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1970 Oakland Raiders
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Record: 8-4-2, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 300 points (21.4/g), 9th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 293 points (20.9/g), 19th.
Differential of 7 points (0.5/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 7.2-6.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 16th.
Coached by John Madden (8-4-2)
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1970 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Daryle Lamonica* | 29 | 7 | 14 | 179 for 356, 2,516 yards, 22 td, 15 int, & 8 rushes for 24 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 168th pick / 1963 |
| RB | Charlie H. Smith | 24 | 2 | 14 | 168 rushes for 681 yards, 3 td, & 23 catches for 173 yards and 2 td | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 110th pick / 1968 |
| FB | Hewritt Dixon* | 30 | 7 | 14 | 197 rushes for 861 yards, 1 td, & 31 catches for 207 yards and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 8th / 60th pick / 1963 |
| WR | Fred Biletnikoff* | 27 | 5 | 14 | 45 catches for 768 yards, 7 td | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 11th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Warren Wells* | 28 | 6 | 13 | 43 catches for 935 yards, 11 td, & 3 rushes for 34 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 12th / 160th pick / 1964 |
| TE | Raymond Chester* | 22 | Rook | 13 | 42 catches for 556 yards, 7 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 24th pick / 1970 |
| LT | Art Shell | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 80th pick / 1968 |
| LG | Gene Upshaw+ | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 17th pick / 1967 |
| C | Jim Otto*+ | 32 | 10 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Jim Harvey | 27 | 4 | 14 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 59th pick / 1965 |
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| RT | Harry Schuh* | 28 | 5 | 13 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Tony Cline | 22 | Rook | 12 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 102nd pick / 1970 |
| LDT | Carleton Oats | 28 | 5 | 13 | Oakland Raiders / 21st / 167th pick / 1964 |
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| RDT | Tom Keating | 28 | 6 | 12 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 34th pick / 1964 |
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| RDE | Ben Davidson | 30 | 9 | 14 | New York Giants / 4th / 46th pick / 1961 |
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| LLB | Bill Laskey | 27 | 5 | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Dan Conners | 29 | 6 | 9 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 15th pick / 1964 |
| MLB | Bill Budness | 27 | 6 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 31st pick / 1964 |
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| RLB | Gus Otto | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 27th pick / 1965 |
| LCB | Kent McCloughan | 30 | 5 | 10 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 34th pick / 1965 |
| RCB | Nemiah Wilson | 27 | 5 | 11 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Willie Brown* | 30 | 7 | 7 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | George Atkinson | 23 | 2 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 190th pick / 1968 |
| FS | Dave Grayson | 31 | 9 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | George Blanda | 43 | 21 | 0 | 16 of 29 field goals & 36 of 36 extra points | Chicago Bears / 12th / 119th pick / 1949 |
| P | Mike Eischeid | 30 | 4 | 0 | 79 punts for a 39.5 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Alvin Wyatt | 23 | Rook | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 9.2 average and 1 td | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 154th pick / 1970 |
| KR | George Atkinson | 23 | 2 | 14 | 23 kick returns for a 25.0 average and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 190th pick / 1968 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| George Atkinson | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 180 | 6-0 | Morris Brown | 1/4/1947 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 190th pick / 1968 |
| Pete Banaszak | 26 | RB | 10 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Miami (FL) | 5/21/1944 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 59th pick / 1966 |
| Duane Benson | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Hamline | 8/5/1945 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 280th pick / 1967 |
| Fred Biletnikoff* | 27 | WR-FL | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-1 | Florida State | 2/23/1943 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 11th pick / 1965 |
| George Blanda | 43 | QB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 9/17/1927 | 21 | Chicago Bears / 12th / 119th pick / 1949 |
| Willie Brown* | 30 | DB | 8 | 7 | 195 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 12/2/1940 | 7 | |
| Bill Budness | 27 | LB | 14 | 5 | 218 | 6-2 | Boston University | 1/30/1943 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 31st pick / 1964 |
| George Buehler | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Stanford | 8/10/1947 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 50th pick / 1969 |
