By Jeremy Kahn

OAKLAND-It seems that the Oakland Raiders still have not found the way to beat their arch-rival Denver Broncos.

Peyton Manning did not throw a touchdown, but did throw for 266 yards, while completing 22 passes and threw two interceptions and the Broncos made it eight straight over the Raiders with a hard fought 16-10 victory before a crowd of 54,500 at the Coliseum.

The two interceptions thrown by Manning were picked off by another future Hall of Famer, Charles Woodson, and it was the first two interceptions by Woodson against Manning in his 18-year career.

These two men have so many things in common, that it was main topic of the week preceding the game between these rivals that have been going at each other since the two teams were founded back in the old AFL in 1960.

When Woodson won the Heisman Trophy in his junior year at the University of Michigan, Manning, a senior at Tennessee was the runner-up. Just four months later, Manning went number one in the 1998 NFL Draft to the Indianapolis Colts and with the fourth pick, Woodson was drafted by the Raiders.

It was the 63rd and 64th interceptions of Woodson’s career, and it moved him into a tie with Ed Reed for 6th place on the all-time interceptions list. Woodson joins Clay Matthews (39) and Darrell Green (41) as the only three players 39-or-older to intercept a pass.

Woodson also moved into eighth place on the Raiders all-time interception list with 26.

Second year quarterback Derek Carr went 26-for-39 for 249 yards, a touchdown and a costly interception with 6:53 remaining in the game that Chris Harris, Jr., returned 74 yards for the backbreaking touchdown.

“From the advantage point that I saw, he was wide open and I don’t know if we missed him (Seth Roberts) or if he didn’t look for the ball. The live view and the quick view I saw on replay, it had a chance to be a catch and run and an explosive play and a first down and points for us and it turned into a pick six going the other way,” said Jack Del Rio.

After getting the ball after the Harris interception for a touchdown, the Raiders began to drive down the field; however on fourth-and-19, the Raiders called for a screen play and Marcel Reece gained four yards and was tackled by Harris and they turned the ball over on downs.

“I really don’t have an answer for that. Plays that don’t end up working end up having a question about,” said Del Rio.

It was an off day for Sebastian Janikowski, as the 16-year veteran became the all-time in games played for the Raiders with 241 games.

On the other side of things, Janikowski saw his 38-yard field goal on the Raiders second series blocked by Sylvester Williams. Janikowski then missed a 40-yard field goal wide left in the opening moments of the fourth quarter.

Brandon McManus kicked three field goals for the Broncos, a 25-yard field goal just 41 seconds into the second quarter, a 29-yarder on the Broncos second series of the third quarter and then McManus nailed a 52-yard field goal that gave the Broncos the lead for good with 6:25 remaining in the third quarter.

Reece gave the Raiders their only points in the first half, as he scored on a three-yard touchdown reception from Carr on the Raiders first series after McManus’ 25-yard field goal that gave the Broncos a 3-0 lead.

Janikowski finally put the ball through the uprights with 1:40 remaining in the game, as he nailed a 50-yard field goal after Bradley Roby was called for pass interference and the Raiders gained 48 yards via the penalty. The onside kick was recovered by Demaryius Thomas.

The Broncos were unable to run out the clock, as Britton Colquitt’s punt with eight seconds remaining was caught by Amari Cooper, then fumbled and recovered by Broncos safety David Bruton to end the game.

NOTES: Following their bye week, the Raiders will head to San Diego, where they will face the Chargers on October 25. The Raiders next home game will be on November 1, against the New York Jets.

Janikowski moved past Lou Groza into 15th place on the all-time scoring list with 1,608 after his field goal and extra point.

The 16-year veteran out of Florida State passed Tim Brown to become the Raiders all-time leader in game played.