Oakland Raiders vs. San Francisco 49ers, 1968

Oakland Raiders

Vs.

San Francisco 49ers

September 1, 1968

Raiders Down 49ers, 26-19

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)- Two quick Oakland touchdowns in the third quarter broke open a tight game and gave the Raiders a 26-19 exhibition victory Sunday over San Francisco of the National Football League.

The Raiders' triumph, before a near sellout crowd of 57,593 in Kezar Stadium, gave the American Football League the preseason's interleague series. The AFL leads 11-9 with the NFL Philadelphia-AFL Boston game at Cambridge Mass. tonight, one of three remaining games.

The Raiders-49ers series is even at 1-1. S.F. won 13-10 at Oakland in the 1967 inaugural before 53,000.

Oakland is 3-1 in preseason games, San Francisco 1-4.

San Francisco scored first with the game 7:48 old. John David Crow took George Mira's screen pass and raced 50 yards to a touchdown.

The teams never were closer than 13-12 again.

Two passes from Raiders quarterback Daryle Lamonica to flanker Fred Biletnikoff- the latter was 28 yards and a touchdown- featured the third quarter pressure.

Four minutes later, Lamonica passed 18 yards to Billy Cannon, who went 35 more to a touchdown.

Kermit Alexander gave the 49ers brief hope when he returned a punt 57 yards to a fourth quarter touchdown.

The 49ers' second touchdown came as rookie Dwight Lee of Michigan State plunged one yard after Jim Johnson intercepted a Lamonica pass in the second period.

The Raiders' second quarter scores were on a Lamonica pass to Hewitt Dixon for 36 yards and on Dixon's seven-yard plunge after Oakland was given the ball on the seven on Alexander's pass interference penalty.