Raiders...27 Texans...16
OAKLAND — In a season with very little to celebrate, Johnnie Lee Higgins gave Oakland Raiders fans plenty to cheer about in the home finale.
Higgins caught a 29-yard touchdown pass and then returned a punt 80 yards for another score in the third quarter, leading the Raiders to a 27-16 victory over the Houston Texans.
It’s the first time since the 2002 Super Bowl season the Raiders won their final home game. The rest of the year has been much of the same losing for Oakland (4-11), which became the first team in NFL history to drop at least 11 games for six consecutive seasons.
Houston (7-8) had won four straight for the first time in team history and was hoping for its first winning season.
But by beating the Texans for the first time in four tries, the Raiders are assured of not tying Tampa Bay for the most losses in any six-year period.
Quoteworthy: “I always look at myself as a playmaker.” -- Johnnie Lee Higgins, Raiders receiver/returner
-- associated press
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