NFL: DENVER at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL TD OAK JUSTIN FARGAS 5 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK) DENVER 20 OAKLAND 34 3:04 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: DENVER at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL DENVER 20 OAKLAND 34 2:54 LEFT, 4TH QTR DEN BALL ON DEN 31 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: DENVER at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL DENVER 20 OAKLAND 34 2:28 LEFT, 4TH QTR OAK BALL ON DEN 34 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: DENVER at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF DENVER 20 OAKLAND 34 OAK BALL ON DEN 30 YD LINE 2ND AND 6</div>
NFL: DENVER at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL DENVER 20 OAKLAND 34 1:02 LEFT, 4TH QTR DEN BALL ON DEN 25 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: DENVER at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DENVER 7 0 6 7 20 OAKLAND 7 7 10 10 34 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: OAK - TD, TIM DWIGHT 17 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK), 6:53. Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards in 6:53. Key plays: Fargas 17-yard run to Oakland 26; 5-yard running into the kicker penalty on Broncos' Sapp on 4th-and-3 to Denver 45; Vargas 6-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Denver 33. OAKLAND 7-0 DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 4 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 14:14. Drive: 13 plays, 83 yards in 7:21. Key plays: Cutler 32-yard pass to Marshall to Oakland 49; Young 9-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 31; Cutler 10-yard pass to Marshall on 3rd-and-8 to Oakland 7. DENVER 7-7 2ND QUARTER: OAK - TD, ZACH MILLER 13 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK), 14:10. Drive: 5 plays, 35 yards in 2:15. Key plays: Brayton recovery of Henry fumble at Denver 35; McCown 9-yard pass to Porter to Denver 21. OAKLAND 14-7 3RD QUARTER: OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 38 YD, 2:17. Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 1:24. Key plays: Howard 7-yard interception return to Denver 27. OAKLAND 17-7 OAK - TD, JERRY PORTER 13 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK), 4:05. Drive: 2 plays, 12 yards in 0:43. Key plays: Clemons recovery of Henry fumble at Denver 12. OAKLAND 24-7 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 29 YD, 7:35. Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards in 3:30. Key plays: Cutler 58-yard pass to Stokley to Oakland 13. OAKLAND 24-10 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 44 YD, 13:23. Drive: 6 plays, 49 yards in 3:03. Key plays: Cutler 33-yard to pass to Stokley to Oakland 42; Cutler 17-yard pass to Scheffler to Oakland 25. OAKLAND 24-13 4TH QUARTER: DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 3 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 3:39. Drive: 9 plays, 35 yards in 3:41. Key plays: Cutler 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 24; Cutler 11-yard pass to Stokley on 3rd-and-10 to Oakland 13. OAKLAND 24-20 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 44 YD, 6:04. Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards in 2:25. Key plays: McCown 26-yard pass to Miller to Denver 45; McCown 19-yard pass to Miller to Denver 26. OAKLAND 27-20 OAK - TD, JUSTIN FARGAS 5 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK), 11:56. Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards in 5:44. Key plays: Washington interception at Denver 43; 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Broncos' Foxworth on 3rd-and-8 to Denver 36; McCown 13-yard pass to Griffith to Denver 24; McCown 11-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Denver 5. OAKLAND 34-20 ATT:</div>
