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McFadden Leads Way For Oakland

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 15, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Oakland Raiders, with plenty of help from Kansas City, set aside all their backbiting and turmoil long enough to win a football game.

Rookie Darren McFadden ran for 164 yards and a touchdown, and Sebastian Janikowski kicked a team-record 56-yard field goal, leading the Raiders (1-1) to a victory against an inept Chiefs team that tried three quarterbacks.

Lane Kiffin, amid reports that his job is in jeopardy, won for just the fifth time in 18 games as the Raiders' coach.

The Chiefs' young defense gave up 300 yards rushing. Kansas City started 0-2 for the third time in three years under Herm Edwards and has lost 11 regular-season games in a row.

For Oakland, it was a happy ending to a week that started with a 41-14 blowout loss to Denver on Monday night and included Kiffin's public comment that Raiders owner Al Davis "doesn't keep people very long."

Oak-FG Janikowski 56, 5:13.

Oak-FG Janikowski 25, 1:19.

Third Quarter

Oak-McFadden 19 run (Janikowski kick), 8:22.

Fourth Quarter

Oak-FG Janikowski 40, 6:53.

KC-Gonzalez 2 pass from Thigpen (Cox pass from Thigpen), 4:04.

Oak-Bush 32 run (Janikowski kick), :51.

A-74,480

RUSHING-Oakland, McFadden 21-164, Bush 16-90, Fargas 9-43, Russell 1-3. Kansas City, L.Johnson 12-22, Huard 1-15, Charles 3-7, Thigpen 1-6, K.Smith 1-3, Hagans 1-2.

PASSING-Oakland, Russell 6-17-0-55. Kansas City, Thigpen 14-33-1-151, Huard 2-4-1-17, Hagans 1-1-0-5.

RECEIVING-Oakland, Miller 2-24, Griffith 2-11, Lelie 1-11, McFadden 1-9. Kansas City, Bowe 6-90, Gonzalez 5-39, K.Smith 4-19, Charles 1-15, Darling 1-10.

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