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About The Oakland Raiders

Davis gave the Oakland Raiders the dominating colors silver and black and implemented an aggressive offensive strategy known as the “vertical game”. Davis left the team in 1966 after being given the job of AFL Commissioner, then two months later the AFL would merger with the NFL. Davis' position was terminated and he went into negotiations to come back to the Oakland Raiders. Tickets were hot sellers in these days and Davis came back as a co-owner. On the field, the team stayed strong with Davis' hand picked successor John Raunch heading the bench. The team won the AFL championship in 1967, a win that would send them to the Super Bowl. During the next two years, the Oakland Raiders would do well, but not well enough to make it to the Super Bowl.

In 1969, John Madden would become the teams head coach. It would be with him that the team would find its biggest success. During the 1970's, the Oakland Raiders ticket holders would see their team become the most successful team in the NFL. Six division titles during the decade would put them into the record books. In 1976, the Oakland Raiders would make it to the Super Bowl, winning the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In 1979,after ten consecutive winning seasons, head coach John Madden retired to become a football announcer on TV. Tom Flores replaced him as the first Hispanic head coach. In 1980 the Oakland Raiders ticket holders watched their team win the Super Bowl against the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10. This victory once again put the Oakland Raiders into the record books as the first wild card team to ever win the Super Bowl. The Oakland Raiders would also hold two records during this game. An 80 yard pass play for a touchdown would, for 23 years, be the record for the longest T.D. In a Super Bowl. And Rod Martin's three interceptions against the Eagles would remain in the record books.

Before 1980, Al Davis tried unsuccessfully to have improvements made to the Oakland Coliseum. That year he moved the team to Los Angeles until 1995 when once again the Black and Silver would move home to Oakland. Under new head coach Mike White, the Oakland Raiders ticket holders greeted the team with much fanfare. The first season back in Oakland started off well with an 8-2 record. Until quarterback Jeff Hostetler was injured. The team would go on a six game losing streak to finish out the season.

White would coach the team for three unsuccessful years then would be replaced by Joe Gruden from the Philadelphia Eagles. 1998 and 1999 would have the Oakland Raiders finishing 8-8 each year then in 2000 the team finally stepped up and finished 12-4. in 2002 the Oakland Raiders ticket holders would see their team once again go to the Super Bowl.