By Jeremy Kahn

AP photo: Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr drops back for the throw against the Tennessee Titans in the first half of last Sunday’s game in Nashville

Derek Carr help lead the Oakland Raiders somewhere they last went in their last postseason run in 2002.

Carr threw for 249 yards and a touchdown, as the Raiders defeated the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium 17-10.

With the victory, the Raiders won their first two road games for the first time since Rich Gannon led the Raiders to the postseason in 2002, where they defeated the Titans 41-24 to win the AFC Championship before losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48-21 in Super Bowl XXXVII.

The much maligned Raiders defense, who gave up over 1,000 yards in their first two games of the season came up huge, as they forced three turnovers.

On the other hand, the Raiders took control of the game in the second quarter, as they scored 10 points in the quarter and out gained the Titans 129-40 to take a 17-3 at the end of the first 30 minutes of the game.

It looked like the Titans were about to tie the game and possibly overtime, as Marcus Mariota found Andre Johnson in the end zone for a touchdown. Luckily for the Raiders, Johnson was called for offensive pass interference on TJ Carrie.

Just two plays later, which happened to be fourth down, it looked like Carrie was going to be called for defensive pass interference on Harry Douglas, but no flag was thrown and the Raiders escaped Nashville with a hard fought seven-point victory.

The Titans got down to the Raiders three-yard line after Mariota found Tajae Sharpe for a 19-yard pass, but Taylor Lewan was called for unnecessary roughness and pushed the Titans back 15 yards.

Sebastian Janikowski set an NFL record for most field goals from 50 yards and beyond, as the 17-year veteran broke a tie with former Detroit Lions kicker Jason Hanson. Janikowski entered the game tied with Hanson with 52 field goals from 50 and beyond.

DeAndre Washington led the Raiders with 57 yards rushing, while Michael Crabtree led the Raiders in receiving, as he caught eight passes for 102 yards.