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:
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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 |
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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