Bills/Raiders: Opponent History

by sireric on Sep 17, 2008 8:00 AM EDT in Events Comment 22 comments

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Buffalo Bills (2-0) vs Oakland Raiders (1-1)
Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 1PM EST

It's time once again to check out the latest history between our Buffalo Bills and this week's opponent, the Oakland Raiders. If you like good memories, you will love the fact that I do these in reverse order. Feel free to read the first one and skip the rest if you're looking to preserve good mojo.

December 13, 1998: Bills 44, Raiders 21
Late in the '98 season the Bills were in need of a win and they got it. Using two defensive scores (a 13 yard fumble recovery for a TD by Phil Hansen and a 40 yard Gabe Northern int for a TD), the Bills rolled over the Raiders to help propel them to the playoffs. After starting 0-3 the Bills go 10-3 down the stretch to make the playoffs, where they lost to the Dolphins 24-17 in the first round. The Raiders finished 8-8.

October 17, 1999: Raiders 20, Bills 14
Antowain Smith rumbles for a 52 yard TD run 5:44 into the game but does little else after that, finishing with 5 carries for 57 yards. Doug Flutie had a rough game going 19 of 41 for 210 yards with 3 picks. Despite the loss the Bills still made the playoffs finishing 11-5; those playoffs ended for Buffalo with the Music City... well, you know. The Raiders finished 8-8 for the second straight year.

October 6, 2002: Raiders 49, Bills 31
Eric Moulds (8 receptions, 112 yards) and Peerless Price (7 for 126 and a score) both have huge days, but a Phillip Buchanon 81 yard INT for a TD seals it late for the Raiders. The Bills finish another mediocre season going 8-8, while the Raiders finished 11-5 and made it to the Super Bowl, where they got thumped by the Bucs 48-21.

September 19, 2004: Raiders 13, Bills 10
The Bills start the season with two straight 13-10 losses, after dropping the opener to the Jags by the very same 13-10 score. There really wasn't anything good to say about this one other then the fact that Brian Moorman had a 24 yard pass... whoo. The Bills did rebound after an 0-4 start to finish 9-7, and of course lost to Steelers scrubs on the last day of the regular season to miss out on the playoffs. The Raiders finished 5-11.

October 23, 2005: Raiders 38, Bills 17
LaMont Jordan almost single-handedly beats the Bills by finishing the day with 122 yards on 28 carries, including 3 scores. As bad as the Raiders were that year (they finished 4-12) they still were able to dominate the Bills who finished 5-11.

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Looks like it’s time for a little payback for the past couple of years. The raiders dominated the bills defensively the past 2 meetings, I’m looking for that trend to end with this meeting. Jamarcus Russell, from the little that I have watched him, has not figured out defenses at all. While I think they will be running the ball approx 70% of the time the bills different defensive looks should confuse Russell and force him into mistakes. If we can get 1-2 picks and continue our special teams play then the Bills should be on their way to a 3rd victory.

by gatornation on Sep 17, 2008 10:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Rest and Recovery

I hope the Bills’ energy isn’t sapped and physical condition isn’t gassed from last week’s ridiculously heat-exhausting win.

Great plays don't make great players; great players make great plays.

by Fort Worth on Sep 17, 2008 11:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I bet Dick and the conditioning staff is all over it. I wouldn’t worry

The Bills CAN win every game

by killascript on Sep 17, 2008 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Raiders gonna be a runnin'

That’s what they are going to do. Russell stinks, and they are going to come hard at us with run game. We should stack the box and dare him to pass. Our DBs are finally good enough to dare a team to pass. I say we will, i say Jamarcus fails, and I say the Bills win strong, 31-10, and that’s a prediction I stand by.

The Bills CAN win every game

by killascript on Sep 17, 2008 12:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Raiders D is still strong. If the Bills end up with 31 points, the Defense and special teams will have to put them in position to score.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Sep 17, 2008 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If the raiders have little sucess on offense, then the Bills will have the ball alot, and have many chances to score. I also hope to see some aggressive playcalling, more so than usual. Good teams show up big against the bad teams, and each game is another measure of our team and building its confidence.

The Bills CAN win every game

by killascript on Sep 17, 2008 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We are definitely scoring a defensive or ST touchdown this week. I’m pretty confident of that right now….

by Kurupt on Sep 17, 2008 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Raiders Run D is Strong

This will be a good test for the Bills as they try to get their running game going behind Jason Unfortunately, the Raiders have thus far held their opponents ground game in check. Of course, some of that could be due to the fact that KC has no passing game whatsoever to speak of and the Bills thus far have looked good through the air.

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by BeastMode on Sep 17, 2008 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For anyone who cares

the Bills will be wearing their electric blue throwbacks against the Raiders.

Those are some gorgeous uni’s!

by RabidBuffalo on Sep 17, 2008 12:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

any idea why they keep getting called the Electric Blues? It’s just a simple blue, it’s not blinding like that name seems to indicate. Chris Brown has called it that numerous times…

by Kurupt on Sep 17, 2008 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i don’t know but those should be the uni’s going forward. hands down better than the current uni’s

by gatornation on Sep 17, 2008 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's Electric

And in his blog today. I guess it is different obviously, and more akin to the chargers throwback blue, but “electric”? NOt sure

The Bills CAN win every game

by killascript on Sep 17, 2008 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Boogie Woogie, Woogie

I may have just shown my age with that joke

by RabidBuffalo on Sep 17, 2008 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doo-doodoodoo--do--do--doo-doo-doo-doodoo-doodoo--doo

The Bills CAN win every game

by killascript on Sep 17, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wish they would burn those uniforms.

If I’m not mistaken the Bills have a winning percentage below 350 in those uniforms. They need to burn them or send them to the Miami Dolfins 1970 memorabilia museum.

by gjv on Sep 17, 2008 5:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Superstitious?

F-it! They look cool enough, and if we can play, we can play…that’s it.

The Bills CAN win every game

by killascript on Sep 17, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Except...

That these are the mid-60s unis, not the 70s unis. During the mid-60s the Bills were one of the most dominant teams in football, winning two consecutive AFL titles and was one game away from winning the third and going to Super Bowl I.

"I could have conquered Europe, all of it, but I had women in my life." - King Henry II of England

by Calvert on Sep 18, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

crazy sunday

can’t get too excited yet, but have to be hugely encouraged. sunday’s game is the kind of gut check, come from behind game that winners win. have to believe sunday will be out of control and the fans at the Ralph will be pumped to watch a great game. if we are a playoff team, this is a game we have to win and put the raiders away early. look for a breakout game for the beast and a solid game from the offense, defense and special teams.

go bills

by fintonp on Sep 17, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i see edwards throwing at least 2 scores this week. defense def needs to stack the box. and how can anyone hate those “electric” blue uni’s? they’re great. GO BILLS!!!!!!!

by BillsFan119 on Sep 18, 2008 10:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

does anybody know the all time series recrod between the bills and raiders?

by BillsFan119 on Sep 18, 2008 10:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Raiders lead 19-17 (Bills 2-0 in playoffs)

by patamunzo on Sep 18, 2008 12:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

By far the best you didn't mention

I guess the statute of limitations applies here, but my favorite still is and likely will always be, the 51 -3 pounding the Bills put on the Raiders in January 1991 in the AFC Championship game. Hey, when you’re talking Bills/Raiders, this one is top of the pile.

Get the Bills back to the big game!

by Blitz on Sep 18, 2008 1:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs