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TAMPA BAY (3-4) At OAKLAND (3-4)

Sunday, 1:05 p.m., FOX

OPENING LINE — Raiders by 1 1/2

RECORD VS. SPREAD — Tampa Bay 4-2-1; Oakland 3-4

SERIES RECORD — Raiders lead 6-2

AP PRO32 RANKING — Buccaneers No. 19; Raiders No. 25

LAST MEETING — Raiders beat Bucs 31-24, Dec. 28, 2008

LAST WEEK — Bucs beat Vikings 36-17; Raiders beat Chiefs 26-16

BUCCANEERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (15), RUSH (15), PASS (14)

BUCCANEERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (27), RUSH (6), PASS (31)

RAIDERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (18), RUSH (30), PASS (10)

RAIDERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (17), RUSH (11), PASS (20)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Raiders won last two meetings between teams since losing Super Bowl following 2002 season. Only three players remain from that Super Bowl: Tampa Bay S Ronde Barber and Oakland K Sebastian Janikowski and P Shane Lechler. ... Oakland facing third straight opponent with extra rest. Raiders beat Jacksonville and Kansas City off byes. Tampa Bay coming off Thursday game. ... Tampa Bay seeking franchise-record fourth straight game with at least 28 points. ... Bucs QB Josh Freeman nine TD passes and one INT last three games. ... Tampa Bay WR Vincent Jackson has TD catch in four of last five games vs. Raiders. ... Bucs allowing 3.5 ypc, third best in NFL. ... Oakland QB Carson Palmer thrown for at least 200 yards in franchise-record 13 straight games. ... Raiders scored in last 2 minutes of first half in all seven games. They have 33 points in final 2 minutes and 35 in first 28. ... Raiders WR Denarius Moore has TD catch in three straight games. Last Oakland player with four straight Tim Brown in 2001. ... Raiders scored TDs on 34.8 percent of trips to red zone, second worst in NFL. ... Oakland RB Darren McFadden coming off season-high 114 yards rushing vs. Chiefs.

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