1978 Oakland Raiders: 9-7-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-4-0 (164 points scored, 146 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (147 points scored, 137 allowed) Head Coach: John Madden 311 points scored (10th of 28 teams), 283 points allowed (10th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 251 433 2,727 (11) 5.78 16 31 577 2,186 (16) 3.8 18 4,913 (10) 43 Defense: 234 448 2,711 (20) 5.68 17 28 583 2,183 (13) 3.7 15 4,894 (16) 43
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 8 Ray Guy P 16 6'3 195 28 6 Southern Mississippi 11 David Humm QB 16 6'2 185 26 4 Nebraska 12 Ken Stabler QB 16 6'3 215 32 9 Alabama 14 Errol Mann K 16 6'0 205 37 11 North Dakota 20 Neal Colzie DB 16 6'2 205 24 4 Ohio State 21 Cliff Branch WR 16 5'11 170 30 7 Colorado 22 Art Whittington RB 16 5'11 180 23 R Southern Methodist 23 Harold Hart RB 7 6'0 205 26 4 Texas Southern 24 Willie Brown DB 13 6'1 210 37 16 Grambling 25 Fred Biletnikoff WR 16 6'1 190 35 14 Florida State 27 Randy Rich DB 2 5'10 181 24 2 New Mexico 28 Clarence Davis RB 2 5'10 195 29 8 Southern California 29 Hubert Ginn RB 1 5'11 185 31 9 Florida A&M 30 Mark van Eeghen RB 16 6'2 225 26 5 Colgate 32 Jack Tatum DB 15 5'10 205 29 8 Ohio State 34 Booker Russell RB 16 6'2 230 22 R Southwest Texas State 35 Terry Robiskie RB 7 6'1 210 23 2 Louisiana State 36 Mike Davis DB 16 6'2 200 22 1 Colorado 37 Lester Hayes DB 16 6'0 208 23 2 Texas A&M 39 Willie Hall LB 11 6'2 225 29 6 Southern California 40 Pete Banaszak RB 16 5'11 210 34 13 Miami 41 Phil Villapiano LB 16 6'2 225 29 8 Bowling Green 42 Monte Jackson DB 16 5'11 189 25 4 San Diego State 46 Warren Bankston TE 8 6'4 235 31 10 Tulane 47 Charles Phillips DB 16 6'2 215 25 4 Southern California 50 Dave Dalby C 16 6'2 250 28 7 UCLA 52 Greg Westbrooks LB 1 6'3 217 25 4 Colorado 53 Rod Martin LB 15 6'2 205 24 2 Southern California 54 Robert Watts LB 2 6'3 218 24 1 Boston College 56 Jeff Barnes LB 16 6'2 215 23 2 California 57 John Huddleston LB 11 6'3 230 24 1 Utah 58 Monte Johnson LB 14 6'4 240 27 6 Nebraska 60 Otis Sistrunk DT 16 6'4 270 32 7 None 63 Gene Upshaw OG 16 6'5 255 33 12 Texas A&I 64 George Buehler OG 1 6'2 270 31 10 Stanford 65 Mickey Marvin OG 14 6'4 270 23 2 Tennessee 66 Steve Sylvester C 16 6'4 260 25 4 Notre Dame 67 Pat Toomay DE 16 6'5 245 33 9 Vanderbilt 70 Henry Lawrence OT 16 6'4 270 27 5 Florida A&M 71 Lindsey Mason OT 16 6'5 260 23 R Kansas 72 John Matuszak DE 16 6'8 275 28 6 Tampa 73 Dave Browning DE 12 6'5 245 22 R Washington 74 Dave Rowe DT 1 6'7 270 33 12 Penn State 76 Mike McCoy DT 15 6'5 275 30 9 Notre Dame 77 Charles Philyaw DE 15 6'9 275 24 3 Texas Southern 78 Art Shell OT 16 6'5 275 31 11 Maryland Eastern Shore 80 Joe Stewart WR 16 5'11 180 22 R Missouri 81 Morris Bradshaw WR 16 6'0 195 26 5 Ohio State 82 Larry Brunson WR 2 5'11 180 29 5 Colorado 83 Ted Hendricks LB 16 6'7 220 30 10 Miami 84 Derrick Ramsey TE 16 6'4 220 21 R Kentucky 87 Dave Casper TE 16 6'4 230 27 5 Notre Dame 88 Raymond Chester TE 16 6'3 235 30 9 Morgan State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ken Stabler 406 237 58.4 2,944 7.25 12.4 16 3.9 30 7.4 37 347 63.3 David Humm 26 14 53.8 151 5.81 10.8 0 0.0 1 3.8 2 21 55.1 Dave Casper 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Dave Casper 62 852 13.7 9 Cliff Branch 49 709 14.5 1 Morris Bradshaw 40 552 13.8 2 Mark van Eeghen 27 291 10.8 0 Art Whittington 23 106 4.6 0 Fred Biletnikoff 20 285 14.2 2 Raymond Chester 13 146 11.2 2 Pete Banaszak 7 78 11.1 0 Terry Robiskie 5 51 10.2 0 Clarence Davis 4 24 6.0 0 Harold Hart 1 1 1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mark van Eeghen 270 1,080 4.0 9 Art Whittington 172 661 3.8 7 Terry Robiskie 49 189 3.9 2 Pete Banaszak 43 137 3.2 0 Booker Russell 11 65 5.9 0 Harold Hart 7 44 6.3 0 Dave Casper 1 5 5.0 0 Morris Bradshaw 1 5 5.0 0 Clarence Davis 14 4 0.3 0 Ken Stabler 4 0 0.0 0 David Humm 5 -4 -0.8 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Art Whittington 23 473 20.6 0 Harold Hart 11 252 22.9 0 Derrick Ramsey 7 125 17.9 0 Larry Brunson 6 154 25.7 0 Joe Stewart 4 120 30.0 0 Terry Robiskie 3 58 19.3 0 Raymond Chester 2 27 13.5 0 Booker Russell 2 -3 -1.5 0 Neal Colzie 1 15 15.0 0 Lindsey Mason 1 12 12.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Neal Colzie 47 310 6.6 12 0 |
