1979 Oakland Raiders roster and stats

1979 Oakland Raiders: 9-7-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (222 points scored, 124 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (143 points scored, 213 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Flores 365 points scored (7th of 28 teams), 337 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 311 513 3,411 ( 7) 6.21 27 23 491 1,763 (24) 3.6 13 5,174 (11) 38 Defense: 247 471 3,112 (21) 6.17 21 24 534 2,374 (20) 4.4 17 5,486 (21) 46

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Jim Breech K 16 5'6 155 23 1 California 8 Ray Guy P 16 6'3 190 29 7 Southern Mississippi 11 David Humm QB 16 6'2 190 27 5 Nebraska 12 Ken Stabler QB 16 6'3 210 33 10 Alabama 16 Jim Plunkett QB 4 6'3 205 31 8 Stanford 21 Cliff Branch WR 14 5'11 170 31 8 Colorado 22 Art Whittington RB 9 5'11 185 24 2 Southern Methodist 26 Clarence Hawkins RB 7 6'0 205 23 R Florida A&M 30 Mark van Eeghen RB 16 6'2 225 27 6 Colgate 31 Derrick Jensen RB 16 6'1 225 23 1 Texas-Arlington 32 Jack Tatum DB 16 5'10 205 30 9 Ohio State 34 Booker Russell RB 16 6'2 230 23 2 Southwest Texas State 35 Terry Robiskie RB 3 6'1 210 24 3 Louisiana State 36 Mike Davis DB 16 6'2 200 23 2 Colorado 37 Lester Hayes DB 16 6'0 195 24 3 Texas A&M 38 Rufus Bess DB 16 5'9 180 23 R South Carolina State 41 Phil Villapiano LB 16 6'2 225 30 9 Bowling Green 42 Monte Jackson DB 8 5'11 190 26 5 San Diego State 43 Ira Matthews RB 16 5'8 175 22 R Wisconsin 45 Henry Williams DB 16 5'10 180 22 R San Diego State 46 Todd Christensen RB 12 6'3 230 23 1 Brigham Young 47 Charles Phillips DB 16 6'2 215 26 5 Southern California 50 Dave Dalby C 16 6'2 250 29 8 UCLA 52 Greg Westbrooks LB 4 6'3 215 26 5 Colorado 53 Rod Martin LB 16 6'2 210 25 3 Southern California 56 Jeff Barnes LB 16 6'2 215 24 3 California 57 John Huddleston LB 16 6'3 230 25 2 Utah 58 Monte Johnson LB 16 6'4 240 28 7 Nebraska 62 Reggie Kinlaw DT 16 6'2 240 22 R Oklahoma 63 Gene Upshaw OG 16 6'5 255 34 13 Texas A&I 65 Mickey Marvin OG 2 6'4 270 24 3 Tennessee 66 Steve Sylvester C 16 6'4 260 26 5 Notre Dame 67 Pat Toomay DE 14 6'5 245 34 10 Vanderbilt 68 Joe Bell DE 1 6'3 250 23 1 Norfolk State 70 Henry Lawrence OT 16 6'4 270 28 6 Florida A&M 72 John Matuszak DE 12 6'8 275 29 7 Tampa 73 Dave Browning DE 16 6'5 245 23 2 Washington 74 Dave Pear DT 16 6'2 250 26 5 Washington 75 John Vella OT 11 6'4 260 29 7 Southern California 77 Charles Philyaw DE 12 6'9 290 25 4 Texas Southern 78 Art Shell OT 11 6'5 275 32 12 Maryland Eastern Shore 79 Bruce Davis OT 12 6'6 280 23 R UCLA 79 Dan Medlin OG 15 6'4 250 30 6 North Carolina State 80 Joe Stewart WR 3 5'11 180 23 2 Missouri 81 Morris Bradshaw WR 3 6'0 195 27 6 Ohio State 82 Larry Brunson WR 11 5'11 180 30 6 Colorado 83 Ted Hendricks LB 16 6'7 220 31 11 Miami 84 Derrick Ramsey TE 16 6'4 220 22 2 Kentucky 87 Dave Casper TE 15 6'4 230 28 6 Notre Dame 88 Raymond Chester TE 14 6'3 235 31 10 Morgan State 89 Rich Martini WR 16 6'2 185 23 1 California-Davis 90 Willie Jones DE 16 6'4 240 21 R Florida State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ken Stabler 498 304 61.0 3,615 7.26 11.9 26 5.2 22 4.4 34 284 82.2 Jim Plunkett 15 7 46.7 89 5.93 12.7 1 6.7 1 6.7 2 9 60.1

