Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 | 1:25 P.M. PT | O.co Coliseum OAKLAND RAIDERS WEEKLY RELEASE Week 2 1220 Harbor Bay Parkway | Alameda, CA 94502 | raiders.com Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 | 1:25 P.M. PT | O.co Coliseum OAKLAND RAIDERS (0-1) vs. HOUSTON TEXANS (1-0) GAME PREVIEW THE SETTING The Oakland Raiders will begin their regular season home slate of Date: Sunday, September 14 the 2014 campaign, as they host the Houston Texans on Sunday, Sept. Kickoff: 1:25 p.m. PT 14 at 1:25 p.m. PT. The Raiders will play the Texans for the second con- Site: O.co Coliseum (1966) secutive year, and dating back to 2006, the two teams have met in sev- Capacity/surface: 56,057/Overseeded Bermuda en of the last eight seasons. It will mark the Texans’ first trip to Oakland Regular Season: Texans, lead 5-3 since 2010. Last week, the Raiders traveled to New York to take on the Postseason: N/A Jets in their season opener, falling 14-19. Houston hosted the Washing- ton Redskins in their home opener, winning, 17-6. Last week, the Raiders were led by rookie QB Derek Carr, who made his first NFL start against the New York Jets. Carr threw for 151 yards on 20-of-32 passing with two TDs and a 94.7 quarterback rating. WR Rod Streater was the team’s leading receiver, hauling in five recep- tions for 46 yards and one TD, coming on a 12-yard pass from Carr in the first quarter. WR James Jones caught his first TD pass as a Raider when he brought in a 30-yard toss in the fourth quarter. The defense was paced by LB Sio Moore’s 15 tackles and one sack. S Charles Woodson QUOTING D.A. added an interception that led to a Raiders score, and S Tyvon Branch “I thought there were some positives. I thought the defense taking the recorded one sack of his own. ball away a couple of times, one led to a score, one kept them out of the Houston was led by their defense last week against Washington, end zone, was good. ... I thought our defense, even though we didn’t piling up three sacks and recovering two fumbles, and DE J.J. Watt play as well as I would have liked, we were able to kind of keep them totaled one of each. On offense, RB Arian Foster rushed for over 100 out of the end zone down there in the red zone which kind of kept us in yards and WR DeAndre Hopkins hauled in a 76-yard TD reception on his the game and gave us a chance. ... Obviously, we all wanted to start out way to posting 89 receiving yards. on a positive note, but we’ve got to learn from that, we’ve got to move Next week, the Raiders will hit the road for 11 days, traveling to on from it and we’ve got to get ready for Houston.” - Raiders Head New England to face the Patriots in advance of their match-up in Lon- Coach Dennis Allen don with the Miami Dolphins the following week. The Texans will travel to the East Coast next week as well, heading to New York to play the Giants. BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS CBS REGULAR SEASON (0-1) Play-by-play: Andrew Catalon Sun., Sept. 7 at New York Jets .................................. L, 14-19 Color Analysts: Steve Beuerlein, Steve Tasker Sun., Sept. 14 HOUSTON TEXANS ........................ 1:25 p.m. PT Producer: Ryan Galvin Sun., Sept. 21 at New England Patriots ..................... 10:00 a.m. PT Director: Andy Goldberg Sun., Sept. 28 MIAMI DOLPHINS (LONDON) ........ 10:00 a.m. PT Open Date RADIO Sun., Oct. 12 SAN DIEGO CHARGERS .................. 1:05 p.m. PT Raiders Radio Network (31 stations) Sun., Oct. 19 ARIZONA CARDINALS .................... 1:25 p.m. PT Flagship: 95.7 The Game/98.5 KFOX Sun., Oct. 26 at Cleveland Browns ........................... 1:25 p.m. PT (Sunday’s game will be on KFOX 98.5/102.9 KBLX) Sun., Nov. 2 at Seattle Seahawks ............................ 1:25 p.m. PT Play-by-play: Greg Papa Sun., Nov. 9 DENVER BRONCOS ........................ 1:05 p.m. PT Color Analyst: Tom Flores Sun., Nov. 16 at San Diego Chargers ......................... 1:05 p.m. PT Sideline: Lincoln Kennedy Thu., Nov. 20 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ..................... 5:25 p.m. PT Sun., Nov. 30 at St. Louis Rams ................................. 10:00 a.m. PT SPANISH RADIO Sun., Dec. 7 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS ................. 1:25 p.m. PT Flagship: Univision Radio 105.7 Latino Mix Sun., Dec. 14 at Kansas City Chiefs ........................... 10:00 a.m. PT Play-by-play: Fernando Arias Sun., Dec. 21 BUFFALO BILLS .............................. 1:25 p.m. PT Color Analyst: Ambrosio Rico Sun., Dec. 28 at Denver Broncos .............................. 