Raiders Overpower Seahawks in Waves : Pro football: They pound Seattle with three tailbacks, sack Gelbaugh six times during 19-0 victory.

First, Eric Dickerson rushed past Tony Dorsett to become the No. 2 ground gainer in NFL history.

Then, Marcus Allen rushed ahead of Joe Perry into the No. 11 spot.

And finally, Nick Bell rushed over, around and through the entire Seattle Seahawk defense.

While shutting out the Seahawks, 19-0, Sunday at the Kingdome before 56,904, the Raiders showed both their offensive depth and their defensive domination.

Admittedly, the Raider performance came against a bad Seattle team, a team whose rebuilding project has been stalled by a series of injuries, a team that has fallen to 1-6.

But when they struggled to an 0-4 start, the Raiders couldn’t beat anybody, good or bad.

All that has changed as the defense has taken matters into its own hands, along with several opposing quarterbacks, to provide the spark that has resulted in a three-game winning streak.

When Sunday’s game was over, defensive lineman Howie Long was asked if he took any particular pleasure out of the score.

“Those are just numbers,” he said. “The only numbers we have to concern ourselves with are our three wins.”

There were numbers everywhere Sunday for the 3-4 Raiders.

They showed they are a team with:

Three running backs.

Two quarterbacks.

And a hundred onrushing defensive linemen.

OK, so it only seemed like a hundred to Seattle quarterback Stan Gelbaugh, who might qualify as the poster boy for turf burn after facing a rush that resulted in six Raider sacks.

But the most fearsome sack of all was administered by Cortez Kennedy, the Seahawks’ 6-foot-3, 293-pound defensive linemen.

Kennedy came up the middle during the first period to bury Raider quarterback Todd Marinovich.

Marinovich didn’t get up at first.

When he finally tried to, he couldn’t put any weight on his left knee.

For an instant, Marinovich’s season flashed before his eyes, but the preliminary diagnosis was only a sprained knee.

Nothing will be known for sure until Marinovich undergoes a full examination today.

Jay Schroeder, the starter for the first two games, showed that he can also perform as a relief pitcher.

He completed nine of 19 passes for 84 yards. One of those completions was a four-yard touchdown pass to Willie Gault to open the scoring.

“I never had something like this,” Marinovich said in the locker room while surveying his slightly swollen knee. “My left leg was planted and (Kennedy) twisted me over on the turf. My leg kind of stuck. It scared me.

“I tried to put weight on it, but the leg was wobbly at first. I gave it some time on the sidelines and kind of eased back into it.”

Could he have gone back in if necessary?

“It would have been difficult,” said Marinovich, who threw incomplete on all three of his passes before leaving. “(The knee) got stiff when I sat around.”

Asked about the difficulty of going from second string to first string in the time it took Kennedy to go from the line of scrimmage to Marinovich, Schroeder shrugged.

“If you understand your role,” he said, “and you’re mentally in the game, the physical part just comes when you take the snap from center.

“That’s what I get paid for. I don’t have time to think about the fact that I haven’t warmed up. That’s why I stand on the sidelines and have the game plan in hand. I’m mentally ready. That’s my job.”

Much of Schroeder’s job Sunday consisted of handing off to his running backs.

Although he gained only 24 yards in nine carries, it was a memorable day for Dickerson.

When he took the ball up the middle for a three-yard gain during the second quarter, it was simply one small step for Dickerson.

But it was a giant leap in the record books, enabling him to pass Dorsett’s career total of 12,739 yards.

It took Dorsett a dozen years to reach that total. Dickerson finished the game with 12,744 yards during his 10th season in the league.

He didn’t know for sure that he had passed Dorsett until someone handed him the ball on the sidelines a few minutes later.

“That’s a lot of running,” Dickerson said. “But the win is the more important thing today. The record is something I’ll look back on when I’m finished playing.”

Dickerson is still far short of Walter Payton, the NFL’s career leader with 16,726 yards.

Allen gained 38 yards, giving him a total of 8,394 during his 11th NFL season.

Jeff Jaeger’s 53-yard field goal and a Raider safety made the score 12-0 by halftime.

During the second half, the Raiders turned to Bell, who had only 18 carries this season for 71 yards.

But Bell nearly equaled his season yardage total on one carry, going around right end and through three would-be tacklers on a 66-yard touchdown run.

Bell had 97 yards in 10 carries. The Seahawks rushed for 41 yards.

“It’s tough to split the time,” Bell said, “but it’s just something I have to deal with.

“I’m playing with two veteran backs who will be in the Hall of Fame. I have to wait my time.”

Sunday, there was time for everybody.

Rushing Leaders

Eric Dickerson moved into second place on the NFL’s rushing list. A look at the all-time leaders:

Player Years Yards TDs WALTER PAYTON 13 16,726 110 ERIC DICKERSON 11 12,744 89 TONY DORSETT 12 12,739 77 JIM BROWN 9 12,312 106 FRANCO HARRIS 13 12,120 91 JOHN RIGGINS 14 11,352 104 O.J. SIMPSON 11 11,236 61 OTTIS ANDERSON 13 10,246 81 EARL CAMPBELL 8 9,407 74 JIM TAYLOR 10 8,597 83