NFL: OAKLAND at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- OAKLAND 3 3 7 7 20 KANSAS CITY 7 3 7 0 17 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:58 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 25 YD. Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards in 2:26. Key plays: Huff 4-yard interception return to Kansas City 26; Culpepper 11-yard pass to Porter to Kansas City 11. OAKLAND 3-0. 8:58 KAN - TD, KOLBY SMITH 10 YD RUN (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 69 yards in 5:00. Key plays: Smith 19-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Oakland 28; Smith 16-yard run to Oakland 12. KANSAS CITY 7-3. 2ND QUARTER: 4:21 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 54 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 11 yards in 2:56. Key plays: Colquitt 29-yard punt to Kansas City 48. KANSAS CITY 7-6. 9:30 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 30 YD. Drive: 11 plays, 68 yards in 5:09. Key plays: Croyle 24-yard pass to Bowe to Kansas City 44; Croyle 18-yard pass to Kennison to Oakland 38. KANSAS CITY 10-6. 3RD QUARTER: 8:56 OAK - TD, LAMONT JORDAN 5 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards in 3:52. Key plays: Culpepper 25-yard pass to Porter to Kansas City 40; Culpepper 10-yard pass to Fargas on 3rd-and-8 to Kansas City 28; Dwight 10-yard run to Kansas City 18; Fargas 12-yard run to Kansas City 6. OAKLAND 13-10. 14:17 KAN - TD, KOLBY SMITH 5 YD RUN (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 63 yards in 5:21. Key plays: Croyle 3-yard run plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Raiders' Richardson to Oakland 45; Croyle 22-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-5 to Oakland 18; Smith 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 5. KANSAS CITY 17-13. 4TH QUARTER: 5:26 OAK - TD, JUSTIN FARGAS 14 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 3 plays, 77 yards in 1:17. Key plays: Culpepper 28-yard pass to Miller to Kansas City 49; Culpepper 35-yard pass to Porter to Kansas City 14. OAKLAND 20-17. OAKLAND - KANSAS CITY Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS OAKLAND KANSAS CITY FIRST DOWNS 19 18 Rushing 12 9 Passing 7 7 Penalty 0 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-10-30% 3-12-25% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50% TOTAL NET YARDS 312 292 Total offensive plays 53 63 Average gain per play 5.9 4.6 NET YARDS RUSHING 153 164 Rushing attempts 29 37 Average gain per rush 5.3 4.4 Tackles for loss-yards 2-6 3-3 NET YARDS PASSING 159 128 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-11 3-17 Gross passing yards 170 145 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 22-15-0 23-12-1 Avg gain per pass play 6.6 4.9 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-1-1 4-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-42.3 3-36.7 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 42.3 36.7 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 4 0 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 0-0 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-83 4-78 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-4 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-58 7-48 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 2 2 Rushing 2 2 Passing 0 0 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 2-4-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:49 32:11 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS OAKLAND KANSAS CITY RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J FARGAS 22 139 6.3 21 1 K SMITH 31 150 4.8 19 2 T DWIGHT 1 10 10.0 10 0 B CROYLE 4 10 2.5 4 0 L JORDAN 3 4 1.3 5 1 G HARRIS 2 4 2.0 4 0 D CULPEPPE 3 0 0.0 2 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D CULPEPPE 15-22-170 0 0 35 B CROYLE 12-23-145 1 0 24 Sacked-Yards Lost: D CULPEPPE 2-11. Sacked-Yards Lost: B CROYLE 3-17. