Final
Janikowski drills 57-yarder to lift Raiders over Jets
Oct 20, 2008 - 2:17 AM OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- With the longest field goal of his career, Sebastian Janikowski may have saved Tom Cable and the Oakland Raiders another public relations nightmare.Janikowski connected on a career-long 57-yard field goal with less than three minutes remaining in overtime to lift the Raiders to a 16-13 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday.
"I didn't see it going in," Janikowski said. "As soon as I hit it, I started celebrating, because I knew I hit it good so I didn't even see it going in."
Not long before the game-winner sailed crisply through the middle of the uprights, the Raiders (2-4) appeared to have had the win wrapped up already. Jay Feely's 52-yard attempt to send the game into overtime with three seconds left in regulation hit the left goalpost, presumably clinching Cable's first win as head coach.
But he would have to wait a little while longer. The new Raiders coach called a timeout just before Feely's kick, erasing the miss and giving the Jets (3-3) another chance. Feely capitalized this time, drilling it from 52 yards out to send the game into an extra period.
The clubs stumbled through the first several possessions of overtime and the game appeared almost destined to end in a tie - which would have been the first in nearly six years. But with two throws, second-year quarterback JaMarcus Russell changed the Raiders' fortunes.
"As long as we get on the other side of the field, I think 'Sea Bass' is ready to foot it in there," Russell said.
Last year's first overall draft pick completed a pair of impressive passes over the middle to put the Raiders into scoring position, connecting with Javon Walker for 16 yards and then hitting Zach Miller for 27 yards. Russell misfired on his next two pass attempts, but it didn't matter to Janikowski, who made up for an earlier miss from just 40 yards away with his second career overtime game-winner.
"I asked him when that drive started and he said, 'I can make it from the 40,' and that's all you needed to hear from 'Sea Bass' because he's good," said Cable, who took over for fired head coach Lane Kiffin two weeks ago. "You saw what he did, he nailed that thing."
Despite giving up 418 yards to the Jets, the Raiders' defense was opportunistic all afternoon, forcing three turnovers to keep it a low-scoring affair. Down by three and facing a third-and-18 on his own 13-yard line, Jets quarterback Brett Favre launched a deep pass down the right sideline - and Hall, the Raiders' high-priced cornerback, easily picked it off.
It was Favre's second interception of the day and his fourth over the last two weeks.
He was given another chance to tie the game after Oakland's three-and-out, and capitalized this time. The Jets started on their own 5-yard line, but Favre marched them 61 yards on nine plays to set up Feely's game-tying kick. But he couldn't match the feat in overtime, completing just one pass on three possessions.
"It was a tough, back-and-forth game and there wasn't a lot of scoring going on," Jets head coach Eric Mangini said. "I didn't expect that to change dramatically in overtime. And it didn't."
His much-younger counterpart had a smoother performance. Russell completed 17-of-30 passes for 203 yards and a touchdown, an 8-yard strike to Javon Walker that snapped a 3-3 tie in the third quarter.
"The most important thing is, we're gonna leave this building 1-0 today," Cable said. "We're gonna go to our families and we're gonna eat dinner tonight 1-0 and it's gonna taste better, it's gonna feel good to wake up tomorrow and then we gotta go to work and we gotta keep getting better."
- #1 Cards Fan 57-yard attempt is good! Oakland wins it 16-13 F OT
Jets 13, Raiders 13 OT - 2:41Oct 19 7:39 PM - NFL
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH
--- --- --- ---
NY JETS 3 0 0 10
OAKLAND 3 0 7 3
OT TOTAL
--- -----
NY JETS 0 13
OAKLAND 3 16 FINAL IN OVERTIME
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NYJ - FG, JAY FEELY 40 YD, 3:19. Drive: 9
plays, 58 yards
Oct 19 7:39 PM - NFL
FG OAK
SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 57 YD
NY JETS 13
OAKLAND 16 2:35 LEFT, 1ST OT
Jets 13, Raiders 16 OT - 2:35Oct 19 7:39 PM - #1 Cards Fan The Raiders offense hasn't done ANYTHING on OT, but the defense has made up for it. Jets ball on the 18, so they'll need a lot of yards for a FG.
