According to Chet Soda, today's meeting of the ownership group covered “fiscal and corporate problems” and did not include talk of any owners selling out, as had been previously reported. Again, per Soda, the owners agreed to operate again in 1961 and play their home games in Candlestick Park. They also hoped to have an Oakland stadium in place, possibly as early as 1962.
The owners acknowledged losing about $400,000 in their first season, but said it was a smaller deficit than any other team in the league, except Denver and Buffalo
When asked whether the group discussed whether Eddie Erdelatz would coach the team again next year, Soda said Erdelatz had signed a two-year deal and that “he's still working for us, period.”
The group planned to meet again tomorrow.
Don Selby's story in the Examiner identified team attorney William Hayes as a member of the team's board of directors, though he did not own a share of the team.
The San Francisco Park and Recreation Commission released the official attendance numbers for 1960 which revealed that for the seven home games, the Raiders attracted a total of 65,756 fans, of whom 49,235 paid their way in.
The team acquired tackle Jack Stone from the Texans as consideration for the Raiders having given up the rights to halfback Abner Haynes to the Texans last spring.