1968 Oakland Raiders (AFL)

1st place Western Division 12-2-0 .857

Head Coach: John Rauch

Tom Dahms	Defensive Line
John Madden	Linebackers
John Polonchek	Offensive Backs
Ollie Spencer	Offensive Line
Charlie Sumner	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/3/1968	H	Baltimore Colts	12-14	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51154
Sat	8/10/1968	H	San Diego Chargers	31-7	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	38922
Sat	8/24/1968	A	Kansas City Chiefs	21-31	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	43769
Sun	9/1/1968	A	San Francisco 49ers	26-19	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	57593
Sat	9/7/1968	N	Denver Broncos	23-7	W	Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	18031
Sun	9/15/1968	A	Buffalo Bills	48-6	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	43056
Sat	9/21/1968	A	Miami Dolphins	47-21	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	30021
Sun	9/29/1968	A	Houston Oilers	24-15	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	46098
Sun	10/6/1968	H	Boston Patriots	41-10	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	44253
Sun	10/13/1968	H	San Diego Chargers	14-23	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53257
Sun	10/20/1968	A	Kansas City Chiefs	10-24	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	50015
Sun	10/27/1968	H	Cincinnati Bengals	31-10	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	37803
Sun	11/3/1968	H	Kansas City Chiefs	38-21	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53357
Sun	11/10/1968	A	Denver Broncos	43-7	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	50002
Sun	11/17/1968	H	New York Jets	43-32	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53318
Sun	11/24/1968	A	Cincinnati Bengals	34-0	W	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	27116
Thu	11/28/1968	H	Buffalo Bills	13-10	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	39883
Sun	12/8/1968	H	Denver Broncos	33-27	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	47754
Sun	12/15/1968	A	San Diego Chargers	34-27	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	40698
Western Division Playoff
Sun	12/22/1968	H	Kansas City Chiefs	41-6	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53605
League Championship
Sun	12/29/1968	A	New York Jets	23-27	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62627

