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The 1969 Oakland Raiders season was the team's tenth as a franchise, and tenth in both Oakland and the American Football League. The campaign saw the team attempt to improve upon its 12–2 record from 1968. The season is notable for being the last for the AFL, which merged into the NFL in 1970.
The list documents the season-by-season records of the Raiders' franchise from 1960 to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches. The team originated in Oakland, California as the Oakland Raiders , where they first played 22 seasons from 1960 to 1981 .
The Raiders did manage to defeat their geographic rival, the San Francisco 49ers, and defeated Buffalo in Week 16, which mathematically eliminated the Bills from playoff contention for the 15th straight year. Oakland's final record that season was 3–13. Their offense struggled mightily, averaging just 282.2 yards per game (last in the league ...
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 following is a list of American Football League (AFL) seasons since the inception of the league in 1960 to 1969, the year before it merged with the National Football League (NFL). Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against
The two teams had the best records in the AFL regular season and both had won divisional playoff games two weeks earlier to advance to the championship. Oakland had swept the two hard-fought regular season games between the two teams, [5] [6] [7] were favored by 4 to 5½ points, [1] [2] [3] and had taken seven of the last eight meetings. [8]
A 28-yard punt by Oakland's Mike Eischeid gave New York the ball on the Raiders 44-yard line on their first possession, and they took advantage of the short field with a 4-play scoring drive. Namath completed two 14-yard passes to Maynard on it, the second one a touchdown to give the Jets an early 7-0 lead.
Oakland Raiders (1) 13–1: Won AFL Championship 40–7 Lost Super Bowl II (vs. Packers) 14–33 1968! Oakland Raiders (2) 12–2: Won Western Division playoff 41–6 Lost AFL Championship (at Jets) 23–27 1969: Oakland Raiders (3) 12–1–1: Won Divisional playoffs 56–7 Lost AFL Championship 7–17 1970: Oakland Raiders (4) 8–4–2