1998 Oakland Raiders

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 288 points (18.0/g), 22nd of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 356 points (22.2/g), 20th.
Differential of -68 points (-4.2/g), 21st.
Expected W-L: 6.0-10.0.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 24th.

Simple Rating System: Total -5.6, Offense: -4.1, Defense: -1.5, SoS: -1.4, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Jon Gruden

Offensive Coordinator: Bill Callahan
Defensive Coordinator: Willie Shaw

Training Camp: Redwood Middle School (Napa, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

			Tot Yds & TO			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	288	4815	1035	4.7	273	282	519	3088	21	25	5.3	156	449	1727	6	3.8	89	43	18	28
Team Defense	356	4550	1020	4.5	273	291	497	2876	22	21	5.3	150	482	1674	8	3.5	95	35	14	28
Lg Rank Offense	22	18			18		16	21	14	28	25		17	16	29	18		29	29
Lg Rank Defense	20	5			8		11	4	15	4	4		21	15	4	5		5	7

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 6	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	8	28	18	264	212	52	5	18	300	157	143
2	Sun	September 13	boxscore	W		1-1		New York Giants	20	17	21	414	252	162	1	15	233	162	71	1
3	Sun	September 20	boxscore	L		1-2		Denver Broncos	17	34	13	258	164	94	3	25	338	193	145	2
4	Sun	September 27	boxscore	W		2-2	@	Dallas Cowboys	13	12	13	288	159	129		16	275	207	68	3
5	Sun	October 4	boxscore	W		3-2	@	Arizona Cardinals	23	20	14	222	110	112	3	16	236	187	49	4
6	Sun	October 11	boxscore	W		4-2		San Diego Chargers	7	6	6	159	141	18	1	9	195	78	117	4
7								Bye Week
8	Sun	October 25	boxscore	W		5-2		Cincinnati Bengals	27	10	23	411	160	251		14	170	108	62	3
9	Sun	November 1	boxscore	W		6-2	@	Seattle Seahawks	31	18	14	293	220	73	1	22	333	253	80	5
10	Sun	November 8	boxscore	L		6-3	@	Baltimore Ravens	10	13	20	356	245	111	3	15	213	87	126	1
11	Sun	November 15	boxscore	W		7-3		Seattle Seahawks	20	17	21	380	249	131	3	15	293	192	101	3
12	Sun	November 22	boxscore	L		7-4	@	Denver Broncos	14	40	15	294	245	49	3	28	397	201	196	1
13	Sun	November 29	boxscore	L		7-5		Washington Redskins	19	29	23	376	189	187	4	17	303	209	94	1
14	Sun	December 6	boxscore	L		7-6		Miami Dolphins	17	27	20	314	207	107	7	9	260	170	90	1
15	Sun	December 13	boxscore	L		7-7	@	Buffalo Bills	21	44	13	178	87	91	4	18	316	182	134
16	Sun	December 20	boxscore	W		8-7	@	San Diego Chargers	17	10	14	287	167	120	3	16	315	236	79	3
17	Sat	December 26	boxscore	L		8-8		Kansas City Chiefs	24	31	25	321	281	40	2	20	373	254	119	3

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		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%	4QC	GWD
12	Donald Hollas	31	qb	12	6	4-2-0	135	260	51.9	1754	10	3.8	16	6.2	47	6.7	4.7	13.0	146.2	60.6	36	207	5.23	3.47	12.2	1	1
3	Jeff George	31	QB	8	7	3-4-0	93	169	55.0	1186	4	2.4	5	3.0	75	7.0	6.2	12.8	148.3	72.7	22	162	5.36	4.60	11.5	0	1
16	Wade Wilson	39	qb	5	3	1-2-0	52	88	59.1	568	7	8.0	4	4.5	68	6.5	6.0	10.9	113.6	85.8	9	77	5.06	4.65	9.3	1	1
2	Leo Araguz	28	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	-1	0	0.0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	-0.1	79.2	0	0	-1.00	-1.00	0.0
22	Harvey Williams	31	rb	16	3		1	1	100.0	27	0	0.0	0	0.0	27	27.0	27.0	27.0	1.7	118.7	0	0	27.00	27.00	0.0
	Team Total	28.2		16		8-8-0	282	519	54.3	3534	21	4.0	25	4.8	75	6.8	5.5	12.5	220.9	69.2	67	446	5.27	4.07	11.4	2	3
	Opp Total			16			291	497	58.6	3134	22	4.4	21	4.2		6.3	5.29	10.8	195.9	74.3	41	258	5.3	4.4	7.6

