1977 Oakland Raiders season

NFL team season December 2013 March 2026 Oakland Raiders 1977 11–3 2nd AFC West Al Davis Al Davis John Madden Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Won Divisional Playoffs(at Colts) 37–31 (2OT Double overtime) Lost AFC Championship(at Broncos) 17–20 Raiders seasons right|thumb|The Raiders playing the Broncos in the 1977-78 AFC Championship Game. The 1977 Oakland Raiders season was the team's 18th season overall, and 8th season since joining the NFL. The Raiders entered the season as the defending Super Bowl champions. The team could not match its 13–1 record from 1976 and finished 11–3, which was only good enough for second place in the AFC West next to the Denver Broncos, who won 12 games (the two split victories over each other in the regular season). The Raiders reached the AFC Championship Game for the fifth consecutive season, and their sixth in eight years. They lost the AFC Championship, however, to the division rival Denver Broncos.https://www.si.com/vault/1978/01/09/822301/wholly-moses-for-denver-haven-moses-two-td-catches-led-denver-past-oakland-for-the-afc-title Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Wholly Moses for Denver January 9, 1978 14 This marked the seventh time in ten seasons that the Raiders' season ended one game short of the Super Bowl. They did not return to the AFC Championship for the next two seasons. The 1977 Raiders set a professional football record with 681 rushing attempts.Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1978 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending Rushing Att Fullback Mark van Eeghen 324 times for 1273 yards, and running back Clarence Davis ran 194 times for 787 yards.Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1977 Oakland Raiders Offseason NFL draft 1977 NFL draft 1977 Oakland Raiders Draft Round Selection Player Position College 235Mike DavisDBColorado256Ted McKnightRBMinnesota-Duluth4112Mickey MarvinOGTennessee5126Lester HayesDBTexas A&M5139Jeff BarnesLBCalifornia7190Rich MartiniWRCalifornia-Davis8223Terry RobiskieRBLouisiana State12317Rod MartinLBSouthern California12334Rolf BenirschkePKCalifornia-Davis Personnel Staff / Coaches 1977 Oakland Raiders Principal Owner/General Manager - Al Davis Minority Co-Owner - Ed McGah President of the General Partner / General Manager – Al Davis Senior Executive – John Herrera Scout/ Executive assistant, Personnel Director - Ken Herock Executive Assistant / Scout - Al LoCasale Head Coach – John Madden Assistant Head Coach / Executive Assistant - Tom Flores Offensive Backs – Lew Erber Receivers Coach – Tom Flores Offensive line – Ollie Spencer Offensive Assistant - Joe Madro Defensive Line – Tom Dahms Linebackers – Don Shinnick Defensive Backfield – Bob Zeman Special Teams Coach – Joe Scannella Source:1977 Oakland Raiders (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft https://www.profootballarchives.com/1977nfloak.html 2026-08-01 www.profootballarchives.com Roster 1977 Oakland Raiders 11 David Humm 15 Mike Rae 12 Ken Stabler 40 Pete Banaszak 28 Clarence Davis 31 Carl Garrett 29 Hubert Ginn 35 Terry Robiskie y 30 Mark van Eeghen 25 Fred Biletnikoff 81 Morris Bradshaw 21 Cliff Branch 49 Mike Siani American football 46 Warren Bankston 87 Dave Casper 88 Ted Kwalick 64 George Buehler G 50 Dave Dalby C 70 Henry Lawrence American football T 65 Mickey Marvin y G 78 Art Shell T 66 Steve Sylvester American football C/G 63 Gene Upshaw G 75 John Vella T 72 John Matuszak DE 76 Mike McCoy defensive tackle NT 74 Dave Rowe American football NT 60 Otis Sistrunk DE 67 Pat Toomay DE 56 Jeff Barnes y OLB 39 Willie Hall American football ILB 83 Ted Hendricks OLB 58 Monte Johnson ILB 53 Rod Martin y ILB 57 Randy McClanahan y ILB 52 Floyd Rice OLB 24 Willie Brown American football CB 20 Neal Colzie SS 37 Lester Hayes y CB 42 Steve Jackson y FS defensive back, born 1955 32 Jack Tatum FS 26 Skip Thomas CB 22 Jimmy Warren SS  8 Ray Guy P 14 Errol Mann K 43 George Atkinson safety S IR 36 Mike Davis defensive back, born 1956 y S IR 34 Terry Kunz RB IR -- Everett Little G IR 89 Rich Martini y WR IR 47 Charlie Phillips American football S IR 77 Charles Philyaw DE IR 41 Phil Villapiano LB IR Source: Regular season 1977 NFL season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 18 San Diego Chargers W 24–0 