1969_Oakland_Raiders_season

1969 Oakland Raiders season
1969 Oakland Raiders season
Owner	F. Wayne Valley
General manager	Al Davis
Head coach	John Madden
Home field	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
Results
Record	12–1–1
Division place	1st AFL Western
Playoff finish	Won Divisional Playoffs; (vs. Oilers) 56–7; Lost AFL Championship; (vs. Chiefs) 7–17
	← 1968; Raiders seasons; 1970 →;

1969 Oakland Raiders season

AFL team season

The 1969 Oakland Raiders season was the team's tenth as a franchise, and tenth in both Oakland and the American Football League. The campaign saw the team attempt to improve upon its 12–2 record from 1968. The season is notable for being the last for the AFL, which merged into the NFL in 1970.

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The Raiders stormed to a 12–1–1 record in 1969 and led the league in wins for a third consecutive season. In doing so, they posted a staggering 37–4–1 (.893) record over their final three years of AFL regular season play. The season ended with an upset loss at home in the AFL Championship Game to division rival Kansas City, the eventual Super Bowl champion.

Additionally, the season marked the debut of Hall of Fame head coach John Madden, previously the linebacker coach,^[1]^[2] promoted after the January departure of John Rauch for Buffalo.^[3]^[4] Madden led the Raiders to seven division titles, seven AFL/AFC Championship Games, and a Super Bowl championship before leaving after 1978, his tenth as head coach, with a 112–39–7 (.731) regular season record.

Standings

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Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings of the AFL.

Game summaries

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"Oakland's Rauch shuffles off to Buffalo - stealthily". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. January 17, 1969. p. 15, part 2.

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	Quarterbacks 3 Daryle Lamonica 12 Ken Stabler Running backs 40 Pete Banaszak 35 Hewritt Dixon FB 30 Roger Hagberg 39 Marv Hubbard 23 Charlie Smith 22 Larry Todd Wide receivers 25 Fred Biletnikoff 89 Drew Buie 13 Rod Sherman 81 Warren Wells Tight ends 33 Billy Cannon 36 Lloyd Edwards		Offensive linemen 64 George Buehler G 70 Jim Harvey G 65 Wayne Hawkins G 00 Jim Otto C 79 Harry Schuh T 78 Art Shell T 76 Bob Svihus T 63 Gene Upshaw G Defensive linemen 53 Dan Birdwell DT 83 Ben Davidson DE 71 Al Dotson DT 74 Tom Keating DT 77 Ike Lassiter DE 85 Carleton Oats DT 80 Art Thoms DT		Linebackers 50 Duane Benson 48 Bill Budness 55 Dan Conners 56 Chip Oliver 34 Gus Otto Defensive backs 43 George Atkinson FS 24 Willie Brown CB 45 Dave Grayson S 47 Kent McCloughan CB 26 Nemiah Wilson CB Special teams 16 George Blanda K 11 Mike Eischeid P		Reserve lists Practice squad Rookies in italics

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 14	Houston Oilers	W 21–17	1–0	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	49,361	Recap
2	September 20	Miami Dolphins	W 20–17	2–0	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	50,277	Recap
3	September 28	at Boston Patriots	W 38–23	3–0	Alumni Stadium	19,069	Recap
4	October 4	at Miami Dolphins	T 20–20	3–0–1	Miami Orange Bowl	35,614	Recap
5	October 12	at Denver Broncos	W 24–14	4–0–1	Mile High Stadium	49,511	Recap
6	October 19	Buffalo Bills	W 50–21	5–0–1	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	54,418	Recap
7	October 26	at San Diego Chargers	W 24–12	6–0–1	San Diego Stadium	54,008	Recap
8	November 2	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 17–31	6–1–1	Nippert Stadium	27,927	Recap
9	November 9	Denver Broncos	W 41–10	7–1–1	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	54,416	Recap
10	November 16	San Diego Chargers	W 21–16	8–1–1	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	54,372	Recap
11	November 23	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 27–24	9–1–1	Municipal Stadium	51,982	Recap
12	November 30	at New York Jets	W 27–14	10–1–1	Shea Stadium	63,865	Recap
13	December 7	Cincinnati Bengals	W 37–17	11–1–1	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	54,427	Recap
14	December 13	Kansas City Chiefs	W 10–6	12–1–1	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	54,443	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

AFL Western Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Oakland Raiders	12	1	1	.923	7–1	377	242	W6
Kansas City Chiefs	11	3	0	.786	5–3	359	177	L1
San Diego Chargers	8	6	0	.571	2–6	288	276	W4
Denver Broncos	5	8	1	.385	3–5	297	344	W1
Cincinnati Bengals	4	9	1	.308	3–5	280	367	L5

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance	Recap
Divisional	December 21	Houston Oilers	W 56–7	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	54,539	Recap
AFL Championship	January 4, 1970	Kansas City Chiefs	L 7–17	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	54,544	Recap

1969_Oakland_Raiders_season

1969 Oakland Raiders season

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Standings

Game summaries

Week 1

Week 6

Week 14

Postseason

AFL championship game

Scoring Summary

Awards and honors

References

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Chiefs	0	7	7	3	17
Raiders	7	0	0	0	7