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 54 DE Dave Browning 77 Washington 3 57 RB Derrick Jensen 106 Texas-Arlington [pick acquired from TB] 3 82 OT Lindsey Mason 57 Kansas State 4 86 DB Maurice Harvey 86 Ball State [pick acquired from TB] 4 108 WR Joe Stewart 19 Missouri 5 136 TE Derrick Ramsey 122 Kentucky 6 140 C Tom Davis Nebraska [pick acquired from TB] 6 164 WR Mike Levenseller 24 Washington State 7 176 RB Art Whittington 58 SMU [pick acquired from PHI] 7 192 LB Earl Inmon 2 Bethune-Cookman 8 207 DE Mark Nichols 15 Colorado State [pick acquired from SD] 11 291 DB Dean Jones Fresno State [pick acquired from SD] 11 304 DB Bob Glazebrook 78 Fresno State 12 332 WR Joe Conron Pacific
Traded draft picks: #1 to GB (John Anderson), #8 to SD (Gavin Hedrick), #9 to SD (Blake Whitlatch), #10 to PIT via TB (Tom Jurich)
Transactions:
| 01-1978 | traded Dan Medlin to Buccaneers for Tampa's #3 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 01-1978 | traded Jeff Winans to Buccaneers for Tampa's #4 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 03-19-1978 | traded future considerations to Buccaneers for Lon Boyett |
| 05-01-1978 | claimed Lewis Wilkins on waivers from ? |
| 05-03-1978 | traded a #8 pick and Oakland's #9 pick in the 1978 draft to Chargers for a #8 pick and a #11 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 05-09-1978 | claimed Andre Herrera on waivers from ? |
| 07-08-1978 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Bengals for Ron Pritchard |
| 07-17-1978 | Jets claimed Steve Jackson on waivers |
| 07-22-1978 | traded Mike Siani and Oakland's #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Colts for Raymond Chester and Baltimore's #2 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-03-1978 | traded Lon Boyett to Rams for future considerations |
| 08-08-1978 | Cardinals claimed Andre Herrera on waivers |
| 08-18-1978 | Jets claimed Joe Pellegrini on waivers |
| 08-21-1978 | traded Oakland's #1 pick in the 1979 draft, #3 pick in the 1980 draft and #2 pick in the 1981 draft to Rams for Monte Jackson |
| 08-25-1978 | placed John Vella on injured reserve |
| 08-25-1978 | placed Rich Martini on injured reserve |
| 08-25-1978 | Bills claimed Skip Thomas on waivers |
| 08-28-1978 | traded Floyd Rice to Saints for New Orleans' #10 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-29-1978 | traded Errol Mann, Randy McClanahan and Mike Levenseller to Bills for past considerations |
| 08-29-1978 | Broncos claimed Maurice Harvey on waivers |
| 08-31-1978 | claimed Errol Mann on waivers from Bills |
| 09-12-1978 | traded Mike Rae to Buccaneers for Tampa's #5 picks in the 1980 and 1981 drafts |
| 09-13-1978 | traded Oakland's #10 pick in the 1979 draft to Chiefs for Larry Brunson |
| 10-04-1978 | traded George Buehler to Browns for Cleveland's #5 pick in the 1980 draft |
1978 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/78 at Denver Broncos L 6-14 0-1-0 09/10/78 at San Diego Chargers W 21-20 1-1-0 09/17/78 at Green Bay Packers W 28-3 2-1-0 09/24/78 vs New England Patriots L 14-21 2-2-0 10/01/78 at Chicago Bears W 25-19 (OT) 3-2-0 10/08/78 vs Houston Oilers W 21-17 4-2-0 10/15/78 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 28-6 5-2-0 10/22/78 at Seattle Seahawks L 7-27 5-3-0 10/29/78 vs San Diego Chargers L 23-27 5-4-0 11/05/78 at Kansas City Chiefs W 20-10 6-4-0 11/13/78 at Cincinnati Bengals W 34-21 7-4-0 11/19/78 vs Detroit Lions W 29-17 8-4-0 11/26/78 vs Seattle Seahawks L 16-17 8-5-0 12/03/78 vs Denver Broncos L 6-21 8-6-0 12/10/78 at Miami Dolphins L 6-23 8-7-0 12/17/78 vs Minnesota Vikings W 27-20 9-7-0