After disastrous season openers, the Oakland Raiders and Miami Dolphins came away echoing the same sentiment: We've got to do a better job.

Rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill looks to bounce back from a horrible performance in his Dolphins debut, and the visiting Raiders try to regroup Sunday after their special teams play cost them dearly in their first game.

Following a winless preseason, the Dolphins began 2012 with a 30-10 loss at Houston last Sunday. Tannehill, the eighth overall pick in April's draft, threw three interceptions - all in less than a six-minute span in the second quarter - with no touchdown passes while getting sacked three times.

Tannehill completed 55.6 percent of his passes (20 for 36) for 219 yards, and the Dolphins rushed for only 79 yards, held the ball for nearly 10 minutes less than the Texans and fumbled three times - losing one.

"We've got a lot of work to do," rookie coach Joe Philbin said. "Hopefully they accept responsibility, as did I. I didn't coach the game well enough, nor did they play well enough for us to earn a victory. That's my responsibility, and their responsibility."

Philbin knows Tannehill is going to go through some growing pains, and he tried to remain positive Monday even after the rookie posted a quarterback rating of 39.0 - the second-worst by a Dolphin since 2007.

"There were some good throws," Philbin said. "He did some good things, there's no question about it. It wasn't like he got flustered. It wasn't like you saw a ton of bad decisions. ... There are some good pictures of him throwing the ball accurately and moving nicely in the pocket."

Two of Tannehill's interceptions came on batted balls at the line of scrimmage, and he had four total passes knocked down.

"Anytime you turn the ball over, you can't be happy with yourself, regardless of how they happened," Tannehill said. "It's not good. You can't turn the ball over. You put your defense in a bad situation and ultimately it led to a lot of points for them."

Oakland's play on special teams led to plenty of points for San Diego in Monday night's 22-14 home loss.

After Pro Bowl long snapper Jon Condo suffered a concussion, his duties were passed on to Travis Goethel , a backup linebacker who mostly plays on special teams and hadn't snapped a ball in a game since high school.

The lack of experience showed as Goethel botched two snaps to punter Shane Lechler , who failed each time to get a kick off. Lechler also had a punt blocked, and those errors led to three field goals for the Chargers.

"That falls on me," rookie coach Dennis Allen said. "I've got to do a better job of making sure we're prepared for all those different situations."

Oakland, which signed long snapper Nick Guess on Wednesday in case Condo can't play, seemed to be well prepared in other facets of the game. The Raiders outgained the Chargers 321-258 and the defense held them to one TD in five trips to the red zone.

On the offensive side of the ball, Carson Palmer completed 32 of 46 passes for 297 yards and a touchdown while not throwing an INT. Running back Darren McFadden was held to 32 yards on 15 carries, but he caught a career-high 13 passes for 86 yards.

Oakland is expected to have second-year receiver Denarius Moore available after he sat out Monday due to lingering effects from a hamstring injury suffered in June. Moore, who led the Raiders last season with five touchdown receptions and was second with 618 yards, practiced Wednesday.

"He looked like Denarius of old," Palmer said. "He made a couple phenomenal catches. His burst was there last week, it's just I think more conditioning, really getting in practice. There's a totally different type of shape."

Fellow receiver Jacoby Ford , though, is out after having surgery Tuesday on his left foot, which he injured Aug. 17 in an exhibition game.

Miami has won three straight and six of seven in this series. The Dolphins jumped out to a 34-0 lead at home en route to a 34-14 victory in the last matchup Dec. 4.

"Every year is a new year so I don't really pay a whole lot of attention to that," Allen said. "... We have 15 more (games) that we're guaranteed and we're going to try to get better every week."

Dolphins get win for Philbin, beat Raiders 35-13

MIAMI (AP) -- Joe Philbin earned a sideline dousing as time expired and a game ball in the Miami Dolphins ' jubilant locker room, thanks to an achievement neither of his immediate predecessors managed: He won a home opener.

Thanks to Reggie Bush and a stout defense, the Dolphins dominated on the ground Sunday and beat the Oakland Raiders 35-13.

The victory was Philbin's first as a head coach, and Miami's first in a home opener since 2005. Tony Sparano's teams lost their first home game each of the past four seasons, and Cam Cameron started 0-13 in his lone year as coach in 2007.

"It's great for the entire organization," Philbin said. "I feel happy for our players that all their hard work and effort paid off."

The Dolphins improved to 1-1. The Raiders, under new coach Dennis Allen, are 0-2 for the first time since 2007.

Bush ran for 172 yards and two touchdowns to help Miami outgain Oakland on the ground 259-23.

"Our identity right now is we've got to run the ball effectively and stop the run," Philbin said.

Mistake-free play at quarterback helped, too. Ryan Tannehill threw his first NFL touchdown pass, ran for another and avoided any turnovers after deflections and three interceptions tarnished his pro debut a week earlier.

What did the Dolphins do in practice to curtail Tannehill's tendency to have passes batted at the line of scrimmage?

"We actually brought in 12 guys with huge tennis rackets," Tannehill said. "Nah, I'm joking. ... It was not something we freaked out about."

Bush broke four tackles on a 23-yard touchdown run that put the Dolphins ahead to stay in the third quarter. After they forced a punt, Bush struck again, this time on a 65-yard scoring run.

"Thats how you run the damn football!!!" rookie tackle Jonathan Martin tweeted shortly after the game.

Far from home on a sweltering afternoon, the Raiders wilted down the stretch. Miami employed a no-huddle approach most of the game and pulled away in the final 20 minutes by mounting touchdown drives of 80, 80 and 75 yards.

"We felt our tempo would be a key," Bush said. "We pressed that tempo and felt like we wore them down and just continued to pound the ball."

Carson Palmer threw for 373 yards, but the Raiders were plagued by poor field position and managed only one touchdown - when backup running back Mike Goodson took a swing pass and turned it into a 64-yard score.

"You'd like to get better field position," Palmer said. "Days like that, you've got to find ways to score points, and we didn't do that."

The Dolphins trailed 10-7 in the third quarter before finally taking advantage of superior field position, when they had the Raiders pinned at their 1 and forced a punt that gave them the ball at the Oakland 44.

Four plays later, Bush scored the go-ahead touchdown either because of terrific balance or terrible tackling, depending on a spectator's point of view. He cut inside and ran through the arms of four defenders en route to the goal line.

His second TD came on a sweep behind Pro Bowl tackle Jake Long . Bush broke into the open, dashed up the sideline and leaped over the goal line as three defenders closed in, then raised his arms in jubilation.

The happy crowd chanted "Reg-gie! Reg-gie!"

"The last few years we haven't done a good enough job at home, so it feels good to get one for the fans," Long said.

The festive mood was a welcome change for the Dolphins, rebuilding after a third consecutive losing season and coming off their most lopsided season-opening loss since 1988.

"We talked all week about bouncing back and just winning one game," Bush said. "This game is huge for our confidence."

Allen declined to blame the heat or long trip, or his team's short week after a loss Monday.

"I'm not going to use those factors as a crutch," he said. "We've got to coach better and play better and they were the better team today. They outexecuted us, and we've got to do a better job."

NOTES: Raiders CB Shawntae Spencer sprained his foot in the second half, and RB Taiwan Jones hurt his ribs. ... Dolphins CB Richard Marshall left the game with a back injury. ... Oakland long snapper Jon Condo returned after missing practice during the week with a concussion. ... The Dolphins lined up for a 55-yard field goal try, and Dan Carpenter instead took a direct snap and kicked a pooch punt to the 8.

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