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The first post-merger season saw the Raiders win the AFC West with an 8–4–2 record and go all the way to the conference championship, where they lost to the Colts. The game was played on January 9, 1977, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Leurs deux défaites sont survenues lors du Super Bowl II en février 1968 et lors du Super Bowl XXXVII en février 2003. On a rain-slicked Monday night, Oakland won an extremely sloppy game 23–20 after repeated penalties and Broncos mistakes. Despite rumors of selling the team, Al Davis's family indicated that they would retain ownership.
Super Bowl Championships The Raiders have captured three World Championships of professional football with victories in Super Bowls XI, XV and XVIII. After the 2-3-0 start, the 1980 Raiders went on to win 12 of their next 14 games to end up in New Orleans in January for Super Bowl XV. Each Super Bowl was marked by dominating performances in all three phases of the gameâoffense, defense and special teams.
After flying to Houston for a match with the Texans, the Raiders were stunned by the news that Al Davis had died at his home on October 8 after having been with the franchise for all but its first three years of existence.With the AFC West extremely weak, the Raiders vacillated between 3rd and 1st place as the season progressed. His replacement was former Raiders quarterback The following off-season, the popular gun-slinging quarterback Prior to the 1980 season, Al Davis attempted unsuccessfully to have improvements made to the After two more unsuccessful seasons (7-9 in 1996 and 4–12 in 1997) under White and his successor, Shortly after the 2001 season, the Raiders made an unusual move that involved releasing Gruden from his contract and allowing the Callahan's second season as head coach was considerably less successful. Regular price $22.99 Sale price $22.99 Sale. The Raiders' biggest off-season moves were trading QB Bruce Gradkowski to Cincinnati and CB Nnamdi Asomugha to Philadelphia. A three-game losing streak in December badly harmed their playoff chances, but up to Week 17, they remained in contention to clinch the division. All rights reserved. Despite another 8–4–2 season in 1971, the Raiders failed to win the division or achieve a playoff berth. Two months later, the league announced its On the field, the team Davis had assembled and coached steadily improved. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. After splitting the previous home season between Kezar and Candlestick, the Raiders moved exclusively to Candlestick Park in 1961, where total attendance for the season was about 50,000, and finished 2–12.
Davis then promoted offensive coordinator During all this time, Al Davis, who was now past his 80th birthday and in increasingly poor health, refused to hire a general manager or relinquish his absolute control of the team's on-field activities and he continued to make all major decisions regarding draft picks, trades, or signings himself. Soon after, Valley and McGah purchased Osborne's interest, with Valley named as the managing general partner. No portion of this site may be reproduced without the express written permission of the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders have captured three World Championships of professional football with victories in Super Bowls XI, XV and XVIII. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. The signing of Randy Moss in 2005 also proved a costly mistake that consumed large portions of salary cap space. With their new coach in place, the team opened 2011 in Denver for their first prime-time appearance in three years. He came under fire both for this and for strategies that were out-of-step with the contemporary NFL, in particular, his attempt to recreate the vertical game used by Daryl Lamonica and Jim Plunkett. This remains the Super Bowl scheduled earliest during the calendar year. ©2020 by the Las Vegas Raiders. Jamarcus Russell was drafted due to Davis's assumption that he had the proper physical traits needed for this style of play. At the conclusion of the 2011 season, Hue Jackson was fired and replaced by former Broncos DC The Raiders began 2012 by losing a very poorly executed home opener on After another miserable loss in Miami, the Raiders returned home to take on Pittsburgh in Week 3.