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
43	George Atkinson	LCB	6-0	181	21	Morris Brown	14	6
40	Pete Banaszak	HB	5-11	206	24	Miami (Florida)	13	11
50	Duane Benson	LLB	6-2	218	23	Hamline	12	6
25	Fred Biletnikoff	FL	6-1	190	25	Florida State	14	14
21	Rodger Bird	LS	5-11	195	25	Kentucky	10	8
53	Danny Birdwell	LDT	6-4	247	28	Houston	14	14
16	George Blanda	K-QB	6-1	210	41	Kentucky	14	1
24	Willie Brown	RCB-LCB	6-1	194	28	Grambling State	14	14
48	Bill Budness	LB	6-1	212	25	Boston University	14	0
33	Billy Cannon	TE	6-1	216	31	Louisiana State	14	13
55	Dan Conners	MLB	6-1	231	27	Miami (Florida)	14	14
83	Ben Davidson	RDE	6-8	272	28	East Los Angeles JC; Washington	14	14
19	Cotton Davidson	QB	6-0	182	37	Baylor	1	0
10	Eldridge Dickey	FL	6-2	190	23	Tennessee State	11	0
35	Hewritt Dixon	FB	6-2	223	28	Florida A&M	14	13
71	Al Dotson	RDT	6-4	258	25	Grambling State	13	1
82	John Eason	TE	6-2	220	23	Florida A&M	3	0
11	Mike Eischeid	P-K	6-0	190	28	Upper Iowa	14	0
86	Bill Fairband	LB	6-4	225	23	Colorado	2	0
45	Dave Grayson	RS	5-10	184	29	San Diego CC; Oregon	14	14
30	Roger Hagberg	FB	6-2	216	29	Minnesota	14	1
70	Jim Harvey	ROG	6-5	247	25	Mississippi	14	11
65	Wayne Hawkins	ROG	6-0	239	30	Pacific	10	3
52	Jerry Hopkins	LB	6-2	236	27	Texas A&M	5	0
88	Dave Kocourek	TE	6-5	237	31	Wisconsin	7	1
62	Bob Kruse	OG	6-2	250	26	Colorado State; Wayne State (Nebraska)	12	0
3	Daryle Lamonica	QB	6-2	215	27	Notre Dame	13	13
77	Ike Lassiter	LDE	6-5	270	28	St. Augustine's	14	14
47	Kent McCloughan	LCB-RCB	6-1	190	28	Nebraska	8	8
89	Bill Miller	SE	6-0	192	28	Miami (Florida)	9	2
85	Carleton Oats	RDT	6-2	252	26	Florida A&M	14	14
61	Dave Ogas	LB	6-3	240	22	San Diego State	6	0
56	Chip Oliver	LLB-RLB	6-2	220	22	San Diego CC; Southern California	14	10
34	Gus Otto	RLB	6-2	220	25	Missouri	13	12
00	Jim Otto	C	6-2	244	30	Miami (Florida)	14	14
20	Warren Powers	LS	6-0	188	27	Nebraska	8	4
37	Preston Ridlehuber	RB	6-2	215	25	Georgia	10	0
41	John Roderick	OE	6-1	180	24	Southern Methodist	11	0
80	Karl Rubke	DT	6-4	240	33	Santa Rosa JC; Southern California	4	0
79	Harry Schuh	ROT	6-2	260	26	Memphis	14	14
78	Art Shell	OT	6-5	267	22	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	0
23	Charlie Smith	HB	6-1	205	22	Bakersfield CC; Utah	14	3
76	Bob Svihus	LOT	6-4	245	25	Southern California	14	14
22	Larry Todd	RB	6-1	185	26	Arizona State	3	0
63	Gene Upshaw	LOG-K	6-5	255	23	Texas A&M-Kingsville	14	14
81	Warren Wells	SE	6-1	191	26	Texas Southern	14	12
29	Howie Williams	LS	6-1	188	32	Howard	13	2
26	Nemiah Wilson	DB	6-0	186	25	Grambling State	1	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	25	Eldridge Dickey	QB	Tennessee State
2	52	Ken Stabler	QB	Alabama
3	80	Art Shell	T	Maryland-Eastern Shore
4	110	Charlie Smith	RB	Utah
5	136	John Naponick	T	Virginia
7	168	John Harper	C	Adams State
7	190	George Atkinson	DB	Morris Brown
9	244	John Eason	TE	Florida A&M
10	271	Rick Owens	DB	Pennsylvania
11	277	Marv Hubbard	TE	Colgate
11	298	Chip Oliver	LB	Southern California
12	326	Larry Plantz	FL	Colorado
13	352	Larry Blackstone	RB	Fairmont State
14	379	Ray Carlson	LB	Hamline
15	406	Mike Leinert	RB	Texas Tech
16	433	Dave Morrison	DB	Texas State
17	460	Steve Berry	E	Catawba

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	85	142	121	105
Opponents Totals	68	68	33	64

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		287	97	162	28	/ %	/ %	81	958
Opponents Totals		215	83	113	19	/ %	/ %	90	932

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
George Blanda	0	54	54	100.0	0	0	21	34	61.8	0	117
Warren Wells	12	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	72
Fred Biletnikoff	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	42
Charlie Smith	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	42
Billy Cannon	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	36
Pete Banaszak	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	30
Hewritt Dixon	4	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	26
George Atkinson	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Roger Hagberg	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Larry Todd	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Rodger Bird	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Willie Brown	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Dave Grayson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Dave Kocourek	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Daryle Lamonica	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Bill Miller	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Preston Ridlehuber	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		2	4
Team Totals	55	54	54	100.0	1	1	21	34	61.8	2	453
Opponents Totals	26	22	22	100.0	1	4	17	28	60.7	1	233

