1971 Oakland Raiders roster and stats

1971 Oakland Raiders: 8-4-2
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Home record: 5-1-1 (195 points scored, 161 allowed) Road record: 3-3-1 (149 points scored, 117 allowed) Head Coach: John Madden 344 points scored (2nd of 26 teams), 278 points allowed (14th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 174 348 2,128 (13) 5.72 21 26 473 2,130 ( 8) 4.5 19 4,258 ( 7) 39 Defense: 184 359 2,386 (22) 6.10 16 23 480 1,751 (12) 3.6 14 4,137 (16) 40

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Jim Otto C 14 6'2 248 33 12 Miami 3 Daryle Lamonica QB 14 6'2 215 30 9 Notre Dame 4 Jerry DePoyster P 12 6'1 205 25 2 Wyoming 10 Eldridge Dickey WR 7 6'2 198 25 2 Tennessee State 11 Mike Eischeid K 2 6'0 190 31 6 Upper Iowa 12 Ken Stabler QB 14 6'3 194 25 2 Alabama 13 Rod Sherman WR 12 6'0 190 26 5 Southern California 16 George Blanda K 14 6'1 215 44 22 Kentucky 20 Jimmy Warren DB 14 5'11 175 32 8 Illinois 23 Charlie Smith RB 8 6'1 205 25 4 Utah 24 Willie Brown DB 14 6'1 190 30 9 Grambling 25 Fred Biletnikoff WR 14 6'1 190 28 7 Florida State 27 Glenn Ellison RB 1 6'1 215 24 1 Arkansas 28 Clarence Davis RB 14 5'10 190 22 R Southern California 31 Jack Tatum DB 14 5'10 200 22 R Ohio State 32 Don Highsmith RB 14 6'0 200 23 2 Michigan State 34 Gus Otto LB 8 6'2 220 27 7 Missouri 40 Pete Banaszak RB 14 5'11 210 27 6 Miami 41 Phil Villapiano LB 14 6'1 210 22 R Bowling Green 42 Tommy Maxwell DB 13 6'2 195 24 3 Texas A&M 43 George Atkinson DB 14 6'0 180 24 4 Morris Brown 44 Marv Hubbard RB 14 6'1 215 25 3 Colgate 46 Bill Enyart RB 1 6'4 235 24 3 Oregon State 48 Nemiah Wilson DB 13 6'0 160 28 7 Grambling 50 Duane Benson LB 14 6'2 215 26 5 Hamline 51 Carl Weathers LB 1 6'2 220 23 2 San Diego State 54 Terry Mendenhall LB 14 6'1 210 22 R San Diego State 55 Dan Conners LB 14 6'1 230 30 8 Miami 56 Warren Koegel C 1 6'3 250 21 R Penn State 58 Greg Slough LB 13 6'3 230 23 R Southern California 63 Gene Upshaw OG 14 6'5 255 26 5 Texas A&I 64 George Buehler OG 14 6'2 260 24 3 Stanford 65 Paul Seiler OT 8 6'4 260 25 3 Notre Dame 67 Harold Rice DE 12 6'2 230 26 1 Tennessee State 70 Jim Harvey OG 12 6'5 250 28 6 Mississippi 73 Tom Gipson DT 4 6'6 290 23 R North Texas State 74 Tom Keating DT 7 6'3 247 29 7 Michigan 76 Bob Brown OT 10 6'4 290 29 8 Nebraska 77 Ron Mix OT 12 6'4 250 33 11 Southern California 78 Art Shell OT 14 6'5 255 24 4 Maryland Eastern Shore 80 Art Thoms DT 14 6'5 250 25 3 Syracuse 82 Horace Jones DE 14 6'3 240 22 R Louisville 83 Ben Davidson DE 14 6'8 280 31 11 Washington 84 Tony Cline DE 13 6'2 230 23 2 Miami 85 Carleton Oats DT 12 6'2 260 29 7 Florida A&M 86 Gerald Irons LB 7 6'2 230 24 2 Maryland Eastern Shore 87 Raymond Chester TE 14 6'3 220 23 2 Morgan State 88 Bob Moore TE 14 6'3 220 22 R Stanford 89 Drew Buie WR 14 6'2 178 24 3 Catawba

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Daryle Lamonica 242 118 48.8 1,717 7.10 14.6 16 6.6 16 6.6 18 172 66.8 George Blanda 58 32 55.2 378 6.52 11.8 4 6.9 6 10.3 2 26 58.6 Ken Stabler 48 24 50.0 268 5.58 11.2 1 2.1 4 8.3 4 37 39.2

