Chiefs stay alive in the postseason race

OAKLAND (AP) A trip to Oakland was just what the Kansas City Chiefs needed to snap their three-game losing streak and keep their faint playoff hopes alive with a 20-9 win over the lowly Raiders.<br/>

Sunday, December 24th 2006, 8:37 am

By: News On 6

OAKLAND (AP) A trip to Oakland was just what the Kansas City Chiefs needed to snap their three-game losing streak and keep their faint playoff hopes alive with a 20-9 win over the lowly Raiders.

Larry Johnson ran for 137 yards and a touchdown to help the Chiefs become the first team to beat the Raiders eight straight times. The Raiders could only manage three field goals by Sebastian Janikowski and were held without an offensive touchdown for the seventh time this season.

The Chiefs are 8-7. They need to beat Jacksonville next week and get plenty of help from other teams to make the playoffs. The Chiefs' 4-7 conference record has put them behind most of the other contenders in the tiebreakers.

The 2-13 Raiders have lost eight straight overall and matched the franchise record for losses in a season set when they went 1-13 in 1962, the season before Al Davis arrived to coach and eventually own the team.