Oakland Raiders - AFC West
Overall 2011 NFL Rankings (Average per game)
| Passing Yards | Rushing Yards | Points For | Points Against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 236.3 | 138.3 | 22.6 | 27.3 |
| 12th | 6th | 15th | 29th |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
Oakland Raiders 2011/12 Schedule - *All Times ET
| Regular Season Schedule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WK | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME/SCORE | LOCATION |
| 1 | Mon, Sep 12 | @ Denver | W 23-20 | Sports Authority Field |
| 2 | Sun, Sep 18 | @ Buffalo | L 35-38 | Ralph Wilson Stadium |
| 3 | Sun, Sep 25 | vs NY Jets | W 34-24 | O.co Coliseum |
| 4 | Sun, Oct 2 | vs New England | L 19-31 | O.co Coliseum |
| 5 | Sun, Oct 9 | @ Houston | W 25-20 | Reliant Stadium |
| 6 | Sun, Oct 16 | vs Cleveland | W 24-17 | O.co Coliseum |
| 7 | Sun, Oct 23 | vs Kansas City | L 0-28 | O.co Coliseum |
| 8 | BYE WEEK | |||
| 9 | Sun, Nov 6 | vs Denver | L 24-38 | O.co Coliseum |
| 10 | Thu, Nov 10 | @ San Diego | W 24-17 | Qualcomm Stadium |
| 11 | Sun, Nov 20 | @ Minnesota | W 27-21 | Metrodome |
| 12 | Sun, Nov 27 | vs Chicago | W 25-20 | O.co Coliseum |
| 13 | Sun, Dec 4 | @ Miami | L 14-34 | Sun Life Stadium |
| 14 | Sun, Dec 11 | @ Green Bay | L 16-46 | Lambeau Field |
| 15 | Sun, Dec 18 | vs Detroit | L 27-28 | O.co Coliseum |
| 16 | Sat, Dec 24 | @ Kansas City | 1:00 PM | Arrowhead Stadium |
| 17 | Sun, Jan 1 | vs San Diego | 4:15 PM | O.co Coliseum |
| Preseason Schedule | ||||
| WK | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME/SCORE | LOCATION |
| 1 | Thu, Aug 11 | vs Arizona | L 24-18 | O.co Coliseum |
| 2 | Sat, Aug 20 | @ San Francisco | L 17-3 | Candlestick Park |
| 3 | Sun, Aug 28 | vs New Orleans | L 40-20 | O.co Coliseum |
| 4 | Fri, Sep 2 | @ Seattle | L 20-3 | CenturyLink Field |
| Team's name: Oakland Raiders Conference: AFC Division: West  Location: Oakland, California Nickname: Riders, The Silver and Black Mascot: none Team Colours:Silver and Black Joined the League: 1970 General Manager: Al Davis Football Head Coach: Lane Kiffin Football Stadium: McAfee Coliseum Current Capacity: 63,026 First Year of Football: 1960 Team Titles: Super Bowl Championships: 1976, 1980, 1983 AFCChampionships: 1976, 1980, 1983, 2002 Division Championships: AFL West: 1967, 1968, 1969 AFC West: 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1985, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
Oakland Raiders
Based in Oakland, California, the Oakland Raiders are members of the American Football Conference’s West Division in the National Football League. The team was first established in 1960 as part of the American Football League, a rival to the NFL. The Raiders joined the NFL after the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.
After a rocky first few years, the Raiders proved enormously successful. Between 1963 – the point in which Al Davis acted as head coach and general manager – and 2003 the Raiders experienced only 7 losing seasons.
The height of the Raiders’ success came in the 1970s, when the team won 6 Division Championships and 1 Conference Championship, made 7 playoffs appearances, and claimed one Super Bowl title.
In 1982, Davis moved the team to Los Angeles, where the Raiders remained until 1995, when they moved back to Oakland. Despite the move, the 1990s proved an extremely lackluster decade for the team, which failed to claim any division or conference titles; nor did the Northern California team make any appearances in the playoffs.
Then, in 2000, under head coach Jon Gruden, Oakland went for a 12-4 season, an AFC title, and a run in the playoffs that the Raiders hadn’t experienced for a decade, since 1990. In the offseason, the Raiders signed Jerry Rice, the NFL’s all-time leading receiver. The following years gave similar results; the Raiders would claim AFC titles in the next two seasons.
In 2003, however, the Raiders hit a sudden slump. Under coach Bill Callahan, the team fell to a 4-12 record. Callahan was fired and replaced by Washington Redskins coach Norv Turner. But Turner was unable to improve the team’s record; in 2004, the team lolled in the cellar with another 4-12 record. Turner was eventually fired and, in 2006, former coach Art Shell was resigned as head coach.
Shell, however, could not save the team. The Raiders’ 2006 record fell yet again, to 2-14, and for the first time since 1962, the Raiders had earned, by claiming the NFL’s worst record, the first pick in the 2007 NFL Draft. The Raiders, under yet another head coach, Lane Kiffin, signed JaMarcus Russell as quarterback, to no avail. The Raiders had a 4-12 record in 2007.
In 2008, Tom Cable was named interim head coach and was eventually signed in 2009. His first coaching season showed some improvement for the team; the Raiders’ regular season record was boosted up to 5-11, earning them third place in the AFC West – the first time since 2002 that the team had avoided the cellar.
With a .300 win percentage the Oakland Raiders ended up the 2009 season in the third place of the AFC West for their fourth consecutive losing season. Punter Shane Lechler’s 43.9-yard net average set a NFL record for a single-season. In Week 16 kicker Sebastian Janikowski’s 61 yard field gold set a franchise record, and tight end Zach Miller’s 800+ receiving yards in a season made him the third Raider to do so.