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VS AUGUST 22, 2015 5:00 P.M. PT | TCF BANK STADIUM OAKLAND RAIDERS WEEKLY RELEASE 1220 HARBOR BAY PARKWAY | ALAMEDA, CA 94502 | RAIDERS.COM PRESEASON WEEK 2 | AUGUST 22, 2015 | 5:00 P.M. PT | TCF BANK STADIUM VS. 1-0 2-0 GAME PREVIEW THE SETTING The Oakland Raiders will hit the road for the first time of Date: Friday, August 22 2015 as they travel to Minnesota for their second preseason tilt Kickoff: 5:00 p.m. PT against the Vikings on Saturday, Aug. 22 at 5:00 p.m. PT at TCF Site: TCF Bank Stadium (2009) Bank Stadium. Saturday’s contest will mark the second straight Capacity/Surface: 52,000/Field Turf season Oakland has traveled to Minnesota for a preseason game, Preseason: Vikings lead, 4-1 with the Raiders opening their preseason slate in Minnesota in Regular Season: Raiders lead, 9-4 2014. These two teams will meet again in the regular season this Postseason: Raiders lead, 1-0 (Super Bowl XI) year, with a Week 10 match-up in Oakland on the schedule. Last week, the Raiders opened up their 2015 campaign with a victory at home against the St. Louis Rams, 18-3. The Vikings have already completed two preseason contests this year, as they participated in the Hall of Fame game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Last week, they defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 26-16. In last week’s win against St. Louis, QB Derek Carr finished the game completing 6-of-9 passes for 43 yards and one intercep- tion, leading the Raiders on a field goal drive. RB Latavius Murray was explosive in the running game, rushing for 35 yards on six carries (5.8 avg.), including a 17-yard run in the first quarter. QB Matt McGloin got into the action in the second half, passing for a game-high 104 yards on 10-of-11 passing and one touchdown. WR Brice Butler had a strong performance, hauling in six passes for 57 yards and one touchdown. Oakland’s defense limited the Rams to just three points on the night and posted three sacks. QUOTING DEL RIO Next week, the Raiders will prepare in Alameda for their third preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals on NBC’s Sunday “I just want to keep getting better. I want to keep playing good Night Football. The Vikings will travel to Dallas to take on the football. We had a lot to clean up. I knew there would be, there Cowboys next Saturday. always is. So a lot of things that we need to do better. So we’re just back at work, just back into camp mode. It’s really more about preparing for the season and us, the drills and the fundamentals 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS and the basics of what we want to be good at, and that’s really PRESEASON (1-0) what I’m after.” - Raiders Head Coach Jack Del Rio Fri., Aug. 14 ST. LOUIS RAMS W, 18-3 Sat., Aug. 22 at Minnesota Vikings 5:00 p.m. KTVU/KICU Sun., Aug. 30 ARIZONA CARDINALS 5:00 p.m. NBC Thu., Sept. 3 at Seattle Seahawks 7:00 p.m. KTVU/KICU BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION REGULAR SEASON KTVU/KICU Sun., Sept. 13 CINCINNATI BENGALS 1:25 p.m. CBS Play-by-play: Beth Mowins Sun., Sept. 20 BALTIMORE RAVENS 1:05 p.m. CBS Color Analysts: Tim Brown, Matt Millen Sun., Sept. 27 at Cleveland Browns 10:00 a.m. CBS Sideline: Nicole Zaloumis, Sun., Oct. 4 at Chicago Bears 10:00 a.m. CBS John Tournour “JT The Brick” Sun., Oct. 11 DENVER BRONCOS 1:25 p.m. CBS Executive Producers: Vittorio DeBartolo, Sun., Oct. 18 Bye Week Brad Phinney Sun., Oct. 25 at San Diego Chargers 1:05 p.m. CBS Producer: Mark Shah Sun., Nov. 1 NEW YORK JETS 1:05 p.m. CBS Director: Sean LaRrett Sun., Nov. 8 at Pittsburgh Steelers 10:00 a.m. CBS Sun., Nov. 15 MINNESOTA VIKINGS 1:05 p.m. FOX RADIO Sun., Nov. 22 at Detroit Lions 10:00 a.m. CBS Raiders Radio Network (23 stations) Sun., Nov. 29 at Tennessee Titans 10:00 a.m. CBS Flagship: 95.7 The Game/98.5 KFOX Sun., Dec. 6 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 1:05 p.m. CBS (Saturday’s game will be on Sun., Dec. 13 at Denver Broncos 1:05 p.m. CBS KFOX 98.5) Sun., Dec. 20 GREEN BAY PACKERS 1:05 p.m. FOX Play-by-play: Greg Papa Thu., Dec. 24 SAN DIEGO CHARGERS 5:25 p.m. NFLN Color Analyst: Tom Flores Sun., Jan. 3, 2016 at Kansas City Chiefs 10:00 a.m. CBS Sideline: Lincoln Kennedy Will Kiss, Senior Director of Media Relations - (510) 780-3020 | Erin Exum, Media Relations Coordinator - (510) 780-3219 | Billy Jones, Media Relations Coordinator - (510) 780-3028 Adam Klionsky, Media Relations Assistant - (510) 780-3014 RAIDERS VS. VIKINGS NOTABLE CONNECTIONS 2014 RANKINGS Pro Connections OFFENSE • Raiders QB Christian Ponder was a first-round