Broncos Shock Raiders Jeff Hostetler Leaves Game And Has X-Rays On Larynx

So satisfying was this victory that even Mike Shanahan, a coach not given to emotional excess, was laughing and grinning ear to ear.

“To be honest with you,” he said, “this was a little special considering my situation there.”

Shanahan, fired as the Raiders’ coach in 1989, enjoyed an exquisite Monday night, with his Denver Broncos routing Oakland 27-0 and ending a long run of frustration against his former team.

The Broncos (4-3) had lost six straight games to the Raiders, and 11 of the previous 12, and the lopsided win avenged a 48-16 loss in Denver last year.

John Elway threw touchdown passes of 33 and 36 yards to Anthony Miller, and Denver held the NFL’s highest-scoring team to only 19 yards of total offense in the second and third quarters combined.

Elway, who came into the game with a 6-15 career record against the Raiders, completed 23 of 46 passes for 324 yards. Miller caught seven passes for 149 yards, and Jason Elam kicked four field goals.

The Raiders (5-2), who had been averaging 30.5 points and 396 yards a game, finished with only 169 yards.”Elway is one of the best in the league, and Miller made some spectacular plays. I don’t know who could have stopped him tonight.”

Denver forced Raiders quarterback Jeff Hostetler from the game late in the third quarter, sacking him twice and sending him to the locker room to have X-rays on his larynx.

The X-rays were negative but Hostetler could talk only in a whisper, and Raider officials did not know the severity of the injury. Hostetler was unable to give interviews after the game.