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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 390 points (24.4/g), 8th of 31 in the NFL.
Allowed 329 points (20.6/g), 16th.
Differential of 61 points (3.8/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 9.6-6.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 11th.
Simple Rating System: Total 6.8, Offense: 5.7, Defense: 1.0, SoS: 2.9, 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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| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Rich Gannon* | 34 | 12 | 16 | 304 for 515, 3,840 yards, 24 td, 14 int, & 46 rushes for 298 yards and 2 td | New England Patriots / 4th / 98th pick / 1987 |
| RB | Tyrone Wheatley | 27 | 4 | 9 | 242 rushes for 936 yards, 8 td, & 21 catches for 196 yards and 3 td | New York Giants / 1st / 17th pick / 1995 |
| FB | Jon Ritchie | 25 | 1 | 14 | 5 rushes for 12 yards, 0 td, & 45 catches for 408 yards and 1 td | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1998 |
| WR | Tim Brown* | 33 | 11 | 16 | 90 catches for 1,344 yards, 6 td, & 1 rush for 4 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 6th pick / 1988 |
| WR | James Jett | 29 | 6 | 11 | 39 catches for 552 yards, 2 td | |
| TE | Rickey Dudley | 27 | 3 | 16 | 39 catches for 555 yards, 9 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 9th pick / 1996 |
| LT | Mo Collins | 23 | 1 | 12 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 23rd pick / 1998 | |
| LG | Steve Wisniewski | 32 | 10 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 29th pick / 1989 | |
| C | Barret Robbins | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 49th pick / 1995 |
| RG | Gennaro DiNapoli | 24 | Rook | 9 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 109th pick / 1998 | |
| RT | Lincoln Kennedy | 28 | 6 | 15 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 9th pick / 1993 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | James Harris | 31 | 6 | 16 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LDT | Russell Maryland | 30 | 8 | 16 | 1.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1991 |
| RDT | Darrell Russell* | 23 | 2 | 16 | 9.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 2nd pick / 1997 |
| RDE | Lance Johnstone | 26 | 3 | 16 | 10.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 57th pick / 1996 |
| LLB | K.D. Williams | 26 | Rook | 8 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Greg Biekert | 30 | 6 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Raiders / 7th / 181st pick / 1993 |
| RLB | Richard Harvey | 33 | 9 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 305th pick / 1989 |
| LCB | Charles Woodson*+ | 23 | 1 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 4th pick / 1998 |
| RCB | Eric Allen | 34 | 11 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 30th pick / 1988 |
| SS | Anthony Newman | 34 | 11 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 35th pick / 1988 |
| FS | Eric Turner | 31 | 8 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 2nd pick / 1991 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Michael Husted | 29 | 6 | 0 | 20 of 31 field goals & 30 of 30 extra points | |
| P | Leo Araguz | 29 | 3 | 0 | 76 punts for a 40.1 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Darrien Gordon | 29 | 6 | 2 | 42 punt returns for a 9.5 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1993 |
| KR | Napoleon Kaufman | 26 | 4 | 5 | 42 kick returns for a 19.8 average and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 18th pick / 1995 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Eric Allen | 34 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 184 | 5-10 | Arizona St. | 11/22/1965 | 11 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 30th pick / 1988 |
| 2 | Leo Araguz | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | S.F. Austin | 1/18/1970 | 3 | 0 | |
| 73 | Darryl Ashmore | 30 | t | 16 | 2 | 310 | 6-7 | Northwestern | 11/1/1969 | 6 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 171st pick / 1992 |
| 50 | Eric Barton | 22 | lb | 16 | 3 | 245 | 6-2 | Maryland | 9/29/1977 | Rook | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 146th pick / 1999 |
| 54 | Greg Biekert | 30 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 253 | 6-2 | Colorado | 3/14/1969 | 6 | 8 | Los Angeles Raiders / 7th / 181st pick / 1993 |
| 27 | Calvin Branch | 25 | db | 16 | 1 | 195 | 5-11 | Iowa St.,Colorado St. | 5/8/1974 | 2 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 172nd pick / 1997 |
| 87 | Jeremy Brigham | 24 | te | 16 | 2 | 255 | 6-6 | Washington | 3/22/1975 | 1 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 127th pick / 1998 |
| 55 | Bobby Brooks | 23 | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Fresno St. | 3/3/1976 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 81 | Tim Brown* | 33 | WR | 16 | 16 | 195 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 7/22/1966 | 11 | 14 | Los Angeles Raiders / 1st / 6th pick / 1988 |
| 94 | Tony Bryant | 23 | 10 | 0 | 282 | 6-6 | Florida St. | 9/3/1976 | Rook | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 40th pick / 1999 | |
| 91 | Roderick Coleman | 23 | 3 | 0 | 285 | 6-2 | East Carolina | 8/16/1976 | Rook | 0 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 153rd pick / 1999 | |
| 79 | Mo Collins | 23 | LT | 13 | 12 | 325 | 6-4 | Florida | 9/22/1976 | 1 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 23rd pick / 1998 |
| 32 | Zack Crockett | 27 | fb | 13 | 1 | 240 | 6-2 | Florida St. | 12/2/1972 | 4 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 79th pick / 1995 |
| 64 | Gennaro DiNapoli | 24 | RG | 11 | 9 | 287 | 6-3 | Virginia Tech | 5/25/1975 | Rook | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 109th pick / 1998 |
