NFL game summary for 09/02/1979:

Ken Stabler threw three touchdown passes to lead Oakland over west coast rival Los Angeles. The Raiders wiped out a 17-10 Los Angeles lead in the third quarter on 4 and 27-yard touchdown passes from Stabler to tight end Raymond Chester. The opportunistic Oakland defense had three interceptions, a fumble recovery, and a blocked punt. The victory was Oakland's 17th in its last 18 interconference games.

Line: Rams by 4

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Oakland Raiders (1-0-0)	0	10	14	0	24
Los Angeles Rams (0-1-0)	7	10	0	0	17

( 0- 7) LA  Wendell Tyler 1 yard rush (Frank Corral kick)
( 0-14) LA  Willie Miller 17 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick)
( 3-14) OAK Jim Breech 38 yard field goal
(10-14) OAK Derrick Ramsey 1 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Jim Breech kick)
(10-17) LA  Frank Corral 46 yard field goal
(17-17) OAK Raymond Chester 27 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Jim Breech kick)
(24-17) OAK Raymond Chester 4 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Jim Breech kick)

                     OAK             LA
First Downs:         16              21
Rushes-yards:        35-130          32-123
Yards/rush:          3.7             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-26-130-0     21-41-229-3
Sacked-yards:        2-20            1-12
Net pass yards:      110             217
Net yards/pass:      3.9             5.2
Total net yards:     240             340
Total plays:         63 (55% run)    74 (43% run)  
Yards/play:          3.8             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             1-1
Turnovers:           1               4
Penalties-yards:     4-51            3-20

Attendance: 59,000

Passing:
OAK: Ken Stabler, 11 of 26 for 130 yards and 3 TDs
LA: Pat Haden, 21 of 41 for 229 yards and 1 TD (3 int)

Rushing:
OAK: Mark van Eeghen, 14 for 45 yards; Arthur Whittington, 13 for 67 yards; Derrick Jensen, 4 for 13 yards; Booker Russell, 2 for 4 yards; Cliff Branch, 1 for 4 yards; Ken Stabler, 1 for -3 yards
LA: Lawrence McCutcheon, 15 for 65 yards; Cullen Bryant, 7 for 20 yards; Wendell Tyler, 5 for 12 yards and 1 TD; Pat Haden, 2 for 15 yards; Elvis Peacock, 2 for 7 yards; Willie Miller, 1 for 4 yards

Receiving:
OAK: Cliff Branch, 3 for 49 yards; Raymond Chester, 3 for 46 yards and 2 TDs; Morris Bradshaw, 2 for 16 yards; Mark van Eeghen, 1 for 13 yards; Arthur Whittington, 1 for 5 yards; Derrick Ramsey, 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD
LA: Wendell Tyler, 4 for 30 yards; Willie Miller, 3 for 53 yards and 1 TD; Lawrence McCutcheon, 3 for 23 yards; Cullen Bryant, 3 for 19 yards; Elvis Peacock, 3 for 15 yards; Ron Jessie, 2 for 25 yards; Terry Nelson, 2 for 24 yards; Preston Dennard, 1 for 40 yards

Kick returns:
OAK: Ira Matthews, 2 for 49 yards; Booker Russell, 1 for 4 yards
LA: Eddie Brown, 4 for 83 yards; Elvis Peacock, 1 for 11 yards

Punt returns:
OAK: Ira Matthews, 2 for 19 yards
LA: Eddie Brown, 1 for -4 yards

Interceptions:
OAK: Charlie Phillips, 1 for 11 yards; Monte Jackson, 1 for 5 yards; Lester Hayes, 1 for 1 yard

Punting:
OAK: Ray Guy, 8 for 323 yards
LA: Ken Clark, 4 for 124 yards

Field Goals:
OAK: Jim Breech, 1/1
LA: Frank Corral, 1/1

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