1:25 p.m. PT Will Kiss, 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 | Chelsea Parker, Media Relations Assistant - (510) 780-3038 RAIDERS VS. TEXANS NOTABLE CONNECTIONS 2014 RANKINGS Pro Connections OFFENSE • Raiders QB Matt Schaub played for the Texans from 2007-12 and set fran- RAIDERS TEXANS chise records in every major passing category. Category Stats Rank Stats Rank • Raiders DL Antonio Smith played for the Texans from 2009-13. Total Offense 158.0 32 316.0 24 Rush Offense 25.0 32 115.0 15 • Raiders offensive quality control coach Justin Griffith finished his playing ca- Pass Offense 133.0 32 201.0 21 reer as a running back with the Houston Texans in 2010. Points Per Game 14.0 27t 17.0 21t • Texans special teams coordinator Bob Ligashesky served as the special teams Third-Down Off. % 25.0 26t 50.0 7t assistant for the Oakland Raiders in 2011. Fourth-Down Off. % --- --- --- --- Red Zone Off. (TD%) 100.0 1t 0.0 28t • Texans P Shane Lechler handled punting duties for the Raiders for 13 seasons (2000-12), totaling 1,102 punts for 48,215 yards (47.6 avg.). The yardage total is DEFENSE a Raiders franchise record and his 206 games played are tied for seventh on the Raiders’ all-time list. RAIDERS TEXANS Category Stats Rank Stats Rank • Raiders offensive coordinator Greg Olson (2006-07) served in the same ca- Total Defense 402.0 22 372.0 17 pacity with the St. Louis Rams during Texans QB Ryan Fitzpatrick’s second NFL Rush Defense 212.0 32 131.0 23 season in 2006. Texans special teams coordinator Bob Ligashesky (2005-06) also Pass Defense 190.0 9 241.0 17 served as the special teams coach there. Points Per Game 19.0 14 6.0 1t • Raiders LB Nick Roach and Texans S Danieal Manning were teammates with Third-Down Def. % 41.7 17t 25.0 5t the Chicago Bears from 2007-10. Fourth-Down Def. % --- --- 0.0 19t Red Zone Def. (TD%) 25.0 6 50.0 10t • Raiders DT Pat Sims, Texans QB Ryan Fitzpatrick and CB Johnathan Joseph were all teammates with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2008. Sims and Joseph played TEAM together in Cincinnati from 2008-10. RAIDERS TEXANS College Connections Category Stats Rank Stats Rank • Raiders Head Coach Dennis Allen held his first coaching job (graduate assis- Turnover Ratio +2 4t +2 4t tant) at Texas A&M while Texans P Shane Lechler, a Raider from 2000-12, played Penalties 4 5t 6 12t for the Aggies from 1996-99. Penalty Yards 20 2 45 10t • Raiders QB Matt McGloin was the starting quarterback for Penn State Univer- sity in 2012, Texans Head Coach Bill O’Brien’s first year as head coach there. Also on the coaching staff during McGloin’s senior season with the Nittany Lions was WEEKLY SCHEDULE Texans wide receivers coach Stan Hixon, running backs coach Charles London, di- Wednesday, Sept. 10 rector of football research Jim Bernhardt, head strength and conditioning coach 9:20 a.m. (approx.) ................................Texans Conference Call Craig Fitzgerald, secondary coach John Butler, assistant strength and condition- ing Sean Hayes and offensive quality control Tim Kelly. DE J.J. Watt 11:50 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. (approx.) ..........Practice, open to media; • Raiders CB Carlos Rogers and Texans RB Ronnie Brown played together at Videography/photography limited Auburn from 2001-04, helping the team to an undefeated record in 2004 when 1:15 p.m. (approx.). ...............................Texans Conference Call Raiders DT Pat Sims played with the pair. Head Coach Bill O’Brien 1:45 p.m. (approx.) ................................Head Coach Dennis Allen followed • Raiders RB Latavius Murray was coached by Texans quarterbacks coach by QB Derek Carr available in George Godsey when he served as running backs coach at Central Florida (2012). media room Texans CB A.J. Bouye also played at Central Florida with Murray from 2009-12. 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. (approx.) ......................Locker room open to media • Raiders LB Kaluka Maiava and Texans LB Brian Cushing were teammates at Thursday, Sept. 11 USC from 2005-08, with Raiders TE David Ausberry joining the pair from 2007- 11:50 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. (approx.) ..........Practice, open to media; 08. The group won four consecutive Pac-10 conference titles and three straight Videography/photography limited Rose Bowls (2006-08). 1:45 p.m. (approx.) ................................Head Coach Dennis Allen, offensive coordinator Greg Olson and • Raiders DE LaMarr Woodley and Texans DE Tim Jamison played on the same defensive coordinator Jason Tarver defensive unit together at Michigan from 2005-06.