# LOOK: Fernando Mendoza scores first NFL TD on opening drive vs. Seahawks

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4 outlets covering · First listed: CBS Sports, Nov 15, 2026, 3:10 PM · Read it: <https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/why-raiders-fans-planning-stay-seated-fernando-mendoza-first-td/>

Fans had planned to sit during the QB's first TD to honor Mendoza's mother, Elsa, utilizes a wheelchair because of her multiple sclerosis

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 15, 2026, 11:00 AM: [Seahawks vs. Raiders prediction, props: Don’t expect a shootout in Fernando Mendoza’s first start](<https://nypost.com/2026/11/15/betting/seahawks-vs-raiders-prediction-nfl-week-10-odds-picks-best-bets/>) — NY Post (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean right)
  It will be a baptism by fire for Fernando Mendoza.
- Nov 15, 2026, 3:10 PM: [LOOK: Fernando Mendoza scores first NFL TD on opening drive vs. Seahawks](<https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/why-raiders-fans-planning-stay-seated-fernando-mendoza-first-td/>) — CBS Sports (Sports, United States)
  Fans had planned to sit during the QB's first TD to honor Mendoza's mother, Elsa, utilizes a wheelchair because of her multiple sclerosis
- Nov 15, 2026, 3:21 PM: [Fernando Mendoza's first NFL TD puts Raiders up 7-0](<https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/fernando-mendozas-first-nfl-td-puts-raiders-up-7-0>) — ProFootballTalk (Sports, United States)
  Fernando Mendoza helped secure a national title at Indiana with a scramble for a touchdown and his first NFL touchdown came the same way.
- Nov 15, 2026, 3:46 PM: [Fernando Mendoza starts first NFL game with a bang, leads Raiders on opening TD drive](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/fernando-mendoza-starts-first-nfl-214638167.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  Las Vegas Raiders QB Fernando Mendoza scored a 10-yard rushing touchdown to cap his first drive as the team's starter following the Kirk Cousins trade.
