Oakland
Raiders Chrome License Plate Frame - Set of 2
Oakland
Raiders Jersey Bottle Holder - Set of 4
Oakland
Raiders 15 Waste Basket
Oakland
Raiders Snack Helmet
Oakland
Raiders Freezer Mug - Set of 4
Oakland
Raiders Bean Bag Chair
Oakland
Raiders Spare Tire Cover
Oakland
Raiders Adjustable Hat
Oakland
Raiders - Team History
Oakland Raiders, professional football team and one of five teams
in the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC)
of the National Football League (NFL). The Raiders play at Network
Associates Coliseum in Alameda, California, and wear uniforms of silver
and black.
The Raiders were professional
football’s most consistent team from the mid-1960s through
the mid-1980s, reaching the playoffs 15 times and earning four NFL
or American Football League (AFL) titles in 19 seasons. As AFL champions,
they played in the second Super Bowl, in 1968, and lost to the Green
Bay Packers. During John Madden’s ten years as head coach
(1969-1978), Oakland played in seven league or conference championship
games and won one Super Bowl, in 1977. From 1980 to 1993 the team
reached the postseason eight times, winning the Super Bowl in 1981
and 1984. The Raiders are the only team that appeared in at least
one Super Bowl each decade during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
The Raiders joined the
AFL as a charter member in 1960. The team spent its first three
seasons changing stadiums and recording losing records. Al Davis,
a former assistant coach for the San Diego Chargers, was hired as
head coach and general manager in 1963. He reorganized the Raiders,
and the team improved to a 10-4 win-loss record. Four years later,
the club captured the 1967 AFL title under head coach John Rauch.
Quarterback Daryle Lamonica won the first of his two passing titles
as Oakland advanced to the Super Bowl to face the NFL-champion Green
Bay Packers. Green Bay won 33-14, but the Raiders had established
themselves as an AFL power. The Raiders reached the AFL Championship
Game under Rauch in 1968 and again in 1969, this time under former
Raiders assistant coach John Madden, who had taken over the head
coaching duties. Madden was named AFL coach of the year in 1969
when, at age 32, he was the AFL’s youngest coach.
Oakland joined the NFL
in 1970 when the NFL and AFL completed their merger. The team promptly
won the 1970 Western Division crown and advanced to the AFC Championship
Game, where they lost to the Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts).
Under Madden the Raiders gained a reputation as one of the most
intimidating teams in professional sports. Their character was exemplified
by center Jim Otto and offensive linemen Art Shell and Gene Upshaw,
who fiercely protected quarterbacks George Blanda and Kenny Stabler.
The Raiders lost three consecutive AFC Championship Games from 1973
to 1975 before winning the game in 1976. In the subsequent Super
Bowl, veteran wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff played an outstanding
game as the club defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 32-14.
Madden left the Raiders
after the 1978 season and was replaced by Tom Flores, who had been
the team’s first quarterback. In Flores’s nine seasons
as head coach he led the club to five postseason appearances and
two Super Bowl championships. Quarterback Jim Plunkett, playing
his first full season in Oakland in 1980, commanded a potent offense
that also starred wide receiver Cliff Branch and running back Mark
van Eeghen. That year the Raiders became the first wild-card playoff
team to win a Super Bowl, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10.
With hopes of a better-equipped
stadium and more fan support, the Raiders franchise moved to Los
Angeles, California, following the 1981 season. At its new home
in the Los Angeles Coliseum, the team put together a 12-4 record
in 1983 and returned to the Super Bowl. Plunkett, running back Marcus
Allen, and tight end Todd Christiansen powered an offense that crushed
its three postseason opponents by an average of 24 points. The Raiders’
defensive stars were cornerback Lester Hayes and end Howie Long.
From 1986 to 1989 the
Raiders failed to make the playoffs. Coached by former Raider player
Art Shell, the club rebounded with three postseason appearances
in four years from 1990 to 1993. Shell was named coach of the year
in 1990. Tim Brown emerged as one of the league’s swiftest
wide receivers and most skilled punt returners during the 1990s.
Following the 1994 season Shell left the team and the Raiders moved
back to Oakland, as fan support in Los Angeles reached an all-time
low and disagreements over renovations of the Los Angeles Coliseum
continued between the city and owner Al Davis. After the 13-year
hiatus, the Oakland City Council welcomed the team back with a remodeled,
expanded stadium and helped the franchise pay for relocation expenses.
Despite the move, the club remained near the bottom of the division
through the mid- and late 1990s.
IV SUPER BOWL RECORD
1968 Super Bowl II Lost
to Green Bay Packers, 33-14
1977 Super Bowl XI Defeated
Minnesota Vikings, 32-14
1981 Super Bowl XV Defeated
Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10
1984 Super Bowl XVIII
Defeated Washington Redskins, 38-9
The Oakland Raiders last Super Bowl appearance was in Super Bowl XXXVII on January 26, 2003. It was a great season, with a bad ending. The battle was fought against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers headed up by the Raiders' former head coach, Jon Gruden.