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R CURRY 6 39 6.5 10 0 D BOWE 4 63 15.8 24 0 Z MILLER 4 38 9.5 28 0 T GONZALEZ 3 48 16.0 22 0 J PORTER 3 75 25.0 35 0 E KENNISON 2 22 11.0 18 0 J FARGAS 2 18 9.0 10 0 S PARKER 1 9 9.0 9 0 K SMITH 1 2 2.0 2 0 K WILSON 1 1 1.0 1 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M HUFF 1 4 4.0 4 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S LECHLER 4 169 42.3 1 1 49 D COLQUITT 3 110 36.7 0 1 50 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Punt Returns: None KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D RHODES 3 56 18.7 22 0 J WEBB 3 64 21.3 28 0 C CARR 1 27 27.0 27 0 T MCBRIDE 1 14 14.0 14 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S JANIKOWS 2/2 2/2 D RAYNER 2/2 1/1 Dist.: 25 54 Dist.: 30 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Z MILLER 1 1 0 0-0 G HARRIS 1 0 0 0-0 F WASHINGTON 0 0 1 0-0 D EDWARDS 0 0 1 0-0 B SAPP 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ K MORRISON 11 10 1 0-0 D JOHNSON 7 6 1 0-0 M HUFF 9 7 2 0-0 D EDWARDS 7 5 2 1-3 D BURGESS 5 4 1 2-4 N HARRIS 7 2 5 0-0 T HOWARD 5 2 3 0-0 J ALLEN 6 6 0 0-0 C CARR 4 4 0 0-0 B POLLARD 5 5 0 0-0 J RICHARDSON 4 4 0 0-0 J PAGE 5 4 1 0-0 H EUGENE 4 4 0 0-0 T LAW 3 3 0 0-0 C CLEMONS 4 3 1 1-13 B SAPP 3 2 1 0-0 R THOMAS 4 2 2 0-0 T BRACKENRIDGE 3 2 1 0-0 F WASHINGTON 3 3 0 0-0 T HALI 3 1 2 1-8 S ROUTT 3 2 1 0-0 A BOONE 3 0 3 0-0 W SAPP 3 1 2 0-0 P SURTAIN 2 2 0 0-0 T SANDS 1 0 1 0-0 G WESLEY 2 2 0 0-0 S WILLIAMS 1 0 1 0-0 R EDWARDS 1 1 0 0-0 T MCBRIDE 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Roy Ellison, Head Linesman-Tom Stabile, Line Judge-Tom Stephan, Field Judge-Mike Weir, Side Judge-Tom Hill, Back Judge-Phil Luckett. Att: 76,210 Time of Game: 2:58</div>
By Marc Bowman PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - A pair of rushing touchdownsand a late defensive stand helped carry the Oakland Raiders to a20-17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. Raiders running back Justin Fargas rushed 22 times for 139yards, including 96 yards in the second half, and scored thego-ahead touchdown on a 14-yard run with 9:34 to play. Oakland snapped a nine-game losing streak to Kansas City. "We haven't beaten them for so long," Fargas said. "It feelsgood to beat a division opponent. It's about time the RaiderNation got to feel a win over the Chiefs." "Getting a win in our division is huge," Raiders linebackerThomas Howard said. "It's been something where we've been soclose so many times. It's about time we got that victory." Oakland's comeback overshadowed a stellar performance by Chiefsrookie running back Kolby Smith. Four days after Priest Holmes announced his retirement, Smithcarried the ball 31 times for 150 yards and two touchdowns forthe Chiefs (4-7), who suffered their fourth straight loss. "Anyone would be nervous in their first NFL start," Smith said."Especially trying to fill what Priest and Larry Johnson havedone for the organization. As the game went on, I got verycomfortable out there." Smith scored on 10-yard and 5-yard runs for both Kansas Citytouchdowns. Both scores turned an Oakland lead into a KansasCity advantage, as the Chiefs took a 17-13 lead into the fourthquarter. "He did a fantastic job his first time starting," Chiefs coachHerman Edwards said. "He ran well, ran well behind his pads andmade some good runs in the hole. That's why we drafted him. Hecan catch the ball, make you miss, and once he makes a decisionhe's running north and south. He's a smart guy." LaMont Jordan collected the other touchdown for the Raiders on a5-yard run with 6:04 left in the third quarter to give Oaklanda 13-10 lead. "That was a halfback pass and he was supposed to throw it awayif it was covered, but it was a great play by him," Raiderscoach Lane Kiffin said. Placekickers marked the difference in the game. SebastianJanikowski connected on two field goals for the Raiders - from25 and 54 yards. Dave Rayner missed one of his two tries for the Chiefs, thesecond from 33 yards with 10:51 left in the game. The misses by Rayner led Edwards to go for a fourth-and-inchesplay from the Raiders 23-yard line late in the fourth quarterinstead of settling for a game-tying field goal. "Probably in the last couple of weeks if he hadn't missed theones he's missed," Edwards said of Rayner's unreliabilityfactoring into his decision. "At that point in time I wasn'tgoing to put pressure on him. I put it on the offensive lineand the runner rather than the kicker. I just felt we wererunning the ball halfway decent and had some yards and thoughtwe could make a yard." Smith's run over left tackle was stuffed by Howard and KirkMorrison for a one-yard loss. "I don't think that I was surprised," Kiffin said of Kansas Citygoing for it. "You have to keep in mind that they had justmissed a field goal pretty bad, so maybe it had to do with thefooting or the kicker." The Raiders took over on downs and ran out the clock. "It was hurtful," Smith said. "It was the turning point of thegame. If we get one more first down we'll have a chance to winthe game, so I've got that hanging over my head."
