Oakland Raiders beat San Diego Chargers in Charles Woodson’s last home game

Woodson, 39, announced earlier this week that he will be retiring following this season and his final game at O.co Coliseum was a chance to express mutual appreciation.

Charles Woodson earned the Gatorade bath at the conclusion of Thursday night’s Oakland Raiders 23-20 overtime victory over the San Diego Chargers, the last home game for the 18-year pro.

“It’s a great place to see a game”, said Bob Gibson, a gas pump mechanic from Livermore whose first Raiders game was at Frank Youell Field in 1964. “It’s Christmas Eve in front of friends and family and fans”.

“Our fans showed out, tremendous showing tonight”, Del Rio said following the game. Woodson played his final home game before retirement.

“I should have just went out for a pass”, Woodson said, per the San Francisco Chronicle.

Oakland Raider’s Charles Woodson (24) speaks to the audience after defeating the San Diego Chargers during their National Football League game at O.Co Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015.

“I don’t know what the plans are”.

He led the fans in a “Rai-ders!” chant and told them that the franchise’s leadership is going to lead the team to “get so much better really soon”. It was the play of the game, occurring one series after the craziest sequence of the night.

Then, as they got ready for warm-ups, the Raiders huddled around him, and Woodson gave a roaring speech. Instead, Woodson tucked the ball and took a three-yard loss.

“I’m just ecstatic to be part of the C-Wood era”, Roberts said. The Raiders also succeeded on a two-point conversion, which made the difference since Lambo forced it into overtime with a field goal.

The defense delivered throughout another night in which the Raiders offense struggled.

Eyes got big: Benson Mayowa said he saw Malcolm Smith force a fumble by tight end David Johnson and saw the football fly into the air. Oakland went for two and converted after that, pushing the score to 20-17 with 4:41 remaining in the fourth quarter.

That was a rare blip for a Raiders defense that had another strong outing, particularly in the second half.

The first half ended with the Chargers on top 17-10. After a Marquette King punt backed San Diego up to the 9, Denico Autry blasted through to sack Rivers in the end zone for a safety with 2:11 left in the third. Carr completed all five of his passes for 58 yards on the drive, while Murray carried three times for 33 yards. On their 15-play, game-winning drive in overtime, they had four penalties and had to settle for Sebastian Janikowski’s 31-yard field goal.

The sloppy play continued in the fourth quarter when San Diego was called for unsportsmanlike conduct after an incomplete pass on third down.

The Chargers have not won a game in their division in more than a year and have gone 0-7 during that span. Latavius Murray capped the nine-play, 77-yard possession with a 22-yard touchdown run. Three straight penalties left the Raiders with a second-and-29 but San Diego’s Denzel Perryman bailed them out when he was called for a personal foul for hitting a defenseless Michael Crabtree in the head.