• In the season finale, the Raiders won their eighth straight in a wild 52-49 win over the Oilers at Frank Youell Field
• The Chargers also won their game, 58-20, over Denver, relegating the Raiders to a second-place finish in the Western Division
• The Raiders finished at 10-4-0, by far their best league mark
• Tom Flores set new team records with 407 passing yards and six touchdowns
• Clem Daniels gained 158 yards on 22 carries to boost his season's total to a new league record 1,098 yards
• Art Powell caught four touchdown passes in the game to set another league record and his 247 yards (on 10 catches) was the second-highest total in league history
• Other league records set: the Raiders' 588 yards of total offense, the teams' combined 1,063 yards of offense, 101 total combined points, 14 total combined touchdowns, and 11 combined touchdown passes
• The team removed offensive line coach Ollie Spencer from the active player list sometime after the end of the season.
Kansas City 48, New York 0
Oakland 52, Houston 49
San Diego 58, Denver 20
Al Davis | Head coach | |
Tom Dahms | Defensive line | |
John Rauch | Offensive backs | |
Ollie Spencer | Offensive line | |
Charlie Sumner | Defensive backs |
Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | School | |
Dalva Allen | DE | 6'4“ | 240 | Houston | |
Jan Barrett | TE | 6'3” | 230 | Fresno State | |
Dan Birdwell | C | 6'3“ | 235 | Houston | |
Sonny Bishop | G | 6'2” | 240 | Fresno State | |
Bill Budness | LB | 6'2“ | 215 | Boston University | |
Dan Conners | DT | 6'2” | 245 | Miami (FL) | |
Dave Costa | T | 6'2“ | 245 | Utah | |
Dobie Craig | WR | 6'3” | 190 | Howard Payne | |
Clem Daniels | HB | 6'1“ | 215 | North Texas State | |
Cotton Davidson | QB | 6'1” | 180 | Baylor | |
Tom Flores | QB | 6'1“ | 190 | Pacific | |
Claude Gibson | DB | 6'1” | 190 | North Carolina State | |
Wayne Hawkins | G | 5'11“ | 235 | Pacific | |
Ken Herock | TE | 6'2” | 230 | West Virginia | |
Proverb Jacobs | DT | 6'4“ | 260 | California | |
Jon Jelacic | DE | 6'3” | 245 | Minnesota | |
Dick Klein | T | 6'4“ | 255 | Iowa | |
Joe Krakoski | DB | 6'2” | 195 | Illinois | |
Arch Matsos | LB | 6'2“ | 215 | Michigan | |
Doug Mayberry | FB | 6'3” | 230 | Utah State | |
Jim McMillin | CB | 6'0“ | 190 | Colorado State | |
Chuck McMurtry | DT | 6'0” | 280 | Whittier | |
Mike Mercer | K | 6'0“ | 220 | Arizona State - Flagstaff | |
Alan Miller | FB | 6'0” | 195 | Boston College | |
Bob Mischak | G | 6'0“ | 240 | Army | |
Tommy Morrow | CB | 5'11 | 180 | Mississippi Southern | |
Jim Norris | T | 6'4” | 240 | Houston | |
Clancy Osborne | LB | 6'3“ | 220 | Arizona State | |
Jim Otto | C | 6'2” | 225 | Miami (FL) | |
Art Powell | WR | 6'3“ | 210 | San Jose State | |
Warren Powers | DB | 6'1” | 190 | Nebraska | |
Charlie Rieves | LB | 5'11“ | 210 | Houston | |
Bo Roberson | HB | 6'1” | 200 | Cornell | |
Glenn Shaw | FB | 6'2“ | 230 | Kentucky | |
Jackie Simpson | LB | 6'1” | 225 | Mississippi | |
Ollie Spencer | T | 6'1“ | 240 | Kansas | |
Fred Williamson | CB | 6'3” | 210 | Northwestern | |
John Williamson | LB | 6'2“ | 235 | Louisiana Tech | |
Lloyd Winston | HB | 6'3” | 225 | USC | |
Frank Youso | T | 6'4“ | 260 | Minnesota |