NFL: OAKLAND at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- OAKLAND 3 3 7 7 20 KANSAS CITY 7 3 7 0 17 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:58 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 25 YD. Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards in 2:26. Key plays: Huff 4-yard interception return to Kansas City 26; Culpepper 11-yard pass to Porter to Kansas City 11. OAKLAND 3-0. 8:58 KAN - TD, KOLBY SMITH 10 YD RUN (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 69 yards in 5:00. Key plays: Smith 19-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Oakland 28; Smith 16-yard run to Oakland 12. KANSAS CITY 7-3. 2ND QUARTER: 4:21 OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 54 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 11 yards in 2:56. Key plays: Colquitt 29-yard punt to Kansas City 48. KANSAS CITY 7-6. 9:30 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 30 YD. Drive: 11 plays, 68 yards in 5:09. Key plays: Croyle 24-yard pass to Bowe to Kansas City 44; Croyle 18-yard pass to Kennison to Oakland 38. KANSAS CITY 10-6. 3RD QUARTER: 8:56 OAK - TD, LAMONT JORDAN 5 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards in 3:52. Key plays: Culpepper 25-yard pass to Porter to Kansas City 40; Culpepper 10-yard pass to Fargas on 3rd-and-8 to Kansas City 28; Dwight 10-yard run to Kansas City 18; Fargas 12-yard run to Kansas City 6. OAKLAND 13-10. 14:17 KAN - TD, KOLBY SMITH 5 YD RUN (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 63 yards in 5:21. Key plays: Croyle 3-yard run plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Raiders' Richardson to Oakland 45; Croyle 22-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-5 to Oakland 18; Smith 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 5. KANSAS CITY 17-13. 4TH QUARTER: 5:26 OAK - TD, JUSTIN FARGAS 14 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 3 plays, 77 yards in 1:17. Key plays: Culpepper 28-yard pass to Miller to Kansas City 49; Culpepper 35-yard pass to Porter to Kansas City 14. OAKLAND 20-17. OAKLAND - KANSAS CITY Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS OAKLAND KANSAS CITY FIRST DOWNS 19 18 Rushing 12 9 Passing 7 7 Penalty 0 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-10-30% 3-12-25% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50% TOTAL NET YARDS 312 292 Total offensive plays 53 63 Average gain per play 5.9 4.6 NET YARDS RUSHING 153 164 Rushing attempts 29 37 Average gain per rush 5.3 4.4 Tackles for loss-yards 2-6 3-3 NET YARDS PASSING 159 128 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-11 3-17 Gross passing yards 170 145 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 22-15-0 23-12-1 Avg gain per pass play 6.6 4.9 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-1-1 4-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-42.3 3-36.7 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 42.3 36.7 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 4 0 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 0-0 0-0 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-83 4-78 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-4 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-58 7-48 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 2 2 Rushing 2 2 Passing 0 0 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 2-4-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:49 32:11 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS OAKLAND KANSAS CITY RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J FARGAS 22 139 6.3 21 1 K SMITH 31 150 4.8 19 2 T DWIGHT 1 10 10.0 10 0 B CROYLE 4 10 2.5 4 0 L JORDAN 3 4 1.3 5 1 G HARRIS 2 4 2.0 4 0 D CULPEPPE 3 0 0.0 2 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D CULPEPPE 15-22-170 0 0 35 B CROYLE 12-23-145 1 0 24 Sacked-Yards Lost: D CULPEPPE 2-11. Sacked-Yards Lost: B CROYLE 3-17. