1970 Oakland Raiders: 8-4-2
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-1-0 (170 points scored, 138 allowed) Road record: 2-3-2 (130 points scored, 155 allowed) Head Coach: John Madden 300 points scored (9th of 26 teams), 293 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 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: 210 418 2,865 ( 2) 6.56 28 21 471 1,964 ( 7) 4.2 7 4,829 ( 1) 30 Defense: 157 339 2,089 ( 6) 5.53 22 19 460 2,027 (23) 4.4 10 4,116 (19) 27
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Jim Otto C 14 6'2 248 32 11 Miami 3 Daryle Lamonica QB 14 6'2 215 29 8 Notre Dame 11 Mike Eischeid P 14 6'0 190 30 5 Upper Iowa 12 Ken Stabler QB 3 6'3 194 24 1 Alabama 13 Rod Sherman WR 14 6'0 190 25 4 Southern California 16 George Blanda K 14 6'1 215 43 21 Kentucky 20 Jimmy Warren DB 10 5'11 175 31 7 Illinois 22 Larry Todd RB 10 6'1 185 28 6 Arizona State 23 Charlie Smith RB 14 6'1 205 24 3 Utah 24 Willie Brown DB 8 6'1 190 29 8 Grambling 25 Fred Biletnikoff WR 14 6'1 190 27 6 Florida State 26 Nemiah Wilson DB 14 6'0 160 27 6 Grambling 32 Don Highsmith RB 8 6'0 200 22 R Michigan State 34 Gus Otto LB 14 6'2 220 26 6 Missouri 35 Hewritt Dixon RB 14 6'2 230 30 8 Florida A&M 37 Jacque MacKinnon TE 4 6'4 240 31 10 Colgate 38 Ted Koy TE 14 6'1 210 23 R Texas 40 Pete Banaszak RB 10 5'11 200 26 5 Miami 41 Alvin Wyatt DB 11 5'10 185 22 R Bethune-Cookman 42 Bill Laskey LB 14 6'2 235 27 5 Michigan 43 George Atkinson DB 14 6'0 180 23 3 Morris Brown 44 Marv Hubbard RB 13 6'1 215 24 2 Colgate 45 Dave Grayson DB 14 5'10 187 31 10 Oregon 47 Kent McCloughan DB 13 6'1 190 30 6 Nebraska 48 Bill Budness LB 14 6'1 215 27 7 Boston University 49 Carl Weathers LB 7 6'2 220 22 R San Diego State 50 Duane Benson LB 14 6'2 215 25 4 Hamline 55 Dan Conners LB 10 6'1 230 29 7 Miami 63 Gene Upshaw OG 14 6'5 255 25 4 Texas A&I 64 George Buehler OG 14 6'2 260 23 2 Stanford 70 Jim Harvey OG 14 6'5 250 27 5 Mississippi 71 Al Dotson DT 11 6'4 260 27 5 Grambling 74 Tom Keating DT 13 6'3 247 28 6 Michigan 76 Bob Svihus OT 13 6'4 245 27 6 Southern California 78 Art Shell OT 14 6'5 255 23 3 Maryland Eastern Shore 79 Harry Schuh OT 14 6'2 260 28 6 Memphis 80 Art Thoms DT 6 6'5 250 24 2 Syracuse 81 Warren Wells WR 14 6'1 190 27 5 Texas Southern 83 Ben Davidson DE 14 6'8 280 30 10 Washington 84 Tony Cline DE 14 6'2 230 22 R Miami 85 Carleton Oats DE 13 6'2 260 28 6 Florida A&M 86 Gerald Irons LB 14 6'2 230 23 R Maryland Eastern Shore 87 Raymond Chester TE 14 6'3 220 22 R Morgan State 89 Drew Buie WR 14 6'2 178 23 2 Catawba
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Daryle Lamonica 356 179 50.3 2,516 7.07 14.1 22 6.2 15 4.2 15 127 76.5 George Blanda 55 29 52.7 461 8.38 15.9 6 10.9 5 9.1 4 37 79.4 Ken Stabler 7 2 28.6 52 7.43 26.0 0 0.0 1 14.3 0 0 18.5
