Rookie QB Aidan O'Connell propels Raiders to historic blowout over Chargers

The Raiders' first drive of the evening ended with celebration, as a rushing touchdown by Zamir White marked the team's first offensive touchdown scored since the second quarter of Week 12, having gone without a TD in their previous 19 possessions.

But the celebration over a single score was quickly usurped by astonishment at a barrage of points from the Raiders, as rookie quarterback Aidan O’Connell captained his offense to a historic 63-21 win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night, just four days after Las Vegas failed to score at all against the Vikings.

"Just super proud of our guys for executing well," O'Connell said. "I think we were almost spared to have a short week here, so we couldn't really think about what happened, we had to move on, just got to move on from everything that happened on Sunday was great for us, and to be able to do this was pretty awesome. Every phase did a really good job, and it was fun to watch and really fun to be a part of."

The Raiders finished nine points off the all-time NFL record for points in a regular-season game, with only the second game this century of 63-plus points (the Dolphins scored 70 earlier this season against the Broncos).

Las Vegas opened up the scoring with a 12-play, 68-yard drive that ended with the score by White, breaking the aforementioned scoring drought.

Then the onslaught began, with back-to-back Chargers fumbles leading to Raiders touchdowns on the ensuing possessions for a 21-0 first quarter lead. And three more second-quarter touchdowns -- two off the arm of O'Connell -- doubled the lead, giving the Raiders a 42-point advantage after 30 minutes of play.

And they didn't let up after the break, with interim head coach Antonio Pierce saying after the game