Stidham, making his first career start, looked like a nine-year veteran in throwing a TD pass to Adams early in the third quarter.
He replaced quarterback [Derek Carr](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16757/derek-carr), who has left the team in the wake of his Wednesday benching in a mutual decision. After the big play, Stidham was 3-for-3 for 108 yards and two touchdowns on passes thrown 20 or more air yards downfield. He initially appeared shaken up afterward but got up and walked off the field under his own power.
The 49ers rookie quarterback Brock Purdy has also performed well. The Iowa product, making his fourth NFL start, has completed 70 percent of his throws for 38 ...
The defensive end, seeing increased action in place of the injured [Chandler Jones](/team/players-roster/chandler-jones/), finished with three tackles, a tackle for loss and a quarterback hit in the first half. The former Auburn Tiger finished the first half with 145 passing yards and two touchdowns. [Jarrett Stidham](/team/players-roster/jarrett-stidham/), in his first NFL start, hasn't looked too rattled against the league's No.
Welcome to the show, Jarrett Stidham. While the San Francisco 49ers escaped Allegiant Stadium with a 37-34 overtime victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on...
The latter made an incredible catch in the corner of the end zone to give the Raiders the lead at intermission, and there seemed to be an immediate chemistry in place with the No. The only quarterbacks to throw 3 touchdowns against this #49ers defense this season are #Raiders Jarrett Stidham and....Patrick Mahomes. returned deep into Raiders' territory to set up the winning kick in overtime. That #Chiefs game in Week 7 was the last game the 49ers lost. Stidham was dialed in from the start with touchdown passes to Darren Waller and Davante Adams in the first half. 1 seed, the opposing quarterback making his first career start became the story.
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jarrett Stidham threw two touchdown passes against the San Francisco 49ers in the first half at Allegiant Stadium.
Stidham got the start because Derek Carr was benched for the final two games of the NFL season. And how did he end the first half? The Raiders have to decided whether to keep Carr or trade or release him by Feb.
Stidham has been excellent today against the 49ers, completing 11 of 14 passes for 145 yards with two touchdowns, no interceptions and no sacks. Stidham also ...
The 49ers remain in contention for the No. 1 seed in the NFC, but they’ll be eliminated if they lose today. Stidham also has 31 rushing yards, and the Raiders lead 17-14 at halftime.
Jarrett Stidham is going off in his first start with the Las Vegas Raiders. Last week, the Raiders announced they would be benching starting quarterback ...
Up until this point in his career, Stidham has completed 52.4% of his passes for 342 yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions. Now, he's playing as best he can in his first start this year against the 11-4 San Francisco 49ers. He was a two-year starter at Auburn after playing one season with the Baylor Bears.
Former Patriots quarterback Jarrett Stidham started the first game of his career Sunday and put together an impressive outing for the Raiders.
It’s fair to note that Stidham did throw an interception on the second play of the fourth quarter, which was tipped at the line of scrimmage and hauled in behind the line of scrimmage. And that came after Stidham’s first touchdown of the game to tight end Darren Waller. And the former New England Patriots draftee made the most of his first career start.
In the 37-34 overtime loss to San Francisco, Stidham played well, throwing for 365 yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions. Those three passing ...
This move kept Stidham united with former Pats offensive coordinator and current Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels, so he's been quite familiar with the offense he just conducted for a while and it certainly showed in Week 17. Those three passing touchdowns are tied for the most by a quarterback making his first NFL start in Raiders history. While his play helped force overtime, Stidham didn't have enough magic left in the tank to fully pull off the upset. The club elected to bench longtime starter [Derek Carr](/nfl/players/1664819/derek-carr/) for the final two weeks of the season and it's widely believed that he has played his last game for the organization, meaning Las Vegas will be looking for a new franchise quarterback for the first time since 2014. In the 37-34 overtime loss to San Francisco, Stidham played well, throwing for 365 yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions. And the 26-year-old may have opened some eyes even in defeat.
Former Patriots quarterback Jarrett Stidham put together a mostly impressive performance during his first career start with the Raiders.
He also orchestrated a two-minute drill with the Raiders trailing the 49ers 34-27 with 2:17 left. And Jarrett and the guys made some plays today.” He had a solid performance I think for his first start.” “I thought he did a good job of, really he skipped third down in the first half for the most part,” McDaniels continued. I thought he exectued a lot of things in the right way today, gave our guys a chance to make some plays down the field. He’s been in our system a long time and has that grasp of it, understands what to do.