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Fred Biletnikoff       61    929   15.2    9
Raymond Chester        28    442   15.8    7
Marv Hubbard           22    167    7.6    1
Clarence Davis         15     97    6.5    0
Pete Banaszak          13    128    9.8    0
Rod Sherman            12    187   15.6    1
Don Highsmith          10    109   10.9    0
Drew Buie               5    133   26.6    2
Eldridge Dickey         4     78   19.5    1
Charlie Smith           2     67   33.5    0
Bob Moore               2     26   13.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Marv Hubbard          181    867    4.8    5
Pete Banaszak         137    563    4.1    8
Clarence Davis         54    321    5.9    2
Don Highsmith          76    307    4.0    1
Drew Buie               2     32   16.0    0
Ken Stabler             4     29    7.2    2
Daryle Lamonica         4     16    4.0    0
Raymond Chester         3      5    1.7    0
Charlie Smith          11      4    0.4    1
Jerry DePoyster         1    -14  -14.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Clarence Davis         27    734   27.2    0
Don Highsmith          21    454   21.6    0
Marv Hubbard            3     46   15.3    0
Pete Banaszak           1      0    0.0    0
Paul Seiler             1      0    0.0    0
Charlie Smith           1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
George Atkinson        20    159    8.0    0    0
Tommy Maxwell           6     21    3.5    7    0
Rod Sherman             2      2    1.0    3    0
Don Highsmith           1      0    0.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Jerry DePoyster 51 2,013 39.5 0 0 0 0 0 39.5 Mike Eischeid 11 461 41.9 0 0 0 0 0 41.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts George Blanda 4/4 5/7 4/7 2/3 0/1 15/22 41/42 86 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD George Atkinson 4 70 0 Willie Brown 2 2 0 Tony Cline 5.5 1 0 0 Dan Conners 3 36 0 Ben Davidson 6.0 Horace Jones 4.0 Tom Keating 1.5 Carleton Oats 3.5 Harold Rice 3.0 Jack Tatum 4 136 0 Art Thoms 6.5 Phil Villapiano 1.0 2 25 0 Jimmy Warren 2 114 2 Nemiah Wilson 5 70 0

1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 19 DB Jack Tatum 136 Ohio State 2 45 LB Phil Villapiano 163 Bowling Green 3 73 C Warren Koegel 6 Penn State 4 97 RB Clarence Davis 89 USC 5 123 TE Bob Moore 93 Stanford 6 149 LB Greg Slough 22 USC 7 157 DB Don Martin 29 Yale [pick acquired from NE] 9 227 RB Dave Garnett Pittsburgh 10 238 DB Bill West 8 Tennessee State [pick acquired from BUF] 10 253 DT Tim Oesterling UCLA 11 279 DT Jim Poston South Carolina 12 305 DT Horace Jones 71 Louisville 13 334 DB Mick Natzel Central Michigan 14 357 DT Tom Gipson 4 North Texas 15 383 DE Andy Giles William & Mary 16 412 DB Tony Stawarz Miami 17 442 WR Charles Hill Sam Houston State

Traded draft picks: #7 to GB (James Johnson), #8 to NO (Bob Gresham)

Transactions:

01-28-1971	traded Alvin Wyatt and New England's #3 pick in the 1971 draft to Bills for Bill Enyart and Buffalo's #10 pick in the 1971 draft
06-01-1971	traded a draft pick to Saints for Elijah Nevett
06-23-1971	traded Kent McCloughan and Harry Schuh to Rams for Bob Brown and Los Angeles' #2 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft
07-07-1971	traded Bill Laskey and Oakland's #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Colts for Tommy Maxwell and Baltimore's #4 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft
07-24-1971	Bill Budness retired
07-27-1971	traded a draft pick to Bears for Bob Cutburth
08-26-1971	traded Bob Svihus to Jets for the Jets' #2 pick in the 1972 draft
09-13-1971	traded Ted Koy to Bills for Buffalo's #6 and #15 picks in the 1972 draft
09-16-1971	traded Oakland's #5 pick in the 1972 draft to Patriots for Warren Koegel

1971 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/19/71    at New England Patriots    L 6-20        0-1-0
09/26/71    at San Diego Chargers      W 34-0        1-1-0
10/04/71    at Cleveland Browns        W 34-20       2-1-0
10/10/71    at Denver Broncos          W 27-16       3-1-0
10/17/71    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 34-10       4-1-0
10/24/71    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 31-27       5-1-0
10/31/71    vs Kansas City Chiefs      T 20-20       5-1-1
11/07/71    at New Orleans Saints      T 21-21       5-1-2
11/14/71    vs Houston Oilers          W 41-21       6-1-2
11/21/71    vs San Diego Chargers      W 34-33       7-1-2
11/28/71    vs Baltimore Colts         L 14-37       7-2-2
12/05/71    at Atlanta Falcons         L 13-24       7-3-2
12/12/71    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 14-16       7-4-2
12/19/71    vs Denver Broncos          W 21-13       8-4-2

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