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Rivers rallies Chargers past Raiders
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Rivers rallies Chargers past Raiders

Published Sep. 15, 2009 10:11 a.m. ET

Philip Rivers walked into the huddle unfazed by another fourth-quarter deficit and poised to prove why the San Diego Chargers made him their $93 million man.

Rivers answered a pair of go-ahead scores by Oakland by leading two touchdown drives and Darren Sproles scored the game-winner on a 5-yard run with 18 seconds left to give the Chargers their 12th straight victory over the Raiders, 24-20 Monday night.

This might have been the toughest one of the bunch. JaMarcus Russell had given Oakland a 20-17 lead with a 57-yard touchdown pass to rookie Louis Murphy with 2:34 left. But despite having two backup linemen in the game, Rivers calmly led the Chargers down the field for the winning score.

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