James Jones scored a late touchdown as the Oakland Raiders clinched a 24-20 triumph over the Kansas City Chiefs in a dramatic AFC West clash.

Both offenses struggled for fluency in the early stages, but Latavius Murray asserted his dominance midway through the opening quarter by hurrying over from 11 yards out.

However, the best was yet to come from Murray, who scored for the second time by storming clear of his rivals in a 90-yard sprint to the endzone for the longest touchdown run of the season.

Cairo Santos reduced the deficit before the interval with a perfect kick from 24 yards, but Oakland were back in front by 14 when Sebastian Janikowski converted a 40-yard field goal.

Kansas quarterback Alex Smith started to find top form in the latter stages of the third period, and he set up a dramatic finish by picking out Anthony Fasano for his side's first touchdown.

The visitors regained possession early in the fourth quarter to level the scores at 17-17 through Jamaal Charles, who collected a 30-yard pass from Smith for his ninth touchdown of the season.

Kansas then claimed the lead with just over nine minutes remaining when Santos sent over his second field goal of the night from 25 yards.

Oakland appeared to be on course for an 11th successive defeat until Derek Carr, who had enjoyed limited success for most of the evening, fired a short pass to Jones to hand the hosts the win.