George Ross of the Tribune reported that the league awarded the team the right of first refusal of players cut from AFL teams in training camp. He also reported that similar rights to NFL and CFL cuts had been divided between the Raiders and the Jets.

The Raiders had the pick of cuts from Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh of the NFL and Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, and Winnipeg of the CFL.

The league announced a number of regular season game dates. The Raiders would open the season on the road, in Houston, on September 7, and open at home against Buffalo on September 15. They would close out the season at home against Denver on December 15.

The team announced that regular season ticket prices would be $4.50 for reserved seating and $2.50 for general admission areas in each end zone. Preseason reserved seating tickets were priced at $3.50.

General manager Al Davis denied reports that the team had hired recently retired Minnesota Vikings defensive back Charlie Sumner as secondary coach. Davis said there were three candidates still under consideration and that no offers had been made.