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wish we can start one of those strings again1985
Raiders record their 20th winning season in 21 years.
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Oakland Raiders History
1960
The American Football League awarded Oakland a football franchise on January 30th.
Eddie Erdelatz was appointed first Oakland Raiders coach on February 9th.
Played first preseason game against the Dallas Texans on July 31st.
Recorded first preseason win against the New York Titans (23-17) at Sacamento's Hughes stadium on August 7th.
First regular-season home game was a 37-22 loss to Houston on September 11th.
Raiders record their first regular-season win, 14-13 over the Oilers, on September 25th.
Tony Teresa became the first Raider to rush 100 yards in a game when he ran for 141 yards against the Buffalo Bills on November 13th.
Finished the 1960 season with a 6-8 record.
1961
E.W. McGah was named Oakland Raiders president on January 17th.
Head coach Eddie Erdelatz was fired and assistant Marty Feldman took over on September 17th
1962
The Raiders lost to San Diego 27-33 in their first game at Frank Youell Field on August 26th.
Head coach Marty Feldman was fired after five-straight loss and was replaced by assistant William Conkright.
1963
Al Davis named head coach and general manager on January 15th.
Raiders display new silver and black uniforms in season opener on September 7th.
Clem Daniels becomes the first Raiders 1,000-Yard rusher with 1,099 yards for the season.
Raiders record their first winning season. (10-4
1965
Construction began on Oakland Coliseum on February 1st.
Played their last game at Frank Youell Field, a 24-14 win over the New York Jets
1966
Al Davis named AFL Commissioner on April 8th.
On June 8th, the AFL and NFL merge and make plans to have a common draft and championship game.
Al Davis resigns as AFL Commissioner on July 25th.
With over 50,000 fans in attendance, the Raiders lost 32-10 to the Kansas City Chiefs in their first game in the Coliseum
1967
Raiders ended the season 13-1; the best record in AFL history.
Beat Houston 40-7 to win AFL Championship on December 31st.
1968
The Raiders lost to the Packers, 33-14, in Super Bowl II on January 25th.
November 17th was the date of the infamous "Heidi" game. The Raiders beat New York 43-32, but their great come-back win was cut off by the television network so they could start the movie "Heidi" on time.
Raiders lost to the New York Jets, 27-23, in AFL Championship at Shea Stadium on December 29th.
1969
John Madden replaced John Rauch as head coach on February 4th.
1970
Lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, 7-17, in the AFL Championship game on January 4th.
The 1970 season saw the Raiders win their fourth-4 consecutive Western Division crown.
George Blanda was named AFC Player of the Year.
Raymond Chester was named AFC Rookie of the Year.
1971
Raiders lost 17-27 to the Baltimore Colts in the AFC title game on January 3rd.
1972
Raiders record 100th victory with a 26-3 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Won fifth-consecutive Western Division title.
1973
Ended Dolphins 18-game winning streak with a 12-7 win on September 23rd.
The Raiders lost, 27-10, to the Miami Dolphins in the AFC Championship Game on December 30th.
1974
Lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 24-13, in the AFC Championship game on December 29th.
1975
Al Davis named Long Island Athletic Club's NFL Executive of the Year on February 7th.
On September 3rd, center Jim Otto, the last original Oakland Raider, retired after 15 years.
On November 23rd, Oakland defeated the Washington Redskins, 26-23, in the Raiders' first-ever overtime game.
1976
Raiders lost 16-10 to Pittsburg in AFC Championship Game on January 4th.
On November 21st, the Raiders beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 26-7, to clinch their 9th Western Division Championship in 10 years.
Finished with the best record in the NFL at 13-1.
Raiders win the AFC Championship by beating Pittsburg 24-7 on December 26th.
1977
On January 9th, the Raiders beat the Minnesota Vikings, 32-14, at Super Bowl XI in Pasadena, California.
On March 5th, Al Davis was named NFL Executive of the Year for the 1976 season.
1978
John Madden becomes the 13th coach in NFL history to win 100 games.
Fred Biletnikoff retired at the end of the season.
1979
On January 4th, John Madden retires as Raiders head coach after 12 years with the team.
Tom Flores was named the new Raiders head coach on February 8th.
Hall of Fame cornerback Willie Brown retired after 12 years with the Raiders.
1980
On March 1st, Al Davis announced he will move the Raiders to Los Angeles.
On March 6th, a judge grants a temporary restraining order barring the Raiders from moving.
On March 10th, NFL Comissioner Pete Rozelle announced that the NFL will not schedule any games in Los Angeles for the Raiders.
Center Jim Otto is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 2nd.
1981
The Raiders beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10, in New Orleans at Super Bowl XV on January 25th.
George Blanda inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 1st.
1982
Raiders select Marcus Allen in the first round of the NFL Draft.
Raiders play their first preseason game in Los Angeles Coliseum on August 29th.
Raiders record their 200th franchise victory by beating Kansas City, 21-16, on December 12th.
1983
On April 13th, a Federal court awarded the Raiders $35 million in compensatory damages from the NFL for anti-trust and bad faith violations.
The Raiders hold their first off-season workout in the team's new headquarters in El Segundo.
