Oakland Raiders

The Oakland Raiders are an American football team playing in the AFC West division of the National Football League. The team is based in Oakland, California and their home games are played in Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. As the eighth charter member of the American Football League, the Raiders began playing in 1960. From 1982 through 1994 the team played in, and as, the Los Angeles Raiders. They returned to Oakland in 1995 and stayed. The Raiders joined the NFL in 1970 during the AFL-NFL merger.

The Raiders have made appearances in 21 playoff games; In the AFL they played in 1967 – 1969; In the NFL they played in 1970, 1972 – 1977, 1980, 1982 – 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, and 2000 – 2002. They have won 15 division championships; In the AFL West they won in 1967 – 1969; In the AFC West they won in 1970, 1972 – 1976, 1983, 1985, 1990 and 2000 – 2002. They won 4 AFC conference championships in 1976, 1980, 1983 and 2002. They won the AFL League Championship in 1967. The Raiders have been Super Bowl Champions in 1976, at Super Bowl XI, in 1980, at Super Bowl XV and in 1983 at Super Bowl XVIII.

The Raiders Pro Football Hall of Fame members include Ron Mix, 1979, Jim Otto, 1980, George Blanda, 1981, Willie Brown, 1984, Gene Upshaw, 1987, Fred Biletnikoff, 1988, Art Shell, 1989, Ted Hendricks, 1990, Mike Haynes, 1997, Eric Dickerson, 1999, Howie Long, 2000, Ronnie Lott, 2000, Dave Casper, 2002, Marcus Allen, 2003, James Lofton, 2003, Bob Brown, 2004 and Rod Woodson, 2009. Owner and General Manager, Al Davis, was inducted in 1992. Head Coach (1969 – 1978) and Color Commentator, John Madden, was inducted in 2006.

Tom Cable was named Head Coach of the Oakland Raiders on February 3, 2009 after serving as interim head coach since September 30, 2008. He joined the Raiders team as an offensive line coach in 2007. Cable has 21 years of coaching experience including 4 years at the college level. Some of the Raiders hard working players include Michael Bush, Justin Fargas, Johnnie Lee Higgins, Thomas Howard, Chris Johnson, Darren McFadden, Zach Miller, Kirk Morrison and JaMarcus Russell.