NFL: DENVER at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DENVER 7 0 6 7 20 OAKLAND 7 7 10 10 34 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 6:53 OAK - TD, TIM DWIGHT 17 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards in 6:53. Key plays: Fargas 17-yard run to Oakland 26; 5-yard running into the kicker penalty on Broncos' Sapp on 4th-and-3 to Denver 45; Vargas 6-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Denver 33. OAKLAND 7-0. 14:14 DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 4 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK). Drive: 13 plays, 83 yards in 7:21. Key plays: Cutler 32-yard pass to Marshall to Oakland 49; Young 9-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 31; Cutler 10-yard pass to Marshall on 3rd-and-8 to Oakland 7. DENVER 7-7. 2ND QUARTER: 14:10 OAK - TD, ZACH MILLER 13 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 35 yards in 2:15. Key plays: Brayton recovery of Henry fumble at Denver 35; McCown 9-yard pass to Porter to Denver 21. OAKLAND 14-7. 3RD QUARTER: 2:17 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 38 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 1:24. Key plays: Howard 7-yard interception return to Denver 27. OAKLAND 17-7. 4:05 OAK - TD, JERRY PORTER 13 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 2 plays, 12 yards in 0:43. Key plays: Clemons recovery of Henry fumble at Denver 12. OAKLAND 24-7. 7:35 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 29 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards in 3:30. Key plays: Cutler 58-yard pass to Stokley to Oakland 13. OAKLAND 24-10. 13:23 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 44 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 49 yards in 3:03. Key plays: Cutler 33-yard to pass to Stokley to Oakland 42; Cutler 17-yard pass to Scheffler to Oakland 25. OAKLAND 24-13. 4TH QUARTER: 3:39 DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 3 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 35 yards in 3:41. Key plays: Cutler 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 24; Cutler 11-yard pass to Stokley on 3rd-and-10 to Oakland 13. OAKLAND 24-20. 6:04 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 44 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards in 2:25. Key plays: McCown 26-yard pass to Miller to Denver 45; McCown 19-yard pass to Miller to Denver 26. OAKLAND 27-20. 11:56 OAK - TD, JUSTIN FARGAS 5 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards in 5:44. Key plays: Washington interception at Denver 43; 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Broncos' Foxworth on 3rd-and-8 to Denver 36; McCown 13-yard pass to Griffith to Denver 24; McCown 11-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Denver 5. OAKLAND 34-20. DENVER - OAKLAND Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS DENVER OAKLAND FIRST DOWNS 14 20 Rushing 7 8 Passing 7 10 Penalty 0 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-15-47% 6-15-40% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-2-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 292 372 Total offensive plays 62 69 Average gain per play 4.7 5.4 NET YARDS RUSHING 86 175 Rushing attempts 29 41 Average gain per rush 3.0 4.3 Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 3-4 NET YARDS PASSING 206 197 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-8 0-0 Gross passing yards 214 197 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-16-2 28-18-0 Avg gain per pass play 6.2 7.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-2-2 7-1-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-45.0 1-63.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 40.0 47.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 10 23 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-10 2-16 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-74 3-85 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-7 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-25 3-20 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 3-1 TOUCHDOWNS 2 4 Rushing 2 1 Passing 0 3 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-4 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 4-5-80% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 25:40 34:20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS DENVER OAKLAND RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HENRY 15 49 3.3 9 2 J FARGAS 33 146 4.4 29 1 S YOUNG 7 28 4.0 9 0 J MCCOWN 4 22 5.5 11 0 J CUTLER 6 9 1.5 4 0 J RUSSELL 3 4 1.3 4 0 C SAPP 1 0 0.0 0 0 L JORDAN 1 3 3.0 3 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J CUTLER 16-32-214 2 0 58 J MCCOWN 14-21-141 0 3 26 J RUSSELL 4- 7- 56 0 0 20 Sacked-Yards Lost: J CUTLER 1-8. