIRONAS KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in 1:51.
Key plays: White 27-yard run to Oakland 38; White 14-yard run to
Oakland 24. TENNESSEE 10-9.

4TH QUARTER:

3:38 TEN - FG, ROB BIRONAS 23 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 0:59.
Key plays: LaBoy recovery of Culpepper fumble at Oakland 9.
TENNESSEE 13-9.

OAKLAND - TENNESSEE Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS OAKLAND TENNESSEE

FIRST DOWNS 14 11
Rushing 5 8
Passing 7 3
Penalty 2 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-16-31% 3-13-23%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 235 218
Total offensive plays 64 52
Average gain per play 3.7 4.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 92 192
Rushing attempts 27 36
Average gain per rush 3.4 5.3
Tackles for loss-yards 5-10 2-5
NET YARDS PASSING 143 26
Times sacked: Number-Yards 5-24 2-16
Gross passing yards 167 42
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-15-1 14-6-0
Avg gain per pass play 3.9 1.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-1 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-51.8 8-47.1
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 46.3 43.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 33 27
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-33 4-27
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-78 2-32
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 14-100 7-62
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 4-1 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 0 1
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-2-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 32:37 27:23


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

OAKLAND TENNESSEE

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J FARGAS 12 61 5.1 17 0 L WHITE 25 133 5.3 27 0
L JORDAN 12 16 1.3 7 0 C HENRY 4 48 12.0 24 1
D CULPEPPE 2 9 4.5 9 0 V YOUNG 7 11 1.6 6 0
J GRIFFITH 1 6 6.0 6 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D CULPEPPE 15-32-167 1 0 27 V YOUNG 6-14- 42 0 0 12

Sacked-Yards Lost: D CULPEPPE 5-24. Sacked-Yards Lost: V YOUNG 2-16.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J PORTER 4 46 11.5 22 0 J GAGE 2 19 9.5 12 0
R CURRY 3 45 15.0 27 0 B SCAIFE 2 12 6.0 8 0
J FARGAS 3 36 12.0 17 0 L WHITE 1 8 8.0 8 0
M WILLIAMS 2 20 10.0 14 0 R WILLIAMS 1 3 3.0 3 0
Z MILLER 2 19 9.5 10 0
O O'NEAL 1 1 1.0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C HOPE 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S LECHLER 6 311 51.8 1 1 70 C HENTRICH 8 377 47.1 1 1 62

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C CARR 3 24 8.0 14 0 C DAVIS 4 27 6.8 17 0
J HIGGINS JR. 1 9 9.0 9 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D RHODES 2 48 24.0 26 0 C DAVIS 1 19 19.0 19 0
C CARR 2 30 15.0 21 0 C CRAMER 1 13 13.0 13 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
S JANIKOWS 0/0 3/3 R BIRONAS 1/1 2/2
Dist.: 50 43 54 Dist.: 35 23

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D CULPEPPER 4 1 0 1-0 V YOUNG 1 0 0 1-0
L JORDAN 0 0 0 1-0 K VANDEN BOSCH 0 0 1 0-0
B SIMS 0 0 0 1-0 T LABOY 0 0 1 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
K MORRISON 12 8 4 0-0 D THORNTON 12 9 3 0-0
M HUFF 6 6 0 0-0 C FINNEGAN 6 6 0 0-0
S SCHWEIGERT 6 4 2 0-0 K BULLUCK 6 5 1 0-0
T HOWARD 6 4 2 0-0 C HOPE 6 5 1 0-0
T KELLY 5 4 1 0-0 T BROWN 6 3 3 0-0
T SANDS 4 4 0 0-0 R FOWLER 5 4 1 0-0
R THOMAS 4 3 1 0-0 K VANDEN BOSCH 4 2 2 1-2
W SAPP 2 2 0 1-7 M GRIFFIN 4 2 2 0-0
J RICHARDSON 2 2 0 0-0 T LABOY 3 2 1 2-12
D BURGESS 2 1 1 1-9 A HAYNESWORTH 3 2 1 1-4
S ROUTT 2 1 1 0-0 N HARPER 3 2 1 0-0
N ASOMUGHA 1 1 0 0-0 A ODOM 2 2 0 1-6
C CARR 1 1 0 0-0 B FISHER 2 2 0 0-0
J ALSTON 1 0 1 0-0 R STARKS 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Walt Anderson, Umpire-Butch Hanna, Head
Linesman-Phil Mckinnely, Line Judge-Byron Boston, Field Judge-Terry
Brown, Side Judge-Rick Patterson, Back Judge-Billy Smith.

Att: 69,143 Time of Game: 2:52</div>

 

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