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1971 Oakland Raiders

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Record: 8-4-2, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 344 points (24.6/g), 2nd of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 278 points (19.9/g), 14th.
 Differential of 66 points (4.7/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 8.7-5.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 12th.

Coached by John Madden (8-4-2)

1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 19 box L 0-1 @ New England Patriots 6 20 20 304 99 205 4 12 261 127 134 3
2 Sun September 26 box W 1-1 @ San Diego Chargers 34 0 20 375 163 212 1 13 226 153 73 5
3 Mon October 4 box W 2-1 @ Cleveland Browns 34 20 20 328 160 168 2 20 334 178 156 3
4 Sun October 10 box W 3-1 @ Denver Broncos 27 16 20 269 113 156 1 11 319 220 99 3
5 Sun October 17 box W 4-1 Philadelphia Eagles 34 10 20 412 236 176 2 11 226 164 62 3
6 Sun October 24 box W 5-1 Cincinnati Bengals 31 27 19 316 114 202 2 17 250 139 111 1
7 Sun October 31 box T 5-1-1 Kansas City Chiefs 20 20 19 252 141 111 2 18 248 87 161 2
8 Sun November 7 box T 5-1-2 @ New Orleans Saints 21 21 13 240 106 134 2 26 373 161 212 3
9 Sun November 14 box W 6-1-2 Houston Oilers 41 21 12 245 163 82 4 16 189 130 59 6
10 Sun November 21 box W 7-1-2 San Diego Chargers 34 33 21 360 190 170 1 22 408 312 96 2
11 Sun November 28 box L 7-2-2 Baltimore Colts 14 37 20 311 246 65 6 19 306 96 210 1
12 Sun December 5 box L 7-3-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 13 24 20 328 120 208 5 17 327 214 113 5
13 Sun December 12 box L 7-4-2 @ Kansas City Chiefs 14 16 18 207 114 93 3 17 304 194 110 2
14 Sun December 19 box W 8-4-2 Denver Broncos 21 13 16 311 163 148 4 23 366 211 155 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 344 4258 845 5.0 258 174 348 2128 21 26 5.7 110 473 2130 19 4.5 128 39 13 20
Team Defense 278 4137 871 4.7 384 184 359 2386 15 23 6.1 122 480 1751 14 3.6 242 40 17 20
Lg Rank Offense 2 7 4 16 13 3 18 12 13 8 3 4 15 7
Lg Rank Defense 14 16 22 15 22 11 9 17 16 12 15 10 8 9

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Daryle Lamonica 30 QB 14 13 7-4-2 118 242 48.8 1717 16 6.6 16 6.6 67 7.1 4.8 14.6 122.6 66.8 18 172 5.9 3.8 6.9
George Blanda 44 K 14 0 32 58 55.2 378 4 6.9 6 10.3 37 6.5 2.6 11.8 27.0 58.6 2 26 5.9 2.0 3.3
Ken Stabler 26 14 1 1-0-0 24 48 50.0 268 1 2.1 4 8.3 23 5.6 2.0 11.2 19.1 39.2 4 37 4.4 1.2 7.7
Team Total 26.3 14 8-4-2 174 348 50.0 2363 21 6.0 26 7.5 67 6.8 4.0 13.6 147.7 61.0 24 235 5.7 3.1 6.5
Opp Total 14 184 359 51.3 2386 15 4.2 23 6.4 6.6 4.2 13.0 170.4 59.7 32 223 6.1 3.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Marv Hubbard* 25 FB 14 11 181 867 5 20 4.8 61.9 12.9 22 167 7.6 1 31 1.6 11.9 1034 6 4
Pete Banaszak 27 RB 14 14 137 563 8 30 4.1 40.2 9.8 13 128 9.8 0 28 0.9 9.1 691 8 3
Don Highsmith 23 14 3 76 307 1 26 4.0 21.9 5.4 10 109 10.9 0 47 0.7 7.8 416 1 4
Clarence Davis 22 RET 14 0 54 321 2 39 5.9 22.9 3.9 15 97 6.5 0 18 1.1 6.9 418 2 2
Charlie H. Smith 25 8 0 11 4 1 8 0.4 0.5 1.4 2 67 33.5 0 44 0.3 8.4 71 1 0
Daryle Lamonica 30 QB 14 13 4 16 0 13 4.0 1.1 0.3 16 0 3
Ken Stabler 26 14 1 4 29 2 18 7.3 2.1 0.3 29 2 1
Raymond Chester* 23 TE 14 14 3 5 0 6 1.7 0.4 0.2 28 442 15.8 7 67 2.0 31.6 447 7 0
Drew Buie 24 wr 14 6 2 32 0 24 16.0 2.3 0.1 5 133 26.6 2 63 0.4 9.5 165 2 0
Jerry DePoyster 25 P 12 0 1 -14 0 -14 -14.0 -1.2 0.1 -14 0 0
Fred Biletnikoff* 28 WR 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 61 929 15.2 9 49 4.4 66.4 929 9 1
Rod Sherman 27 WR 12 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 187 15.6 1 32 1.0 15.6 187 1 2
Eldridge Dickey 26 7 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 78 19.5 1 31 0.6 11.1 78 1 0
Bob Moore 22 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 26 13.0 0 14 0.1 1.9 26 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 473 2130 19 39 4.5 133.1 29.6 174 2363 13.6 21 67 10.9 147.7 4493 40 26
Opp Total 14 480 1751 14 3.6 125.1 34.3 184 2386 13.0 15 13.1 170.4 4137 29 26

