1977 Oakland Raiders Season
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1977 Oakland Raiders Season
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 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 .[1]
The 1977 Raiders set a professional football record with 681 rushing attempts.[2] Fullback Mark van Eeghen 324 times for 1273 yards, and running back Clarence Davis ran 194 times for 787 yards.[3]
Offseason
NFL Draft
Roster
Source: Regular season
Schedule
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Attendance
1
September 18
San Diego Chargers
W 24-0
1-0
51,022
2
September 25
at Pittsburgh Steelers
W 16-7
2-0
50,398
3
October 3
at Kansas City Chiefs
W 37-28
3-0
60,684
4
October 9
at Cleveland Browns
W 26-10
4-0
80,236
5
October 16
Denver Broncos
L 7-30
4-1
53,616
6
October 23
at New York Jets
W 28-27
5-1
56,734
7
October 30
at Denver Broncos
W 24-14
6-1
75,007
8
November 6
Seattle Seahawks
W 44-7
7-1
50,929
9
November 13
Houston Oilers
W 34-29
8-1
53,667
10
November 20
at San Diego Chargers
L 7-12
8-2
50,887
11
November 28
Buffalo Bills
W 34-13
9-2
51,558
12
December 4
at Los Angeles Rams
L 14-20
9-3
67,075
13
December 11
Minnesota Vikings
W 35-13
10-3
52,771
14
December 18
Kansas City Chiefs
W 21-20
11-3
50,304
This was the last NFL regular season with 14 games: it was expanded to 16 games in 1978 .
Results
Week 1
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
Chargers
Raiders
1
Raiders
Cliff Branch 7-yard touchdown reception from Ken Stabler, Errol Mann kick good
0
7
2
Raiders
20-yard field goal by Errol Mann
0
10
2
Raiders
Dave Casper 1-yard touchdown reception from Ken Stabler, Errol Mann kick good
0
17
3
Raiders
Pete Banaszak 2-yard touchdown run, Errol Mann kick good
0
24
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
0
24
Week 2
1
2 3 4 Total
• Raiders
0
9 0 7
16
Steelers
0
0 0 7
7
[4]
Week 3
1
2 3 4 Total
• Raiders
7
6 21 3
37
Chiefs
0
21 0 7
28
[5]
Week 6
1
2 3 4 Total
• Raiders
14
0 0 14
28
Jets
13
14 0 0
27
[6]
Week 11
1
2 3 4 Total
Bills
3
7 3 0
13
• Raiders
13
7 14 0
34
[7]
Standings
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.[8] [9] [10] The following week on New Year's Day , they lost the AFC Championship Game 20-17 in Denver.[1] [11] [12] [13]
Round
Date
Opponent
Result
Attendance
Divisional
December 24
at Baltimore Colts
W 37-312OT
60,763
AFC Championship
January 1
at Denver Broncos
L 17-20
74,982
Statistics
Passing
Player
Comp
Att
Yards
TD
INT
Ken Stabler
169
294
2176
20
20
[14]
Rushing
Player
Att
Yards
TD
Ken Stabler
3
-3
-
[14]
Receiving
Player
Rec
Yards
TD
Dave Casper
48
584
6
Cliff Branch
33
540
6
Fred Biletnikoff
33
446
5
[14]
References
^ a b Jenkins, Dan (January 9, 1978). "Wholly Moses for Denver" . Sports Illustrated . p. 14.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1978 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending Rushing Att
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1977 Oakland Raiders
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved 2014-Mar-10.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
^ Reid, Ron (January 2, 1978). "The Ghost to the Post" . Sports Illustrated . p. 12.
^ Livingston, Pat (December 25, 1977). "Oakland stops Baltimore, 37-31" . Pittsburgh Press . p. D1.
^ "Suddenly, the Raiders win a 37-31 decision" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). wire service reports. December 25, 1977. p. 3C.
^ "Broncos turn a dream into Super reality" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). wire service reports. January 2, 1978. p. 1B.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
^ Howitt, Bruce (January 2, 1978). "Denver and Dallas in Super shoot-out" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. p. 1B.
^ a b c Pro-Football-Reference.com
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