LANDOVER, Md. — The Washington Redskins had a record crowd waving American flags in prime time, a Hall of Fame coach, a new offense that was supposed to rack up the points and the support of "Mission Impossible" man Tom Cruise in the owner's box.

The Minnesota Vikings had a first-time coach, a new running back, a new kicker and an old quarterback.

Think this was an upset?

The Vikings subdued the Redskins' commemorations and celebrations with a 19-16 victory Monday night. Chester Taylor ran for 88 yards and scored a touchdown, Ryan Longwell kicked the game-winning field goal to cap a drive engineered by Brad Johnson, and coach Brad Childress' got a game ball to mark a successful start to his transformation of the franchise.

"To win is big, but to not only win, but to win against a team that was in the playoffs last year, in their home environment, Monday night, all the things that go in their favor," Darren Sharper said.

The Minnesota safety saved a touchdown by knocking the ball out of Santana Moss' hands in the end zone late in the first half.

Two days before his 38th birthday, Johnson did what he's been doing throughout his NFL life: win, win and win some more. He has won an impressive 61 percent (66 of 109) of his starts with four teams in his 15-year career — including two years with the Redskins. He completed 16 of 30 passes for 223 yards and a touchdown Monday, bailing out his team repeatedly by going 10-for-15 on third down.

The Redskins did have a chance to send the game to overtime after Longwell's kick, but John Hall was wide left with a poorly hit 48-yard field goal attempt with 12 seconds remaining.

OAKLAND, Calif. — With LaDainian Tomlinson running through the Oakland defense and Shawn Merriman harassing Aaron Brooks, it didn't appear to matter who played quarterback for San Diego.Tomlinson ran for 131 yards and one touchdown and the Chargers shut out Oakland for the first time since 1961 to take pressure off Philip Rivers in his first NFL start, a 27-0 victory over the Raiders on Monday night.With much of the focus on Rivers as he replaces Drew Brees, Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer put the game in Tomlinson's hands and spoiled Art Shell's first game back as Raiders coach.San Diego beat the Raiders for the sixth straight time and shut them out for the first time in 90 regular-season games. When they won 44-0 on 1961, Al Davis was still an assistant on the Chargers.