• After several days of protesting that he would retire rather than report to the Raiders after being traded by the Chargers, defensive tackle Volney Peters did, in fact, report to the team
• The team acquired former Oregon State guard John Cadwell from the Texans in exchange for the Raiders’ 11th-round draft pick in 1962
• Wide receiver Herm Urenda was placed on the inactive list in advance of his departure for military service on September 7
• An examination revealed that linebacker Al Bansavage had broken his hand against the Chargers on the 27th and would miss an expected four weeks
Eddie Erdelatz | Head coach | |
George Dickson | Defensive backfield | |
Marty Feldman | Defensive line | |
Tommy Kalmanir | Offensive backfield | |
Bob Maddock | Offensive line |
Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | School | |
Clar Appledoorn | WR | 6'1“ | 190 | San Jose State | |
Doug Asad | TE | 6'3” | 200 | Northwestern | |
Al Bansavage | LB | 6'2“ | 230 | USC | |
Larry Barnes | G | 6'2” | 230 | Colorado State | |
Frank Bernardi | DB | 5'9“ | 185 | Colorado | |
Alex Bravo | DB | 6'1” | 190 | Cal Poly-SLO | |
Jerry Burch | WR | 6'1“ | 190 | Georgia Tech | |
John Cadwell | G | 6'1” | 230 | Oregon State | |
Joe Cannavino | CB | 5'11“ | 185 | Ohio State | |
Carmen Cavalli | T | 6'4” | 245 | Richmond | |
Bob Coolbaugh | WR | 6'3“ | 200 | Richmond | |
Wayne Crow | DB | 6'0” | 205 | California | |
John Dittrich | G | 6'1“ | 240 | Wisconsin | |
Bob Dougherty | LB | 6'1” | 235 | Kentucky | |
George Fields | DE | 6'3“ | 245 | Bakersfield College | |
George Fleming | HB | 5'11” | 185 | Washington | |
Tom Flores | QB | 6'1“ | 190 | Pacific | |
Charley Fuller | HB | 5'11” | 175 | San Francisco State | |
Alan Goldstein | WR | 6'0“ | 200 | North Carolina | |
Glen Hakes | G | 6'2” | 235 | New Mexico | |
Charlie Hardy | WR | 6'0“ | 180 | San Jose State | |
John Harris | DB | 6'1” | 195 | Santa Monica CC | |
Wayne Hawkins | G | 5'11“ | 235 | Pacific | |
Jim Jones | FB | 6'2” | 210 | Washington | |
Jack Larscheid | HB | 5'6“ | 160 | Pacific | |
Tom Louderback | LB | 6'2” | 235 | San Jose State | |
Eddie Macon | DB | 6'0“ | 180 | Pacific | |
Arnold Metcalf | G | 6'4” | 225 | Oregon Tech | |
Alan Miller | FB | 6'0“ | 195 | Boston College | |
Francis Morelli | T | 6'2” | 260 | Colgate | |
Riley Morris | LB | 6'2“ | 220 | Florida A&M | |
Jim Otto | C | 6'2” | 225 | Miami (FL) | |
Nick Papac | QB | 5'11“ | 190 | Fresno State | |
Volney Peters | DT | 6'4” | 240 | USC | |
Charley Powell | DE | 6'2“ | 225 | San Diego HS | |
Harrison Rece | C | 6'3” | 235 | Trinity | |
Dave Ross | TE | 6'3“ | 210 | Los Angeles State | |
Ron Sabal | T | 6'3” | 200 | Purdue | |
Hal Smith | DT | 6'5“ | 250 | UCLA | |
Jetstream Smith | FB | 6'1” | 220 | Compton JC | |
Willie Smith | G | 6'2“ | 265 | Michigan | |
Jack Stone | T | 6'2” | 245 | Oregon | |
Tony Teresa | HB | 5'10“ | 185 | San Jose State | |
Herm Urenda | WR | 5'10” | 180 | Pacific | |
Julius Varnado | DT | 6'4“ | 220 | San Francisco State | |
Bob Voight | DT | 6'5” | 265 | Los Angeles State | |
Fred Williamson | CB | 6'3“ | 210 | Northwestern |