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B MARSHALL 6 67 11.2 32 0 J PORTER 5 49 9.8 16 1 B STOKLEY 3 102 34.0 58 0 J GRIFFITH 4 23 5.8 13 0 C SAPP 3 4 1.3 2 0 Z MILLER 3 58 19.3 26 1 S YOUNG 2 17 8.5 10 0 R CURRY 3 34 11.3 20 0 T SCHEFFLE 1 17 17.0 17 0 J FARGAS 2 18 9.0 13 0 J WALKER 1 7 7.0 7 0 T DWIGHT 1 15 15.0 15 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HOWARD 1 7 7.0 7 0 F WASHINGTON 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T SAUERBRU 2 90 45.0 0 1 57 S LECHLER 1 63 63.0 0 0 63 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BLY 1 10 10.0 10 0 T DWIGHT 2 16 8.0 16 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T JACOBS 3 35 11.7 15 0 C CARR 3 85 28.3 38 0 C SAPP 2 30 15.0 22 0 S YOUNG 1 9 9.0 9 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J ELAM 2/2 2/2 S JANIKOWS 4/4 2/4 Dist.: 29 44 Dist.: (58) 38 (35) 44 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ J CUTLER 1 1 0 0-0 J MCCOWN 1 1 0 0-0 T HENRY 1 1 0 0-0 J FARGAS 1 0 0 0-0 N WEBSTER 0 0 1 0-0 J RUSSELL 1 0 0 1-0 D WILLIAMS 0 0 0 0-1 R THOMAS 0 0 1 0-0 T BRAYTON 0 0 0 0-1 C CLEMONS 0 0 0 0-1 T DWIGHT 0 0 0 1-0 Z MILLER 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D WILLIAMS 16 13 3 0-0 K MORRISON 10 7 3 0-0 N WEBSTER 10 9 1 0-0 T HOWARD 7 5 2 0-0 J LYNCH 6 5 1 0-0 W SAPP 5 4 1 0-0 J ENGELBERGER 5 5 0 0-0 R THOMAS 5 4 1 0-0 H ABDULLAH 5 3 2 0-0 D BURGESS 4 4 0 0-0 T CROWDER 4 3 1 0-0 M HUFF 4 3 1 0-0 C BAILEY 3 3 0 0-0 H EUGENE 4 3 1 0-0 I GOLD 3 3 0 0-0 S ROUTT 3 2 1 0-0 E DUMERVIL 2 2 0 0-0 J RICHARDSON 2 2 0 1-8 S ADAMS 1 1 0 0-0 - TEAM 2 2 0 0-0 A MCKINLEY 1 1 0 0-0 N ASOMUGHA 2 2 0 0-0 D BLY 1 1 0 0-0 T SANDS 1 1 0 0-0 C MYERS 1 1 0 0-0 F WASHINGTON 1 1 0 0-0 J MALLARD 1 1 0 0-0 G WARREN 1 0 1 0-0 K PAYMAH 1 1 0 0-0 C CARR 1 0 1 0-0 N FERGUSON 1 1 0 0-0 K PETERSON 1 0 1 0-0</div>
OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- JaMarcus Russell finally madehis first appearance in the NFL, but the Oakland Raiders leanedon Josh McCown to help them end their woes against the DenverBroncos. McCown threw three touchdown passes and Justin Fargas ran foranother Sunday as the Raiders posted a 34-20 victory over theBroncos in a battle between AFC West Division rivals. Fargas carried a career-high 30 times for 142 yards for Oakland,which snapped a five-game losing streak to Denver. The first pick of this year's draft, Russell missed all oftraining camp because of a contract dispute and forced theRaiders to sign Daunte Culpepper as an insurance policy. But with Culpepper out with a sore quadriceps, McCown got thestart and Russell was elevated to the No. 2 quarterback. Thatis until early in the second quarter, when Russell made a briefappearance. Russell replaced McCown with 13:48 left in the second andcompleted 4-of-7 passes for 56 yards in two series. He did notplay the rest of the game, mostly because McCown played so well,finishing 14-of-21 for 141 yards. With Oakland on the verge of squandering a two-touchdown lead,McCown responded by leading a six-play, 45-yard drive that wascapped by a 44-yard field goal from Sebastian Janikowski to makethe score 27-20. On the ensuing drive, cornerback Fabian Washington made a divinginterception of a pass from Jay Cutler at the Denver 20-yardline with 8:48 remaining. The play was upheld after achallenge. Fargas then helped the Raiders (4-8) burn over five minutes offthe clock by carrying six times for 24 yards. He scored theback-breaking touchdown from 5 yards out with 3:04 remaining tomake it 34-20. Oakland led, 17-7, in the third quarter after Cutler fumbled atthe Denver 13. One play later, McCown hit Jerry Porter for a13-yard touchdown with 10:55 left. But the Broncos scored 13 unanswered points to pull within 24-20on Travis Henry's second TD run with 11:21 remaining. Henry carried 14 times for 40 yards in his first game back sincepartially tearing his PCL on November 4 in a loss to Detroit.He also is playing in appeal of a one-year suspension forviolating the league's substance abuse policy for the thirdtime. Cutler was 16-of-32 for 214 yards and two interceptions, thelast of which sealed the outcome.
OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- JaMarcus Russell finally madehis first appearance in the NFL, but the Oakland Raiders leanedon Josh McCown to help them end their woes against the DenverBroncos. McCown threw three touchdown passes and Justin Fargas ran foranother Sunday as the Raiders posted a 34-20 victory over theBroncos in a battle between AFC West Division rivals. Fargas carried a career-high 30 times for 142 yards for Oakland,which snapped a five-game losing streak to Denver. The first pick of this year's draft, Russell missed all oftraining camp because of a contract dispute and forced theRaiders to sign Daunte Culpepper as an insurance policy. But with Culpepper out with a sore quadriceps, McCown got thestart and Russell was elevated to the No. 2 quarterback. Thatis until early in the second quarter, when Russell made a briefappearance. Russell replaced McCown with 13:48 left in the second andcompleted 4-of-7 passes for 56 yards in two series. He did notplay the rest of the game, mostly because McCown played so well,finishing 14-of-21 for 141 yards. With Oakland on the verge of squandering a two-touchdown lead,McCown responded by leading a six-play, 45-yard drive that wascapped by a 44-yard field goal from Sebastian Janikowski to makethe score 27-20. On the ensuing drive, cornerback Fabian Washington made a divinginterception of a pass from Jay Cutler at the Denver 43-yardline with 8:48 remaining. The play was upheld after achallenge. Fargas then helped the Raiders (4-8) burn over five minutes offthe clock by carrying six times for 24 yards. He scored theback-breaking touchdown from 5 yards out with 3:04 remaining tomake it 34-20. Oakland led, 17-7, in the third quarter after Cutler fumbled atthe Denver 13. One play later, McCown hit Jerry Porter for a13-yard touchdown with 10:55 left. But the Broncos scored 13 unanswered points to pull within 24-20on Travis Henry's second TD run with 11:21 remaining. Henry carried 14 times for 40 yards in his first game back sincepartially tearing his PCL on November 4 in a loss to Detroit.He also is playing in appeal of a one-year suspension forviolating the league's substance abuse policy for the thirdtime. Cutler was 16-of-32 for 214 yards and two interceptions, thelast of which sealed the outcome.
NFL: DENVER at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DENVER 7 0 6 7 20 OAKLAND 7 7 10 10 34 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 6:53 OAK - TD, TIM DWIGHT 15 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards in 6:53. Key plays: Fargas 17-yard run to Oakland 26; 5-yard running into the kicker penalty on Broncos' Sapp on 4th-and-3 to Denver 45; Vargas 6-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Denver 33. OAKLAND 7-0. 14:14 DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 4 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK). Drive: 13 plays, 83 yards in 7:21. Key plays: Cutler 32-yard pass to Marshall to Oakland 49; Young 9-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 31; Cutler 10-yard pass to Marshall on 3rd-and-8 to Oakland 7. DENVER 7-7. 2ND QUARTER: 14:10 OAK - TD, ZACH MILLER 13 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 35 yards in 2:15. Key plays: Brayton recovery of Henry fumble at Denver 35; McCown 9-yard pass to Porter to Denver 21. OAKLAND 14-7. 3RD QUARTER: 2:20 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 38 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 1:24. Key plays: Howard 7-yard interception return to Denver 27. OAKLAND 17-7. 4:05 OAK - TD, JERRY PORTER 13 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 2 plays, 12 yards in 0:43. Key plays: Clemons recovery of Henry fumble at Denver 12. OAKLAND 24-7. 7:35 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 29 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards in 3:30. Key plays: Cutler 58-yard pass to Stokley to Oakland 13. OAKLAND 24-10. 13:23 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 44 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 49 yards in 3:03. Key plays: Cutler 33-yard to pass to Stokley to Oakland 42; Cutler 17-yard pass to Scheffler to Oakland 25. OAKLAND 24-13. 