Michael Bush rushed for 137 yards and a touchdown and the Oakland Raiders turned in a stellar defensive effort, finishing the season sweep of rival Kansas City and sending the Chiefs into the playoffs on a down note with a 31-10 victory Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.
Bush, starting in place of injured Darren McFadden, rushed 25 times for a season-high 137 yards. His 26-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter made it 17-10 and gave the Raiders the lead for good.
Kansas City fell to the No. 4 seed when Indianapolis won later Sunday and will host the fifth-seeded Baltimore Ravens in a wild card game next Sunday.
Oakland (8-8) held the Chiefs (10-6) to 201 total yards and forced two turnovers, one of which was a Matt Cassel interception that Stanford Routt returned 22 yards for a touchdown.
Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell was knocked out for one series but returned to finish 15 for 25 with 155 yards and a touchdown.
The Chiefs got 87 rushing yards and a touchdown from Jamaal Charles but struggled to get anything going in the passing game. Cassel was 11 for 33 for 115 yards with two interceptions.
Oakland finished 6-0 against the AFC West, becoming the first NFL team to post a perfect division record and not make the playoffs.
Oakland | Kansas City | |
Michael Bush | Player | Jamaal Charles |
25 | Attempts | 14 |
137 | Yards | 87 |
5.5 | Avg Yards | 6.2 |
1 | Touchdowns | 1 |
26 | Long | 47 |
Oakland | Kansas City | |
Jacoby Ford | Player | Dwayne Bowe |
1 | Receptions | 5 |
35 | Yards | 68 |
35.0 | Avg Yards | 13.6 |
0 | Touchdowns | 0 |
35 | Long | 19 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Oakland | 344 | 209 | 135 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 |
Kansas City | 201 | 115 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 |