How it Happened: Chiefs 23 Raiders 17

Jan 04, 2016 at 01:02 AM

Jerry Knaak

Former Raiders.com Contributor

The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Oakland Raiders 23-17 at Arrowhead Stadium in the 2015 regular season finale. Here's how it all went down.

Raiders honor Charles Woodson with 12-post montage on Instagram ahead of his final game. (via @RAIDERS) pic.twitter.com/7963N2GaIM
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 3, 2016

Let's play some football. #OAKvsKC pic.twitter.com/Ig5b9eN4Cy
— Oakland Raiders (@Raiders) January 3, 2016

Charles Woodson called and won the coin toss for the Raiders, and then deferred until the second half. The Chiefs wasted no time in getting on the scoreboard with an opening drive that culminated in a 25-yard Alex Smith to Jeremy Maclin touchdown pass.

And then...

The Chiefs punch it in to the end zone a second time with a short run.

Kansas City leads 14-0 with 51 seconds left in the first quarter.
— Oakland Raiders (@Raiders) January 3, 2016

A 70-yard Taiwan Jones kickoff return set this up...

Sebastian Janikowski's #FieldGoal from 29 yards out is GOOD.

It's 14-3 Chiefs early in the second quarter. #OAKvsKC
— Oakland Raiders (@Raiders) January 3, 2016

Another record fell.

Another record has now been broken by Amari Cooper. #Raiders pic.twitter.com/0QO5l23pHz
— Oakland Raiders (@Raiders) January 3, 2016

Then the defense got the Raiders back in the game...

When David Amerson pick-sixes it, he doesn't go into the end zone quietly.

Cue the Deion high step! #OAKvsKC https://t.co/AKvbbrZUmk
— NFL (@NFL) January 3, 2016

1) Stuff the Chiefs on the 3rd down
2) Bust out a couple perfect-form pushups

What a time to be alive, Khalil Mack. https://t.co/eLSOhedWQY
— NFL (@NFL) January 3, 2016

However, Smith struck again, this time with a 15-yard TD pass and the Chiefs led 23-10. But the Raiders weren't done yet.

It would be unwise to count the @RAIDERS out.

Crabtree just entered the zone. pic.twitter.com/t72hHrcw2G
— NFLonCBS (@NFLonCBS) January 4, 2016

But it just wasn't enough.

Final. pic.twitter.com/8Iz3HzdqI9
— Oakland Raiders (@Raiders) January 4, 2016

75 percent of the earth is covered in water.

The rest is covered by Charles Woodson.

What a career, @CwoodsonF. pic.twitter.com/pe5i2sc4i8
— NFL (@NFL) January 4, 2016

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