Oakland vs San Diego

Road Warriors continue to Dominate. With LaDainian Tomlinson running through the Oakland defense and Shawne Merriman frustrating Aaron Brooks, it didn’t matter who played quarterback for San Diego. A Lot was riding on Tomlinson and it paid off. He ran for 131 yards and one touchdown and the Chargers handed Oakland its second home shutout ever to take pressure off Philip Rivers in his first NFL start, a 27-0 victory over the Raiders on Monday night.

San Diego beat the Raiders for the sixth straight time and shut them out for the first time in their last 90 regular-season games. When the Chargers won 44-0 in 1961. The Chargers ran the ball 81% of the plays, and Rivers threw only two passes to wide receivers all game. Unheard of? I don’t think so. Opening games always show the ‘true side’ of things to come

The Chargers’ win capped an opening weekend in the NFL in which 11 games were won by visiting teams, the most on opening weekend since 1983, when 12 teams won their openers on the road.

Oakland was shut out for the first time since a 30-0 loss to Kansas City on Dec. 7, 1997, and the Raiders hadn’t been blanked at home since losing 17-0 to Denver on Oct. 4, 1981.