Raiders Try to Finish Off Super Combo

Followers of the Oakland Raiders have been sent to the franchise record books often this season to quantify how bad the team has been.

Worst start since 1964. Longest losing streak since 1962. Second-worst offensive performance since 1970. Worst shutout loss at home ever.

After an 0-5 start sparked talk of a winless season, the Raiders (2-5) have shown some signs of life by winning two consecutive games. And now they have a chance to make some positive history if they can follow up last week's victory against defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh with a win against last season's runner-up Seattle (4-3).

"It would be big. You had everybody laughing at us the previous five weeks before these past two wins," defensive back Chris Carr said.

The Raiders, in fact, would be the first team to pull off the Super Bowl sweep in consecutive weeks since the 1985 Detroit Lions, who beat San Francisco 23-21 on Oct. 20 and Miami 31-21 the following week.

Granted, getting the chance to play both Super Bowl teams in consecutive weeks isn't a common occurrence. In fact, it hasn't happened at all since the Chicago Bears had the chance in 2002, and only 11 teams have had the chance since 1983.