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1976 Oakland Raiders
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Record: 13-1-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
1976 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 350 points (25.0/g), 4th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 237 points (16.9/g), 12th.
Differential of 113 points (8.1/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 10.0-4.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.3/g), 19th.
Coached by John Madden (13-1-0)
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1976 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 | Ken Stabler* | 31 | 6 | 12 | 194 for 291, 2,737 yards, 27 td, 17 int, & 7 rushes for -2 yards and 1 td | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1968 |
| RB | Clarence Davis | 27 | 5 | 0 | 114 rushes for 516 yards, 3 td, & 27 catches for 191 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 97th pick / 1971 |
| FB | Mark van Eeghen | 24 | 2 | 14 | 233 rushes for 1,012 yards, 3 td, & 17 catches for 173 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 75th pick / 1974 |
| WR | Fred Biletnikoff | 33 | 11 | 0 | 43 catches for 551 yards, 7 td | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 11th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Cliff Branch*+ | 28 | 4 | 0 | 46 catches for 1,111 yards, 12 td, & 3 rushes for 12 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 98th pick / 1972 |
| TE | Dave Casper*+ | 25 | 2 | 13 | 53 catches for 691 yards, 10 td, & 1 rush for 5 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 45th pick / 1974 |
| LT | Art Shell* | 30 | 8 | 0 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 80th pick / 1968 |
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| LG | Gene Upshaw* | 31 | 9 | 14 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 17th pick / 1967 |
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| C | Dave Dalby | 26 | 4 | 0 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 100th pick / 1972 |
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| RG | George Buehler | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 50th pick / 1969 |
| RT | John Vella | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1972 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | John Matuszak | 26 | 3 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 1st pick / 1973 |
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| LDE | Charles Philyaw | 22 | Rook | 0 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 34th pick / 1976 |
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| NT | Dave Rowe | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1967 |
| RDE | Otis Sistrunk | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LOLB | Phil Villapiano* | 27 | 5 | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 45th pick / 1971 |
| LILB | Willie Hall | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 31st pick / 1972 |
| RILB | Monte Johnson | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 49th pick / 1973 |
| ROLB | Ted Hendricks | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1969 |
| LCB | Skip Thomas | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 176th pick / 1972 |
| RCB | Willie Brown | 36 | 13 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | George Atkinson | 29 | 8 | 0 | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 190th pick / 1968 |
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| FS | Jack Tatum | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 19th pick / 1971 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Errol Mann | 35 | 8 | 0 | 4 of 11 field goals & 26 of 27 extra points | |
| P | Ray Guy*+ | 27 | 3 | 0 | 67 punts for a 41.6 average, 0 blocked | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 23rd pick / 1973 |
| PR | Neal Colzie | 22 | 1 | 1 | 41 punt returns for a 10.9 average and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 24th pick / 1975 |
| KR | Carl Garrett | 29 | 7 | 0 | 18 kick returns for a 21.6 average and 0 td | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 58th pick / 1969 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| George Atkinson | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Morris Brown | 1/4/1947 | 8 | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 190th pick / 1968 |
| Pete Banaszak | 32 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Miami (FL) | 5/21/1944 | 10 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 59th pick / 1966 |
| Warren Bankston | 29 | RB-TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Tulane | 7/22/1947 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1969 |
| Rodrigo Barnes | 26 | LB | 5 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Rice | 2/10/1950 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 176th pick / 1973 |
| Fred Biletnikoff | 33 | WR-FL | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Florida State | 2/23/1943 | 11 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 11th pick / 1965 |
| Greg Blankenship | 22 | LB | 4 | 0 | 212 | 6-1 | Cal State-Hayward | 3/24/1954 | Rook | |
| Rik Bonness | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 3/20/1954 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 84th pick / 1976 |
| Morris Bradshaw | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 10/19/1952 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 93rd pick / 1974 |
| Cliff Branch*+ | 28 | WR | 14 | 0 | 170 | 5-11 | Colorado | 8/1/1948 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 98th pick / 1972 |
| Willie Brown | 36 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 12/2/1940 | 13 | |
| George Buehler | 29 | G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Stanford | 8/10/1947 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 50th pick / 1969 |
| Dave Casper*+ | 25 | TE | 13 | 13 | 240 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 9/26/1951 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 45th pick / 1974 |
