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1977 Oakland Raiders season

Head coach

John Madden

Home field

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Results

Record

11-3

Division Place

2nd AFC West

Playoff finish

Lost Conference Championship

Timeline

Previous season		Next season
< 1976		1978 >

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 1977 Raiders reached the AFC Championship Game for the fifth consecutive season, and their sixth time in eight years. They lost the AFC Championship, however, to the division rival Denver Broncos.

The 1977 Raiders set a professional football record with 681 rushing attempts.^[1] Fullback Mark van Eeghen 324 times for 1273 yards, and running back Clarence Davis ran 194 times for 787 yards. ^[2]

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NFL Draft
2 Roster
3 Schedule
- 3.1 Regular season
- 3.2 Playoffs
4 Results
- 4.1 Week 1: San Diego Chargers
5 Standings
6 Statistics
7 References
8 External links

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1977 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Roster

Defensive Starters

^[3]

FS
Jack Tatum
⋅

WLB	ILB	ILB	SLB
Ted Hendricks	Willie Hall	Monte Johnson	Floyd Rice
⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅

SS
George Atkinson
⋅

CB
Skip Thomas
⋅

DE	NT	DE
Otis Sistrunk	Dave Rowe	John Matuszak
⋅	⋅	⋅

CB
Willie Brown
⋅

Offensive Starters

^[4]

WR
Fred Biletnikoff
⋅

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Art Shell	Gene Upshaw	Dave Dalby	George Buehler	Henry Lawrence
⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅

TE
Dave Casper
⋅

WR
Cliff Branch
⋅

QB
Ken Stabler
⋅

RB
Clarence Davis
⋅

FB
Mark van Eeghen
⋅

Special Teams
PK Errol Mann
P Ray Guy
KR Carl Garrett
PR Neal Colzie

Schedule

Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 18, 1977	San Diego Chargers	W 24-0	51,022
2	September 25, 1977	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 16-7	50,398
3	October 3, 1977	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 37-28	60,684
4	October 9, 1977	at Cleveland Browns	W 26-10	80,236
5	October 16, 1977	Denver Broncos	L 30-7	53,616
6	October 23, 1977	at New York Jets	W 28-27	56,734
7	October 30, 1977	at Denver Broncos	W 24-14	75,007
8	November 6, 1977	Seattle Seahawks	W 44-7	50,929
9	November 13, 1977	Houston Oilers	W 34-29	53,667
10	November 20, 1977	at San Diego Chargers	L 12-7	50,887
11	November 28, 1977	Buffalo Bills	W 34-13	51,558
12	December 4, 1977	at Los Angeles Rams	L 20-14	67,075
13	December 11, 1977	Minnesota Vikings	W 35-13	52,771
14	December 18, 1977	Kansas City Chiefs	W 21-20	50,304

Playoffs

Oakland made the playoffs as a wild card in 1977 and won the divisional playoffs in a game against the Baltimore Colts when Errol Mann tied the game with a field goal. In the second overtime, Dave Casper caught another touchdown pass for the victory. The following week, they lost the AFC Championship Game 20-17 in Denver.

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Divisional	December 24, 1977	at Baltimore Colts	W 37-31	60,763
AFC Championship	January 1, 1978	at Denver Broncos	L 20-17	74,982

Results

Week 1: San Diego Chargers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chargers	0	0	0	0	0
Raiders	7	10	7	0	24

at Oakland Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA

Game time: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 66°F (24.4°C), wind 11 mph
Box Score

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	Chargers	Raiders
1					Raiders	Cliff Branch 7-yard touchdown reception from Ken Stabler, Errol Mann kick good	0	7
2					Raiders	20-yard field goal by Errol Mann	0	10
2					Raiders	Dave Casper 1-yard touchdown reception from Ken Stabler, Errol Mann kick good	0	17
3					Raiders	Pete Banaszak 2-yard touchdown run, Errol Mann kick good	0	24
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							0	24

Standings

AFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Denver Broncos	12	2	0	.857	274	148	L-1
Oakland Raiders	11	3	0	.786	351	230	W-2
San Diego Chargers	7	7	0	.500	222	205	L-2
Seattle Seahawks	5	9	0	.357	282	373	W-2
Kansas City Chiefs	2	12	0	.143	225	349	L-6

Statistics

Passing

Player	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT
Ken Stabler	169	294	2176	20	20

^[5]

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	TD
Ken Stabler	3	-3	–

^[5]

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	TD
Dave Casper	48	584	6
Cliff Branch	33	540	6
Fred Biletnikoff	33	446	5

^[5]

References

^ 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]
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^ ^a ^b ^c Pro-Football-Reference.com

External links

v t e Oakland Raiders

Formerly the Los Angeles Raiders from 1982 until 1994 • Founded in 1960 • Based in Oakland, California

Franchise	History • Seasons • Players • Head Coaches

Stadiums	Kezar Stadium • Candlestick Park • Frank Youell Field • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • O.co Coliseum

Culture	Chiefs rivalry • Al Davis • History of the National Football League in Los Angeles • Bill King • Mount Davis • Oakland Raiderettes • Raider Nation • "The Autumn Wind"

Lore	Heidi Game • Immaculate Reception • Sea of Hands • Ghost to the Post • Holy Roller • Red Right 88 • Tuck Rule Game

Head Coaches	Erdelatz • Feldman • Conkright • Davis • Rauch • Madden • Flores • Shanahan • Shell • White • Bugel • Gruden • Callahan • Turner • Shell • Kiffin • Cable • Jackson • Allen

Playoff appearances (21)	1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002

Division championships (15)	1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1985, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002

Wild cards (5)	1977, 1980, 1984, 1991, 1993

Conference championships (4)	1976, 1980, 1983, 2002

Super Bowl appearances (5)	II • XI • XV • XVIII • XXXVII

League championships (4)	AFL Championship, 1976, 1980, 1983

Seasons (52)	1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League • Conference: American Football Conference • Division: West Division

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1977 NFL season v t e
AFC	East	Central	West	East	Central	West	NFC
	Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
	Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
	Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
	New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
	NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay
1977 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XII

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