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Raiders pillage early vs. Denver

| October 25, 2010 9:00 PM

Behind Darren McFadden's four touchdowns, the visiting Oakland Raiders scored the most points in its 50-year history in routing the Denver Broncos 59-14 on Sunday.

The Raiders (3-4) were fueled by a 38-point outburst in the first 22 minutes, including touchdowns 8 seconds apart to start the rout that recalled so many of the lopsided scores between these former AFL teams in the 1960s.

"I expected this to be a street fight," Raiders coach Tom Cable, a former Idaho coach, said. "It started like that and we made sure it didn't go any further."

The Raiders kept the Broncos (2-5) guessing until game time that Jason Campbell would start at quarterback despite a sore knee in place of Bruce Gradkowski (sore shoulder).

McFadden, meanwhile, showed no ill effects of a recent hamstring injury in scoring on a pair of 4-yard runs and a 19-yard reception in the first half and on a 57-yard run in the second.

Steelers 23, Dolphins 22: An officiating mistake negated Ben Roethlisberger's late fumble, and visiting Pittsburgh kicked the game-winning field goal on the next play, as Jeff Reed made an 18-yarder with 2:30 left, allowing the Steelers (5-1) to escape with a win over Miami (3-3).

Panthers 23, 49ers 20: At Charlotte, N.C., John Kasay kicked a 37-yard field goal with 39 seconds remaining and Carolina (1-5) beat San Francisco (1-6).

Ravens 37, Bills 34 OT: Visiting Buffalo came close, but Billy Cundiff kicked a 38-yard field goal with 10:57 left in overtime after Ray Lewis stripped the ball from tight end Shawn Nelson, and Baltimore (5-2) squeezed past the winless Bills (0-6).

Joe Flacco threw three touchdown passes for the Ravens, who survived an uncharacteristic performance by a defense that was shredded for 505 yards.

Patriots 23, Chargers 20: New San Diego kicker Kris Brown missed a 50-yard field goal attempt with 23 seconds left as visiting New England (5-1) squeaked past San Diego (2-5).

Brown lined up to try a 45-yarder that would have forced overtime, but guard Louis Vasquez was whistled for a false start. Moved back five yards, Brown's attempt was long enough but bounced off the right upright.

Redskins 17, Bears 14: DeAngelo Hall tied an NFL record with four interceptions, running one back 92 yards for a touchdown, and visiting Washington (4-3) sacked Jay Cutler four times while forcing six turnovers in the Redskins' win over Chicago (4-3).

Falcons 39, Bengals 32: Roddy White caught 11 passes for 201 yards in host Atlanta's (5-2) win over Cincinnati (2-4).

The Falcons squandered a 24-3 halftime lead, falling behind when Cincinnati took advantage of two turnovers and ripped off 22 straight points in the third quarter.

Titans 37, Eagles 19: At Nashville, Tenn., Kerry Collins threw three touchdowns to Kenny Britt, who had the best game of his career two days after being involved in a bar fight, and Tennessee (5-2) scored 27 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to beat Philadelphia (4-3).

Britt caught touchdown passes of 26, 80 and 16 yards and finished with seven receptions for 225 yards.

Buccaneers 18, Rams 17: At Tampa, Fla., Josh Freeman led another Tampa Bay fourth-quarter comeback, throwing a 1-yard touchdown pass to Cadillac Williams with 10 seconds remaining to lead the Buccaneers (4-2) past St. Louis (3-4).

Browns 30, Saints 17: David Bowens returned two of Drew Brees' four interceptions for touchdowns and visiting Cleveland (2-5) stunned defending champion New Orleans (4-3).

Rookie Colt McCoy passed for only 74 yards but got his first win as an NFL starter - a desperately needed one for the struggling Browns.

Chiefs 42, Jaguars 20: Derrick Johnson returned an interception for a score and Matt Cassel threw two TD passes to Dwayne Bowe to lift host Kansas City (4-2) past Jacksonville (3-4).

Packers 28, Vikings 24: Brett Favre threw three second-half interceptions to his former team and host Green Bay (4-3) held on to beat Minnesota (2-4).

Favre appeared to deliver another signature comeback win with an apparent touchdown strike to Percy Harvin with 48 seconds left - but the play was ruled incomplete on a replay review. With one more chance on fourth-and-15 at the 20, Favre threw incomplete out of bounds.