Ed McGah, Raiders General Partner and one of the original owners, died on September 17th at the age 84.
1984
The Raiders beat the Washington Redskins, 38-9, in Tampa at Super Bowl XVIII on January 22nd.
Willie Brown was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on July 28th.
On November 5th, the United States Supreme Court upheld the Raiders' victory in their antitrust case against NFL.
1985
Raiders record their 20th winning season in 21 years.
1986
On February 27th, the California Supreme Court upholds the Raiders move to Los Angeles.
On June 30th, the United States Supreme Court upholds the Raiders move to Los Angeles.
1987
On January 24th, Gene Upsahw was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Raiders open their new training camp at Radisson Hotel in Oxnard on July 22nd.
Al Davis declares his coliseum lease void and starts talking to Oakland officials about returning.
1988
Tom Flores retires as head coach on January 20th.
Fred Biletnikoff was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Mike Shanahan is named new Raiders head coach on February 29th.
1989
Art Shell inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
On October 2nd, head coach Mike Shanahan was fired and replaced the next day by Art Shell.
1990
Ted Hendricks was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
1991
Al Davis presented with the NFL Players Association Award of Excellence.
1992
Al Davis is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 1st.
1993
The Raiders beat the Vikings, 24-7, in their first game in the newly-renovated L.A. Coliseum on September 5th.
1995
Mike White replaces Art Shell as head coach on February 2nd.
On June 23rd, Al Davis agrees to bring the Raiders back to Oakland.
On August 12th, the Raiders played their first preseason game in Oakland since leaving for Los Angeles.
On September 3rd, the Raiders beat the Chargers, 17-7, in their first regular-season game back in Oakland
1996
Raiders move into their new headquarters in Alameda on June 17th.
On July 12th, the Raiders opened training camp in Napa.
1997
Mike Haynes is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Raiders name Joe Bugel head coach on January 15th.
1998
Jon Gruden is named new head coach of the Raiders.
1999
Former Raider Eric Dickerson is inducted in Hall of Fame.
2001
Lost to the Baltimore Ravens, 16-3 in the AFC Championship game on January 14th.
2002
Lost to the New England Patriots, 16-13, in the Divisional round of the AFC playoffs.
Bill Callahan became the 13th head coach in Raiders history in March, after Jon Gruden was allowed to leave for Tampa Bay in exchange for a series of draft picks.
2003
Lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 48-21, in Super Bowl XXXVII on January 26th
Wish it could have been A win but hey...WE WILL BE CHAMPIONS AGAIN!!!
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damn nice find
wish we can start one of those strings again1985
Raiders record their 20th winning season in 21 years.
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If you don't know...NOW YOU KNOW..A HISTORY LESSON courtesy of ..
Last edited by generalskull76; 04-04-2006 at 02:01 PM.
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Great post.
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sometimes I find good stuff, sometimes, I ramble about nothing..This was a MUST....
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Originally Posted by generalskull76
Watched that one live on TV. Some memories of that game are still fresh .
Watched that one live on TV. Colts had the new "zone" defense. Lamonica had trouble with it.
12 - 7, I loved it.
27-10, I hated it.
Watched 'em both live on TV
And in Oakland, too. And of course, I watched it live on TV
Watched that one live on TV. Very cold day, in many ways.
Now that's what I'm talking about, and I watched it live on TV. Had a terrible time staying in my chair.
The Raiders finally win a big one, and of course, I watched it live on TV.
1979. Tatum with the helmet remover hit.
Game was on ABC, which I could not get at my house. Not to be outdone, I drove 15 milees to a friends house who had cable and watched it live on TV.
As you might have guessed, watched it live on TV
And I coutinued to watch the Raiders on TV, but there was more bad than good for the next little while.
Someone should have done the "goose dive" on the whole Raven's team. But I watched it live on TV.
I watched it live on TV and I did not see the Raider's lose.
They try to tell me that I watched it live on TV, but I seem to want to forget that.
The thought comes to my mind that if I had of owned a VCR and recorded these Raider games I watched live on TV, I would be a very popular person among Raider fans. But when VCRs first came out they were prohibitively expensive and I don't even remember if they were around in 1970.
Good post, Skull
nice find, good post.
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Can't remember if I watched that game live on TV or not. But it seems that I do remember that the Raiders were ahead and then they threw a screen pass that the Jets picked off and ran in for a TD. But that was a long time ago and I may just be remembering wrong.
Good post skull, good one for all the Raider family and all the new boots aboard.
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Great post skull....imma print this one out, good stuff bro.
Excellent post general!!!!!!
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Nice summary of research, much appreciated. Also, I got some Mac Dre vids off Limewire last night. I'd only heard his name before you suggested the thizzle dance as an end zone celebration, now I want to find more.
Good ****, General.
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Nice, Nice, Nice...
I'll use that as my back drop.
Great Post
Bleeding Silver and Black for over four decades...42 years and counting !!!
"...there was one constant, one center, one captain, one Original Raider...his name was Jim Otto, his number was 00...for more than a full decade, he was the standard of excellence by which centers were judged in professional football"...
Al Davis presenting Jim Otto at his Hall of Fame induction in 1980
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