| Drew Buie | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Catawba | 7/12/1947 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 234th pick / 1969 |
| Raymond Chester* | 22 | TE | 14 | 13 | 232 | 6-3 | Morgan State | 6/28/1948 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 24th pick / 1970 |
| Tony Cline | 22 | DE | 14 | 12 | 244 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 7/25/1948 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 102nd pick / 1970 |
| Dan Conners | 29 | LB | 10 | 9 | 230 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 2/6/1941 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 15th pick / 1964 |
| Ben Davidson | 30 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 275 | 6-8 | Washington | 6/14/1940 | 9 | New York Giants / 4th / 46th pick / 1961 |
| Hewritt Dixon* | 30 | RB-TE | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-1 | Florida A&M | 1/8/1940 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 8th / 60th pick / 1963 |
| Al Dotson | 27 | DT | 11 | 2 | 260 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 2/25/1943 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 24th pick / 1965 |
| Mike Eischeid | 30 | K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Upper Iowa | 9/29/1940 | 4 | |
| Dave Grayson | 31 | DB | 14 | 14 | 187 | 5-10 | Oregon | 6/6/1939 | 9 | |
| Jim Harvey | 27 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 8/20/1943 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 59th pick / 1965 |
| Don Highsmith | 22 | RB | 8 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 3/12/1948 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 13th / 336th pick / 1970 |
| Marv Hubbard | 24 | RB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Colgate | 5/7/1946 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 277th pick / 1968 |
| Gerald Irons | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Md-Eastern Shore | 5/2/1947 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 76th pick / 1970 |
| Tom Keating | 28 | DT | 13 | 12 | 247 | 6-2 | Michigan | 9/2/1942 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 34th pick / 1964 |
| Ted Koy | 23 | TE-RB-LB | 14 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Texas | 9/15/1947 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 50th pick / 1970 |
| Daryle Lamonica* | 29 | QB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 7/17/1941 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 168th pick / 1963 |
| Bill Laskey | 27 | LB | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-3 | Michigan | 2/10/1943 | 5 | |
| Jacque MacKinnon | 32 | TE-FB | 4 | 1 | 235 | 6-4 | Colgate | 11/10/1938 | 9 | San Diego Chargers / 33rd / 264th pick / 1962 |
| Kent McCloughan | 30 | DB | 13 | 10 | 190 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 2/12/1940 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 34th pick / 1965 |
| Carleton Oats | 28 | DT-DE | 13 | 13 | 260 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 4/24/1942 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 21st / 167th pick / 1964 |
| Gus Otto | 27 | LB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-1 | Missouri | 12/8/1943 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 27th pick / 1965 |
| Jim Otto*+ | 32 | C | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 1/5/1938 | 10 | |
| Harry Schuh* | 28 | T | 14 | 13 | 260 | 6-3 | Memphis | 9/25/1942 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 |
| Art Shell | 24 | T | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-5 | Md-Eastern Shore | 11/26/1946 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 80th pick / 1968 |
| Rod Sherman | 26 | WR-FL | 14 | 1 | 190 | 6-0 | UCLA,USC | 12/25/1944 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 54th pick / 1966 |
| Charlie H. Smith | 24 | RB | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-0 | Utah | 1/18/1946 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 110th pick / 1968 |
| Ken Stabler | 25 | QB | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/25/1945 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1968 |
| Bob Svihus | 27 | T | 13 | 1 | 245 | 6-4 | USC | 6/21/1943 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 19th pick / 1965 |
| Art Thoms | 24 | DT | 6 | 3 | 260 | 6-5 | Syracuse | 10/20/1946 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 22nd pick / 1969 |
| Larry Todd | 28 | RB | 10 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 10/7/1942 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 44th pick / 1965 |
| Gene Upshaw+ | 25 | G | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 8/15/1945 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 17th pick / 1967 |
| Jimmy Warren | 31 | DB | 10 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Illinois | 7/20/1939 | 6 | |
| Carl Weathers | 22 | LB | 7 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 1/14/1948 | Rook | |
| Warren Wells* | 28 | SE-WR | 14 | 13 | 190 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 11/14/1942 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 12th / 160th pick / 1964 |
| Nemiah Wilson | 27 | DB | 14 | 11 | 165 | 6-0 | Grambling State | 4/6/1943 | 5 | |
| Alvin Wyatt | 23 | DB | 11 | 0 | 184 | 5-10 | Bethune-Cookman | 12/13/1947 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 154th pick / 1970 |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 220.9 | 6-1.9 | 4.3 |