Nightmare season for Chargers continues with overtime loss in Black Hole

That forced receiver Dontrelle Inman to play safety in overtime for his first defensive snaps since high school. Derek Carr threw a touchdown pass and led the winning overtime drive for the Raiders (7-8). Raiders owner Mark Davis and Chargers owner Dean Spanos are seeking to partner on building a stadium in Carson. Nothing is official yet, but the Raiders, Chargers and Rams are all expected to apply next month for the right to relocate to the Los Angeles area.

-S Charles Woodson, who announced Monday that he would retire after this, his 18th National Football League season, played his final home game as a Raider on Thursday night against San Diego.

The offensive play-calling failed to stretch the field with Chargers’ defensive backs Jason Verrett and Eric Weddle on the sideline.

The Raiders at one point faced a second-and-29 but picked up a first down when San Diego’s Denzel Perryman was called for an illegal hit on a defenseless receiver for a shot to Michael Crabtree.

The Chargers (4-11) took over on their 20 but were stopped on downs after gaining only 7 yards.

But the game officially ended on 4th and 3 in the first overtime, when Rivers threw an incomplete pass near the right sideline.

During the game, Cooper became the first Oakland player with more than 1,000 receiving yards in a season since Randy Moss in 2005. Rookie Clive Walford made a 22-yard reception early, but disappeared for the remainder of the game.

Carr completed 24 of 39 passes for 209 yards and one touchdown with one interception. San Diego elected to take the points off the board and it looked like the risk would pay off. Rivers hit Ladarius Green for a 30-yard touchdown.

“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. Oakland defeated San Diego 23-20 in overtime.

Game on the line. Putting the Raiders near the endzone yet again, eventually settling for a field goal to go up 23-20 after a Crabtree drop in the endzone.

His final home game behind him, Oakland Raiders cornerback Charles Woodson took the chance to address his fans one last time.

“It’s pretty emotional”, said Barbara Brazell-Garcia, a supermarket worker from American Canyon who made a decision to spend the holiday with her Raiders family in the Coliseum’s north end zone instead of her son, brother and grandkids.

The Chargers took a 17-10 lead into halftime and still held that advantage late in a third quarter that was dominated by punts. However, after a video review, the pass was ruled incomplete because the ball hit the ground when Green landed in the end zone.

Punter Marquette King pinned the Chargers inside the 20-yard line on six out of eight punts. There were rumblings in the days leading up to this game against the San Diego Chargers that Woodson could play some offense. The teams would trade field goals by Sebastian Janikowski and Josh Lambo for a 17-10 halftime score.

The Chargers wound up settling for another field-goal try, and this time Lambo missed from 48 yards.

He came back out onto the NFL Network set, and there he was serenaded by the Black Hole one last time.