The Oakland Raiders finally claimed victory, in a home game Thursday against the Kansas City Chiefs.
And yes, that is news because the Raiders had lost their past 16 games. As CBS News reports, their last win was a bit more than a year ago — on Nov. 17, 2013. The network explains:
"The Raiders losing streak is currently the fourth longest in NFL history, behind the 2006-07 Dolphins (17 games), the 2008-09 Lions (19 games) and the 1976-77 Buccaneers (26 games).
"The 2008 Lions are the only team in NFL history that has ever gone 0-16 ..."
So, as you might imagine, the victory was gloriously celebrated:
As Deadspin points out, the Raiders were so excited that they even over-celebrated a quarterback sack toward the end of the game, which almost cost them a penalty:
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