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Derek Carr didn't just have one of the biggest games in Raiders history Sunday, he also had one of the biggest games in NFL history.

During Oakland's 30-24 overtime win over the Buccaneers, Carr threw for 513 yards and four touchdowns. Carr's passing total smashed the previous franchise record of 427 yards set by Cotton Davidson in 1964.

When you're passing someone named Cotton in the record book, you know you're breaking an old record.

As someone who grew up in California, Carr is very familiar with the Raiders mystique, so breaking the team's single-game passing record was a big deal for him.

"I'm not going to lie to you. I was so overcome with emotion when somebody told be (about the franchise record). I almost started crying," Carr said, via CSN Bay Area. "Not in a weird way, it's just that stuff is something you dream about as a kid."

Besides breaking the franchise record, Carr also joined a very exclusive club when he hit Seth Roberts with a 41-yard touchdown pass to win the game in overtime. The pass put Carr at 513 yards and four touchdown passes. Combine that with the fact that he threw zero interceptions, and you have a performance that has only been done by two other people in NFL history: Y.A. Tittle (1962) and Ben Roethlisberger (2014).

Carr's passing total of 513 yards tied Phil Simms as the ninth-highest performance of all-time.

Even Raiders coach Jack Del Rio was impressed by his quarterback.

"It was an awesome performance," Del Rio said. "I've seen some good ones from him, and we'll continue to see good ones from him. He's very confident. He's got some weapons that he's utilizing. He had one heck of a performance today."

Carr actually could have broken the all-time passing yards record if the Raiders hadn't been called for so many penalties. In the game, Oakland was called for an NFL-record 23 penalties, which led to 71 yards being negated from Carr's total.

If those yards had counted, that would've put Carr at 584 yards, a mark that would've smashed Norm Van Brocklin's record of 554 yards that has stood since 1951.