4TH QUARTER: 3:39 DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 3 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 35 yards in 3:41. Key plays: Cutler 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 24; Cutler 11-yard pass to Stokley on 3rd-and-10 to Oakland 13. OAKLAND 24-20. 6:04 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 44 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards in 2:25. Key plays: McCown 26-yard pass to Miller to Denver 45; McCown 19-yard pass to Miller to Denver 26. OAKLAND 27-20. 11:56 OAK - TD, JUSTIN FARGAS 5 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards in 5:44. Key plays: Washington interception at Denver 43; 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Broncos' Foxworth on 3rd-and-8 to Denver 36; McCown 13-yard pass to Griffith to Denver 24; McCown 11-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Denver 5. OAKLAND 34-20. DENVER - OAKLAND Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS DENVER OAKLAND FIRST DOWNS 14 20 Rushing 7 8 Passing 7 10 Penalty 0 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-15-47% 6-15-40% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-2-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 292 372 Total offensive plays 62 69 Average gain per play 4.7 5.4 NET YARDS RUSHING 86 175 Rushing attempts 29 41 Average gain per rush 3.0 4.3 Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 3-4 NET YARDS PASSING 206 197 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-8 0-0 Gross passing yards 214 197 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-16-2 28-18-0 Avg gain per pass play 6.2 7.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-2-2 7-1-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-45.0 1-63.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 40.0 47.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 10 23 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-10 2-16 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-74 3-85 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-7 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-25 3-20 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 3-1 TOUCHDOWNS 2 4 Rushing 2 1 Passing 0 3 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-4 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 4-5-80% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 25:40 34:20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS DENVER OAKLAND RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HENRY 15 49 3.3 9 2 J FARGAS 33 146 4.4 29 1 S YOUNG 7 28 4.0 9 0 J MCCOWN 4 22 5.5 11 0 J CUTLER 6 9 1.5 4 0 J RUSSELL 3 4 1.3 4 0 C SAPP 1 0 0.0 0 0 L JORDAN 1 3 3.0 3 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J CUTLER 16-32-214 2 0 58 J MCCOWN 14-21-141 0 3 26 J RUSSELL 4- 7- 56 0 0 20 Sacked-Yards Lost: J CUTLER 1-8. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B MARSHALL 6 67 11.2 32 0 J PORTER 5 49 9.8 16 1 B STOKLEY 3 102 34.0 58 0 J GRIFFITH 4 23 5.8 13 0 C SAPP 3 4 1.3 2 0 Z MILLER 3 58 19.3 26 1 S YOUNG 2 17 8.5 10 0 R CURRY 3 34 11.3 20 0 T SCHEFFLE 1 17 17.0 17 0 J FARGAS 2 18 9.0 13 0 J WALKER 1 7 7.0 7 0 T DWIGHT 1 15 15.0 15 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HOWARD 1 7 7.0 7 0 F WASHINGTON 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T SAUERBRU 2 90 45.0 0 1 57 S LECHLER 1 63 63.0 0 0 63 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BLY 1 10 10.0 10 0 T DWIGHT 2 16 8.0 16 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T JACOBS 3 35 11.7 15 0 C CARR 3 85 28.3 38 0 C SAPP 2 30 15.0 22 0 S YOUNG 1 9 9.0 9 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J ELAM 2/2 2/2 S JANIKOWS 4/4 2/4 Dist.: 29 44 Dist.: (58) 38 (35) 44 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ J CUTLER 1 1 0 0-0 J MCCOWN 1 1 0 0-0 T HENRY 1 1 0 0-0 J FARGAS 1 0 0 0-0 N WEBSTER 0 0 1 0-0 J RUSSELL 1 0 0 1-0 D WILLIAMS 0 0 0 0-1 R THOMAS 0 0 1 0-0 T BRAYTON 0 0 0 0-1 C CLEMONS 0 0 0 0-1 T DWIGHT 0 0 0 1-0 Z MILLER 