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Clarence Davis 22 RET 14 0 27 734 0 44 27.2 1152
Don Highsmith 23 14 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 21 454 0 34 21.6 870
George Atkinson 24 SS 14 14 20 159 0 34 8.0 159
Tommy Maxwell 24 13 0 6 21 0 10 3.5 21
Marv Hubbard* 25 FB 14 11 3 46 0 17 15.3 1080
Rod Sherman 27 WR 12 5 2 2 0 2 1.0 189
Pete Banaszak 27 RB 14 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 691
Paul Seiler 26 8 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Charlie H. Smith 25 8 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 71
Team Total 26.3 14 29 182 0 34 6.3 54 1234 0 44 22.9 5909
Opp Total 14 26 0 55 1155 0 21.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
George Blanda 44 K 14 0 4 4 7 5 7 4 3 2 1 22 15 68.2% 42 41 97.6%
Jerry DePoyster 25 P 12 0 51 2013 56 0 39.5
Mike Eischeid 31 2 0 11 461 57 0 41.9
Team Total 26.3 14 4 4 7 5 7 4 3 2 1 22 15 68.2% 42 41 97.6% 62 2474 57 0 39.9
Opp Total 14 34 22 64.7% 30 30 100.0% 59 2460 41.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
George Atkinson 24 SS 14 14 4 70 0 41 0 2 26 1
Pete Banaszak 27 RB 14 14 3 0 0 0
Fred Biletnikoff* 28 WR 14 14 1 0 0 0
George Blanda 44 K 14 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Brown* 30 RT 10 10 0 1 0 0
Willie Brown*+ 31 RCB 14 14 2 2 0 2
Tony Cline 23 lde 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dan Conners 30 MLB 14 14 3 36 0 18 0 2 2 0
Ben Davidson 31 RDE 14 14 0 1 0 0
Clarence Davis 22 RET 14 0 2 3 0 0
Mike Eischeid 31 2 0 0 1 0 0
Don Highsmith 23 14 3 4 2 0 0
Marv Hubbard* 25 FB 14 11 4 0 0 0
Daryle Lamonica 30 QB 14 13 3 1 -4 0
Tommy Maxwell 24 13 0 2 2 0 0
Terry Mendenhall 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Otto* 33 C 14 14 1 0 -7 0
Harold Rice 26 12 0 0 1 0 0
Art Shell 25 LT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Rod Sherman 27 WR 12 5 2 2 -2 0
Greg Slough 23 13 0 0 1 0 0
Charlie H. Smith 25 8 0 0 1 0 0
Ken Stabler 26 14 1 1 1 -10 0
Jack Tatum 23 FS 14 14 4 136 0 66 1 2 26 0
Art Thoms 25 LDT 14 11 0 2 0 0
Phil Villapiano 22 LLB 14 14 2 25 0 14 0 2 0 0
Jimmy Warren 32 14 1 2 114 2 59
Nemiah Wilson 28 LCB 13 13 5 70 0 22 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 23 453 2 66 26 30 31 1
Opp Total 14 24 26 9 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
George Blanda 44 K 14 0 41 15 86
Fred Biletnikoff* 28 WR 14 14 9 54
Pete Banaszak 27 RB 14 14 8 48
Raymond Chester* 23 TE 14 14 7 42
Marv Hubbard* 25 FB 14 11 5 1 36
Drew Buie 24 wr 14 6 2 12
Clarence Davis 22 RET 14 0 2 12
Ken Stabler 26 14 1 2 12
Jimmy Warren 32 14 1 2 12
George Atkinson 24 SS 14 14 1 6
Eldridge Dickey 26 7 2 1 6
Don Highsmith 23 14 3 1 6
Rod Sherman 27 WR 12 5 1 6
Charlie H. Smith 25 8 0 1 6
Team Total 26.3 14 19 21 1 2 41 15 344
Opp Total 14 14 15 30 22 1 278