NFL tonight

OAKLAND (3-9) at SAN DIEGO (4-8)

Game time: 8:15 p.m. Opening line: Chargers by 101‚Ñ2. Record vs. spread: Oakland 5-7; San Diego 4-7-1. Series record: Raiders lead 54-41-2. Last meeting: Chargers 28, Raiders 18, Sept. 28, 2008. Notebook: Despite losing 10 straight to Chargers, Raiders still lead series by comfortable margin. ... Last time Raiders beat Chargers was 34-31 in OT at Oakland on Sept. 28, 2003. Back then, Rich Gannon was Oakland’s QB and Bill Callahan was coach. San Diego had Drew Brees at QB and Marty Schottenheimer as coach. ... Raiders are 3-0 against Chargers in Thursday night games. In 12 career starts, QB JaMarcus Russell has completed 163 of 308 passes for 1,953 yards with eight TDs vs. five INTs and a 74.5 passer rating. ... Norv Turner’s record in three NFL stops has dipped to 73-95-1. He was 9-23 with Oakland from 2004-05 and is 15-13 in two seasons with Chargers. ... Turner is 4-1 against Raiders. ... Two-time defending AFC West champion Chargers are three games behind Denver with four to play. ... LaDainian Tomlinson dominates Raiders like no other team. He averages 121 yards rushing (1,815 total) against Oakland and has nine 100-yard games against them. ... For his career, L.T. averages 106.3 yards rushing per game in December and has 100-yard games in eight of past 10 December contests.

Associated Press