Monday, May 21st, 2012
The San Diego Chargers will travel up to Northern California for a New Year’s Day NFL pro football game against AFC west rivals the Oakland Raiders on Sunday afternoon.
This week seventeen NFL pro game will begin from Oakland at 4:15PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.
The betting odds in this NFL contest came out with the home club Oakland Raiders favored by –2 ½ points with an over under coming in at 49 points.
The early money from the NFL wagering public has landed on the side of the home club as the Oakland Raiders are now favored by -3 points.
The total has seen no early movement as the game is still hung at 49 points.
Oakland Raiders money line bettors will lay –155 odds with the road underdog San Diego Chargers bringing back +135 odds to pull off the straight up win with no need for points on their side.
These two AFC west divisional foes the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders meet for the second and final time this regular season.
They faced off seven weeks ago in a Thursday night affair with the Raiders posting the 24-17 road win against the Chargers as a +7 point underdog.
The total came in at under the closing number of 47 ½ points.
Oakland torched the Chargers defense for 489 yards with 191 yards rushing on 41 rushing attempts.
Carson Palmer was under center and had 299 yards passing with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Running back Michael Bush ran wild for 157 yards on the ground on 30 carries and a rushing touchdown.
Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers completed less than half of his passes in hitting on 23 of 47 from the field.
San Diego will head to Oakland with an overall record of 7-8 on the 2011 season. The club is 2-5 on the road.
The Chargers put up 24 points with 388 yards a game with 114 yards coming from their run game for 4.2 yards per rush.
On defense San Diego allows 23 points with 335 yards per game. Teams rush for 123 yards against them for 4.4 yards per rush against average.
San Diego has been eliminated from the playoffs following their bad 38-10 road defeat to the Detroit Lions a week ago at a pick.
The total came in at under the closing line of 52 ½ points.
San Diego fell behind 24-0 at the half and lost the second half battle 14-10 to Detroit.
The Chargers posted 367 offensive yards with 70 on the ground for 4.4 yards carry.
They allowed one sack and scored one touchdown in three tries inside the red zone.
The team turned it over twice and took none away from the Lions.
Quarterback Phillip Rivers completed 28 of 53 passes for 299 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.
Running back Ryan Mathews had 58 yards rushing on 11 carries.
Malcolm Floyd led San Diego with six receptions for 95 yards and a touchdown catch.
Vincent Jackson caught two balls for 41 yards.
Tight end Antonio Gates grabbed four balls for 40 yards.
They allowed Detroit 440 yards of offense with 87 yards rushing for 3.8 yards per rush against average.
San Diego had three sacks and gave up four Lions touchdowns in all four trips into the red zone.
The Oakland Raiders enters this home game against AFC west rival San Diego with a record of 8-7 on the year. The club is 3-4 at home.
Oakland averages 22 points with 370 yards per game with 133 yards on the ground for 4.5 yards a carry.
On defense the Raiders give up 26 points with 382 yards per game. Opponents rush for 134 yards against them for 5.1 yards per rush against average.
To make the players the Raiders must win and hope for a Denver loss to Kansas City and they are AFC west champions.
Oakland can also qualify for the playoffs with a win coupled by a Cincinnati and Tennessee loss. Another Raider playoff possibility comes with a win coupled by losses by the Bengals and Jets.
The Raiders kept their playoff hopes alive last week with the overtime 16-13 road win at the Kansas City Chiefs a +1 point underdog.
The total came in at under the closing total of 42 points.
Oakland gained 308 offensive yards with 71 from their ground game on 25 rushing attempts.
The Raiders allowed no sacks and had no red zone touchdowns in three drives inside the twenty.
The team had two turnovers and took two from Kansas City.
Quarterback Carson Palmer completed 16 of 26 passes for 237 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.
Michael Bush ran for 70 yards on 23 carries. Out of the backfield Bush had two catches for 24 yards.
Denarious Moore led the Raiders with four receptions for 94 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Darrius Heyward Bey caught four passes for 70 yards.
T.J. Houshmanzadeh grabbed two balls for 19 yards.
Oakland allowed Kansas City 435 offensive yards with 135 from their ground game on 30 rushing attempts.
The Raiders had no sacks and allowed just one red zone touchdown to Kansas City in their four appearances inside the twenty.
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