1977 Oakland Raiders season
1977 Oakland Raiders season | |
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Owner | Al Davis |
Head coach | John Madden |
General manager | Al Davis |
Home field | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum |
Results | |
Record | 11–3 |
Division place | 2nd AFC West |
Playoff finish | Won Divisional Playoffs (at Colts) 37–31 (2OT) Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 17–20 |
The 1977 Oakland Raiders season was the team's 18th season overall, and 8th season since joining the NFL. The Raiders entered the season as the defending Super Bowl champions. The team couldn't improve on their 13-1 record from last year and finished 11-3, but it was good enough for the second best in the AFC.
The Raiders reached the AFC Championship Game for the fifth consecutive season, and their sixth in eight years. They lost the AFC Championship, however, to the division rival Denver Broncos.[1] This marked the seventh time in ten seasons that the Raiders' season ended in the AFL Championship/AFC Conference Championship game.
The 1977 Raiders set a professional football record with 681 rushing attempts.[2] Fullback Mark van Eeghen 324 times for 1273 yards, and running back Clarence Davis ran 194 times for 787 yards.[3]
Offseason[]
NFL Draft[]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | School |
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2 | 35 | Mike Davis | DB | Colorado |
2 | 56 | Ted McKnight | RB | Minnesota-Duluth |
4 | 112 | Mickey Marvin | OG | Tennessee |
5 | 126 | Lester Hayes | DB | Texas A&M |
5 | 139 | Jeff Barnes | LB | California |
7 | 190 | Rich Martini | WR | California-Davis |
8 | 223 | Terry Robiskie | RB | Louisiana State |
12 | 317 | Rod Martin | LB | Southern California |
12 | 334 | Rolf Benirschke | PK | California-Davis |
Roster[]
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
Practice squad
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Regular season[]
Schedule[]
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Attendance |
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1 | September 18 | San Diego Chargers | W 24–0 | 1–0 | 51,022
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2 | September 25 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 16–7 | 2–0 | 50,398
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3 | October 3 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 37–28 | 3–0 | 60,684
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4 | October 9 | at Cleveland Browns | W 26–10 | 4–0 | 80,236
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5 | October 16 | Denver Broncos | L 7–30 | 4–1 | 53,616
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6 | October 23 | at New York Jets | W 28–27 | 5–1 | 56,734
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7 | October 30 | at Denver Broncos | W 24–14 | 6–1 | 75,007
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8 | November 6 | Seattle Seahawks | W 44–7 | 7–1 | 50,929
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9 | November 13 | Houston Oilers | W 34–29 | 8–1 | 53,667
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10 | November 20 | at San Diego Chargers | L 7–12 | 8–2 | 50,887
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11 | November 28 | Buffalo Bills | W 34–13 | 9–2 | 51,558
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12 | December 4 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 14–20 | 9–3 | 67,075
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13 | December 11 | Minnesota Vikings | W 35–13 | 10–3 | 52,771
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14 | December 18 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 21–20 | 11–3 | 50,304
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- Monday night (October 3, November 28)
This was the last NFL regular season with 14 games: it was expanded to 16 games in 1978.
Results[]
Week 1[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Chargers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Raiders | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
at Oakland Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 66 °F (24.4 °C), wind 11 mph
- Box Score
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Week 13[]
- Network: CBS
- Announcers: Vin Scully, Alex Hawkins
Oakland capitalizing on Minnesota mistakes, scored three times in the first 8 minutes and kept their hopes for a playoff berth alive. "We Got Stomped", Vikings coach Bud Grant said after his team had lost a total of five fumbles and had three passes intercepted. Ken Stabler threw three touchdown passes one to Carl Garrett for 2 yards, and two others to Cliff Branch from 32 and 10 yards. Mark Van Eeghan who rushed for 112 yards on 28 yards got the Raiders day going with a 2-yard touchdown run. While Willie Hall of Super Bowl XI fame scored a fumble recovery touchdown off a Tommy Kramer blunder.
Standings[]
AFC West | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
Denver Broncos(1) | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 6–1 | 11–1 | 274 | 148 | L1 |
Oakland Raiders(4) | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 5–2 | 10–2 | 351 | 230 | W2 |
San Diego Chargers | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 3–4 | 6–6 | 222 | 205 | L2 |
Seattle Seahawks | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 1–3 | 4–9 | 282 | 373 | W2 |
Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 1–6 | 1–11 | 225 | 349 | L6 |
Playoffs[]
Oakland made the playoffs as a wild card and won its divisional round game against the Baltimore Colts when Errol Mann tied the game with a late field goal, set up by a pass to tight end Dave Casper, a play known as the Ghost to the Post. In the second overtime, Casper caught another touchdown pass for the victory.[8][9][10] The following week on New Year's Day, they lost the AFC Championship Game 20–17 in Denver.[1][11][12][13]
Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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Divisional | December 24 | at Baltimore Colts | W 37–312OT | 60,763
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AFC Championship | January 1 | at Denver Broncos | L 17–20 | 74,982
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Statistics[]
Passing[]
Player | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT |
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Ken Stabler | 169 | 294 | 2176 | 20 | 20 |
Rushing[]
Player | Att | Yards | TD |
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Ken Stabler | 3 | −3 | – |
Receiving[]
Player | Rec | Yards | TD |
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Dave Casper | 48 | 584 | 6 |
Cliff Branch | 33 | 540 | 6 |
Fred Biletnikoff | 33 | 446 | 5 |
References[]
- ^ a b Jenkins, Dan (January 9, 1978). "Wholly Moses for Denver". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1978 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending Rushing Att
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1977 Oakland Raiders
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Mar-10.
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ^ Reid, Ron (January 2, 1978). "The Ghost to the Post". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
- ^ Livingston, Pat (December 25, 1977). "Oakland stops Baltimore, 37-31". Pittsburgh Press. p. D1.
- ^ "Suddenly, the Raiders win a 37-31 decision". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. December 25, 1977. p. 3C.
- ^ "Broncos turn a dream into Super reality". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. January 2, 1978. p. 1B.
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ^ Howitt, Bruce (January 2, 1978). "Denver and Dallas in Super shoot-out". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. p. 1B.
- ^ a b c Pro-Football-Reference.com
External links[]
- 1977 National Football League season by team
- Oakland Raiders seasons
- 1977 in sports in California