| Neal Colzie | 22 | DB | 14 | 1 | 200 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 2/28/1954 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 24th pick / 1975 |
| Dave Dalby | 26 | C | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | UCLA | 10/19/1950 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 100th pick / 1972 |
| Clarence Davis | 27 | RB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | USC | 6/28/1949 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 97th pick / 1971 |
| Carl Garrett | 29 | RB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | New Mexico Highlands | 8/31/1947 | 7 | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 58th pick / 1969 |
| Hubert Ginn | 29 | RB | 7 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida A&M | 1/4/1947 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 211th pick / 1970 |
| Ray Guy*+ | 27 | P | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Southern Miss | 12/22/1949 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 23rd pick / 1973 |
| Willie Hall | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | USC | 9/30/1949 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 31st pick / 1972 |
| Ted Hendricks | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-7 | Miami (FL) | 11/1/1947 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1969 |
| David Humm | 24 | QB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 4/2/1952 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 128th pick / 1975 |
| Rick Jennings | 23 | RB-WR | 11 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Maryland | 4/17/1953 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 313th pick / 1976 |
| Monte Johnson | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 239 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 10/26/1951 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 49th pick / 1973 |
| Terry Kunz | 24 | RB | 7 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Colorado | 10/26/1952 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 231st pick / 1976 |
| Ted Kwalick | 29 | TE | 7 | 0 | 226 | 6-4 | Penn State | 4/15/1947 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 7th pick / 1969 |
| Henry Lawrence | 25 | T-G | 8 | 0 | 272 | 6-4 | Florida A&M | 9/26/1951 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 19th pick / 1974 |
| Errol Mann | 35 | K | 7 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | North Dakota | 6/27/1941 | 8 | |
| John Matuszak | 26 | DE-DT | 13 | 0 | 272 | 6-8 | Missouri,Tampa | 10/25/1950 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 1st pick / 1973 |
| Herb McMath | 22 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | Morningside | 9/6/1954 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 110th pick / 1976 |
| Dan Medlin | 27 | G | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 10/12/1949 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 131st pick / 1972 |
| Manfred Moore | 26 | RB | 1 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | USC | 12/22/1950 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 216th pick / 1974 |
| Charlie Phillips | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | USC | 12/22/1952 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 45th pick / 1975 |
| Charles Philyaw | 22 | DE | 14 | 0 | 276 | 6-9 | Texas Southern | 2/25/1954 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 34th pick / 1976 |
| Mike Rae | 25 | QB | 7 | 2 | 193 | 6-0 | USC | 7/26/1951 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 205th pick / 1973 |
| Mike Reinfeldt | 23 | DB | 2 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 5/6/1953 | Rook | |
| Floyd Rice | 27 | LB-TE | 10 | 0 | 223 | 6-3 | Alcorn State | 8/31/1949 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 212th pick / 1971 |
| Dave Rowe | 31 | DT-NT | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-7 | Penn State | 6/20/1945 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1967 |
| Art Shell* | 30 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Md-Eastern Shore | 11/26/1946 | 8 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 80th pick / 1968 |
| Mike Siani | 26 | WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Villanova | 5/27/1950 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 21st pick / 1972 |
| Otis Sistrunk | 30 | DT-DE-NT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | none | 9/18/1946 | 4 | |
| Ken Stabler* | 31 | QB | 12 | 12 | 215 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/25/1945 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1968 |
| Fred Steinfort | 24 | K | 7 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Boston College | 11/3/1952 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 146th pick / 1976 |
| Steve Sylvester | 23 | C-G-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 3/4/1953 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 10th / 259th pick / 1975 |
| Jack Tatum | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 11/18/1948 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 19th pick / 1971 |
| Skip Thomas | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | USC | 2/7/1950 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 176th pick / 1972 |
| Gene Upshaw* | 31 | G | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 8/15/1945 | 9 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 17th pick / 1967 |
| Mark van Eeghen | 24 | RB | 14 | 14 | 223 | 6-2 | Colgate | 4/19/1952 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 75th pick / 1974 |
| John Vella | 26 | T | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | USC | 4/21/1950 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1972 |
| Phil Villapiano* | 27 | LB | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 2/26/1949 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 45th pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 220.8 | 6-2.2 | 4.1 |