By Tom Kent PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - Daunte Culpepper is making a case to winthe Oakland Raiders' starting quarterback job. Culpepper threw for two touchdowns and completed 6-of-8 passesfor 75 yards but the Raiders fell to the San Francisco 49ers,26-21, in preseason play Saturday night. Thomas Clayton scored on a 1-yard run with 1:01 to play to givethe 49ers the victory against their Bay Area rivals. Culpepper entered midway through the second quarter and capped anine-play, 70-yard scoring drive with a 12-yard touchdown passto running back Zack Crockett. Culpepper was 3-for-3 on thedrive for 22 yards. He added a 5-yard touchdown pass to tightend John Madsen in the third quarter. After being released by the Miami Dolphins, Culpepper was signedny the Raiders during training camp. He had spent sevenseasons with the Minnesota Vikings and just one injury-riddledseason with Miami. JaMarcus Russell, Oakland's first round pick out of LouisianaState, still has not signed with the team. Raiders starting quarterback Andrew Walter, who played into thesecond quarter before giving way to Culpepper, completed 9-of-16passes for 78 yards 49ers starting quarterback Alex Smith played the entire firsthalf and completed 8-of-12 passes for 106 yards. Mark Roman set up the 49ers' first touchdown in the firstquarter when he picked off Walter's pass and returned it toOakland's 31-yard line. Two plays later, Smith connected withreserve tight end Delanie Walker for a 19-yard touchdown. Dominic Rhodes, who will miss the first four games of theregular season for violating the NFL's drug policy, rushed forjust five yards on five carries. Rhodes was signed as a freeagent with by the Raiders in the offseason after spending thelast six seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. LaMont Jordan, who will likely get most of the carries inRhodes' absence, rushed for 67 yards on eight carries and scoredon a 3-yard touchdown run. Niners kicker Joe Nedney connected on field goals of 43 and 50yards.
NFL: OAKLAND at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- OAKLAND 0 14 7 0 21 SAN FRANCISCO 13 0 7 6 26 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 4:07 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 43 YD. SAN FRANCISCO 3-0. 8:03 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 50 YD. SAN FRANCISCO 6-0. 11:26 SFO - TD, DELANIE WALKER 19 YD PASS FROM ALEX D. SMITH (JOE NEDNEY KICK). SAN FRANCISCO 13-0. 2ND QUARTER: 5:25 OAK - TD, LAMONT JORDAN 3 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). SAN FRANCISCO 13-7. 11:56 OAK - TD, ZACK CROCKETT 12 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). OAKLAND 14-13. 3RD QUARTER: 8:48 OAK - TD, JOHN MADSEN 6 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). OAKLAND 21-13. 13:52 SFO - TD, ASHLEY LELIE 1 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (MACKENZIE HOAMBRECKER KICK). OAKLAND 21-20. 4TH QUARTER: 14:13 SFO - TD, THOMAS CLAYTON 1 YD RUN (TWO-POINT PASS CONVERSION FAILED). SAN FRANCISCO 26-21. OAKLAND - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS OAKLAND SAN FRANCISCO FIRST DOWNS 32 41 Rushing 22 22 Passing 9 5 Penalty 1 14 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 9-16-56% 4-10-40% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 381 312 Total offensive plays 73 58 Average gain per play 5.2 5.4 NET YARDS RUSHING 133 125 Rushing attempts 31 26 Average gain per rush 4.3 4.8 Tackles for loss-yards 2-8 2-2 NET YARDS PASSING 248 187 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-2 3-22 Gross passing yards 250 209 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 41-23-1 29-17-0 Avg gain per pass play 5.9 5.