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 The Oakland Raiders are three time AFC West Champions
and have the best winning percentage of any football team in NFL
history, going 363 - 215-11 since Al Davis took over. Their 2004
season officially begins on September 12 against the Pittsburgh
Steelers.
Oakland Raiders History
While the American Football
League was formally organized in 1959, the Oakland Raiders became
the eighth member of the AFL until January 1960 when they were
selected as a replacement for the Minneapolis franchise, which
defected to the NFL. A major initial stumbling block was the lack
of an adequate stadium in Oakland. Until the 54,616-capacity Oakland
Coliseum was opened in 1966, they had to play in Kezar Stadium
and Candlestick Park across the bay in San Francisco and in a temporary
stadium, Frank Youell Field in Oakland. There record for the first
three years was a miserable 9-33-0, and average home attendance
was just under 11,000.
Oakland Raiders Achievements
Oakland Raider Rich
Gannon was named the Associated Press Most Valuable Player of the
2002 NFL season – the NFL's most prestigious
individual award. Gannon is the third Raider in franchise history
to be named MVP. He joins another quarterback who also wore #12,
Ken Stabler, who won the award in 1974, and running back Marcus
Allen, who won the award in 1985, when the team was in Los Angeles.
Gannon was signed by the team in March, 1999 and has started every
game since then. Gannon set a single-game NFL record with 21 consecutive
completions in the Monday Night 34-10 blowout over the Denver Broncos.
A few years ago, he had the most completions ever in a regulation
game (43-for-64) in a romp over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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