• The AFL released their official punt return statistics which showed the Raiders dead last in the league with 5.8 yards per return

• Jack Larscheid finished third in the individual rankings at 8.8 yards per return

• Two of the team's draft picks signed with the Vikings: 10th-round pick, tackle Ken Petersen out of Utah, and 11th-round pick Doug Mayberry out of Utah State

• The team signed four free agents: defensive back Bo Bankston out of the University of New Mexico, tackle John Freim from Adams State in Colorado, end Fred Tunnicliffe out of UC-Santa Barbara, and tight end Charles Moore from Northeastern State in Oklahoma

• Moore had been in camp with the team last year before being waived in early August

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