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Patriots 16, Raiders 9

Sept. 21, 2014
at Gillette Stadium,
Foxborough, MA

PRIME-TIME PLAYERS

New England
Patriots defense — The unit does not allow a touchdown and surrenders only 241 total yards, including 67 rushing yards.

QB Tom Brady — Is 24 of 27 passing for 234 yards and a TD with no tunrovers.

DE Vince Wilfolk — His interception at the Patriots' 10-yard line denies Oakland of a potential game-tying TD with 51 seconds left.

Oakland
Raiders defense — The unit allows only one touchdown and 297 yards, including 76 rushing yards. The Patriots get only a TD and two field goals on three possessions inside the Oakland 7-yard line.

K Sebastian Janikowski — Is 3-for-3 on field goal rties from from 49, 37 and 47 yards.

DE Justin Tuck — Contributes one of two Raiders' sacks and four total tackles (two solo).

KEY STATS
With the Patriots clinging to a 16-9 advantage, Darren McFadden's 6-yard TD run with 59 seconds left is nullified by a holding penalty on Raiders' rookie guard Gabe Jackson. On the next play from the New England 12, Derek Carr's pass deflects off the hands of Denarius Moore and is intercepted by the Patriots' Vince Wilfolk
The Raiders allow only 76 rushing yards to the Patriots after surrendering 400 rushing yards in the season's first two games.
The Patriots win their home opener for the 12th time the past 13 seasons while the Raiders drop their 15th straight contest in the Eastern time zone.
Oakland averages only 5.1 yards on 34 pass plays. Oakland's Derek Carr is 21 of 34 passing for 174 yards with an interception and a 62.6 passer rating.

THEY SAID IT
"We are moving in the right direction. When we have an opportunity to catch the ball we need to catch it."

Raiders DE Lamarr Woodley

"We have first-and-goal on the 1 1/2-yard line and settle for a field goal. You just can't do that."

Patriots QB Tom Brady

"We started fast on defense and we just got into a rhythm. We had a good chance to beat a good team on the road and it didn’t happen.”."

Raiders DE Justin Tuck

BY THE NUMBERS
0-3: Derek Carr's win-loss record as Raiders' starting quarterback.
0: Oakland forced turnovers for the second straight game.
15: Consecutive Raiders losses in the Eastern time zone.
57-5: Tom Brady's win-loss record the past 62 games at Gillette Stadium, including postseason.

DID YOU KNOW?:
The Raiders open a season with three losses for the first time since 2006.
With the New England victory ove Oakland, Tom Brady becomes the third quarterback with 150 regular-season wins behind Brett Favre (186) and Peyton Manning (169).

Updated: 09-21-2014

OAKLAND RAIDERS RAP

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