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The 1977 Oakland Raiders season was the team's 18th season overall, and 8th season since joining the NFL. The Raiders entered the season as the defending Super Bowl champions . The team could not match its 13-1 record from 1976 and finished 11-3, which was only good enough for second place in the AFC West next to the Denver Broncos , who won 12 ...
The game was played on January 9, 1977, at the Rose Bowl [5] in Pasadena, California. This remains the earliest scheduled calendar date for a Super Bowl; and the most recent Super Bowl to begin before 4:00 P.M. ET. [6] This was the Raiders' second Super Bowl appearance after losing Super Bowl II.
These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Oakland/Los Angeles/Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the team.
Ralston was replaced as coach by Red Miller for the 1977 season. The 1977 season was the most successful in franchise history to that point; the Broncos had one of the NFL's best defenses, went 12–2 and then beat the Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders - the team for which he later starred - in the playoffs to reach Super Bowl XII.
John Madden was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders for ten seasons, from 1969 to 1978. The Las Vegas Raiders are a professional American football team based in the Las Vegas Valley. The Raiders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division.
The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland, California from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Raiders. Between 1982 and 1994, the team played in Los Angeles as the Los Angeles Raiders.
After attending the University of Tennessee, Marvin played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, from 1977 to 1987, as an offensive guard with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. [1] He was the starting right guard for the Raiders from 1978 to 1986, though playing only 2 games in 1979.
From 1973 through 1977, the Raiders reached the conference championship every year. This was also the era of a bitter rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Raiders. In the 1970s, the Steelers and Raiders were frequently the two best teams in the AFC and, arguably, the NFL.