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D WILLIAMS 16 13 3 0-0 K MORRISON 10 7 3 0-0 N WEBSTER 10 9 1 0-0 T HOWARD 7 5 2 0-0 J LYNCH 6 5 1 0-0 W SAPP 5 4 1 0-0 J ENGELBERGER 5 5 0 0-0 R THOMAS 5 4 1 0-0 H ABDULLAH 5 3 2 0-0 D BURGESS 4 4 0 0-0 T CROWDER 4 3 1 0-0 M HUFF 4 3 1 0-0 C BAILEY 3 3 0 0-0 H EUGENE 4 3 1 0-0 I GOLD 3 3 0 0-0 S ROUTT 3 2 1 0-0 E DUMERVIL 2 2 0 0-0 J RICHARDSON 2 2 0 1-8 S ADAMS 1 1 0 0-0 - TEAM 2 2 0 0-0 A MCKINLEY 1 1 0 0-0 N ASOMUGHA 2 2 0 0-0 D BLY 1 1 0 0-0 T SANDS 1 1 0 0-0 C MYERS 1 1 0 0-0 F WASHINGTON 1 1 0 0-0 J MALLARD 1 1 0 0-0 G WARREN 1 0 1 0-0 K PAYMAH 1 1 0 0-0 C CARR 1 0 1 0-0 N FERGUSON 1 1 0 0-0 K PETERSON 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Gene Steratore, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head Linesman-Paul Weidner, Line Judge-Tom Barnes, Field Judge-Doug Rosenbaum, Side Judge-Barry Anderson, Back Judge-Tony Steratore. Att: 61,990 Time of Game: 3:08</div>
OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- JaMarcus Russell finally madehis first appearance in the NFL, but the Oakland Raiders leanedon Josh McCown to help them end their woes against the DenverBroncos. McCown threw three touchdown passes and Justin Fargas ran foranother Sunday as the Raiders posted a 34-20 victory over theBroncos in a battle between AFC West Division rivals. "This is obviously the way that I think we all expected it togo," McCown said. "This is what we envisioned early on." Fargas carried a career-high 33 times for 146 yards for Oakland,which snapped a five-game losing streak to Denver. The first pick of this year's draft, Russell missed all oftraining camp because of a contract dispute and forced theRaiders to sign Daunte Culpepper as an insurance policy. But with Culpepper out with a sore quadriceps, McCown got thestart and Russell was elevated to the No. 2 quarterback. Thatis until early in the second quarter, when Russell made a briefappearance. "That was right about where we wanted to put (Russell) in,"Raiders coach Lane Kiffin said. "Give him a certain number ofplays, let him move around, let him get a feel for it." Russell replaced McCown with 13:48 left in the second andcompleted 4-of-7 passes for 56 yards in two series. He did notplay the rest of the game, mostly because McCown played so well,finishing 14-of-21 for 141 yards. "I'm happy for him (Russell)," McCown said. "He's the top pick,he is the future, they had been waiting a while for him to playand they were excited to see him." "(Russell) did some good things," Kiffin said. "He threw thefirst ball right on the mark, you can see the arm strength, hemoved around well, made classic first rookie mistakes." With Oakland on the verge of squandering a two-touchdown lead,McCown responded by leading a six-play, 45-yard drive that wascapped by a 44-yard field goal from Sebastian Janikowski to makethe score 27-20. On the ensuing drive, cornerback Fabian Washington made a divinginterception of a pass from Jay Cutler at the Denver 43-yardline with 8:48 remaining. The play was upheld after achallenge. "You can't win football games when you lose the turnover battlelike we did," Denver coach Mike Shanahan said. Fargas then helped the Raiders (4-8) burn over five minutes offthe clock by carrying six times for 24 yards. He scored theback-breaking touchdown from 5 yards out with 3:04 remaining tomake it 34-20. Oakland led, 17-7, in the third quarter after Cutler fumbled atthe Denver 13. One play later, McCown hit Jerry Porter for a13-yard touchdown with 10:55 left. But the Broncos scored 13 unanswered points to pull within 24-20on Travis Henry's second TD run with 11:21 remaining. Henry carried 15 times for 49 yards in his first game back sincepartially tearing his PCL on November 4 in a loss to Detroit.He also is playing in appeal of a one-year suspension forviolating the league's substance abuse policy for the thirdtime. "We have taken a lot of heat for our running defense and theyshowed up today and played extremely well against a team thatwas on fire," Kiffin said. Cutler was 16-of-32 for 214 yards and two interceptions, thelast of which sealed the outcome.