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		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
26	Napoleon Kaufman	25	RB	13	13	217	921	2	80	4.2	70.8	16.7	25	191	7.6	0	39	1.9	14.7	1112	2	2
22	Harvey Williams	31	rb	16	3	128	496	2	25	3.9	31.0	8.0	26	173	6.7	0	15	1.6	10.8	669	2	3
28	Randy Jordan	28		16	0	47	159	1	23	3.4	9.9	2.9	3	2	0.7	0	2	0.2	0.1	161	1	1
12	Donald Hollas	31	qb	12	6	29	120	1	14	4.1	10.0	2.4								120	1	10
40	Jon Ritchie	24	FB	15	10	9	23	0	14	2.6	1.5	0.6	29	225	7.8	0	31	1.9	15.0	248	0	2
3	Jeff George	31	QB	8	7	8	2	0	8	0.3	0.3	1.0								2	0	7
16	Wade Wilson	39	qb	5	3	7	24	0	12	3.4	4.8	1.4								24	0	1
81	Tim Brown	32	WR	16	16	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.4	0.1	81	1012	12.5	9	49	5.1	63.3	1005	9	3
82	James Jett	28	WR	16	16	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	45	882	19.6	6	75	2.8	55.1	885	6	0
83	Rickey Dudley	26	TE	16	15	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.1	0.1	36	549	15.3	5	32	2.3	34.3	547	5	1
2	Leo Araguz	28	P	16	0	1	-12	0	-12	-12.0	-0.8	0.1								-12	0	0
85	Terry Mickens	27	wr	16	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	24	346	14.4	1	32	1.5	21.6	346	1	0
86	Derek V. Brown	28	te	16	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	89	12.7	0	27	0.4	5.6	89	0	0
84	Kenny Shedd	27		15	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	50	16.7	0	21	0.2	3.3	50	0	0
80	Desmond Howard	28	KR/PR	15	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	16	8.0	0	10	0.1	1.1	16	0	4
55	James Folston	27	llb	16	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	-1	0	0
	Team Total	28.2		16		449	1727	6	80	3.8	107.9	28.1	282	3534	12.5	21	75	17.6	220.9	5261	27	38
	Opp Total			16		482	1674	8		3.5	104.6	30.1	291	2876	9.9	22		18.2	179.8	4550	30	26

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
80	Desmond Howard	28	KR/PR	15	1	45	541	2	75	12.0	49	1040	0	42	21.2	1597
27	Calvin Branch	24		16	0						5	70	0	27	14.0	70
89	Rodney Williams	25		1	0						4	63	0	21	15.8	63
81	Tim Brown	32	WR	16	16	3	23	0	8	7.7						1028
84	Kenny Shedd	27		15	0						2	32	0	21	16.0	82
92	Vincent Amey	23	de	4	1						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
33	Bucky Brooks	27		6	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
50	Mike Morton	26		16	0						1	3	0	3	3.0	3
25	Anthony Prior	28		4	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
	Team Total	28.2		16		50	564	2	75	11.3	62	1208	0	42	19.5	7033
	Opp Total			16		53		1			60	1388	0		23.1

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		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
2	Leo Araguz	28	P	16	0																	98	4256	64	0	43.4
7	Greg Davis	33	K	16	0			6	5	8	5	11	6	2	1	27	17	63.0%	31	31	100.0%
	Team Total	28.2		16				6	5	8	5	11	6	2	1	27	17	63.0%	31	31	100.0%	98	4256	64	0	43.4
	Opp Total			16												37	28	75.7%	36	36	100.0%	96	4301			44.8

