The Oakland Raiders 16-game losing streak is over.
Derek Carr orchestrated a 17-play, 80-yard drive that lasted over seven minutes with Carr connecting with James Jones for a 9-yard touchdown as the Raiders earned a 24-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night.
The Raiders put a notch into the win column for the first time since Nov. 17, 2013 when Oakland picked up a 28-23 victory over the Houston Texans.
The 2008 Detroit Lions 0-16 mark will not be equaled by the 2014 Raiders.
The Raiders appeared to be set to blow a chance at victory after jumping out to a 17-3 lead. Latavius Murray scored the first two rushing touchdowns the Chiefs defense had allowed all season in the first half before exiting with a concussion. Murray scored on runs of 11 and 90 yards for Oakland to take a 14-0 lead.
A 40-yard Sebastian Janikoski field goal gave the Raiders a 17-3 lead with 5:05 left in the third quarter before the Chiefs began to rally.
Kansas City outscored the Raiders 17-0 since the latter stages of the third quarter to take a 20-17 lead early in the fourth.
Alex Smith connected with Anthony Fasano for a 19-yard touchdown pass on a blown coverage by the Raiders for Kansas City’s first touchdown of the night.
The Chiefs scored again on their following possession as Smith dumped a pass across the middle to Jamaal Charles, who sliced through the Raiders defense for a 30-yard touchdown to tie the game at 17-17 with 12:20 left to play. After a Raiders three-and-out, the Chiefs moved inside the Raiders 10-yard line but had to settle for a 25-yard Cairo Santos field goal to give Kansas City their first lead of the night.
But the Raiders responded with their biggest drive of the season. Carr converted a fourth-and-1 with a quarterback sneak and a pass interference call against Ron Parker helped keep the drive alive before the touchdown pass to Jones with 1:42 left to play.
Smith’s fourth down pass to Frankie Hammond fell incomplete to give the Raiders their first victory in 368 days.
