AFC West Showdown in Oakland
How long has it been since a Raiders-Chiefs game meant so much? Not since 1993 has this rivalry game been so important.
Those of us that remember football from 45 years ago can remember some wild games between these two teams. In 1968, Chiefs’ head coach Hank Stram faced a dilemma when the 5-1 Chiefs hosted the 5-1 Raiders. His top receivers were injured and would miss the game. Kansas City had three excellent running backs. Stram installed a double tight end full-house T formation and ran the ball almost exclusively. Len Dawson threw just three passes that day, but the running back trio of Mike Garrett, Robert Holmes, and Wendell Hayes rushed for close to 300 yards in a shocking win over the Raiders.
The two teams finished the season tied at 12-2, and they faced off in Oakland in a playoff for the AFL West title. Oakland got revenge with a 41-6 blowout.
The following year, Oakland beat the Chiefs in a preseason game, and then beat them twice during the regular season. In 1969, in the AFL’s final season, the league expanded its playoffs from two to four teams. Playing for a fourth time, the Chiefs won in the most important AFL game of the season. It put them in the Super Bowl.
The following year, the first as NFL members, the Chiefs appeared set to win when a huge fight broke out as the Chiefs were running out the clock. Penalties forced KC to punt, and Oakland got the ball back one final time and forced a tie. The Raiders finished 8-4-2 to 7-5-2 for the Chiefs. Had Kansas City won that game, the Chiefs would have won the AFC West in a tiebreaker.
The rivalry took on added intensity when the Kansas City Athletics baseball team moved to Oakland for the 1968 season. Sports fans in the city of Kansas City had an axe to grind with the fans from the city of Oakland. It did not hurt that the Chiefs and Raiders were the two best teams in the old American Football League. In the 1969 expansion of Major League Baseball, Kansas City was awarded a new franchise, and it was placed in the same division as Oakland.
Back to the present. The Raiders have awakened and won two games in a row by a combined score of 92-17. Kansas City holds a 1 ½ game lead at 5-2. This game means something again.
| Current Regular Season NFL PiRate Ratings | |||||||
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PiRate | Mean | Biased | W-L-T | PPG | Opp | |
| New York Giants | 104.0 | 104.2 | 106.0 | 5-2-0 | 25.0 | 21.9 | |
| Philadelphia | 102.9 | 102.4 | 103.6 | 4-3-0 | 24.6 | 22.4 | |
| Washington | 98.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 4-4-0 | 19.4 | 21.3 | |
| Dallas | 96.4 | 97.2 | 92.9 | 1-6-0 | 22.0 | 26.7 | |
| NFC North | PiRate | Mean | Biased | W-L-T | Pts | Opp | |
| Green Bay | 105.1 | 104.8 | 105.1 | 5-3-0 | 22.0 | 17.0 | |
| Minnesota | 102.1 | 101.0 | 97.8 | 2-5-0 | 18.4 | 20.6 | |
| Chicago | 98.1 | 100.0 | 100.4 | 4-3-0 | 18.0 | 16.3 | |
| Detroit | 97.7 | 98.7 | 100.0 | 2-5-0 | 26.1 | 23.6 | |
| NFC South | PiRate | Mean | Biased | W-L-T | Pts | Opp | |
| Atlanta | 103.8 | 103.8 | 105.3 | 5-2-0 | 24.1 | 19.0 | |
| New Orleans | 102.8 | 101.9 | 103.5 | 5-3-0 | 20.9 | 18.5 | |
| Carolina | 96.2 | 92.2 | 90.6 | 1-6-0 | 12.1 | 21.4 | |
| Tampa Bay | 93.1 | 96.3 | 99.8 | 5-2-0 | 19.4 | 23.3 | |
| NFC West | PiRate | Mean | Biased | W-L-T | Pts | Opp | |
| San Francisco | 97.1 | 95.4 | 96.8 | 2-6-0 | 17.1 | 22.3 | |
| Seattle | 96.4 | 96.8 | 98.2 | 4-3-0 | 17.6 | 20.0 | |
| St. Louis | 95.7 | 96.7 | 98.6 | 4-4-0 | 17.5 | 17.6 | |
| Arizona | 92.8 | 94.7 | 92.3 | 3-4-0 | 19.0 | 28.3 | |
| AFC East | PiRate | Mean | Biased | W-L-T | Pts | Opp | |
| NY Jets | 108.1 | 106.3 | 106.0 | 5-2-0 | 22.7 | 15.7 | |
| New England | 107.2 | 106.4 | 107.1 | 6-1-0 | 29.3 | 22.0 | |
| Miami | 103.4 | 101.3 | 102.3 | 4-3-0 | 19.0 | 21.3 | |
| Buffalo | 95.0 | 92.5 | 94.6 | 0-7-0 | 18.7 | 30.1 | |
| AFC North | PiRate | Mean | Biased | W-L-T | Pts | Opp | |
| Baltimore | 105.4 | 103.8 | 104.4 | 5-2-0 | 21.3 | 18.4 | |
| Pittsburgh | 104.1 | 105.9 | 104.5 | 5-2-0 | 21.0 | 14.6 | |
| Cleveland | 98.4 | 97.4 | 96.3 | 2-5-0 | 16.9 | 20.3 | |
