January 30 – Oakland awarded AFL franchise with eight co-owners: Art Beckett, Harvey Binns, Don Blessing, Charles Harney, Ed McGah, Robert Osborne, Chet Soda, and Wayne Valley.
February 7 – Named Chet Soda general manager.
February 9 – Hired Eddie Erdelatz as head coach.
February 10 – Hired Ernie Jorge as assistant coach.
February 23 – Co-owner Art Beckett relinquished share of team. Roger Lapham brought in to take over his shares.
March 1 – Hired Marty Feldman as assistant coach.
March 3 – AFL assigned signing rights for 14 players to team: HB George Blanch, OL Cloyd Boyette, T Willie Boykin, DE Carmen Cavalli, QB Fran Curci, E/HB Purcell Daniels, E Dan Edgington, HB Abner Haynes, QB Sam McCord, E Don Norton, C Jim Otto, OL Bob Parker, E Gene Prebola, and OL Jim Woodard.
March 6 – Signed free agent QB Ed Hino.
March 20 – Hired Tommy Kalmanir as assistant coach.
March 25 – Selected HB Joe Cannavino, G Jerry Epps, HB Marv Lasater, HB Billy Lott, and C Bob Nelson via the AFL allocation draft.
April 8 – Signed free agents DE Jerry Flynn and QB/HB Tony Teresa. Selected HB Buddy Allen, DT Ramon Armstrong, and E Alan Goldstein via the AFL allocation draft.
April 11 – Hired George Anderson as head of training staff.
April 15 – Team concluded the AFL allocation draft, adding the following players to their roster: G Don Churchwell, C Ben Donnell, LB Bob Dougherty, G Wayne Hawkins, T Larry Lancaster, HB Dean Philpott.
April 17 – Signed Free agent QB Paul Larson.
April 18 – Signed free agent E Ron Beagle. Hired Everett Nevin as operations and ticket manager.
April 21 – Signed free agent HB Eddie Macon.
April 26 – Signed free agent HB Ron Drzewiecki.
April 27 – Signed free agent HB Wayne Crow. The following players were announced in print as having been signed, but date of signing is not known: G Bill Atkins, T Charles Bates, G/LB Lou Byrd, C Roch Conklin, T Don Deskins, HB Al Feola, DL/LB George Fields, C Wes Fry, HB Alex Gardner, QB/HB Carl Gordon, HB James Hall, HB Vin Hogan, FB Clark Holden, HB Brad Hustad, FB Stan Jones, B LC Joyner, G Charlie Kaaihue, T Joe Kominski, HB Jack Larscheid, C Rich Max, QB/HB Ron Newhouse, FB Andrew Pierce, T Chris Plain, E Willis Towne. Co-owner Harvey Binns sold his share of the team to the remaining seven owners.
May 4 – Hired Ed Cody as assistant coach.
May 11 – Traded QB Fran Curci to Dallas Texans for T Dalton Truax.
May 21 – Signed free agents FB Larry Barnes and G Don Manoukian.
June 2 – Traded E Don Norton to Los Angeles Chargers for DT Charley Powell.
June 6 – Signed free agent QB Tom Flores.
June 11 – Signed free agents HB Ray Peterson and HB Wayne Schneider.
June 14 – Ownership group announced that Wallace Marsh had purchased former co-owner Harvey Binns’ share of the team.
June 15 – Signed free agents T Joe Barbee, T Dave Holden, T Billy Ray Locklin, E Irv Nikolai, G Ron Sabal, C Mac Starnes. Signed T Cloyd Boyette, who had previously had exclusive signing rights awarded to the team by the AFL.
June 19 – Hired Del Courtney as musical director.
June 23 – Named Bud Foster play-by-play radio announcer.
June 26 – Signed free agent DB Alex Bravo.
June 29 – Hired Bud Hastings as assistant general manager.
July 1 – Hired Palmer Whitted as personnel assistant.
July 2 – Named Mel Venter color radio announcer.
July 3 – Hired L. Kendall Small as team physician.
July 9 – Invited free agent QB Sandy Lederman to training camp.