1–0 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 51,022 2 September 25 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 16–7 2–0 Three Rivers Stadium 50,398 3October 3, 1977 at Kansas City Chiefs W 37–28 3–0 Arrowhead Stadium 60,684 4 October 9 at Cleveland Browns W 26–10 4–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 80,236 5 October 16 Denver Broncos L 7–30 4–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 53,616 6 October 23 at New York Jets W 28–27 5–1 Shea Stadium 56,734 7 October 30 at Denver Broncos W 24–14 6–1 Mile High Stadium 75,007 8 November 6 Seattle Seahawks W 44–7 7–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 50,929 9 November 13 Houston Oilers W 34–29 8–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 53,667 10 November 20 at San Diego Chargers L 7–12 8–2 San Diego Stadium 50,887 11 November 28, 1977 Buffalo Bills W 34–13 9–2 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 51,558 12 December 4 at Los Angeles Rams L 14–20 9–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 67,075 13 December 11 Minnesota Vikings W 35–13 10–3 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 52,771 14 December 18 Kansas City Chiefs W 21–20 11–3 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 50,304 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Results Week 1 #fff #eee background-color:#000; color:#fff collapsed 1:00 p.m. Chargers 0 0 0 0 Raiders 7 10 7 0 Oakland Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California 66 F (24.4 °C), wind 11 mph on NBC Jim Simpson, Merlin Olsen Box Score Passing Ken Stabler 13/20, 139 yards, INT Rushing Mark van Eeghan 19–62, Clarence Davis 14–41, Pete Banaszak 11–32, Carl Garrett 11–24, Terry Robiskie 4–19 Receiving Cliff Branch 4–56, Fred Biletnikoff 3–32, Dave Casper 3–21, Carl Garrett 1–13, Clarence Davis 1–12, Mark van Eeghan 1–5 Defense George Atkinson INT Chargers Raiders collapsed 1 Raiders RecTD Cliff Branch Ken Stabler 7 good Errol Mann run/pass good/failed/incomplete 0 7 2 Raiders FG 20 Errol Mann 0 10 2 Raiders RecTD Dave Casper Ken Stabler 1 good Errol Mann run/pass good/failed/incomplete 0 17 3 Raiders RushTD Pete Banaszak 2 good Errol Mann run/pass good/failed/incomplete 0 24 0 24 Week 2 Raiders 0 9 0 7 Steelers 0 0 0 7 September 25 Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1:00 p.m. 67 F, wind 9 mph on yes 2 OAK Errol Mann 21 yard field goal Raiders 3–0 2 OAK Errol Mann 40 yard field goal Raiders 6–0 2 OAK Errol Mann 41 yard field goal Raiders 9–0 4 OAK Mark van Eeghen 8 yard run (Errol Mann kick) Raiders 16–0 4 PIT Bennie Cunningham 43 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) Raiders 16–7 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 3 Raiders 7 6 21 3 Chiefs 0 21 0 7 October 3 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri 8:00 p.m. ABC yes 1 OAK Fred Biletnikoff 21 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann) kick Raiders 7–0 2 OAK Errol Mann 42 yard field goal Raiders 10–0 2 KC Walter White 48 yard pass from Mike Livingston (Jan Stenerud kick) Raiders 10–7 2 KC Walter White 1 yard pass from Mike Livingston (Jan Stenerud kick) Chiefs 14–10 2 KC Henry Marshall 41 yard pass from Mike Livingston (Jan Stenerud kick) Chiefs 21–10 2 OAK Errol Mann 34 yard field goal Chiefs 21–13 3 OAK Pete Banaszak 1 yard run (Errol Mann kick) Chiefs 21–20 3 OAK Clarence Davis 37 yard run (Errol Mann kick) Raiders 27–21 3 OAK Clarence Davis 2 yard run (Errol Mann kick) Raiders 34–21 4 KC Lawrence Williams 13 yard run (Jan Stenerud kick) Raiders 34–28 4 OAK Errol Mann 22 yard field goal Raiders 37–28 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 6 Raiders 14 0 0 14 Jets 13 14 0 0 October 23 Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York 1:00 p.m. 56,734 yes Q1 OAK Mark van Eeghen 3 yard run (Errol Mann kick) OAK 7–0 Q1 NYJ Jerome Barkum 18 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) Tie 7–7 Q1 OAK Dave Casper 19 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) OAK 14–7 Q1 NYJ Wesley Walker 87 yard pass from Richard Todd (kick failed) OAK 14–13 Q2 NYJ Rich Caster 14 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) NYJ 20–14 Q2 NYJ Clark Gaines 14 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) NYJ 27–14 Q4 OAK Fred Biletnikoff 7 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) NYJ 