Raiders Surrender 27 Straight Points in Horrendous Loss to Jaguars
Jacksonville (7-8-1) 27 – Oakland (9-7) 14
Oakland, CA (Week 17, 2005) – Things were looking up for the Raiders. Last game of the regular season, with a chance to win the AFC West division, against a Jaguars team that has underperformed all season long, and with the game taking place in Oakland.
The Raiders loss last week to the Chiefs hurt, and Oakland came out for the game looking hungry. On their first offensive possession, they strung together an eight play drive that ended with a one yard touchdown pass from QB Kerry Collins to WR Randy Moss. The Raiders defence followed up with an interception by LB Sam Williams on the Jaguars QB Byron Leftwich. The Raiders followed that up with one play, a 45 yard touchdown pass to WR Jerry Porter, and just like that the Raiders were up 14-0. It all went downhill from there.
Jacksonville, criticized all season long for their inconsistency, brought it all together after the second (and last) Oakland touchdown. Using a good balance of passing plays and running plays, the Jaguars proceeded to take advantage of a tiring Raiders defence, and started to grind them down. The Jacksonville defence also started to attack the Oakland passing game, and stopped the run when required, despite a strong game by Raiders RB Lamont Jordan, who finished the game with 152 yards rushing.
“The key to the game for us was keeping them [the Raiders] out of the end zone,” said S Donovin Darius. “They came out hard and got up on us 14-0, but we had nothing to lose today, and we played like it. They were pushing hard on us, but all we had to do was keep them out of the end zone, and the offence took care of everything else. It sucks that our season is over, but it was nice to end it this way.”
Jacksonville got a fantastic performance out of RB Fred Taylor, who ate the Raiders defence up for 157 yards rushing and two touchdowns, as well as another 43 yards receiving. Leftwich also had a solid game, going 22 for 33 with one touchdown and one interception. The entire Jaguars offensive line were magnificent, particularly the play of C Brad Meester and T Mike Pearson, allowing Taylor to have such a great night and keeping Leftwich sack-free.
Other than Jordan, the only other strong Raider performance was by Porter, who finished the game with 122 yards and a touchdown. Porter had to step up and be a contributor, as Randy Moss was a non-factor in the game, collecting only 10 yards receiving, though he did have a touchdown. Moss’ game is disappointing, as he was chasing the single-season receiving yards record for most of the season, and his contributions have fallen off as the season hit the stretch run, including missing a game with a road rage incident.
The loss allowed the Kansas City Chiefs to win the AFC West, which means the Raiders will play in the Wild Card round of the playoffs in Pittsburgh next week. “We screwed ourselves,” said Raiders Coach Jorge Shank. “We have looked bad here the past few weeks, and now we have to head into Pittsburgh and try to win the game there. I don’t know if it is a lack of focus or if the players are getting tired, or what. Whatever it is, we have to get it sorted out now, because there are no more second chances. If we come out like this next week, we will be going home for a long off-season.”
Box Score
Attendance: 55,900 (62,500).
Weather: 64 degrees, fair.
1Q: 10:00 OAK - Randy Moss 1 pass from Kerry Collins.
1Q: 10:00 OAK - Steve Christie extra point.
1Q: 06:57 OAK - Jerry Porter 45 pass from Kerry Collins.
1Q: 06:57 OAK - Steve Christie extra point.
1Q: 01:25 JAX - Seth Marler 36 field goal.
2Q: 11:31 JAX - Matt Jones 16 pass from Byron Leftwich.
2Q: 11:31 JAX - Seth Marler extra point.
3Q: 11:27 JAX - Fred Taylor 1 run.
3Q: 11:27 JAX - Seth Marler extra point.
3Q: 01:56 JAX - Fred Taylor 2 run.
3Q: 01:56 JAX - Seth Marler extra point.
4Q: 08:39 JAX - Seth Marler 22 field goal.
