NFL: Oakland Raiders end losing run with surprise victory over in-form Kansas City Chiefs

The Oakland Raiders won their first NFL game in a year when they beat the Kansas City Chiefs 24-20 at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Thursday night.

The Raiders had endured 16 straight defeats since they claimed their last victory by beating the Houston Texans on November 17 last year but they finally ended that miserable sequence against an in-form Kansas side that had won their last five games.

Raiders quarter-back Derek Carr threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to James Jones with one minute and 42 seconds remaining to secure victory.

The only sour note for the Raiders was the loss of running back Latavius Murray, who had dominated the first half with 112 yards and two touchdowns but exited with a concussion in the second quarter.

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Murray had just recently begun seeing more playing time for Oakland, and he needed only four carries to leave his mark in a performance that included a 90-yard touchdown scamper.

Sparkling reception

Jamaal Charles tied the score at 17-17 on a sparkling 30-yard touchdown reception with 12:20 remaining, and Cairo Santos kicked a 25-yard field goal a few minutes later to put the Chiefs up 20-17.

Alex Smith threw for 234 yards and two touchdowns for the Chiefs but they could not maintain their recent fine form.

Kansas City had little time to recover and could only make it to their own 48 yard line with their last possession, which ended with Alex Smith throwing an incompletion on fourth down.

"He did a great job and gave us a spark taking the ball 90 yards," said Raiders running back Darren McFadden. "We finally came out and put the game together and finished the way we're supposed to."

"I don't even know how to explain the feeling," Oakland linebacker Sio Moore told reporters. "I'm just happy to see that on both sides of the ball, we finished it."