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1976 Oakland Raiders: 13-1-0
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Home record: 7-0-0 (197 points scored, 94 allowed) Road record: 6-1-0 (153 points scored, 143 allowed) Head Coach: John Madden

350 points scored (4th of 28 teams), 237 points allowed (12th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:
           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   232   361   2,905   ( 3)   7.47   33   18    557   2,285   (10)    4.1   14    5,190    ( 2)      29
Defense:   197   389   2,478   (23)   5.70   13   16    478   1,903   (10)    4.0   17    4,381    (18)      25

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 4  Fred Steinfort       K      7   5'11  180   23    R   Boston College
 8  Ray Guy              P     14   6'3   195   26    4   Southern Mississippi
11  David Humm           QB    14   6'2   184   24    2   Nebraska
12  Ken Stabler          QB    12   6'3   215   30    7   Alabama
14  Errol Mann           K      7   6'0   205   35    9   North Dakota
15  Mike Rae             QB     7   6'0   190   25    1   Southern California
20  Neal Colzie          DB    14   6'2   205   22    2   Ohio State
21  Cliff Branch         WR    14   5'11  170   28    5   Colorado
24  Willie Brown         DB    14   6'1   210   35   14   Grambling
25  Fred Biletnikoff     WR    13   6'1   190   33   12   Florida State
26  Skip Thomas          DB    14   6'1   205   26    5   Southern California
28  Clarence Davis       RB    12   5'10  195   27    6   Southern California
29  Hubert Ginn          RB     7   5'11  185   29    7   Florida A&M
30  Mark van Eeghen      RB    14   6'2   225   24    3   Colgate
31  Carl Garrett         RB    12   5'11  205   29    8   New Mexico Highlands
32  Jack Tatum           DB    14   5'10  206   27    6   Ohio State
33  Rick Jennings        RB    11   5'9   180   23    R   Maryland
34  Terry Kunz           RB     7   6'1   215   24    R   Colorado
36  Manfred Moore        RB     1   6'0   199   25    3   Southern California
37  Mike Reinfeldt       DB     2   6'2   178   23    1   Wisconsin-Milwaukee
39  Willie Hall          LB    14   6'2   225   27    4   Southern California
40  Pete Banaszak        RB    14   5'11  210   32   11   Miami
41  Phil Villapiano      LB    14   6'1   225   27    6   Bowling Green
43  George Atkinson      DB    14   6'0   185   29    9   Morris Brown
46  Warren Bankston      TE    14   6'4   235   29    8   Tulane
47  Charles Phillips     DB    14   6'2   215   23    2   Southern California
49  Mike Siani           WR    14   6'2   195   26    5   Villanova
50  Dave Dalby           C     14   6'2   250   26    5   UCLA
51  Rodrigo Barnes       LB     5   6'1   215   26    4   Rice
52  Floyd Rice           LB    10   6'3   223   27    6   Alcorn State
54  Rik Bonness          LB    14   6'3   220   22    R   Nebraska
57  Greg Blankenship     LB     4   6'1   212   22    R   Cal State-Hayward
58  Monte Johnson        LB    14   6'4   240   25    4   Nebraska
60  Otis Sistrunk        DT    14   6'4   273   30    5   None
61  Herb McMath          DE    14   6'4   245   22    R   Morningside College
63  Gene Upshaw          OG    14   6'5   255   31   10   Texas A&I
64  George Buehler       OG    14   6'2   270   29    8   Stanford
66  Steve Sylvester      C     14   6'4   262   23    2   Notre Dame
70  Henry Lawrence       OT     8   6'4   273   25    3   Florida A&M
72  John Matuszak        DE    13   6'8   275   26    4   Tampa
74  Dave Rowe            DT    14   6'6   271   31   10   Penn State
75  John Vella           OT    14   6'4   260   26    5   Southern California
77  Charles Philyaw      DE    14   6'9   270   22    R   Texas Southern
78  Art Shell            OT    14   6'5   265   29    9   Maryland Eastern Shore
79  Dan Medlin           OG    13   6'4   252   27    3   North Carolina State
81  Morris Bradshaw      WR    14   6'0   195   24    3   Ohio State
83  Ted Hendricks        LB    14   6'7   220   28    8   Miami
87  Dave Casper          TE    13   6'4   228   25    3   Notre Dame
89  Ted Kwalick          TE     7   6'4   225   29    8   Penn State