NFL: DENVER at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DENVER 7 0 6 7 20 OAKLAND 7 7 10 10 34 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 6:53 OAK - TD, TIM DWIGHT 15 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards in 6:53. Key plays: Fargas 17-yard run to Oakland 26; 5-yard running into the kicker penalty on Broncos' Sapp on 4th-and-3 to Denver 45; Vargas 6-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Denver 33. OAKLAND 7-0. 14:14 DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 4 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK). Drive: 13 plays, 83 yards in 7:21. Key plays: Cutler 32-yard pass to Marshall to Oakland 49; Young 9-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 31; Cutler 10-yard pass to Marshall on 3rd-and-8 to Oakland 7. DENVER 7-7. 2ND QUARTER: 14:10 OAK - TD, ZACH MILLER 13 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 35 yards in 2:15. Key plays: Brayton recovery of Henry fumble at Denver 35; McCown 9-yard pass to Porter to Denver 21. OAKLAND 14-7. 3RD QUARTER: 2:20 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 38 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 1:24. Key plays: Howard 7-yard interception return to Denver 27. OAKLAND 17-7. 4:05 OAK - TD, JERRY PORTER 13 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 2 plays, 12 yards in 0:43. Key plays: Clemons recovery of Henry fumble at Denver 12. OAKLAND 24-7. 7:35 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 29 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards in 3:30. Key plays: Cutler 58-yard pass to Stokley to Oakland 13. OAKLAND 24-10. 13:23 DEN - FG, JASON ELAM 44 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 49 yards in 3:03. Key plays: Cutler 33-yard to pass to Stokley to Oakland 42; Cutler 17-yard pass to Scheffler to Oakland 25. OAKLAND 24-13. 4TH QUARTER: 3:39 DEN - TD, TRAVIS HENRY 3 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 35 yards in 3:41. Key plays: Cutler 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 24; Cutler 11-yard pass to Stokley on 3rd-and-10 to Oakland 13. OAKLAND 24-20. 6:04 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 44 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards in 2:25. Key plays: McCown 26-yard pass to Miller to Denver 45; McCown 19-yard pass to Miller to Denver 26. OAKLAND 27-20. 11:56 OAK - TD, JUSTIN FARGAS 5 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards in 5:44. Key plays: Washington interception at Denver 43; 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Broncos' Foxworth on 3rd-and-8 to Denver 36; McCown 13-yard pass to Griffith to Denver 24; McCown 11-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Denver 5. OAKLAND 34-20. DENVER - OAKLAND Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS DENVER OAKLAND FIRST DOWNS 14 20 Rushing 7 8 Passing 7 10 Penalty 0 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-15-47% 6-15-40% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-2-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 292 372 Total offensive plays 62 69 Average gain per play 4.7 5.4 NET YARDS RUSHING 86 175 Rushing attempts 29 41 Average gain per rush 3.0 4.3 Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 3-4 NET YARDS PASSING 206 197 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-8 0-0 Gross passing yards 214 197 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-16-2 28-18-0 Avg gain per pass play 6.2 7.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-2-2 7-1-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-45.0 1-63.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 40.0 47.