The former Auburn QB became the second NFL player with at least 365 passing yards and three TD passes in his first start.
17, 2013) were the [only players in franchise history](https://stathead.com/football/player-game-finder.cgi?request=1&match=player_gameℴby_asc=0ℴby=date∁type=reg&player_game_num_season_min=1&player_game_num_season_max=18&player_game_num_career_min=1&player_game_num_career_max=400&qb_start_num_career_min=1&qb_start_num_career_max=1&team_game_num_season_min=1&team_game_num_season_max=17&week_num_season_min=1&week_num_season_max=22&ccomp%5B2%5D=gt&cval%5B2%5D=3&cstat%5B2%5D=pass_td&team_id=rai&season_start=1&season_end=-1&weight_min=0&weight_max=500&draft_year_min=1936&draft_year_max=2022&draft_type=R&draft_slot_min=1&draft_slot_max=500&draft_pick_in_round=pick_overall&conference=any) with three touchdown passes in their first starts before Sunday. [previous high for a Raiders QB in his first NFL start](https://stathead.com/football/player-game-finder.cgi?request=1&match=player_gameℴby_asc=0ℴby=date∁type=reg&player_game_num_season_min=1&player_game_num_season_max=18&player_game_num_career_min=1&player_game_num_career_max=400&qb_start_num_career_min=1&qb_start_num_career_max=1&team_game_num_season_min=1&team_game_num_season_max=17&week_num_season_min=1&week_num_season_max=22&ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&cval%5B1%5D=200&cstat%5B1%5D=pass_yds&team_id=rai&season_start=1&season_end=-1&weight_min=0&weight_max=500&draft_year_min=1936&draft_year_max=2022&draft_type=R&draft_slot_min=1&draft_slot_max=500&draft_pick_in_round=pick_overall&conference=any) had been 243 passing yards by Todd Marinovich in a 27-21 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Dec. The way you improve is through experience, and you have opportunities to compete against really good players and good defenses and good coaches and you learn a lot from those experiences. [sixth player](https://stathead.com/football/player-game-finder.cgi?request=1&match=player_gameℴby_asc=0ℴby=date∁type=reg&qb_start_num_career_min=1&qb_start_num_career_max=1&ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&cval%5B1%5D=365&cstat%5B1%5D=pass_yds&season_start=1&season_end=-1&weight_min=0&weight_max=500&draft_year_min=1936&draft_year_max=2022&draft_type=R&draft_pick_in_round=pick_overall&conference=any) with at least 365 passing yards in his first NFL start. The record is held by former Auburn All-American [Cam Newton](https://www.al.com/topic/Cam%20Newton/), who had 422 in his debut for the Carolina Panthers on Sept. I don’t know how to do anything other than the hard way, so I’ve just tried to continue to stay grounded in who I am as a person and a player and just be ready whenever my number was called, so whether that’s rookie year, second year, third year or now, fourth year.” It’s not worth stressing over and getting all uptight, so I just wanted to go out there and play free today and try and facilitate the offense in a way to win, and we just fell short a little bit.” Running back Josh Jacobs scored from there with 1:11 left in the fourth quarter, and when Gould missed a 41-yard field-goal attempt on the final snap of the period, the game went to overtime. [Jarrett Stidham](https://www.al.com/topic/Jarrett%20Stidham/) became the second player in NFL history with at least 350 passing yards and three touchdown passes in his first start on Sunday. The former [Auburn](https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/) standout also successfully executed a two-minute drill against the NFL’s No. The San Francisco defense had yielded the fewest points and yards in the NFL entering Sunday’s game. Unfortunately, there was two interceptions in the game and probably some things that I definitely could have done better to win.
Jarrett Stidham put together a surprisingly-competent performance for the Raiders despite their loss Sunday.
Obviously, we’re going to look at the film tomorrow morning and see what I could have done better. Unfortunately there were two interceptions in the game and probably some things I definitely could have done better to win. The 26-year-old impressed, completing 23-of-34 passes for 365 yards and three touchdowns — leading a game-tying drive in the final two minutes against one of the NFL’s best defenses.