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Fred Biletnikoff 45 768 17.1 7 Warren Wells 43 935 21.7 11 Raymond Chester 42 556 13.2 7 Hewritt Dixon 31 207 6.7 1 Charlie Smith 23 173 7.5 2 Rod Sherman 18 285 15.8 0 Larry Todd 5 51 10.2 0 Drew Buie 2 52 26.0 0 Pete Banaszak 1 2 2.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Hewritt Dixon 197 861 4.4 1 Charlie Smith 168 681 4.1 3 Marv Hubbard 51 246 4.8 1 Pete Banaszak 21 75 3.6 2 Larry Todd 17 39 2.3 0 Warren Wells 3 34 11.3 0 Daryle Lamonica 8 24 3.0 0 George Blanda 2 4 2.0 0 Rod Sherman 1 2 2.0 0 Don Highsmith 2 2 1.0 0 Ken Stabler 1 -4 -4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD George Atkinson 23 574 25.0 0 Alvin Wyatt 13 286 22.0 0 Jimmy Warren 2 47 23.5 0 Marv Hubbard 2 41 20.5 0 Rod Sherman 2 39 19.5 0 Art Thoms 2 30 15.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Alvin Wyatt 25 231 9.2 4 1 Rod Sherman 8 65 8.1 17 0 George Atkinson 4 12 3.0 0 0 |
1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 24 TE Raymond Chester 172 Morgan State 2 50 RB Ted Koy 67 Texas 3 76 DE Gerald Irons 135 Maryland-Eastern Shore 4 102 LB Tony Cline 93 Miami 5 128 OT Art Laster 14 Maryland-Eastern Shore 6 154 DB Alvin Wyatt 43 Bethune-Cookman 7 180 LB Steve Svitak Boise State 8 207 DE Mike Wynn Nebraska 9 232 DB Ike Hill 49 Catawba 10 258 OT Gordon Bosserman UCLA 11 284 LB Emery Hicks Kansas 12 310 OG Gerry DeLoach California-Davis 13 336 RB Don Highsmith 37 Michigan State 14 362 K John Riley Auburn 15 388 WR Fred Moore Washington State 16 414 DB Tim Roth South Dakota State 17 440 WR Eric Stolberg Indiana
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 05-1970 | traded a draft pick to Saints for Jerry Jones |
| 05-1970 | traded Oakland's #8 pick in the 1971 draft to Saints for Ted Davis |
| 08-12-1970 | Bills claimed Ike Hill on waivers |
| 08-25-1970 | claimed Gene Milton on waivers from Dolphins |
| 08-31-1970 | traded Ike Lassiter to Patriots for New England's #3 and #7 picks in the 1971 draft |
| 09-12-1970 | Eagles claimed Ed Hayes on waivers |
| 09-16-1970 | Bills claimed Art Laster on waivers |
| 09-16-1970 | Bills claimed Jackie Allen on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/27/70 vs Miami Dolphins W 21-14 01/03/71 at Baltimore Colts L 17-27
1970 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/20/70 at Cincinnati Bengals L 21-31 0-1-0 09/27/70 at San Diego Chargers T 27-27 0-1-1 10/03/70 at Miami Dolphins L 13-20 0-2-1 10/11/70 vs Denver Broncos W 35-23 1-2-1 10/19/70 vs Washington Redskins W 34-20 2-2-1 10/25/70 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 31-14 3-2-1 11/01/70 at Kansas City Chiefs T 17-17 3-2-2 11/08/70 vs Cleveland Browns W 23-20 4-2-2 11/15/70 at Denver Broncos W 24-19 5-2-2 11/22/70 vs San Diego Chargers W 20-17 6-2-2 11/26/70 at Detroit Lions L 14-28 6-3-2 12/06/70 at New York Jets W 14-13 7-3-2 12/12/70 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 20-6 8-3-2 12/20/70 vs San Francisco 49ers L 7-38 8-4-2