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Chiefs 31, Raiders 13
Dec. 14. , 2014 Arrowhead Stadium,
Kansas City, MO

PRIME-TIME PLAYERS

Kansas City

QB Alex Smith — Is 18 of 30 passing for 297 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions and a 115.6 passer rating to help the Chiefs end a three-game losing streak. Smith's 70-yard scoring pass to Knile Davis and a Cairo Santos PAT gives the Chiefs a 31-6 lead with 2:04 left in the third period.

Kansas City defense — The unit does not allow a touchdown for the game's first 59 minutes, surrenders only 280 total yards and has four sacks.

RB/PR D'Anthony Thomas — Returns a Marquette King punt 81 yards for a touchdown late in the first quarter to put the Raiders in an early hole.

Oakland

WR James Jones — Has a game-high eight catches for 57 yards, including a 1-yard TD reception with 34 seconds left.

RB Latavius Murray — Has a game-high 59 rushing yards on 12 carries and two catches for 17 yards.

WR Andre Holmes — Contributes five catches for 70 yards.

KEY STATS Kansas City (8-6) breaks open a close game by scoring three TDs in a span of 4 minutes, 42 seconds late in the third period. Knile Davis scores on a 3-yard run followed by Alex Smith TD pass to Travis Kelce (20 yards) and Knile Davis (70 yards) as the Chiefs bolt to a 31-6 lead with 2:04 left in the third period.

The Raiders (2-12) fall to 0-7 on the road this season and drop their 10 straight away game.

Oakland quarterback Derek Carr is 27 of 56 passing for 222 yards and a TD with a 64.7 passer rating. His third-quarter fumble leads to a Chiefs touchdown.

The Raiders (5 of 18) and Chiefs (3 of 13) combine for 8 of 31 on third-down conversion.

THEY SAID IT "The whole second half it started falling apart, and we were never able to recover and it got out of hand."

Raiders S Charles Woodson

"Going into halftime, there were so many things we were so close on. 'The guys settled down, they played - they let their personalities show."

Chiefs coach Andy Reid

BY THE NUMBERS 4: Oakland sacks allowed. The Raiders enter the game wih 16 sacks allowed, fifth fewest in the NFL this season.
10: Consecutive Raiders' road losses.
21: Combined penalties for the Chiefs (11 for 84 yards) and Raiders (10 for 75).
59: Rushing yards by the Raiders' Latavius Murray on 12 carries. Murray had 112 rushing yards on four carries against Kansas City on Nov. 20

DID YOU KNOW?: With 27 completions against the Chiefs, the Raiders' Derek Carr has 313 completions this season — becoming the sixth rookie QB to surpass 300 in a season.

Kansas City's Alex Smith has a 22-1-1 record when he starts and has a 100 or better passer rating. Smith has a rating of 115.6 against the Raiders to help the Chiefs beat Oakland for the second straight season at Arrowhead Stadium.

Updated: 12-14-2014

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