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Ken Stabler          291  194   66.7  2,737   9.41  14.1  27   9.3   17   5.8    19   203   103.4
Mike Rae              65   35   53.8    417   6.42  11.9   6   9.2    1   1.5     8    71    98.0
David Humm             5    3   60.0     41   8.20  13.7   0   0.0    0   0.0     1    16    86.3
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Dave Casper            53    691   13.0   10
Cliff Branch           46  1,111   24.2   12
Fred Biletnikoff       43    551   12.8    7
Clarence Davis         27    191    7.1    0
Mark van Eeghen        17    173   10.2    0
Pete Banaszak          15     74    4.9    0
Mike Siani             11    173   15.7    2
Carl Garrett            9    108   12.0    0
Warren Bankston         5     73   14.6    1
Ted Kwalick             4     15    3.8    0
Morris Bradshaw         1     25   25.0    1
Rick Jennings           1     10   10.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mark van Eeghen       233  1,012    4.3    3
Clarence Davis        114    516    4.5    3
Pete Banaszak         114    370    3.2    5
Carl Garrett           48    220    4.6    1
Hubert Ginn            10     53    5.3    0
Mike Rae               10     37    3.7    1
Terry Kunz              4     33    8.2    0
Rick Jennings          10     22    2.2    0
Cliff Branch            3     12    4.0    0
Dave Casper             1      5    5.0    0
Morris Bradshaw         1      4    4.0    0
Warren Bankston         1      3    3.0    0
Ray Guy                 1      0    0.0    0
Ken Stabler             7     -2   -0.3    1
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Carl Garrett           18    388   21.6    0
Rick Jennings          16    417   26.1    0
Neal Colzie             6    115   19.2    0
Warren Bankston         2     27   13.5    0
Pete Banaszak           2     23   11.5    0
Manfred Moore           1     28   28.0    0
Hubert Ginn             1     27   27.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Neal Colzie            41    448   10.9    3    0
Manfred Moore           6     78   13.0    0    0
Charles Phillips        2      7    3.5    0    0
Rick Jennings           1     20   20.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Ray Guy 67 2,785 41.6 15 13 0 38 264 33.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Errol Mann 0/0 1/1 2/4 1/5 0/1 4/11 26/27 38 Fred Steinfort 0/0 1/1 2/4 1/3 0/0 4/ 8 16/19 28 Ray Guy 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 0/ 1 0 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Willie Brown 3 25 0 Willie Hall 4.0 2 17 0 Ted Hendricks 6.0 1 9 0 Monte Johnson 4 40 0 John Matuszak 9.5 Herb McMath 1.0 Charles Phillips 1.0 1 11 0 Charles Philyaw 3.0 Floyd Rice 1.0 Dave Rowe 4.0 Otis Sistrunk 11.0 Jack Tatum 2 0 0 Skip Thomas 0.5 2 26 0 Phil Villapiano 5.0 1 0 0

1976 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 34 DT Charles Philyaw 44 Texas Southern [pick acquired from CLE] 2 50 QB Jeb Blount 5 Tulsa 3 84 C Rik Bonness 59 Nebraska 4 110 LB Herb McMath 22 Morningside [pick acquired from WAS via SD] 5 146 K Fred Steinfort 64 Boston College 7 204 WR Clarence Chapman 65 Eastern Michigan 8 220 DB Jerome Dove 60 Colorado State [pick acquired from CHI via SD] 8 231 RB Terry Kunz 7 Colorado 10 286 DB Dwight Lewis Purdue 11 313 RB Rick Jennings 16 Maryland 12 343 DB Cedric Brown 100 Kent State 13 367 DE Craig Crnick Idaho [pick acquired from BAL] 13 370 OT Mark Young Washington State 14 397 RB Calvin Young Fresno State 15 427 DB Carl Hargrave Upper Iowa 16 454 DB Doug Hogan USC 17 478 DB Buddy Tate Tulsa [pick acquired from BAL] 17 481 RB Nate Beasley Delaware

Traded draft picks: #1 to GB (Mark Koncar), #4 to SD (Artie Owens), #6 to SD (Calvin Lane), #9 to CLE (Craig Nagel)


Transactions:

03-30-1976Buccaneers selected Bob Moore in expansion draft
03-30-1976Buccaneers selected Harold Hart in expansion draft
03-30-1976Buccaneers selected Louis Carter in expansion draft
04-02-1976traded Mike Dennery to Chargers for Franklin Tate
04-08-1976traded Gerald Irons and Oakland's #9 pick in the 1976 draft to Browns for Cleveland's #2 pick in the 1976 draft
04-08-1976traded Oakland's #4 and #6 picks in the 1976 draft to Chargers for Washington's #4 pick and Chicago's #8 pick in the 1976 draft
04-28-1976traded Oakland's #10 pick in the 1977 draft to Patriots for Leon McQuay
07-17-1976traded cash to Chargers for Floyd Rice
08-1976George Blanda retired
08-05-1976traded a conditional draft pick to Seahawks for Wayne Baker
08-26-1976traded Ollie Smith to Packers for a #4 pick in the 1977 draft
10-28-1976placed Fred Steinfort on injured reserve
10-28-1976placed Terry Kunz on injured reserve


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/18/76    vs New England Patriots    W 24-21
12/26/76    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 24-7
Super Bowl XI
01/09/77    at Minnesota Vikings       W 32-14


1976 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/12/76 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 31-28 1-0-0 09/20/76 at Kansas City Chiefs W 24-21 2-0-0 09/26/76 at Houston Oilers W 14-13 3-0-0 10/03/76 at New England Patriots L 17-48 3-1-0 10/10/76 at San Diego Chargers W 27-17 4-1-0 10/17/76 at Denver Broncos W 17-10 5-1-0 10/24/76 vs Green Bay Packers W 18-14 6-1-0 10/31/76 vs Denver Broncos W 19-6 7-1-0 11/07/76 at Chicago Bears W 28-27 8-1-0 11/14/76 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 21-10 9-1-0 11/21/76 at Philadelphia Eagles W 26-7 10-1-0 11/28/76 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 49-16 11-1-0 12/06/76 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 35-20 12-1-0 12/12/76 vs San Diego Chargers W 24-0 13-1-0

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