Jets 13, Raiders 13 OT - 6:53Oct 19 7:28 PM - #1 Cards Fan Not much there for the Raiders. Jets ball, but deep in their own side of the field. They'll need almost 60 yards for a Feely FG attempt.
Jets 13, Raiders 13 OT - 9:27Oct 19 7:21 PM - #1 Cards Fan They got him on that 3rd and 5. Let's see how Oakland does on offense.
Jets 13, Raiders 13 OT - 11:36Oct 19 7:18 PM - #1 Cards Fan Favre should've been sacked there on 3rd and 5
Jets 13, Raiders 13 OT - 14:53Oct 19 7:16 PM - #1 Cards Fan That's a good reason why "freezing the kicker" rearely works.
Jets 13, Raiders 13 End of Reg.Oct 19 7:10 PM - NFL
NY JETS 13
OAKLAND 13 0:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR
OAK BALL ON OAK 10 YD LINE
1ST AND 10
Oct 19 7:08 PM - 221
roots - NFL
FG OAK
SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 37 YD
NY JETS 10
OAKLAND 13 2:56 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Jets 10, Raiders 13 4th - 2:56Oct 19 6:48 PM - NFL
TD NYJ
LEON WASHINGTON 11 YD RUN
(JAY FEELY KICK)
NY JETS 10
OAKLAND 10 8:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Jets 10, Raiders 10 4th - 8:00Oct 19 6:35 PM - NFL
END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY JETS 3 0 0 3
OAKLAND 3 0 7 10 END, 3RD QTR
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NYJ - FG, JAY FEELY 40 YD, 3:19. Drive: 9
plays, 58 yards in 3:19. Key plays:
Favre 10-yard pass to Baker to New
York 38; NY JETS 3-0
OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 29 YD, 13:11.
Drive
Oct 19 6:18 PM
TD OAK JAVON WALKER 8 YD PASS FROM JAMARCUS RUSSELL (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK)
Jets 3, Raiders 10 3rd - 9:35Oct 19 5:53 PM
TD OAK JAVON WALKER 8 YD PASS FROM JAMARCUS RUSSELL (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK)
Jets 3, Raiders 10 3rd - 9:35Oct 19 5:53 PM
TD OAK JAVON WALKER 8 YD PASS FROM JAMARCUS RUSSELL (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK)
Jets 3, Raiders 10 3rd - 9:35Oct 19 5:53 PM- NFL
TD OAK
JAVON WALKER 8 YD PASS FROM JAMARCUS RUSSELL
(SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK)
NY JETS 3
OAKLAND 10 9:35 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Jets 3, Raiders 10 3rd - 9:35Oct 19 5:53 PM - NFL
HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY JETS 3 0 3
OAKLAND 3 0 3 HALFTIME
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NYJ - FG, JAY FEELY 40 YD, 3:19. Drive: 9
plays, 58 yards in 3:19. Key plays:
Favre 10-yard pass to Baker to New
York 38; NY JETS 3-0
OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 29 YD, 13:11.
Drive: 5
Oct 19 5:31 PM
FG OAK SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 29 YD
S Williams fumble recovery to New York 16
Jets 3, Raiders 3 1st - 1:49Oct 19 4:59 PM- NFL
END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY JETS 3 3
OAKLAND 3 3 END, 1ST QTR
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NYJ - FG, JAY FEELY 40 YD, 3:19. Drive: 9
plays, 58 yards in 3:19. Key plays:
Favre 10-yard pass to Baker to New
York 38; NY JETS 3-0
OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 29 YD, 13:11.
Drive
Oct 19 4:59 PM - NFL
END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY JETS 3 3
OAKLAND 3 3 END, 1ST QTR
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NYJ - FG, JAY FEELY 40 YD, 3:19. Drive: 9
plays, 58 yards in 3:19. Key plays:
Favre 10-yard pass to Baker to New
York 38; NY JETS 3-0
OAK - FG, SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI 29 YD, 13:11.
Drive
Oct 19 4:54 PM - NFL
FG NYJ
JAY FEELY 40 YD
NY JETS 3
OAKLAND 0 11:41 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Jets 3, Raiders 0 1st - 11:41Oct 19 4:23 PM
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