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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 following nicknames are given to a unit (defensive, offensive and special teams) or a secondary nickname given to some teams used to describe a style of play or attitude of teams at times in accordance with phrases in popular culture of the time. They are not the official franchise nicknames of the National Football League (NFL). Since the ...
The city of Oakland's working-class background and "underdog status" compared to its neighboring city of San Francisco is cited as the foundation of the Raider Nation and its image, as is the influence of "outlaws" such as owner Al Davis and players like Ted Hendricks, John Matuszak, Bob Brown, Ken Stabler, Jack Tatum, and Lyle Alzado in creating a bad boy image.
Chomps is a dog-like figure, based on the team's Dawg Pound section at Cleveland Browns Stadium; Swagger Jr. is a bull mastiff who serves as the Cleveland Browns' newest mascot starting with the 2019 season. Denver Broncos: Miles, Thunder II: Miles is a white, horse-like anthropomorphic figure wearing an orange jersey; Thunder II is an Arabian ...
Also used for the baseball team while it was in New York. "Jokeland (Faders/Traitors)"* – Las Vegas Raiders, by detractors [48] "Lambs" – Los Angeles Rams, NFL; a lamb being a soft, cuddly, meek baby sheep (as opposed to a ram, being an aggressive full-grown male sheep); rhyming nickname used by detractors when team performs poorly [51]
Oakland Raiders: 37–31 Baltimore Colts: 42-yard pass from Raiders QB Ken Stabler to Dave Casper, nicknamed "The Ghost" that set up a game-tying field goal in the final seconds of regulation in a double-overtime 1977-1978 AFC divisional playoff game. [101] [102] Holy Roller: September 10, 1978 Oakland Raiders: 21–20 San Diego Chargers
The Chiefs’ name and logo have replaced the Raiders team name, and as has been the case in past Super Bowls, the end zone is painted gold. Take a look. Gold end zone for the Super Bowl!
Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas; R. Raiders–Seahawks rivalry; Raiders–Steelers rivalry This page was last edited on 9 June 2023, at 18:19 (UTC). Text ...