PRO FOOTBALL REPORT : WEEKDAY UPDATE : RAIDERS : Goal Line, Not the 20, Is Shell's Concern

By CHRIS DUFRESNE

Oct. 23, 1990 12 AM PT

The San Diego Chargers had five drives inside the Raiders’ 20-yard line Sunday but came away with only nine points. Is it dangerous for opponents to get inside the 20 so many times?

“It’s dangerous if they get in the end zone,” Coach Art Shell said. “If they don’t get in the end zone, it’s not dangerous. They got down there, and our defense wouldn’t let them in.”

Shell on the Raiders scoring 24 points for four consecutive weeks: “If we could score three points and win the football game, that’s all I care about,” he said. “I don’t care about statistics, I just want to win.” . . . The Raiders are 4-0 against AFC West opponents.

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Chris Dufresne

Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).

PRO FOOTBALL REPORT : WEEKDAY UPDATE : RAIDERS : Goal Line, Not the 20, Is Shell’s Concern

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