| Cincinnati | 98.2 | 97.7 | 94.5 | 2-5-0 | 20.9 | 23.3 | |
| AFC South | PiRate | Mean | Biased | W-L-T | Pts | Opp | |
| Indianapolis | 106.6 | 105.9 | 106.2 | 5-2-0 | 23.3 | 17.9 | |
| Tennessee | 103.2 | 106.1 | 103.2 | 5-3-0 | 28.0 | 18.8 | |
| Houston | 98.8 | 99.4 | 99.8 | 4-3-0 | 21.9 | 23.9 | |
| Jacksonville | 93.8 | 94.8 | 96.1 | 4-4-0 | 20.6 | 28.3 | |
| AFC West | PiRate | Mean | Biased | W-L-T | Pts | Opp | |
| San Diego | 101.8 | 100.9 | 100.1 | 3-5-0 | 26.3 | 21.8 | |
| Oakland | 100.5 | 100.0 | 100.3 | 4-4-0 | 26.5 | 21.0 | |
| Kansas City | 100.0 | 101.6 | 101.7 | 5-2-0 | 23.3 | 17.4 | |
| Denver | 93.5 | 94.3 | 92.3 | 2-6-0 | 19.3 | 27.9 | |
| This Week’s Games | ||||||
| Home Team in CAPS | (N) Denotes Neutral Site | |||||
| Week 9: November 7-8, 2010 | ||||||
| Vegas Line as of 4:00 PM EDT Tuesday | ||||||
| Favorite | Underdog | PiRate | Mean | Bias | Vegas | Totals |
| Chicago | BUFFALO | 1.1 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3 | 40 1/2 |
| San Diego | HOUSTON | 1.0 | -0.5 | -1.7 | 2 1/2 | 50 |
| New Orleans | CAROLINA | 4.6 | 7.7 | 10.9 | 7 | 42 |
| MINNESOTA | Arizona | 12.3 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 9 | 40 1/2 |
| ATLANTA | Tampa Bay | 13.7 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 9 | 44 1/2 |
| New York Jets | DETROIT | 6.4 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 4 | 41 1/2 |
| BALTIMORE | Miami | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5 1/2 | 40 1/2 |
| New England | CLEVELAND | 6.8 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 4 1/2 | 44 |
| New York Giants | SEATTLE | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5 1/2 | 41 1/2 |
| OAKLAND | Kansas City | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2 1/2 | 40 1/2 |
| Indianapolis | PHILADELPHIA | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | -3 | 46 1/2 |
| GREEN BAY | Dallas | 11.7 | 10.6 | 15.2 | 7 1/2 | 45 1/2 |
| Pittsburgh | CINCINNATI | 1.9 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 4 1/2 | 41 1/2 |
| PiRate Passer Rating | |||||
| Player | Team | AYPA | Int% | PiRate # | |
| Michael Vick | PHI | 6.7 | 0.00 | 121.5 | |
| Peyton Manning | IND | 6.7 | 0.67 | 115.6 | |
| Vince Young | TEN | 6.5 | 1.64 | 106.0 | |
| Kyle Orton | DEN | 6.4 | 1.58 | 105.9 | |
| Josh Freeman | TB | 5.5 | 1.34 | 103.0 | |
| Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 7.1 | 2.44 | 102.3 | |
| Phillip Rivers | SD | 6.7 | 2.29 | 101.4 | |
| Tom Brady | NE | 5.7 | 1.78 | 100.3 | |
| Matt Cassel | KC | 5.4 | 1.68 | 99.5 | |
| Seneca Wallace | CLE | 5.4 | 2.00 | 96.6 | |
| Matt Ryan | ATL | 5.3 | 1.98 | 96.2 | |
| Mark Sanchez | NYJ | 4.9 | 1.86 | 95.1 | |
| Chad Henne | MIA | 5.3 | 2.46 | 92.0 | |
| Joe Flacco | BAL | 5.3 | 2.54 | 91.3 | |
| Matt Schaub | HOU | 5.3 | 2.55 | 91.2 | |
| Carson Palmer | CIN | 5 | 2.48 | 90.2 | |
| Kevin Kolb | PHI | 4.9 | 2.61 | 88.4 | |
| Tony Romo | DAL | 5.7 | 3.29 | 87.0 | |
| Donovan McNabb | WAS | 4.9 | 2.89 | 86.0 | |
| Jason Campbell | OAK | 4.9 | 2.90 | 85.9 | |
| Ryan Fitzpatrick | BUF | 4.7 | 2.84 | 85.3 | |
| Aaron Rodgers | GB | 5.3 | 3.35 | 84.2 | |
| Drew Brees | NO | 5.1 | 3.32 | 83.3 | |
| Sam Bradford | STL | 3.9 | 2.74 | 81.7 | |
| Kerry Collins | TEN | 4.6 | 3.45 | 79.4 | |
| Shaun Hill | DET | 4.4 | 3.37 | 79.0 | |
| Matt Hasselbeck | SEA | 3.7 | 2.97 | 78.6 | |
| Jay Cutler | CHI | 4.8 | 3.87 | 76.8 | |
| Alex Smith | SF | 4.2 | 3.72 | 74.8 | |
| Bruce Gradkowski | OAK | 4.3 | 3.92 | 73.6 | |
| Eli Manning | NYG | 4.8 | 4.60 | 70.4 | |
| Jimmy Clausen | CAR | 2.6 | 3.30 | 69.5 | |
| David Garrard | JAX | 4.2 | 4.70 | 66.2 | |
| Derek Anderson | ARI | 3.5 | 4.52 | 63.9 | |
| Brett Favre | MIN | 3.8 | 5.21 | 59.4 | |
| Charlie Batch | PIT | 3.7 | 6.12 | 50.8 | |
| Trent Edwards | JAX | 1.4 | 5.26 | 45.5 | |
| Matt Moore | CAR | 2.1 | 7.30 | 31.5 | |
| Max Hall | ARI | 0.5 | 6.67 | 28.1 | |
| PiRate Passer Rating Formula | |||||
| [((7* Air Yards Per Attempt [eliminates YAC]) – (11* Int.%)) +105] * 0.8
AYPA can be found at advancednflstats.com |
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The Pi-Rate Ratings 