With Super Bowl XLVI just hours away, despite being an Oakland Raiders fan, I'm looking forward to this game, as it's likely to be a good one with two of the best quarterbacks in the NFL facing each other. Going into their last match up four years ago, the teams were quite...
Oakland Raiders' receiver Tim Brown, Minnesota Vikings' receiver Cris Carter and Buffalo Bills' receiver Andre Reed have a legitimate complaint. The NFL announced its 2012 inductions into the NFL Hall of Fame on Feb.
Despite the fact that the Oakland Raiders' former head coach Jon Gruden said back in 2010 that the Silver and Black's former great wide receiver Tim Brown, " dominated the game, " and remarked, "He's a first ballot Hall of Famer, without a doubt,"...
<p>Reggie McKenzie knew it the first time he talked to Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Dennis Allen.</p>
<p>The new Raiders general manager met with Allen on Jan. 18, then immediately placed a call to owner Mark Davis.</p>
<p>"I think I've got my guy," Allen said.</p>
<p>McKenzie interviewed other candidates, but when he interviewed Allen a second time at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., it was mostly to confirm what he already knew. Allen, 39, and never having been a coach at any level, would be McKenzie's choice to lead Oakland back into the playoffs after a nine-year absence.</p>
<p>"He understood the big picture as far as putting a plan together," McKenzie said. "We went over everything.
The Oakland Raiders' former wide receiver Tim Brown is one of my all-time favorite players and many fans throughout the Raider Nation feel he should have been inducted into the Hall of Fame the first time he was up for the honor.
With the Oakland Raiders not making it into the postseason again this year, fans have been looking forward to the 2012 season for over a month already. In the meantime, Super Bowl XLVI is now almost upon us, and being football fans most of us will watch the game despite the Silver...
The Oakland Raiders were said to have a good chance of moving to Los Angeles in 2014, and after the press conference by owner Mark Davis and new general manager Reggie McKenzie, those chances seemed to increase. Davis made some remarks back in mid-January during the conference that...
ALAMEDA, Calif. - The Oakland Raiders have hired Steve Hoffman as special teams co-ordinator, the same position he held with the Kansas City Chiefs the past three years.
The Oakland Raiders have hired Steve Hoffman as special teams coordinator, the same position he held with the Kansas City Chiefs the past three years. The Raiders announced the move Friday. Hoffman joins the staff of new coach Dennis Allen after 22 seasons as an NFL assistant, including 16 as kicking coach of the Dallas Cowboys from 1989 to 2004.
Ever since the Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams left town, the NFL has been working on getting a team back to Los Angeles. In some ways, it is actually quite strange that the NFL has been absent from the city for this long. Given the population density, you would think that the...
So much for the Oakland Raiders waiting to announce their new hires until they'd filled all the open positions. It was probably too hard to keep the lid on what was going on, and on Thursday the Raiders released an official report confirming seven new hires.
Reggie McKenzie and the Oakland Raiders brought in Dennis Allen on January 27 to replace Hue Jackson as the Oakland Raiders head coach. Allen now has the ability to choose his staff and the Raiders have officially hired Greg Knapp to fill the vacancy at offensive coordinator.
U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina announced Thursday he won't seek re-election in what's become another blow to conservative Democrats on Capitol Hill and the party's state congressional delegation. Shuler, a former professional football player and conservative who challenged House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi for her post following the November 2010 elections, announced in a...
The Oakland Raiders hired seven assistant coaches for head coach Dennis Allen's staff on Thursday, and three of them were on the Raiders' staff last season. Also, the Raiders reportedly have requested permission to talk to Green Bay Packers cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt Jr.
RALEIGH, N.C. - U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina announced Thursday he won't run for re-election to Congress in what's become another blow to the conservative wing of the Democratic Party on Capitol Hill and the party's state congressional delegation.
ALAMEDA, Calif. - The Oakland Raiders hired seven additional coaches for Dennis Allen's staff on Thursday, including three who were with the team last year.
The Indianapolis Colts filled one of their coaching voids Thursday when they hired Greg Manusky to be their defensive coordinator. The San Diego Chargers fired Manusky last month after one season as their defensive coordinator.
It's hard to keep up with the many changes in the Oakland Raiders' coaching staff. So far the only confirmed new hire, other than head coach Dennis Allen, is the rehiring of Greg Knapp who worked with the Raiders in 2007-2008.
Don Martindale is the Baltimore Ravens new linebackers coach, the team announced Thursday morning. Martindale, 49, was the Broncos defensive coordinator in 2010, the team's linebackers coach the previous season and has been in the NFL for seven years.
The helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Cowboys-Eagles game, the hardest hit he ever took during his Hall of Fame NFL career. "It was like a freight train hitting a Volkswagen," Dorsett says now. "Did they know it was a concussion?" he asks rhetorically during an interview with The Associated Press.
