Raiders Gameday
January 12—New York Jets claim 16-7 win over Baltimore Colts
in Super Bowl III. January 28-29—1969 AFL Draft held, Raiders
take Syracuse DE Art Thoms in the first round. February 4—John
Madden appointed Raiders head coach to replace John Rauch, who
left to go to the Buffalo Bills. May 10—Pro football realignment finds
Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Colts and Pittsburgh Steelers moving to
American League (Conference) in 1970. Colts join Boston, Buffalo,
Miami and New York in one division. Browns and Steelers join Houston
and Cincinnati in another, and Kansas City, Denver, San Diego and
Oakland remain together in third division. June 1— Veteran AFL player
personnel director and administrator Al LoCasale named Executive
Assistant for the Raiders. June 26—ABC acquires rights to televise
NFL regular season Monday night games. October 19—Raiders
quarterback Daryle Lamonica sets pro record with six touchdown passes
in first half to direct a 50-21 win over Buffalo. October 26—Raiders
defeat San Diego, 24- 12, to equal AFL record of unbeaten games
at 15. December 13—Raiders beat Kansas City, 10-6, in regular
season finale and win record-tying third straight AFL Western Division
title. December 20—Kansas City Chiefs defeat New York Jets in AFL
playoffs. December 21—Raiders win playoff, set club scoring mark,
in 56-7 win over Houston. QB Daryle Lamonica named AFL MVP (UPI,
The Sporting News) for the second time in three years. He also earned
consensus MVP honors in 1967 (AP, UPI, The Sporting News).
1969:
BELOW (Left to Right):
Charlie Smith; gameday in 1970
1968: 1970:
ABOVE (Left to Right):
Daryle Lamonica
January 14—Super Bowl II—
Green Bay pulled away from
AFL champions, the Oakland
Raiders, to win 33-14 at Orange
Bowl in Miami. January 30-
31—Second AFL-NFL common
Draft held, Raiders select
Tennessee State QB Eldridge
Dickey in the first round and
Alabama QB Ken Stabler in the
second. The Raiders also take
Maryland State T Art Shell in the
third and Utah RB Charlie Smith
in the fourth. September 6—
Cincinnati Bengals make their
debut, falling to the San Diego
Chargers 29-13. November 17—”Heidi” becomes part of sports
vocabulary when final minutes of Raiders 43-32 comeback win over
New York were cut off to permit television special to begin on time.
Viewers were unaware that Raiders scored two late touchdowns to
win. December 22— Raiders wallop visiting Kansas City, 41-6, to
capture Western Division Playoff. December 29—Raiders fall to
New York Jets, 27-23, in AFL Championship Game at Shea Stadium
before 62,627.
January 4—Raiders bow to Kansas City, 17-7, in final AFL
Championship Game in league history before record Oakland
Coliseum crowd of 54,544. January 11—Chiefs defeat Minnesota,
the franchise that left the AFL for the NFL 10 years earlier, 23-7 in
Super Bowl IV.
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