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NEWS: Welcome to the New Unofficial Oakland Raiders Site. November 5th, 2000
Today Oakland played Kansas City. Oakland defeated Kansas 49 to 31. Rich Gannon threw for four touchdowns, two to Rison, as the Oakland Raiders won their sixth straight Sunday, beating Kansas City 49-31 to open up a three-game lead in the AFC. Elvis Grbac completed 39-of-53 for 500 yards. He hit Derrick Alexander with a pair of touchdown passes and Tony Richardson ran for another score. Grbac added a 3-yard keeper. The Raiders took a 7-0 lead on Gannon's 10-yard pass to Rison on Oakland's first series of the game. Rison, released by the Chiefs in the preseason after three years with the team, pointed to the fans in the end zone before embracing fellow receiver Tim Brown. Tyrone Wheatley, the Raiders' top rusher, limped off the field after a 37-yard run on the 80-yard drive. But he returned, scored on a 1-yard run just before halftime and finished with 112 yards on 20 carries. The Raiders went up 14-0 on Zack Crockett's 1-yard run after Charles Woodson intercepted Grbac. The Chiefs scored early in the second quarter on Richardson's 1-yard run. Rison added a 6-yard TD catch � which tipped off intended receiver Dudley's fingers, with 7:40 to go in the half. Rison only caught two passes in the game � both for touchdowns. After Wheatley's short TD run, Kansas City's Todd Peterson hit a 28-yard field goal to cut the margin to 28-10 at halftime. Dudley caught a 20-yard scoring pass from Gannon in the third, then pulled down a 2-yard pass in the fourth. Grbac's two scoring passes to Alexander, a 9-yarder and a 48-yard pass-and-run, came in the second half. Alexander had nine catches for 139 yards. Grbac's 3-yard scoring run came with 2:06 left in the game, just before Randy Jordan ran 42 yards for the final Raiders' touchdown. Janikowski's replacement, punter Shane Lechler, missed a 33-yard field goal attempt with 9:10 to go in the game. It was assumed that Janikowski, the 17th overall pick in the draft, was injured. He moved slowly before the game, speaking at times to special teams coach Bob Casullo and team physician Dr. Robert Albo before disappearing into the locker room.
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Raiders: 49
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