Raiders 34,
Broncos 20
OAKLAND, Calif. - JaMarcus Russell's debut may have drawn the biggest cheers. Josh McCown delivered the biggest plays.
McCown threw three touchdown passes for Oakland despite missing two series when Russell played for the first time, and the Raiders capitalized on Denver's mistakes to beat the Broncos.
Justin Fargas carried 33 times for 146 yards and a touchdown and Oakland scored 24 points off four turnovers to snap a five-game losing streak to Denver. The Raiders also ended a 12-game home skid to AFC West rivals a week after snapping a 17-game losing streak in the division by winning 20-17 at Kansas City.
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Denver 706720Oakland 77101034
Oak-Dwight 15 pass from McCown (Janikowski kick)
Den-Henry 4 run (Elam kick)
Oak-Miller 13 pass from McCown (Janikowski kick)
Oak-FG Janikowski 38
Oak-Porter 13 pass from McCown (Janikowski kick)
Den-FG Elam 29
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Den-FG Elam 44
Den-Henry 3 run (Elam kick)
Oak-FG Janikowski 44
Oak-Fargas 5 run (Janikowski kick) DenOak First downs 1420Total Net Yards 292372Rushes-yards 29-8641-175Passing 206197Punt Returns 1-102-16Kickoff Returns 6-743-85Interceptions Ret. 0-02-7Comp-Att-Int 16-32-218-28-0Sacked-Yards Lost 1-80-0Punts 2-45.01-63.0Fumbles-Lost 2-24-1Penalties-Yards 5-253-20Time of Possession 25:4034:20INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Denver, Henry 15-49, S.Young 7-28, Cutler 6-9, C.Sapp 1-0. Oakland, Fargas 33-146, McCown 4-22, Russell 3-4, Jordan 1-3.
PASSING-Denver, Cutler 16-32-2-214. Oakland, McCown 14-21-0-141, Russell 4-7-0-56.
RECEIVING-Denver, Marshall 6-67, Stokley 3-102, C.Sapp 3-4, S.Young 2-17, Scheffler 1-17, Walker 1-7. Oakland, Porter 5-49, Griffith 4-23, Miller 3-58, Curry 3-34, Fargas 2-18, Dwight 1-15.
MISSED FIELD GOALS-Oakland, Janikowski 58 (SH), 35 (WL).