JaMarcus Russell, on one of his career’s most miserable days, got not only a win but also his name put in the history book for the Oakland Raiders.

The former No. 1 pick from the 2007 draft, missed high, low and everywhere else in between, completing just 7 out of 24 passes for a total of 109 yards. However when he really needed to Russell was able to focus and engineer a scoring drive of 69 yards during the final two minutes of the game to give the Raiders a very improbable 13-10 win over the error prone Chiefs.

Kansas City out gained Oakland 409 to 166 yards, and Russell became only the second quarterback since 2007 to attempt over 20 passes with a completion rate of less than thirty percent and still get the win.

It was the first time in the fifty year history of the Raiders that they got a win after allowing over 400 yards while gaining less than 200 yard themselves.

Darren McFadden, who scored the game winning 5 yard touchdown with just 1:07 left in the game said, it was a struggle from the first all the way through the fourth quarter until the final two or three minutes left to play.

It is probably one of our strangest wins. However, a win is a win.

Making his long-awaited debut for Kansas City following a month long knee injury, Cassel gave Kansas City a lead in the game when he connected on a touchdown of 29 yards to Dwayne Bowe with just 2:38 left to play. Cassel threw for 241 yards in the game.

The victory by Oakland didn’t seem improbable to Todd Haley, Kansas City coach.

Haley said, when you incur nine penalties, turn the ball over twice, and a few other lapses, you will not win most of those times. We did not get the result that we wanted. We will be a smart team. Getting nine penalties and a few other things does not reflect having a smart team. We will bet back and work because here we will have a smart team.

Tom Cable did agree that it was strange as it comes.

Oakland’s coach said, it is about as poor offensively as you can play and still somehow find a way in the end to win the game.

Cassel clearly outplayed Russell. However, Russell didn’t have any interceptions and Cassel had two, both winding up in the arms of Michael Huff, defensive back for the Raiders.

Cassel said, things happened throughout the game, whether on special teams, offense or defense that we hurt our team with. Oakland did a great job and were able to make plays when it really counted. That is why they are going home with a win.

Russell connected with Louis Murphy on a 19 yard pass and hit Todd Watkins with a 28 yard pass on the touchdown drive of nine plays. Then McFadden on a pitch play ran around the Chief defense on the right side untouched to score.

Cassel, after missing the opening game of the season due to an injured left knee, connected on a key pass on third down during the 72 yard, nine play drive that gave Kansas City their only second half lead.

Kansas City crowded the line daring Russell to beat the Chiefs’ defense with his arm. Up until the last drive it seemed that Russell was determined to make their strategy work. Going into the fourth quarter, Russell only had 35 passing yards, with the Raiders having only 77 total offensive yards while the Chiefs had 313 yards.

However, a slew of mistakes by the Chiefs, including their nine penalties totaling 70 yards along with atrocious management of the clock and two field goals from Sebastian Janikowski gave the Raiders a 6-3 lead.

Another key play on the winning drive for Oakland was the roughing call against Wallace Gilberry. While Russell was lying on the ground, Gilberry fell on him.

Haley said, the personal foul penalty got them right off the hook when we were in the position to put them into a tough position. In the end they made the plays.

Brandon Flowers, the No. 1 cornerback for the Chiefs, returned to action after missing nearly a month due to an injured shoulder. However, he made one of the Kansas City mistakes during the first half when he allowed an apparent interception to slip through his hands.

Flowers had nothing out in front but open field and would have most likely been able to waltz right into their end zone.

Flowers said, all losses hurt. This loss really kills us.