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1975 Oakland Raiders
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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 375 points (26.8/g), 4th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 255 points (18.2/g), 7th.
Differential of 120 points (8.6/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 10.0-4.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 17th.
Coached by John Madden (11-3-0)
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1975 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Ken Stabler | 30 | 5 | 13 | 171 for 293, 2,296 yards, 16 td, 24 int, & 6 rushes for -5 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1968 |
| RB | Clarence Davis | 26 | 4 | 8 | 112 rushes for 486 yards, 4 td, & 11 catches for 126 yards and 1 td | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 97th pick / 1971 |
| RB | Pete Banaszak | 31 | 9 | 0 | 187 rushes for 672 yards, 16 td, & 10 catches for 64 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 59th pick / 1966 |
| FB | Mark van Eeghen | 23 | 1 | 8 | 136 rushes for 597 yards, 2 td, & 12 catches for 42 yards and 1 td | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 75th pick / 1974 |
| FB | Marv Hubbard | 29 | 6 | 6 | 60 rushes for 294 yards, 2 td, & 7 catches for 81 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 277th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Fred Biletnikoff | 32 | 10 | 10 | 43 catches for 587 yards, 2 td | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 11th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Cliff Branch*+ | 27 | 3 | 14 | 51 catches for 893 yards, 9 td, & 2 rushes for 18 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 98th pick / 1972 |
| TE | Bob Moore | 26 | 4 | 14 | 19 catches for 175 yards, 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 123rd pick / 1971 |
| LT | Art Shell* | 29 | 7 | 14 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 80th pick / 1968 |
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| LG | Gene Upshaw* | 30 | 8 | 14 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 17th pick / 1967 |
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| C | Dave Dalby | 25 | 3 | 14 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 100th pick / 1972 |
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| RG | George Buehler | 28 | 6 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 50th pick / 1969 |
| RT | John Vella | 25 | 3 | 13 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1972 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Tony Cline | 27 | 5 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 102nd pick / 1970 |
| LDT | Otis Sistrunk | 29 | 3 | 14 | ||
| RDT | Art Thoms | 29 | 6 | 11 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 22nd pick / 1969 |
| RDE | Horace Jones | 26 | 4 | 14 | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 305th pick / 1971 |
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| LLB | Phil Villapiano* | 26 | 4 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 45th pick / 1971 |
| MLB | Monte Johnson | 24 | 2 | 13 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 49th pick / 1973 |
| RLB | Gerald Irons | 28 | 5 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 76th pick / 1970 |
| RLB | Ted Hendricks | 28 | 6 | 5 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1969 |
| LCB | Skip Thomas | 25 | 3 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 176th pick / 1972 |
| RCB | Willie Brown | 35 | 12 | 12 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | George Atkinson | 28 | 7 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 190th pick / 1968 |
| FS | Jack Tatum* | 27 | 4 | 13 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 19th pick / 1971 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | George Blanda | 48 | 26 | 0 | 13 of 21 field goals & 44 of 48 extra points | Chicago Bears / 12th / 119th pick / 1949 |
| P | Ray Guy* | 26 | 2 | 0 | 68 punts for a 43.8 average, 0 blocked | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 23rd pick / 1973 |
| PR | Neal Colzie | 21 | Rook | 2 | 48 punt returns for a 13.6 average and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 24th pick / 1975 |
| KR | Harold Hart | 23 | 1 | 4 | 17 kick returns for a 30.5 average and 1 td | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 279th pick / 1974 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | George Atkinson | 28 | DB | 14 | 14 | 180 | 6-0 | Morris Brown | 1/4/1947 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 190th pick / 1968 |
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 31 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Miami (FL) | 5/21/1944 | 9 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 59th pick / 1966 |
| 46 | Warren Bankston | 28 | RB-TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Tulane | 7/22/1947 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1969 |
| 25 | Fred Biletnikoff | 32 | WR-FL | 11 | 10 | 190 | 6-1 | Florida State | 2/23/1943 | 10 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 11th pick / 1965 |
| 16 | George Blanda | 48 | QB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 9/17/1927 | 26 | Chicago Bears / 12th / 119th pick / 1949 |
| 81 | Morris Bradshaw | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 10/19/1952 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 93rd pick / 1974 |
| 21 | Cliff Branch*+ | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 170 | 5-11 | Colorado | 8/1/1948 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 98th pick / 1972 |
| 24 | Willie Brown | 35 | DB | 12 | 12 | 195 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 12/2/1940 | 12 | |
| 64 | George Buehler | 28 | G | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-2 | Stanford | 8/10/1947 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 50th pick / 1969 |