pick of the Vi- RAIDERS VIKINGS kings in 2011 and played for Minnesota from 2011-14. Category Stats Rank Stats Rank Total Offense 282.2 32 315.5 27 • Raiders G/T J’Marcus Webb spent the last two seasons (2013- Rush Offense 77.5 32 112.8 14 14) with Minnesota. Pass Offense 204.7 26 202.8 28 Points Per Game 15.8 31 20.3 20 • Three Raiders coaches played for the Minnesota Vikings: Head Third-Down Off. % 33.9 28 38.9 21 Coach Jack Del Rio (linebacker, 1992-95), defensive assistant Fourth-Down Off. % 60.0 3t 50.0 11t Sam Anno (linebacker, 1987-88) and offensive line coach Mike Red Zone Off. (TD%) 72.4 1 53.8 15t Tice (tight end, 1992-93, 1995). Tice then coached with the Vikings from 1996-2005, serving as head coach from 2002-05. DEFENSE RAIDERS VIKINGS Category Stats Rank Stats Rank • Raiders was offensive co- offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave Total Defense 357.6 21 344.7 14 ordinator of the Vikings from 2011-13. Rush Defense 119.4 22 121.4 25 Pass Defense 238.1 16 223.3 7 • Raiders quarterbacks coach Todd Downing, a native of Eden Points Per Game 28.3 32 21.4 11 Prairie, Minn., and University of Minnesota alum, was with the Vi- Third-Down Def. % 38.5 14 41.5 20 kings from 2001-05, serving as a coaching intern/assistant (2001- Fourth-Down Def. % 44.4 14 64.3 31 02), football systems analyst (2003-04) and quality control – of- Red Zone Def. (TD%) 52.6 15 54.2 19 fense (2005). Downing also played quarterback for the Minnesota Maulers from 2000-02 and served as head coach at Eden Prairie TEAM (Minn.) High School (1999-2000). RAIDERS VIKINGS Category Stats Rank Stats Rank • Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner, a native of Mar- Turnover Ratio -15 32 -1 18 tinez, Calif., served as head coach of the Oakland Raiders from Penalties 115 22t 100 10t 2004-05. Penalty Yards 939 20t 836 11 • Vikings CB DeMarcus Van Dyke was originally a third-round selection (81st overall) by the Raiders in the 2011 NFL Draft, ap- WEEKLY SCHEDULE pearing in 14 games as a rookie. Tuesday, Aug. 18 4:25 - 6:40 p.m. (approx.) ........... Practice, open to media; College Connections Videography/photography limited • Raiders Head Coach Jack Del Rio (1981-84) and defensive as- 6:40 p.m. (approx.) ..................... Head Coach Jack Del Rio and sistant Sam Anno (1984) were linebackers at USC when Vikings most players available upon offensive coordinator Norv Turner served as quarterbacks coach request (1981-83) and offensive coordinator (1984). Anno and Turner were also together with the Los Angeles Rams in 1987, where Vikings Wednesday, Aug. 19 defensive backs coach Jerry Gray was a defensive back. 10:20 a.m. - 1:20 p.m. (approx.) .. Practice, open to media; Videography/photography limited 1:20 p.m. (approx.) ..................... Special teams coordinator Brad • Raiders and Vikings were LB Curtis Lofton RB Adrian Peterson Seely and QB Derek Carr teammates at Oklahoma from 2005-06. available Most players available upon request • Raiders QB Christian Ponder (2010), C Rodney Hudson (2010), DE Mario Edwards Jr. (2012) and T Menelik Watson (2012) all Thursday, Aug. 20 played with Vikings CB Xavier Rhodes at Florida State. 10:20 a.m. - 1:20 p.m. (approx.) .. Practice, open to media; Videography/photography limited High School/Hometown Connections 1:20 p.m. (approx.) ..................... Head Coach Jack Del Rio and • Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater’s Miami (Fla.) Northwestern most players available upon High School team was defeated by Sanford (Fla.) High School in request the 2008 Class 6A State Championship Game when Raiders LB Ray-Ray Armstrong threw a game-winning 40-yard TD pass to Friday, Aug. 21 ........................... No availability Raiders WR Andre Debose. Bridgewater later played with WR Amari Cooper at Miami Northwestern, and the pair was preceded Saturday, Aug. 22 at the school by WR Kenbrell Thompkins. 5:00 p.m. .................................... Raiders at Minnesota Vikings • Vikings FB Blake Renaud is a Concord, Calif., native and was a Sunday, Aug. 23 ......................... No availability three-year varsity letterwinner at De La Salle, where Raiders CB ........................ No availability TJ Carrie also prepped, earning first-team All-East Bay Athletic Monday, Aug. 24 League honors as a junior and senior linebacker. Tuesday, Aug. 25 ........................ Availability TBA • Raiders TE Brian Leonhardt is a native of Blaine, Minn., and All times are Pacific and subject to change. attended Bemidji State. All practices will take place at the Raiders’ training camp head- quarters in Napa, Calif.