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NFL Capsules: Oakland at Denver

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OAKLAND (4-9) At DENVER (8-5)

4:05 p.m. ET, CBS

OPENING LINE -- Broncos by 11½

RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Oakland 6-7, Denver 7-6

SERIES RECORD -- Raiders lead 56-42-2

LAST MEETING -- Broncos 23, Raiders 3, Sept. 27, 2009

LAST WEEK -- Raiders lost to Redskins 34-13, Broncos lost to Colts 28-16

RAIDERS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (31), RUSH (22), PASS (31)

RAIDERS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (28), RUSH (10), PASS (17)

BRONCOS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (17), RUSH (12), PASS (19)

BRONCOS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (3), RUSH (15) PASS (2)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Raiders P Shane Lechler's 51.4-yard average leads league. ... Raiders are 18-5 against Broncos in December ... QB Bruce Gradkowski missed second half of Oakland's 34-13 loss to Washington last week with torn medial collateral ligament in left knee and partially torn MCL in right knee. He's 2-2 as starter this season, but will be replaced by Charlie Frye ahead of 2007 top overall draft pick JaMarcus Russell. ... RB Darren McFadden had career-high 84 yards receiving last week. McFadden scored two TDs in his last trip to Invesco Field, 31-10 win by Raiders. ... Broncos QB Kyle Orton is 4-1 as starter at home this season. With 2,904 yards passing, he needs 69 yards to surpass his career high of 2,972 set last season in Chicago. ... Orton's 16 TD passes are two shy of career high, also set last year. ... Rookie RB Knowshon Moreno rushed for 90 yards and TD in first meeting in September. ... WR Brandon Marshall is coming off the best game of his career, an NFL record 21-catch performance at Indianapolis. He also had career-best 200 yards receiving in that game. In his last six games, Marshall is averaging 109 yards receiving. ... OLB Elvis Dumervil leads league with 15 sacks and needs 1½ sacks to surpass Simon Fletcher's team record of 16 set in 1992. ... S Brian Dawkins tied career high with two INTs last week.

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