| 33 | Louis Carter | 22 | RB | 8 | 0 | 207 | 5-11 | Maryland | 2/6/1953 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 76th pick / 1975 |
| 87 | Dave Casper | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 9/26/1951 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 45th pick / 1974 |
| 84 | Tony Cline | 27 | DE | 12 | 12 | 244 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 7/25/1948 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 102nd pick / 1970 |
| 45 | Neal Colzie | 21 | DB | 13 | 2 | 200 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 2/28/1954 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 24th pick / 1975 |
| 50 | Dave Dalby | 25 | C | 14 | 14 | 247 | 6-3 | UCLA | 10/19/1950 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 100th pick / 1972 |
| 28 | Clarence Davis | 26 | RB | 11 | 8 | 195 | 5-10 | USC | 6/28/1949 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 97th pick / 1971 |
| 54 | Mike Dennery | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 6/26/1950 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 13th / 330th pick / 1974 |
| 8 | Ray Guy* | 26 | P | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Southern Miss | 12/22/1949 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 23rd pick / 1973 |
| 39 | Willie Hall | 26 | LB | 7 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | USC | 9/30/1949 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 31st pick / 1972 |
| 34 | Harold Hart | 23 | RB | 9 | 4 | 206 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 7/13/1952 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 279th pick / 1974 |
| 83 | Ted Hendricks | 28 | LB | 14 | 5 | 220 | 6-7 | Miami (FL) | 11/1/1947 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1969 |
| 44 | Marv Hubbard | 29 | RB | 7 | 6 | 225 | 6-1 | Colgate | 5/7/1946 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 277th pick / 1968 |
| 11 | David Humm | 23 | QB | 7 | 0 | 188 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 4/2/1952 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 128th pick / 1975 |
| 86 | Gerald Irons | 28 | LB | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-2 | Md-Eastern Shore | 5/2/1947 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 76th pick / 1970 |
| 58 | Monte Johnson | 24 | LB | 14 | 13 | 239 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 10/26/1951 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 49th pick / 1973 |
| 82 | Horace Jones | 26 | DE | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-3 | Louisville | 7/31/1949 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 305th pick / 1971 |
| 71 | Kelvin Korver | 26 | DT | 1 | 1 | 267 | 6-6 | Northwestern College (IA),Texas A&M | 2/21/1949 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1972 |
| 89 | Ted Kwalick | 28 | TE | 6 | 0 | 226 | 6-4 | Penn State | 4/15/1947 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 7th pick / 1969 |
| 70 | Henry Lawrence | 24 | T-G | 14 | 1 | 272 | 6-4 | Florida A&M | 9/26/1951 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 19th pick / 1974 |
| 13 | Larry Lawrence | 26 | QB | 1 | 1 | 208 | 6-1 | Iowa,Miami (FL) | 4/11/1949 | 1 | |
| 79 | Dan Medlin | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 10/12/1949 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 131st pick / 1972 |
| 88 | Bob Moore | 26 | TE | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-3 | Stanford | 2/12/1949 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 123rd pick / 1971 |
| 47 | Charlie Phillips | 23 | DB | 14 | 1 | 215 | 6-2 | USC | 12/22/1952 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 45th pick / 1975 |
| 35 | Jess Phillips | 28 | RB-DB | 14 | 2 | 210 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 2/28/1947 | 7 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 84th pick / 1968 |
| 74 | Dave Rowe | 30 | DT-NT | 10 | 1 | 280 | 6-7 | Penn State | 6/20/1945 | 8 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1967 |
| 78 | Art Shell* | 29 | T | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-5 | Md-Eastern Shore | 11/26/1946 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 80th pick / 1968 |
| 49 | Mike Siani | 25 | WR | 14 | 4 | 195 | 6-2 | Villanova | 5/27/1950 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 21st pick / 1972 |
| 60 | Otis Sistrunk | 29 | DT-DE-NT | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-4 | none | 9/18/1946 | 3 | |
| 12 | Ken Stabler | 30 | QB | 14 | 13 | 215 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/25/1945 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1968 |
| 66 | Steve Sylvester | 22 | C-G-T | 11 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 3/4/1953 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 10th / 259th pick / 1975 |
| 32 | Jack Tatum* | 27 | DB | 13 | 13 | 200 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 11/18/1948 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 19th pick / 1971 |
| 26 | Skip Thomas | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-1 | USC | 2/7/1950 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 176th pick / 1972 |
| 80 | Art Thoms | 29 | DT | 13 | 11 | 260 | 6-5 | Syracuse | 10/20/1946 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 22nd pick / 1969 |
| 63 | Gene Upshaw* | 30 | G | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 8/15/1945 | 8 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 17th pick / 1967 |
| 30 | Mark van Eeghen | 23 | RB | 14 | 8 | 223 | 6-2 | Colgate | 4/19/1952 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 75th pick / 1974 |
| 75 | John Vella | 25 | T | 13 | 13 | 258 | 6-4 | USC | 4/21/1950 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1972 |
| 41 | Phil Villapiano* | 26 | LB | 14 | 13 | 225 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 2/26/1949 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 45th pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 225.4 | 6-2.3 | 4.3 |