July 12 – The following players were identified as having been signed, but signing date is unknown: LB Buddy Alliston, HB John Brown, G Tom Cousineau, FB Tom Davis, E Bob Fails, T Fred Fehn, HB Max Fields, E Charlie Hardy, OL Bob Harrison, QB Bob Webb. Probable training camp invitees, with date of invitation unknown: E Walt Denny, T Curt Iaukea, E Mose Mastelotto, K Gordon Tovani. The following players were probably not on roster any longer, but date of release is unknown: G Bill Atkins, C Roch Conklin, HB Brad Hustad.
July 13 – Released T Charles Bates, E Al Feola, HB Max Fields, HB James Hall, QB Ed Hino, HB Stan Jones, E Joe Kominski, QB Ron Newhouse, HB Andrew Pierce, E Willis Towne. Dismissed QB Sandy Lederman, E Mose Mastelotto, and E Gordon Tovani from training camp. LB Tom Davis, HB Vin Hogan, and T Curt Iaukea voluntarily left training camp.
July 14 – G Tom Cousineau voluntarily left training camp. Hired Wes Fry, Sr as player personnel director. E Carl Isaacs signed no later than this date.
July 15 – FB Clark Holden and T Dave Holden voluntarily left training camp.
July 16 – The following player was identified as having been signed, but signing date is unknown: RB Brad Myers. E Walt Denny voluntarily left training camp.
July 18 – Signed free agent LB Tom Louderback. HB George Blanch and HB Marv Lasater voluntarily left training camp.
July 19 – Released T Cloyd Boyette, HB Purcell Daniels, HB Wes Fry, Jr, and T Rich Max. Dismissed T Willie Hudson, who had been invited at a previous, but unknown date, from training camp.
July 24 – Released HB Carl Gordon and HB Wayne Schneider. Hired Stan Easterling as public address announcer.
July 26 – Hired Gene Perry for the public relations department sometime prior to this date.
August 2 – Signed free agents HB John Harris, FB Jim Varnado, and E Charley Moore. Released HB Alex Gardner, HB Ray Peterson, T Willie Boykin, G Bob Harrison, DB Bob Fails, and G Charlie Kaaihue.
August 3 – Announced as having been signed, G Gil Ane, but actual date of signing wasn’t reported. Released G Lou Byrd, T Fred Fehn, and FB Jim Varnado.
August 12 – Signed free agent QB Bobby Newman.
August 16 – Signed free agents HB Luther Carr and QB Babe Parilli.
August 17 – Released G Gil Ane, HB John Brown, and QB Bobby Newman.
August 23 – Released E Irv Nikolai. Invited HB Severn Hayes to camp.
August 30 – Placed HB Ron Drzewiecki and FB Dean Philpott on injured reserve. Waived G Jerry Epps, DE Jerry Flynn, and E Charley Moore.
September 1 – Dismissed HB Severn Hayes from team.
September 3 – Released T Larry Lancaster. Traded LB Buddy Alliston to Denver Broncos for their eighth-round draft choice in 1961.
September 6 – Released E Dan Edgington, HB John Harris, HB Brad Myers, and C Mac Starnes. Signed FB JD Smith.
September 7 – Signed DT Ron Warzeka.
September 8 – Signed free agents DE Glenn Holtzman, LB Riley Morris, and T Paul Oglesby. Released HB Buddy Allen.
September 11 – Re-signed HB John Harris at some point between this date and his reported release on September 6.
September 13 – Signed free agents TE Doug Asad, E Al Hoisington, and HB Nyle McFarlane. Released T Joe Barbee, HB Luther Carr, T Don Churchwell, and QB Paul Larson.
September 20 – Officially added LB Riley Morris to roster. Signed free agent DE Bill Striegel. Released DE Glenn Holtzman and LB Billy Ray Locklin.
September 22 – Signed free agent HB Bob Keyes. Released DB LC Joyner.
September 28 – Signed free agent G John Dittrich. Released T Bill Striegel.
October 22 – Signed free agent HB Billy Reynolds. Placed HB Bob Keyes on waivers.
November 14 – Released E Al Hoisington.
December 6 – Placed HB Billy Reynolds on waivers.
December 19 – Acquired G Jack Stone in exchange for surrendering signing rights to HB Abner Haynes in offseason.