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
54	Greg Biekert	29	MLB	16	16	3.0						2	0	1	0	0	115	31
52	Richard Harvey	32	RLB	16	16	4.0	1	2	0	2	0						70	19
96	Darrell Russell*+	22	LDT	16	16	10.0						3	0	1	0	0	56	8
24	Charles Woodson*	22	LCB	16	16		5	118	1	46	0	2	0	0	0	0	61	3
51	Lance Johnstone	25	RDE	16	15	11.0						2	0	1	40	1	48	6
29	Albert Lewis	38	FS	15	12	1.0	2	74	1	74	0	1	0	0	0	0	52	6
38	Marquis Walker	26	rcb	16	7		2	28	0	28	0	0	0	1	3	0	38	8
67	Russell Maryland	29	RDT	15	15	2.0											35	13
30	Anthony Newman	33	SS	11	11		2	17	0	11	0						36	9
57	Terry Wooden	31	LLB	16	10	2.0	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	31	14
42	Eric Turner	30	ss	6	6	1.0	3	108	1	94	0						33	5
21	Eric Allen	33	RCB	10	10		5	59	0	22	0						33	2
90	Grady Jackson	25	dt	15	1	3.0						1	0	1	2	0	29	10
41	Louis Riddick	29	db	15	3							0	0	1	0	0	28	10
93	James Harris	30	LDE	16	16	1.0						1	0	1	1	0	19	18
56	Pat Swilling	34		16	0	2.0						0	0	1	0	0	12	5
37	James Trapp	29		16	0												7	6
27	Calvin Branch	24		16	0							0	1	1	0	0	8	1
33	Bucky Brooks	27		6	0							0	1	0	0	0	8	1
12	Donald Hollas	31	qb	12	6							0	10	4	0	0
20	Perry Carter	27		6	0												6	1
55	James Folston	27	llb	16	5	1.0											4	1
59	Aaron Wallace	31		4	0							0	0	1	0	0	2	4
3	Jeff George	31	QB	8	7							0	7	1	-6	0
98	Chuck Osborne	25		6	0												3	1
81	Tim Brown	32	WR	16	16							0	3	2	0	0
80	Desmond Howard	28	KR/PR	15	1							0	4	0	0	0
22	Harvey Williams	31	rb	16	3							0	3	1	0	0
26	Napoleon Kaufman	25	RB	13	13							0	2	1	0	0
77	Pat Harlow	29	lt	5	5							0	0	2	0	0
85	Terry Mickens	27	wr	16	2							0	0	2	3	0
50	Mike Morton	26		16	0							0	0	2	0	0
40	Jon Ritchie	24	FB	15	10							0	2	0	0	0
84	Kenny Shedd	27		15	0							0	0	2	4	0
73	Darryl Ashmore	29	t	15	4							0	0	1	1	1
86	Derek V. Brown	28	te	16	4							0	0	1	0	0
83	Rickey Dudley	26	TE	16	15							0	1	0	0	0
82	James Jett	28	WR	16	16							0	0	1	4	0
28	Randy Jordan	28		16	0							0	1	0	0	0
72	Lincoln Kennedy	27	RT	16	16							0	0	1	27	0
25	Anthony Prior	28		4	0							0	1	0	0	0
89	Rodney Williams	25		1	0							0	1	0	0	0
16	Wade Wilson	39	qb	5	3							0	1	0	0	0
	Team Total	28.2		16		41.0	21	420	3	94	0	12	38	32	79	2	734	182
	Opp Total			16		67							26	12					3

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
7	Greg Davis	33	K	16	0								31	17		82
81	Tim Brown	32	WR	16	16		9				9					54
82	James Jett	28	WR	16	16		6				6					36
83	Rickey Dudley	26	TE	16	15		5				5	1				32
80	Desmond Howard	28	KR/PR	15	1			2			2					12
26	Napoleon Kaufman	25	RB	13	13	2					2					12
22	Harvey Williams	31	rb	16	3	2					2					12
73	Darryl Ashmore	29	t	15	4				1		1					6
12	Donald Hollas	31	qb	12	6	1					1					6
51	Lance Johnstone	25	RDE	16	15				1		1					6
28	Randy Jordan	28		16	0	1					1					6
29	Albert Lewis	38	FS	15	12					1	1					6
85	Terry Mickens	27	wr	16	2		1				1					6
42	Eric Turner	30	ss	6	6					1	1					6
24	Charles Woodson*	22	LCB	16	16					1	1					6
	Team Total	28.2		16		6	21	2	2	3	34	1	31	17		288
	Opp Total			16		8	22	1				1	36	28	3	356

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