Game MVP: JAX 28 Fred Taylor
Jacksonville 3 7 14 3 - 27
Oakland 14 0 0 0 - 14
Team Statistics JAX OAK
First Downs 27 17
Total Rushes 34 24
Rushing Yards 174 170
Yards Per Carry 5.1 7.0
Pass Attempts 33 23
Completions 22 11
Passing Yards 269 169
Yards Per Attempt 8.1 7.3
Sacked 0 2
Yards Lost 0 22
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
Total Plays 67 49
Total Yards 443 317
Yards Per Play 6.6 6.4
3rd Down Plays 6/10 4/9
Avg. YTG on 3rd 5.9 8.1
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0
Penalties 6 8
Penalty Yards 32 50
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 29
Time Of Possession 35:37 24:23
Jacksonville Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
28 Taylor 28 157 5.6 45 2
33 Jones 3 12 4.0 8 0
7 Leftwich 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0
22 Toefield 1 3 3.0 3 0
18 Jones 1 3 3.0 3 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
7 Leftwich 33 22 269 8.1 24 1 1 0
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
28 Taylor 6 43 7.1 11 12 0
11 Williams 4 50 12.5 9 20 0
18 Jones 4 44 11.0 0 16 1
82 Smith 3 48 16.0 6 22 0
84 Lewis 3 57 19.0 4 24 0
83 Yoder 1 16 16.0 0 16 0
87 Wrighster 1 11 11.0 5 11 0
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
84 Lewis 2 20 10.0 0
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
84 Lewis 1 16 16.0 0
18 Jones 1 29 29.0 0
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
2 Hanson 2 85 42.5 43 2
Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
6 Marler 2 3 36 3 3
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
20 Darius 6 1 0.0 1 3 0
99 Stroud 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
27 Mathis 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
75 Wiley 3 1 1.5 0 0 0
51 Ayodele 3 3 0.5 0 0 0
43 Wright 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
97 Hayward 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
37 Grant 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
58 Clements 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
98 Henderson 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
30 Washington 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
84 Lewis 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
73 Rogers 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Cooper 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 White 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
63 Meester 0 0 0 0 5 0
72 Pearson 0 0 0 0 4 0
65 Naeole 0 0 0 0 2 0
37 Grant 0 0 1 0 0 0
79 Williams 0 0 0 0 1 0
51 Ayodele 0 1 0 0 0 0
67 Manuwai 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 Jones 0 0 0 0 1 0
Oakland Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
34 Jordan 21 152 7.2 31 0
5 Collins 2 15 7.5 10 0
20 Fargas 1 3 3.0 3 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
5 Collins 23 11 169 7.3 45 2 1 2
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
84 Porter 5 122 24.4 42 45 1
18 Moss 2 10 5.0 0 9 1
34 Jordan 2 22 11.0 12 12 0
81 Curry 1 13 13.0 2 13 0
43 Easy 1 2 2.0 0 2 0
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
18 Moss 3 77 25.6 0
85 Gabriel 1 21 21.0 0
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
9 Lechler 4 158 39.5 47 1
Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
6 Christie 0 1 0 2 2
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
55 Clark 11 3 0.0 0 0 0
22 Hill 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Gibson 5 3 0.0 0 0 0
53 Foreman 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
54 Williams 4 2 0.0 1 22 0
30 Schweigert 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
33 Taylor 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Hamilton 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
27 Washington 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
26 Routt 2 3 0.0 0 0 0
99 Sapp 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
59 Grant 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
83 Anderson 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Burgess 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
51 Brayton 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
52 Morrison 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Robinson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
84 Porter 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 Jasper 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Irons 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
65 Sims 0 0 0 0 2 1
70 Badger 0 0 0 0 3 1
62 Treu 0 0 0 0 2 0
76 Gallery 0 0 0 0 2 0
84 Porter 1 0 0 0 0 0
61 Seubert 0 0 0 0 1 0
66 Walker 0 0 0 0 1 0
88 Dudley 0 0 0 0 1 0