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Cliff Branch           59    844   14.3    6
Raymond Chester        58    712   12.3    8
Dave Casper            57    771   13.5    3
Mark van Eeghen        51    474    9.3    2
Rich Martini           24    259   10.8    2
Art Whittington        19    240   12.6    0
Derrick Ramsey         13    161   12.4    3
Derrick Jensen          7     23    3.3    1
Booker Russell          6     79   13.2    0
Larry Brunson           5     49    9.8    1
Terry Robiskie          5     36    7.2    0
Morris Bradshaw         3     28    9.3    0
Clarence Hawkins        2     24   12.0    1
Joe Stewart             1      3    3.0    0
Dave Dalby              1      1    1.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mark van Eeghen       223    818    3.7    7
Art Whittington       109    397    3.6    2
Derrick Jensen         73    251    3.4    0
Booker Russell         33    190    5.8    4
Clarence Hawkins       21     72    3.4    0
Jim Plunkett            3     18    6.0    0
Terry Robiskie         10     14    1.4    0
Cliff Branch            1      4    4.0    0
Ira Matthews            2      3    1.5    0
Ken Stabler            16     -4   -0.2    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ira Matthews           35    873   24.9    1
Larry Brunson          17    441   25.9    0
Art Whittington         5     46    9.2    0
Booker Russell          3     21    7.0    0
Joe Stewart             2     63   31.5    0
Clarence Hawkins        1     25   25.0    0
Terry Robiskie          1      6    6.0    0
Derrick Jensen          1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Ira Matthews           32    165    5.2    7    0
Larry Brunson           2      8    4.0    0    0
Mike Davis              1      6    6.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Ray Guy 69 2,939 42.6 8 16 1 40 416 33.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim Breech 1/2 7/7 7/10 3/7 0/1 18/27 41/45 95 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jeff Barnes 1 8 0 Rufus Bess 1.0 1 0 0 Dave Browning 2.0 Mike Davis 2 22 0 Lester Hayes 7 100 2 Ted Hendricks 3.0 1 23 1 Monte Jackson 2 5 0 Monte Johnson 1 0 0 Willie Jones 10.0 Reggie Kinlaw 4.0 Rod Martin 8.0 John Matuszak 1.0 Dave Pear 2.0 Charles Phillips 1.0 4 92 0 Jack Tatum 2 26 0 Pat Toomay 2.0 Henry Williams 3 37 0

1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 42 DE Willie Jones 40 Florida State [pick acquired from WAS via STL] 6 142 WR Ira Matthews 37 Wisconsin [pick acquired from TB] 6 156 DB Henry Williams 22 San Diego State 7 175 OT Jack Matia Drake [pick acquired from DET via CLE] 8 209 RB Robert Hawkins Kentucky 9 238 OT Jim Rourke 77 Boston College [pick acquired from PHI] 10 259 DB Ricky Smith Tulane [pick acquired from NO] 11 294 OT Bruce Davis 160 UCLA 12 316 DB Dirk Abernathy Bowling Green [pick acquired from CLE] 12 320 DT Reggie Kinlaw 98 Oklahoma State

Traded draft picks: #1 to LA (George Andrews), #2 to STL (Calvin Favron), #3 to HOU via BAL (Kenny King), #4 to WAS via GB (Don Warren), #5 to STL (Mark Bell), #7 to CLE (Cody Risien), #9 to CLE (Curtis Weathers), #10 to LA via KC (Larry Willis)

Transactions:

01-1979	traded Rik Bonness to Buccaneers for Tampa's #6 pick in the 1979 draft
01-1979	traded Oakland's #7 and #9 picks in the 1979 draft to Browns for Detroit's #7 pick and Cleveland's #12 pick in the 1979 draft
03-22-1979	traded Neal Colzie to Dolphins for Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1979 draft
04-30-1979	traded Baltimore's #2 pick and Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Buccaneers for Dave Pear
05-10-1979	Pete Banaszak retired
08-21-1979	placed Kerry Parker on injured reserve
08-21-1979	placed Lindsey Mason on injured reserve
09-25-1979	placed Morris Bradshaw on injured reserve

1979 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/02/79    at Los Angeles Rams        W 24-17       1-0-0
09/09/79    at San Diego Chargers      L 10-30       1-1-0
09/16/79    at Seattle Seahawks        L 10-27       1-2-0
09/23/79    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 7-35        1-3-0
09/30/79    vs Denver Broncos          W 27-3        2-3-0
10/08/79    vs Miami Dolphins          W 13-3        3-3-0
10/14/79    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 50-19       4-3-0
10/21/79    at New York Jets           L 19-28       4-4-0
10/25/79    vs San Diego Chargers      W 45-22       5-4-0
11/04/79    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 23-10       6-4-0
11/11/79    at Houston Oilers          L 17-31       6-5-0
11/18/79    vs Kansas City Chiefs      L 21-24       6-6-0
11/25/79    at Denver Broncos          W 14-10       7-6-0
12/03/79    at New Orleans Saints      W 42-35       8-6-0
12/09/79    vs Cleveland Browns        W 19-14       9-6-0
12/16/79    vs Seattle Seahawks        L 24-29       9-7-0

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