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 10 23 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-10 2-16 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-74 3-85 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-7 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-25 3-20 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 4-1 TOUCHDOWNS 2 4 Rushing 2 1 Passing 0 3 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-4 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 4-5-80% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 25:40 34:20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS DENVER OAKLAND RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HENRY 15 49 3.3 9 2 J FARGAS 33 146 4.4 29 1 S YOUNG 7 28 4.0 9 0 J MCCOWN 4 22 5.5 11 0 J CUTLER 6 9 1.5 4 0 J RUSSELL 3 4 1.3 4 0 C SAPP 1 0 0.0 0 0 L JORDAN 1 3 3.0 3 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J CUTLER 16-32-214 2 0 58 J MCCOWN 14-21-141 0 3 26 J RUSSELL 4- 7- 56 0 0 20 Sacked-Yards Lost: J CUTLER 1-8. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B MARSHALL 6 67 11.2 32 0 J PORTER 5 49 9.8 16 1 B STOKLEY 3 102 34.0 58 0 J GRIFFITH 4 23 5.8 13 0 C SAPP 3 4 1.3 2 0 Z MILLER 3 58 19.3 26 1 S YOUNG 2 17 8.5 10 0 R CURRY 3 34 11.3 20 0 T SCHEFFLE 1 17 17.0 17 0 J FARGAS 2 18 9.0 13 0 J WALKER 1 7 7.0 7 0 T DWIGHT 1 15 15.0 15 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HOWARD 1 7 7.0 7 0 F WASHINGTON 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T SAUERBRU 2 90 45.0 0 1 57 S LECHLER 1 63 63.0 0 0 63 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BLY 1 10 10.0 10 0 T DWIGHT 2 16 8.0 16 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T JACOBS 3 35 11.7 15 0 C CARR 3 85 28.3 38 0 C SAPP 2 30 15.0 22 0 S YOUNG 1 9 9.0 9 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J ELAM 2/2 2/2 S JANIKOWS 4/4 2/4 Dist.: 29 44 Dist.: (58) 38 (35) 44 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ J CUTLER 1 1 0 0-0 J MCCOWN 1 1 0 0-0 T HENRY 1 1 0 0-0 J FARGAS 1 0 0 0-0 N WEBSTER 0 0 1 0-0 T DWIGHT 1 0 0 1-0 D WILLIAMS 0 0 0 0-1 J RUSSELL 1 0 0 1-0 R THOMAS 0 0 1 0-0 T BRAYTON 0 0 0 0-1 C CLEMONS 0 0 0 0-1 Z MILLER 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D WILLIAMS 16 13 3 0-0 K MORRISON 10 7 3 0-0 N WEBSTER 10 9 1 0-0 T HOWARD 7 5 2 0-0 J LYNCH 6 5 1 0-0 W SAPP 5 4 1 0-0 J ENGELBERGER 5 5 0 0-0 R THOMAS 5 4 1 0-0 H ABDULLAH 5 3 2 0-0 D BURGESS 4 4 0 0-0 T CROWDER 4 3 1 0-0 M HUFF 4 3 1 0-0 C BAILEY 3 3 0 0-0 H EUGENE 4 3 1 0-0 I GOLD 3 3 0 0-0 S ROUTT 3 2 1 0-0 E DUMERVIL 2 2 0 0-0 J RICHARDSON 2 2 0 1-8 S ADAMS 1 1 0 0-0 - TEAM 2 2 0 0-0 A MCKINLEY 1 1 0 0-0 N ASOMUGHA 2 2 0 0-0 D BLY 1 1 0 0-0 T SANDS 1 1 0 0-0 C MYERS 1 1 0 0-0 F WASHINGTON 1 1 0 0-0 J MALLARD 1 1 0 0-0 G WARREN 1 0 1 0-0 K PAYMAH 1 1 0 0-0 C CARR 1 0 1 0-0 N FERGUSON 1 1 0 0-0 K PETERSON 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Gene Steratore, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head Linesman-Paul Weidner, Line Judge-Tom Barnes, Field Judge-Doug Rosenbaum, Side Judge-Barry Anderson, Back Judge-Tony Steratore. Att: 61,990 Time of Game: 3:08</div>
NFL: DENVER at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL DENVER AT OAKLAND NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT FUMBLES FOR OAKLAND.</div>
Re: NFL: DENVER (5-6) at OAKLAND (3-8) For the brief time he was in, I liked what I saw with Jamarcus. He wasn't all "deer in the headlights".</p> McCown still scares me. I don't trust his decision making. Justin Fargas is just beginning to blossom.</p> It's a good day to be a Raider.</p>