| 83 | Rickey Dudley | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-6 | Ohio St. | 7/15/1972 | 3 | 8 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 9th pick / 1996 |
| 12 | Rich Gannon* | 34 | QB | 16 | 16 | 210 | 6-3 | Delaware | 12/20/1965 | 12 | 16 | New England Patriots / 4th / 98th pick / 1987 |
| 23 | Darrien Gordon | 29 | PR | 16 | 2 | 184 | 5-11 | Stanford | 11/14/1970 | 6 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1993 |
| 93 | James Harris | 31 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 266 | 6-6 | Temple | 5/13/1968 | 6 | 7 | |
| 44 | Johnnie Harris | 27 | 4 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Mississippi St. | 8/21/1972 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 52 | Richard Harvey | 33 | RLB | 15 | 15 | 235 | 6-1 | Tulane | 9/11/1966 | 9 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 305th pick / 1989 |
| 14 | Bobby Hoying | 27 | 2 | 0 | 221 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 9/20/1972 | 3 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 85th pick / 1996 | |
| 5 | Michael Husted | 29 | K | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Virginia | 6/16/1970 | 6 | 0 | |
| 90 | Grady Jackson | 26 | 15 | 0 | 345 | 6-2 | Knoxville | 1/21/1973 | 2 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 193rd pick / 1997 | |
| 82 | James Jett | 29 | WR | 16 | 11 | 165 | 5-10 | West Virginia | 12/28/1970 | 6 | 6 | |
| 51 | Lance Johnstone | 26 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-4 | Temple | 6/11/1973 | 3 | 9 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 57th pick / 1996 |
| 28 | Randy Jordan | 29 | 16 | 0 | 207 | 5-10 | North Carolina | 6/6/1970 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 26 | Napoleon Kaufman | 26 | KR | 16 | 5 | 185 | 5-9 | Washington | 6/7/1973 | 4 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 18th pick / 1995 |
| 72 | Lincoln Kennedy | 28 | RT | 15 | 15 | 335 | 6-6 | Washington | 2/12/1971 | 6 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 9th pick / 1993 |
| 67 | Russell Maryland | 30 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 3/22/1969 | 8 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1991 |
| 85 | Terry Mickens | 28 | wr | 16 | 3 | 201 | 6-0 | Florida A&M | 2/21/1971 | 5 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 146th pick / 1994 |
| 22 | Charles Mincy | 30 | fs | 16 | 6 | 195 | 6-0 | Washington | 12/16/1969 | 8 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 133rd pick / 1991 |
| 6 | Joe Nedney | 26 | 3 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | San Jose St. | 3/22/1973 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Anthony Newman | 34 | SS | 16 | 13 | 203 | 6-0 | Oregon | 11/25/1965 | 11 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 35th pick / 1988 |
| 98 | Chuck Osborne | 26 | 16 | 0 | 290 | 6-2 | Arizona | 11/2/1973 | 3 | 1 | St. Louis Rams / 7th / 222nd pick / 1996 | |
| 71 | Nathan Parks | 25 | 2 | 0 | 303 | 6-5 | Stanford | 10/25/1974 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 214th pick / 1997 | |
| 42 | Marcus Ray | 23 | 8 | 0 | 215 | 5-11 | Michigan | 8/14/1976 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 40 | Jon Ritchie | 25 | FB | 16 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Michigan,Stanford | 9/4/1974 | 1 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1998 |
| 63 | Barret Robbins | 26 | C | 16 | 16 | 320 | 6-3 | TCU | 8/26/1973 | 4 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 49th pick / 1995 |
| 96 | Darrell Russell* | 23 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 325 | 6-5 | USC | 5/27/1976 | 2 | 12 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 2nd pick / 1997 |
| 84 | Kenny Shedd | 28 | 12 | 0 | 168 | 5-10 | Northern Iowa | 2/14/1971 | 3 | 0 | New York Jets / 5th / 129th pick / 1993 | |
| 65 | Barry Sims | 25 | LT | 16 | 10 | 300 | 6-5 | Utah St.,Utah | 12/1/1974 | Rook | 6 | |
| 53 | Travian Smith | 24 | lb | 16 | 1 | 240 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 8/26/1975 | 1 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 152nd pick / 1998 |
| 56 | Sam Sword | 25 | llb | 10 | 5 | 245 | 6-1 | Michigan | 12/4/1974 | Rook | 2 | |
| 62 | Adam Treu | 25 | 16 | 0 | 300 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 6/24/1974 | 2 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1997 | |
| 29 | Eric Turner | 31 | FS | 10 | 10 | 208 | 6-1 | UCLA | 9/20/1968 | 8 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 2nd pick / 1991 |
| 86 | Derrick Walker | 32 | te | 11 | 3 | 246 | 6-0 | Michigan | 6/23/1967 | 9 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 163rd pick / 1990 |
| 38 | Marquis Walker | 27 | 16 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | SE Missouri St. | 7/6/1972 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 47 | Tyrone Wheatley | 27 | RB | 16 | 9 | 235 | 6-0 | Michigan | 1/19/1972 | 4 | 9 | New York Giants / 1st / 17th pick / 1995 |
| 34 | Jermaine Williams | 27 | 15 | 0 | 235 | 5-11 | Houston | 7/3/1972 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 59 | K.D. Williams | 26 | LLB | 9 | 8 | 240 | 6-0 | Henderson St. | 4/22/1973 | Rook | 4 | |
| 89 | Rodney Williams | 26 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Arizona | 8/15/1973 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 76 | Steve Wisniewski | 32 | LG | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-4 | Penn St. | 4/7/1967 | 10 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 29th pick / 1989 |
| 24 | Charles Woodson*+ | 23 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-1 | Michigan | 10/7/1976 | 1 | 14 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 4th pick / 1998 |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 242.6 | 6-1.8 | 3.9 |