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R CURRY 6 39 6.5 10 0 D BOWE 4 63 15.8 24 0 Z MILLER 4 38 9.5 28 0 T GONZALEZ 3 48 16.0 22 0 J PORTER 3 75 25.0 35 0 E KENNISON 2 22 11.0 18 0 J FARGAS 2 18 9.0 10 0 S PARKER 1 9 9.0 9 0 K SMITH 1 2 2.0 2 0 K WILSON 1 1 1.0 1 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M HUFF 1 4 4.0 4 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S LECHLER 4 169 42.3 1 1 49 D COLQUITT 3 110 36.7 0 1 50 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Punt Returns: None KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D RHODES 3 56 18.7 22 0 J WEBB 3 64 21.3 28 0 C CARR 1 27 27.0 27 0 T MCBRIDE 1 14 14.0 14 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S JANIKOWS 2/2 2/2 D RAYNER 2/2 1/2 Dist.: 25 54 Dist.: 30 (33) O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Z MILLER 1 1 0 0-0 G HARRIS 1 0 0 0-0 F WASHINGTON 0 0 1 0-0 D EDWARDS 0 0 1 0-0 B SAPP 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ K MORRISON 11 10 1 0-0 D JOHNSON 7 6 1 0-0 M HUFF 9 7 2 0-0 D EDWARDS 7 5 2 1-3 D BURGESS 5 4 1 2-4 N HARRIS 7 2 5 0-0 T HOWARD 5 2 3 0-0 J ALLEN 6 6 0 0-0 C CARR 4 4 0 0-0 B POLLARD 5 5 0 0-0 J RICHARDSON 4 4 0 0-0 J PAGE 5 4 1 0-0 H EUGENE 4 4 0 0-0 T LAW 3 3 0 0-0 C CLEMONS 4 3 1 1-13 B SAPP 3 2 1 0-0 R THOMAS 4 2 2 0-0 T BRACKENRIDGE 3 2 1 0-0 F WASHINGTON 3 3 0 0-0 T HALI 3 1 2 1-8 S ROUTT 3 2 1 0-0 A BOONE 3 0 3 0-0 W SAPP 3 1 2 0-0 P SURTAIN 2 2 0 0-0 T SANDS 1 0 1 0-0 G WESLEY 2 2 0 0-0 S WILLIAMS 1 0 1 0-0 R EDWARDS 1 1 0 0-0 T MCBRIDE 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Roy Ellison, Head Linesman-Tom Stabile, Line Judge-Tom Stephan, Field Judge-Mike Weir, Side Judge-Tom Hill, Back Judge-Phil Luckett. Att: 76,210 Time of Game: 2:58</div>
NFL: OAKLAND at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">NFL OAKLAND AT KANSAS CITY NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS FOR RAYNER.</div>
“We couldn’t stop them from running”.... said Herm Edwards.</p> My only wish is that I could have been in attendance at this game to enjoy it with 70,000 Chiefs fans. This is the beginning of a new streak, and the game itself reminded me of the 41-38 game in 1999 when the Raiders went on to the playoffs 3 consecutive years in a row after that. Let's see Croyle back with the Chiefs next season, he is the answer for them at QB. Yeah, that rookie ran for a lot of yards, but Oakland had him when it counted most.</p> Rookie Head Coach Lane Kiffin got Herm Edwards to blink/flinch hard with 4 minutes left in the game and 4th and short. Herm, is somebody in your head now? That music that you hear (that no one else in the room hears) is "The Autumn Wind". Land Kiffin never got a second crack at any team during a college coaching season. I'm looking forward to what Kiffin's third and fourth encounter with Herm looks like. My money is on the Raiders.</p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p>
