OAKLAND, Calif. — Drew Brees might need to feel threatened about his job security. It's not first-round pick Philip Rivers breathing down his neck, it's star running back LaDainian Tomlinson.

Tomlinson threw his second touchdown pass of the season and added scores running and catching the ball in a performance for the record books, leading the San Diego Chargers to a 27-14 victory over the Oakland Raiders yesterday.

"In the celebration in the end zone I said, 'Superman, you can do it all,' " Brees said. "He can do a lot of things. Obviously, he had a big game today."

Tomlinson delivered another big performance against the Raiders (1-4) — he has 620 yards rushing in the last four meetings — to help San Diego (3-3) dominate this rivalry in a way they haven't since Al Davis was on the Chargers' side.

They have won four straight over the Raiders for the first time since taking the first six meetings from 1960-62, when Davis was their defensive ends coach. Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer improved to 24-7 in his career against the Raiders.

Tomlinson showed off his all-around skills with 140 yards rushing and 39 yards receiving. But his biggest thrill came from his 4-yard touchdown pass to Justin Peelle late in the second quarter.

Tomlinson is the first player to pull off the touchdown trifecta — running, catching and throwing for a score in one game — since David Patten did it for New England in 2001.

"I always take pride in throwing a touchdown because as a running back it's not something you're supposed to do," Tomlinson said. "So I really enjoy throwing the football."

He caught a 35-yard touchdown pass from Brees with 8:42 left in the first quarter, and scored on a 7-yard run with 4:02 remaining in the quarter.

The Raiders struggled after losing Randy Moss with bruised ribs and a strained groin in the first quarter.

"You don't feel good about anything when you played the way we played," Raiders coach Norv Turner said.

BRONCOS 28, PATRIOTS 20

DENVER — Jake Plummer hit on throws of 72 and 55 yards to give the Denver passing game big-play power for the first time this season in a victory over the two-time defending champions.

"He's definitely been playing a lot smarter," said former University of Hawai'i receiver Ashley Lelie, who caught the 55-yard pass. "He's not trying to make every single play."

Tatum Bell had a 68-yard run and finished with 114 yards, as Denver (5-1) won its fifth straight.

New England (3-3) fell behind by 25 early in the third quarter.

The Patriots pulled within eight and had the ball late. But Tom Brady threw three straight incompletions and after a punt, the Denver offense ran the final 3 1/2 minutes off the clock.

JAGUARS 23, STEELERS 17

PITTSBURGH — If Pittsburgh didn't realize the value of Ben Roethlisberger (out with knee injury) before, it does now.

Rashean Mathis scored on a 41-yard return of a Tommy Maddox interception in overtime and Jacksonville took advantage of four Maddox turnovers against the injury-thinned Steelers.

Pittsburgh (3-2) lost its second straight at home. It looked to be in position to win following Quincy Morgan's 71-yard kickoff return to start the overtime. But Maddox fumbled the ball away at the 27 with Jeff Reed readying to attempt a game-winning field goal on the next play.

After Jacksonville (4-2) punted, Maddox tried to find Morgan on second-and-10 from the Steelers' 35, but Mathis cut in front and scored without being touched.

"They ran the same route on the same formation before so I knew what I was getting," Mathis said.

BENGALS 31, TITANS 23

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With a game it needed to win on the line, Cincinnati (5-1) found a way to get the ball to its top receiver.

Carson Palmer tossed a 15-yard touchdown pass to Chad Johnson with 4:19 left that gave Cincinnati the lead for good, and the Bengals bounced back from their first loss of the season.

"We had a couple good situations to get Chad one-on-one and get him on a rookie, and that's what we want. A veteran Pro Bowl guy going against a rookie is something that makes me lick my chops," Palmer said.

Tennessee (2-4) had won nine of the last 10 in this series between old AFC Central rivals.

BILLS 27, JETS 17

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Kelly Holcomb threw two touchdown passes in winning his second straight start.

"The bottom line is we won the ballgames," Holcomb said. "It doesn't matter about statistics or anything. ... We've won the last two."

Willis McGahee had a career-high 143 yards rushing and a score, while receivers Eric Moulds and Jonathan Smith also scored touchdowns for Buffalo (3-3). The Bills defense had five sacks and forced three turnovers, including Terrence McGee's interception in the end zone with 3 minutes remaining.

Holcomb finished 18 of 26 for 172 yards against New York (2-4).

RAVENS 16, BROWNS 3

BALTIMORE — Baltimore (2-3) forced three turnovers and sacked former teammate Trent Dilfer four times in a win against Cleveland (2-3).

"I didn't play well. We didn't play well on offense," Dilfer said.

Todd Heap scored the only touchdown for the Ravens, who bounced back from their worst start in franchise history after being penalized 21 times last week in a defeat at Detroit.

Dilfer had led the Ravens to a win in the 2001 Super Bowl, but was released after the season.