NFL game summary for 12/12/1976:

Mike Rae, directing the Raiders while Ken Stabler rested for the playoffs, threw three touchdown passes while the defense recorded its first shutout of the season. Rae opened the Raiders' scoring with a five-yard pass to Cliff Branch in the first quarter, and in the next period mounted an 89-yard drive that ended with Dave Casper's tenth TD reception of the year. Morris Bradshaw caught the final Rae scoring strike in the game that saw Mark van Eeghen become the third Oakland runner ever to eclipse 1,000 yards for the season and the Raiders tie their own mark for most victories in a season, 13.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
San Diego Chargers	OFFENSE	147.3  (16)	179.5  (8)	326.8  (11)	29
	DEFENSE	142.7  (13)	190.0  (27)	332.7  (22)	31
Oakland Raiders	OFFENSE	160.9  (9)	211.3  (2)	372.2  (2)	29
	DEFENSE	144.5  (14)	184.2  (26)	328.6  (20)	23

Line: Raiders by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
San Diego Chargers (6-8-0)	0	0	0	0	0
Oakland Raiders (13-1-0)	7	10	7	0	24

( 0- 7) OAK Cliff Branch 5 yard pass from Mike Rae (Errol Mann kick)
( 0-14) OAK Dave Casper 6 yard pass from Mike Rae (Errol Mann kick)
( 0-17) OAK Errol Mann 42 yard field goal
( 0-24) OAK Morris Bradshaw 25 yard pass from Mike Rae (Errol Mann kick)

                     SD              OAK
First Downs:         11              25
Rushes-yards:        27-125          45-193
Yards/rush:          4.6             4.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-25-82-2      16-27-184-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             2-26
Net pass yards:      82              158
Net yards/pass:      3.3             5.4
Total net yards:     207             351
Total plays:         52 (51% run)    74 (60% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           2               0
Penalties-yards:     6-61            7-55

Attendance: 50,102

Passing:
SD: Dan Fouts, 10 of 25 for 82 yards (2 int)
OAK: Mike Rae, 13 of 22 for 143 yards and 3 TDs; David Humm, 3 of 5 for 41 yards

Rushing:
SD: Rickey Young, 15 for 75 yards; Mercury Morris, 7 for 38 yards; Sam Scarber, 5 for 12 yards
OAK: Mark van Eeghen, 22 for 95 yards; Pete Banaszak, 7 for 18 yards; Hubert Ginn, 6 for 43 yards; Carl Garrett, 5 for 14 yards; Mike Rae, 4 for 19 yards; Morris Bradshaw, 1 for 4 yards

Receiving:
SD: Sam Scarber, 5 for 31 yards; Larry Dorsey, 2 for 24 yards; Rickey Young, 2 for 15 yards; Charlie Joiner, 1 for 12 yards
OAK: Dave Casper, 3 for 31 yards and 1 TD; Pete Banaszak, 3 for 16 yards; Carl Garrett, 3 for 13 yards; Mike Siani, 2 for 38 yards; Fred Biletnikoff, 2 for 27 yards; Warren Bankston, 1 for 29 yards; Morris Bradshaw, 1 for 25 yards and 1 TD; Cliff Branch, 1 for 5 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
SD: Artie Owens, 2 for 34 yards; Mike Fuller, 1 for 8 yards; Bob Horn, 1 for 7 yards
OAK: Manfred Moore, 1 for 28 yards

Punt returns:
SD: Eddie Bell, 2 for 4 yards; Mike Fuller, 1 for 16 yards
OAK: Manfred Moore, 6 for 78 yards; Neal Colzie, 1 for 14 yards

Interceptions:
OAK: Willie Brown, 1 for 3 yards; Charlie Phillips, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
SD: Jeff West, 8 for 334 yards
OAK: Ray Guy, 4 for 162 yards

Field Goals:
OAK: Errol Mann, 1/3

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