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-1-0 6-3-3 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-43.3 4-41.3 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 42.3 37.8 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 3 36 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-3 2-14 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-54 4-80 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-22 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 11-67 9-78 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 4-0 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 3 3 Rushing 1 1 Passing 2 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-1 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-1 2-3 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 3-3-100% 3-4-75% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 2-2-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:58 25:02 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS OAKLAND SAN FRANCISCO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L JORDAN 8 67 8.4 32 1 T CLAYTON 10 42 4.2 13 1 J FARGAS 9 30 3.3 9 0 S HILL 1 23 23.0 23 0 A ECHEMAND 4 18 4.5 10 0 A SMITH 2 16 8.0 9 0 D CULPEPPE 3 13 4.3 13 0 A WHITLOCK 5 14 2.8 5 0 D RHODES 5 5 1.0 4 0 T DILFER 1 13 13.0 13 0 A WALTER 2 0 0.0 0 0 M HICKS 3 9 3.0 7 0 M ROBINSON 4 8 2.0 6 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J MCCOWN 8-17- 97 0 0 38 A SMITH 8-12-106 0 1 20 A WALTER 9-16- 78 1 0 19 T DILFER 7-11- 77 0 1 22 D CULPEPPE 6- 8- 75 0 2 44 S HILL 2- 6- 26 0 0 15 Sacked-Yards Lost: J MCCOWN 1-2. Sacked-Yards Lost: S HILL 1-13, A SMITH 1-8, T DILFER 1-1. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J MADSEN 3 55 18.3 44 1 A LELIE 4 57 14.3 22 1 R CURRY 3 28 9.3 17 0 B GILMORE 3 35 11.7 15 0 A WHITTED 2 43 21.5 38 0 D WALKER 2 34 17.0 19 1 T STEWART 2 14 7.0 8 0 V DAVIS 2 29 14.5 15 0 T TAYLOR 2 14 7.0 8 0 D JACKSON 1 16 16.0 16 0 M WILLIAMS 2 13 6.5 9 0 Z KEASEY 1 13 13.0 13 0 Z MILLER 2 9 4.5 5 0 M MAXWELL 1 11 11.0 11 0 O O'NEAL 2 8 4.0 7 0 T CLAYTON 1 6 6.0 6 0 A ECHEMAND 1 23 23.0 23 0 M HICKS 1 6 6.0 6 0 L JORDAN 1 19 19.0 19 0 M ROBINSON 1 2 2.0 2 0 Z CROCKETT 1 12 12.0 12 1 D RHODES 1 8 8.0 8 0 J FARGAS 1 4 4.0 4 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M ROMAN 1 22 22.0 22 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Punting: None T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J HIGGINS JR. 1 3 3.0 3 0 B WILLIAMS 2 14 7.0 9 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C CARR 1 21 21.0 21 0 B GILMORE 2 40 20.0 26 0 J HIGGINS JR. 1 18 18.0 18 0 B WILLIAMS 2 40 20.0 27 0 R PARSON 1 15 15.0 15 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S JANIKOWS 3/3 0/0 J NEDNEY 1/1 2/3 Dist.: 43 50 (45) T FREDRICK 0/0 0/1 M HOAMBREC 1/1 0/0 Dist.: (40) O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D CULPEPPER 2 0 0 0-0 A WALTER 2 0 0 0-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ R BROWN 5 3 2 0-0 P WILLIS 8 7 1 0-0 S WILLIAMS 4 3 1 0-0 H NAVIES 6 4 2 0-0 R THOMAS 4 3 1 0-0 J ULBRICH 6 2 4 0-0 J BOWIE 3 3 0 0-0 D GOLDSON 4 2 2 0-0 H EUGENE 3 3 0 0-0 K LEWIS 3 3 0 0-0 D TOLLEFSON 3 2 11.5-7.5 M CURRY 3 3 0 0-0 C JOHNSON 2 2 0 0-0 T BROWN 3 3 0 0-0 A HAWTHORNE 2 2 0 0-0 M HUDSON 3 3 0 0-0 K SHOTWELL 2 2 0 0-0 M LAWSON 3 2 1 0-0 M COLE 2 2 0 0-0 N CLEMENTS 2 2 0 0-0 B WARD 2 1 1 0-0 T BANTA-CAIN 2 2 0 0-0 J RICHARDSON 2 1 1 0-0 S RAYBURN 2 2 0 0-0 I EKEJIUBA 2 1 1 0-0 M ROMAN 2 2 0 0-0 K MORRISON 1 1 0 1-8 S JOSEPH 2 2 0 0-0 T BRAYTON 1 1 0 .5-6.5 P HARALSON 2 1 1 0-0 W SAPP 1 1 0 0-0 M WASHINGTON 2 1 1 0-0 C BRANCH 1 1 0 0-0 R GREEN 2 0 2 0-0 M HUFF 1 1 0 0-0 C BOCKWOLDT 1 1 0 .5-1 Q MOSES 1 1 0 0-0 D SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 E FRAMPTON 1 1 0 0-0 I SOPOAGA 1 1 0 0-0 F WASHINGTON 1 1 0 0-0 Z ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0 T KELLY 1 1 0 0-0 D SANDERS 1 1 0 0-0 C CARR 1 1 0 0-0 J SYPTAK 1 1 0 0-0 N ASOMUGHA 1 0 1 0-0 S SPENCER 1 1 0 0-0 J COHEN 1 0 1 .5-1 D STRICKLAND 1 0 1 0-0 D BING 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Tony Corrente, Umpire-Steve Wilson, Head Linesman-John Mcgrath, Line Judge-Ron Blum, Field Judge-Craig Wrolstad, Side Judge-Dryol Prioleau, Back Judge-D Carey. Time of Game: 3:11</div>
