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Oakland Raiders
Coach: Dennis Allen
Key Stats
13 Passing yards needed by Carson Palmer to become the second Raiders quarterback with 4,000 yards in a season. Rich Gannon is the franchise leader with 4,689 yards in 2002.
40 Age of first-year coach Dennis Allen, the youngest coach in the league. Allen was John Fox’s defensive coordinator last season in Denver.
42 Career field goals of 50 yards or more for Sebastian Janikowski, who is tied for second all-time with former Panther John Kasay.
28,692 Distance, in miles, the Raiders will have flown this season, most in the NFL. They are winless in four previous East Coast trips.
Starting Lineup
Offense
| WR1 | 17 Denarius Moore |
| LT | 68 Jared Veldheer |
| LG | 66 Cooper Carlisle |
| C | 61 Stefen Wisniewski |
| RG | 65 Mike Brisiel |
| RT | 69 Khalif Barnes |
| TE | 83 Brandon Myers |
| WR2 | 85 Darrius Heyward-Bey |
| QB | 3 Carson Palmer |
| FB | 45 Marcel Reece |
| RB | 20 Darren McFadden |
Defense
| LDE | 99 Lamarr Houston |
| DT | 90 Desmond Bryant |
| NT | 93 Tommy Kelly |
| RDE | 77 Matt Shaughnessy |
| SLB | 52 Phillip Wheeler |
| MLB | 53 Omar Gaither |
| WLB | 56 Miles Burris |
| LCB | 24 Michael Huff |
| RCB | 28 Phillip Adams |
| SS | 33 Tyvon Branch |
| FS | 27 Matt Giordano |
Special Teams
| K | 11 Sebastian Janikowski |
| P | 9 Shane Lechler |
| LS | 59 Jon Condo |
| H | 9 Shane Lechler |
| PR | 28 Phillip Adams |
| KR | 25 Mike Goodson |
Injuries
OUT: DT Richard Seymour (knee, hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: S Tyvon Branch (neck, ankle), WR Juron Criner (hip). PROBABLE: CB Phillip Adams (concussion), T Khalif Barnes (triceps), TE Richard Gordon (biceps), S Mike Mitchell (neck).
Schedule/Results
| Opponent | Time | TV | |
| September | |||
| 10 | San Diego | L 22-14 | |
| 16 | At Miami | L 35-13 | |
| 23 | Pittsburg | W 34-31 | |
| 30 | At Denver | L 37-6 | |
| October | |||
| 7 | Bye | ||
| 14 | At Atlanta | L 23-20 | |
| 21 | Jacksonville | W 26-23 | |
| 28 | At Kansas City | W 26-16 | |
| November | |||
| 4 | Tampa Bay | L 42-32 | |
| 11 | At Baltimore | L 55-20 | |
| 18 | New Orleans | L 38-17 | |
| 25 | At Cincinnati | L 34-10 | |
| December | |||
| 2 | Cleveland | L 20-17 | |
| 6 | Denver | L 26-13 | |
| 16 | Kansas City | W 15-0 | |
| 23 | At Carolina | 1 | CBS |
| 30 | At San Diego | 4:25 | CBS |
