Rams at Raiders Postgame Notes (9-10-18)

Rams at Raiders Postgame Notes (9-10-18)

The Rams defeated the Oakland Raiders, 33-13, in a Monday Night Football match-up.
QB Jared Goff completed 18-of-33 passes for 233 yards and two touchdowns for a passer rating of 97.2.
Goff continues to protect the ball on the road, starting off the season without an interception. In 2017, Goff was one of only two quarterbacks to start at least seven road games and have only two interceptions during the regular season.
RB Todd Gurley rushed 20 times for 108 yards, including a long rush of 23 yards. Marked Gurley’s 12th career game with at least 100 rushing yards.
Gurley also caught three passes for 39 yards and one touchdown for a total of 23 touches for 147 yards.
Gurley recorded the Rams first touchdown of the season on a 19-yard pass from Goff. Gurley now has 36 career touchdowns (seven receiving, 29 rushing).
Gurley took sole possession of the eighth-most rushing yards on the Rams’ All-Time Rushing Yards list. Previously, he shared the eighth spot with Tank Younger (3,296) in 100 games. Gurley trails Les Joseph with 3,407 in 129 games for the seventh-most yards. Gurley has 3,404 yards in 45 games.
WR Cooper Kupp hauled in his first touchdown of the season on an 8-yard pass from Goff.
WR Brandin Cooks made his Rams debut and led the team in receiving yards with 87 yards in five receptions.
CB Marcus Peters made his Rams debut and tallied a pick-6 off the Raiders. Peters nabbed an interception off QB Derek Carr and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown.
Peters’ play is the longest interception return by a Ram in Week 1. The second longest was former LB Jo-Lonn Dunbar who returned an interception 42 yards against the Detroit Lions (9/9/12). The play is the third-longest interception return by a Ram on Monday Night Football.
Peters now has 20 career interceptions and three interceptions returned for touchdowns in his career. Peters has collected more interceptions (20) than anyone else since he entered the league in 2015.
OLB Samson Ebukam registered the first sack for the Rams defense for the 2018 season. Ebukam sacked Raiders QB Derek Carr for a loss of five yards. Marked his third career sack.
S John Johnson snagged an interception off Carr in the endzone. Marked Johnson’s second career interception.
DT Michael Brockers sacked Carr for a loss of three yards. Brockers now has 140 career sacks.
Littleton’s second career interception.
DT Ndamukong Suh made his Rams debut and started his 100th consecutive game, the most among all active defensive linemen.
LB Cory Littleon tallied an interception off Carr. Marked his second-career interception.
According to press box statistics, Littleon led the team in tackles with 13 (11 solo).
K Greg Zuerlein converted field goals of 20, 28, 55 and 20 yards. Zuerlein is 154-of-186 for his career.
Zuerlein has 25 field goals in the 50-plus yard range in his career.
In total, Zuerlein posted 15 points in his first game of the season (four field goals and three PATs).
P Johnny Hekker punted two times for 117 yards, including two punts placed inside the 20-yard line and a long of 62 yards.