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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.
The Raiders made it into the playoffs with a record of 10–7 in the 2021 season. They lost to the eventual AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals in Paul Brown Stadium with a score of 26–19. [23] The Raiders hired Josh McDaniels as the Raiders next head coach on January 31, 2022. The 2022 season would be a disaster as the Raiders would finish with ...
The Raiders faced the Houston Oilers throughout the AFL era and twice in AFL playoffs in the late 1960s, winning 40–7 in 1967 on their way to Super Bowl II and 56–7 in the 1969 divisional playoffs. Oakland defeated the Oilers in the 1980 Wild Card playoffs 27–7 and defeated the Titans in the 2002 AFC Championship Game 41–24.
During their first two seasons, the Raiders played their home games in San Francisco, at Kezar Stadium and Candlestick Park (1960, 1961). They played their first regular season game at Frank Youell Field in 1962 on September 9 against the New York Titans and the Raiders lost, 28–17, the first of thirteen consecutive losses that season.
A similar situation occurred in the 1968 season, when the Oakland Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs finished the regular season tied with identical records of 12–2 in the AFL West Division. The Raiders beat the Chiefs 41–6 in a division playoff to qualify for the AFL Championship Game.
The team played 25 seasons in its second stint in Oakland from 1995 to 2019. In 2017, the Raiders officially announced their relocation from Oakland to the Las Vegas metropolitan area. In 2020, the Raiders began play as the Las Vegas Raiders at the newly constructed Allegiant Stadium. The Raiders have played at Allegiant Stadium since 2020.
Oakland Raiders (1960) Principal owner & general manager Yster Charles "Chet" Soda (March 15, 1908 – March 12, 1989) was an American businessman who was the first general partner and general manager of the Oakland Raiders , an original franchise in the American Football League (AFL).
Francis Wayne Valley (March 28, 1914 – October 2, 1986) was an American businessman, philanthropist and football player. He attended Oregon State University in the 1930s, where he was a starting linebacker and fullback on the Oregon State Beavers football team, though he would ultimately graduate with a business degree from the University of Oregon due to OSU cutting his program of study.