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
George Blanda	21	34	61.8	5/5	7/7	6/9	3/9	0/4
Team Totals	21	34	61.8	5/5	7/7	6/9	3/9	0/4
Opponents Totals	17	28	60.7	4/	7/	2/	4/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Hewritt Dixon	206	865	4.2	28	2
Charlie Smith	95	504	5.3	65t	5
Pete Banaszak	91	362	4.0	43t	4
Roger Hagberg	39	164	4.2	16	1
Daryle Lamonica	19	98	5.2	28	1
Larry Todd	13	89	6.8	31t	2
Mike Eischeid	2	41	20.5	24	0
Warren Wells	2	38	19.0	41t	1
Preston Ridlehuber	4	7	1.8	10	0
Team Totals	471	2168	4.6	65t	16
Opponents Totals	442	1804	4.1		12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Daryle Lamonica	416	206	49.5	195	3245	7.8	15.8	82	25	6.0	15	3.6	27	224	3021	80.9
George Blanda	49	30	61.2	17	522	10.7	17.4	94t	6	12.2	2	4.1	2	19	503	120.1
Cotton Davidson	2	1	50.0	1	4	2.0	4.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	4	56.3
Pete Banaszak	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	468	237	50.6	213	3771	8.1	15.9	94t	31	6.6	18	3.8	29	243	3528	83.9
Opponents Totals	446	189	42.4	232	2657	6.0	14.1		13	2.9	25	5.6	49	400	2257	48.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fred Biletnikoff	61	1037	17.0	82	6
Warren Wells	53	1137	21.5	94t	11
Hewritt Dixon	38	360	9.5	41	2
Billy Cannon	23	360	15.7	48t	6
Charlie Smith	22	321	14.6	43t	2
Pete Banaszak	15	182	12.1	49t	1
Bill Miller	9	176	19.6	42	1
Roger Hagberg	8	78	9.8	22	1
Larry Todd	4	40	10.0	18	0
Dave Kocourek	3	46	15.3	18	1
Eldridge Dickey	1	34	34.0	34	0
Team Totals	237	3771	15.9	94t	31
Opponents Totals	189	2657	14.1		13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Grayson	10	195	19.5	54	1
George Atkinson	4	66	16.5	33t	1
Rodger Bird	3	62	20.7	33	1
Howie Williams	2	66	33.0	41	0
Willie Brown	2	27	13.5	27t	1
Dan Conners	2	5	2.5	5	0
Warren Powers	1	3	3.0	3	0
Kent McCloughan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	25	424	17.0	54	4
Opponents Totals	18	155	8.6		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Mike Eischeid	64	2788	43.6	72	0	211
Team Totals	64	2788	43.6	72	0	211
Opponents Totals	94	3973	42.3		1	666

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
George Atkinson	36	7	490	13.6	86t	2
Rodger Bird	11	4	128	11.6	50	0
Eldridge Dickey	6	1	48	8.0	18	0
Art Shell	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Nemiah Wilson	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Warren Powers	0	2	0			0
Charlie Smith	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	55	15	666	12.1	86t	2
Opponents Totals	40		211	5.3		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
George Atkinson	32	802	25.1	60
Charlie Smith	8	167	20.9	32
Nemiah Wilson	4	84	21.0	26
Roger Hagberg	1	21	21.0	21
Eldridge Dickey	1	17	17.0	17
Bob Kruse	1	1	1.0	1
Jerry Hopkins	1	0	0.0	0
Gus Otto	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	49	1092	22.3	60
Opponents Totals	75	1652	22.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
George Atkinson	7		3	0	3	0	0
Pete Banaszak	6		2	0	2	0	0
Duane Benson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Biletnikoff	0	0	2	0	2	7	1
Rodger Bird	1		0	1	1	0	0
Danny Birdwell	0	0	0	2	2	7	0
George Blanda	1		0	0	0	0	0
Billy Cannon	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dan Conners	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ben Davidson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Hewritt Dixon	5		1	0	1	4	0
Mike Eischeid	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Grayson	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
Jerry Hopkins	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Daryle Lamonica	4		1	0	1	0	0
Jim Otto	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Warren Powers	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Preston Ridlehuber	1		0	2	2	3	1
John Roderick	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Harry Schuh	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Art Shell	1		0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Smith	5		1	0	1	-10	0
Warren Wells	2		0	0	0	0	0
Nemiah Wilson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	34	21	13	15	28	21	2
Opponents Totals	24	15	9	21	30		1