Raiders beat Broncos 34-24
Henne tosses 2 TDs in Raiders victory
In a powerful season opener for the Raiders, they beat the Broncos 34-24, with newly signed QB Chad Henne, fresh from Jacksonville, lobbed two TDs to Rod Streater and Mychal Rivera, Frank Gore jumped in to help, rushing for one TD, and Nick Roach also helped by picking off Peyton Manning and taking the ball to the house for six. The Raiders defense showed no signs of change from last season, grabbing seven sacks, and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie evidently looked to get back at Manning as he picked Manning off twice.
| Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos |
| Jan 1, | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Oakland Raiders (1-0) | 7 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| Denver Broncos (0-1) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| OAK | DEN |
| Total Offense | 428 | 340 |
| Rushing Yards | 39 | 11 |
| Passing Yards | 389 | 329 |
| First Downs | 18 | 17 |
| Punt Return Yards | 26 | 0 |
| Kick Return Yards | 58 | 68 |
| Total Yards | 512 | 408 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 5 | 4 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 1 | 3 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0 | 1 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Penalties | 1-15 | 1-10 |
| Posession Time | 24:38 | 11:22 |
| Oakland Raiders | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Chad Henne | 14-21(66%) | 226 | 2 | 0 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Frank Gore | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 1 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Rod Streater | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 1 | | Mychal Rivera | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | | Visanthe Shiancoe | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 0 | | BLOCKING | PANCAKE | SACK | | Menelik Watson | 1 | 0 | | Jared Veldheer | 0 | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Lamarr Houston | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Nick Roach | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Phillip Adams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Christo Bilukidi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | DeMarcus Van **** | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Vance Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Dominquie Rodgers-Cromartie | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Zach Hocker | 2-3 | 4-4 | 10 | 35 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | Marquette King | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 0 |
| | Denver Broncos | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Peyton Manning | 31-47(65%) | 377 | 2 | 3 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Joique Bell | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 1 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Demaryius Thomas | 10 | 169 | 16.9 | 1 | | Aldrick Robinson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 1 | | Wes Welker | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 0 | | BLOCKING | PANCAKE | SACK | | Orlando Franklin | 0 | 2 | | Zane Beadles | 0 | 2 | | Eric Wood | 0 | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Tracy Porter | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Duke Ihenaco | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Ray Lewis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Richard Marshall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Micheal Doctor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Matt Prater | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4 | 38 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | Britton Colquitt | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 0 |
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