FLASH RECAP:
Defensive backs Kendrick Lewis and Brandon Flowers return interceptions for touchdowns as visiting Kansas City defeats Oakland before an announced crowd of 57,361 at O.co Coliseum on Oct. 23, 2011.
The Chiefs (3-3) get their most-lopsided road victory over the Raiders (4-3), who have their eight-game winning streak against AFC West opposition snapped.
Raiders quarterbacks Kyle Boller and Carson Palmer each throw three interceptions. The Raiders have six interceptions in a game for the first time since 1998.
Boller is 7 of 14 passing for 61 yards with three interceptions before being replaced by the recently acquired Palmer early in the second half. Palmer finishes 8 of 21 for 116 yards with three interceptions.
“It was just an awful feeling walking off the field to be beat like that in the fashion that we were beat,” Palmer tells reporters after Oakland's three-game win streak is snapped. “We need to regroup.”
Javier Arenas and Le'Ron McClain each have touchdown runs for the Chiefs, who are out-gained by the Raiders, 322 total yards to 300.
The Raiders are shut out at home by the Chiefs for the first time in the 52-year history of their series. It is the sixth home shutout loss for Oakland, and fifth since 2006.
PRIME-TIME PLAYERS:
FS Kendrick Lewis — His 59-yard intercepton return of a Kyle Boller pass gives the Chiefs a 7-0 lead 2:15 into the game.
LB Derrick Johnson — Stops Oakland's Michael Bush short of the goal line on fourth-and-one from the 1 during the second quarter with Kansas City leading 14-0. He finishes with a game-high 12 solo tackles.
CB Brandon Flowers — His 58-yard interception return for a TD early in the fourth quarter gives the Chiefs a 28-0 lead.
RB Michael Bush — Has 99 rushing yards on 17 carries.
WR Darrius Heyward-Bey — Has five catches for 89 yards.
CB DeMarcus Van Dyke — Contributes a fouth-quarter interception.
KEY STATS:
The Chiefs have 139 rushing yards on 39 carries (4.3 yards per rush). Oakland surrendered 135 rushing yards during its previous two games.
Raiders' QBs Kyle Boller and Carson Palmer are 15 of 37 passing for 177 yards, no touchdowns and six interceptions.
The Raiders have 14 penalties for 120 yards.
THEY SAID IT:
Raiders QB Kyle Boller
“I’m just extremely frustrated. I had an opportunity to go there. It just didn’t go as planned. Definitely not my best outing. I feel bad for my teammates. I feel like I let my teammates down. There’s not much to say. The play speaks for itself.”
"We don’t have too many pretty games but as long as we come away with the victory that’s all that matters. We’re definitely making progress and trying to keep this thing going."
Chiefs CB Brandon Carr
"Can’t say nothing about the (Raider) Nation, liable to get them coming down on my head. I guess if I was a fan in the stands I would have booed too. But I’m pretty sure they know this is a different team. This isn’t the team we were two or three years ago, or even last year.
So the boos, we’ll take it.’’
Raiders RB Michael Bush
BY THE NUMBERS:
1-8: Oakland’s record against Kansas City the past nine home games.
4: Rushing yards for Oakland's Darren McFadden on four carries. McFadden, who is sidelined during the first quarter because of a foot injury, enters the game with a league-high 610 rushing yards.
6: Raiders interceptions, one short of the franchise single-game record of seven set by Ken Stabler in 1977.
218: Combined penalty yards for Oakland (14 for 120 yards) and Kansas City (10 for 98 yards).
DID YOU KNOW?:
Kansas City’s previous biggest road win over the Raiders was 32-10 in 1966, the first game ever played at the Oakland Coliseum.
The Raiders hadn’t thrown six interceptions in a game since Donald Hollas threw six during a 27-17 loss to visiting Miami on Dec. 6, 1998.
