OAKLAND, Calif. -- Tom Brady grew up in the Bay Area rooting for Joe Montana so it was only fitting that in his first game back here in nine years he passed the Hall of Famer on an exclusive list.

Brady bounced back from a four-interception performance by throwing for two touchdowns to pass Montana on the career list and committing no turnovers to help the Patriots beat the mistake-prone Oakland Raiders 31-19 Sunday.

"I'll never be in Joe's category," said Brady, who was at Candlestick Park in 1982 when Montana and Dwight Clark connected on "The Catch."

"We throw the ball a lot more than they threw it back then. It's much more of a passing league now than it's ever been. Every one of those touchdowns was important today, so it was fun. It was fun to be back out there after last week."

Wes Welker caught nine passes for 158 yards and a score, BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Stevan Ridley added rushing touchdowns and the Patriots (3-1) played a mostly mistake-free game after last week's surprising loss in Buffalo.

"It's always big to bounce back," said Welker, who has 40 catches for 616 yards through four games.

"We had the letdown last week and we got a bounce-back from that and coming on the road into a hostile environment, it's a big win for us. It was good to see."

This time the interception that changed the game was made by New England instead of thrown by Brady.

Patrick Chung got a gift-wrapped pick in the end zone late in the first half when Jason Campbell inexplicably threw the ball right to the safety with no receiver in the area for the Raiders (2-2).

"It was just a bonehead play," Campbell said. "I was just going to throw the ball out of bounds, then I start running around trying to make a play."

Campbell threw another interception early in the fourth quarter to 325-pound defensive lineman Vince Wilfork as the Raiders were unable to give the energized sellout crowd much to cheer about after the opening minutes.