27–21 Q4 OAK Mike Siani 24 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) OAK 28–27 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Mar-10. Week 11 Bills 3 7 3 0 Raiders 13 7 14 0 November 28 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California 6:00 p.m. 51,558 56 F • Wind 6 mph on ABC yes 1 OAK Cliff Branch 28 yard pass from Ken Stabler (kick failed) Raiders 6–0 1 BUF Carson Long 33 yard field goal Raiders 6–3 1 OAK Fred Biletnikoff 44 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) Raiders 13–3 2 BUF John Kimbrough 29 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Carson Long kick) Raiders 13–10 2 OAK Pete Banaszak 1 yard run (Errol Mann kick) Raiders 20–10 3 BUF Carson Long 40 yard field goal Raiders 20–13 3 OAK Cliff Branch 12 yard pass from Ken Stabler (Errol Mann kick) Raiders 27–13 3 OAK Pete Banaszak 1 yard run (Errol Mann kick) Raiders 34–13 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 13 Network: CBS Announcers: Vin Scully, Alex Hawkins Oakland capitalizing on Minnesota mistakes, scored three times in the first 8 minutes and kept their hopes for a playoff berth alive. "We Got Stomped", Vikings coach Bud Grant said after his team had lost a total of five fumbles and had three passes intercepted. Ken Stabler threw three touchdown passes one to Carl Garrett for 2 yards, and two others to Cliff Branch from 32 and 10 yards. Mark Van Eeghan who rushed for 112 yards on 28 yards got the Raiders day going with a 2-yard touchdown run. While Willie Hall of Super Bowl XI fame scored a fumble recovery touchdown off a Tommy Kramer blunder. Standings Playoffs 1977–78 NFL playoffs Oakland made the playoffs as a wild card and won its divisional round game against the Baltimore Colts when Errol Mann tied the game with a late field goal, set up by a pass to tight end Dave Casper, a play known as the Ghost to the Post. In the second overtime, Casper caught another touchdown pass for the victory.https://www.si.com/vault/1978/01/02/822275/the-ghost-to-the-post-heading-for-new-orleans-and-super-bowl-xii-oakland-took-a-long-winding-road-denver-shot-ahead-via-the-passing-lane-dallas-roared-through-some-shortcuts-and-minnesota-wheels-churning-jounced-through-the-mud Sports Illustrated Reid Ron The Ghost to the Post January 2, 1978 12 November 23, 2019 November 23, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191123004445/https://www.si.com/vault/1978/01/02/822275/the-ghost-to-the-post-heading-for-new-orleans-and-super-bowl-xii-oakland-took-a-long-winding-road-denver-shot-ahead-via-the-passing-lane-dallas-roared-through-some-shortcuts-and-minnesota-wheels-churning-jounced-through-the-mud dead https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=31UdAAAAIBAJ&pg=6306%2C2829497 Pittsburgh Press Livingston Pat Oakland stops Baltimore, 37-31 December 25, 1977 D1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=za1VAAAAIBAJ&pg=7085%2C8086400 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire service reports Suddenly, the Raiders win a 37-31 decision December 25, 1977 3C The following week on New Year's Day, they lost the AFC Championship Game 20–17 in Denver.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qsYUAAAAIBAJ&pg=6254%2C424512 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire service reports Broncos turn a dream into Super reality January 2, 1978 1BPro-Football-Reference.comhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fYRfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3811%2C424022 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Howitt Bruce Denver and Dallas in Super shoot-out January 2, 1978 1B Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Divisional December 24 at Baltimore Colts W 37–31 (2OT) 1–0 Memorial Stadium 60,763 AFC Championship January 1, 1978 at Denver Broncos L 17–20 1–1 Mile High Stadium 74,982 Statistics Passing Player Comp Att Yards TD INT Ken Stabler 169 294 2176 20 20 Pro-Football-Reference.com Rushing Player Att Yards TD Ken Stabler 3 −3 – Receiving Player Rec Yards TD Dave Casper 48 584 6 Cliff Branch 33 540 6 Fred Biletnikoff 33 446 5 References External links 1977 Oakland Raiders at Pro Football Reference 1977 Oakland Raiders at JT-SW.com Oakland Category:Oakland Raiders seasons Oakland Category:1970s in Oakland, California