1965 Oakland Raiders (AFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Division • 8-5-1 .615 |
| Head Coach: Al Davis |
| Tom Dahms | Defensive Line |
| John Rauch | Offensive Backs |
| Maury Schleicher | Linebackers |
| Ollie Spencer | Offensive Line |
| Charlie Sumner | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | A | San Diego Chargers | 10-3 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 27168 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1965 | N | Denver Broncos | 17-27 | L | Salt Lake City, UT | Ute Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sun | 8/22/1965 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 23-6 | W | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 13592 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | N | San Diego Chargers | 17-46 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 15234 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | H | Denver Broncos | 30-20 | W | Sacramento, CA | Hughes Stadium | 14550 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1965 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 37-10 | W | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 18659 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | H | San Diego Chargers | 6-17 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 21406 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | H | Houston Oilers | 21-17 | W | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 18116 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | A | Buffalo Bills | 12-17 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 41246 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1965 | A | Boston Patriots | 24-10 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 24824 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1965 | A | New York Jets | 24-24 | T | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 53122 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | H | Boston Patriots | 30-21 | W | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 20858 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-14 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 18354 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | A | Houston Oilers | 33-21 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 35729 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-17 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 19352 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | A | Denver Broncos | 28-20 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 30369 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1965 | H | Denver Broncos | 24-13 | W | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 19023 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | H | New York Jets | 24-14 | W | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 19013 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1965 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-24 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 26056 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Pervis Atkins | 39 | TE | 6-1 | 200 | 30 | Santa Ana JC; New Mexico State | 5 | 0 |
| Fred Biletnikoff | 14 | FL-OE | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Florida State | 14 | 8 |
| Danny Birdwell | 53 | LDT | 6-4 | 247 | 25 | Houston | 14 | 11 |
| Bill Budness | 48 | MLB | 6-1 | 212 | 22 | Boston University | 14 | 4 |
| Billy Cannon | 33 | TE | 6-1 | 216 | 28 | Louisiana State | 10 | 3 |
| Dan Conners | 60 | LLB | 6-1 | 231 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 2 |
| Dave Costa | 46 | RDT | 6-2 | 257 | 24 | Northeastern Colorado JC; Utah | 14 | 10 |
| Clem Daniels | 36 | HB | 6-1 | 219 | 28 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 13 |
| Ben Davidson | 83 | RDE | 6-8 | 272 | 25 | East Los Angeles JC; Washington | 14 | 14 |
| Cotton Davidson | 19 | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 34 | Baylor | 2 | 0 |
| John Diehl | 73 | DT | 6-7 | 276 | 29 | Virginia | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Flores | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 28 | Fresno CC; Pacific | 14 | 11 |
| Claude Gibson | 25 | CB | 6-1 | 191 | 26 | North Carolina State | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Grayson | 45 | RCB | 5-10 | 184 | 26 | San Diego CC; Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Roger Hagberg | 30 | FB | 6-2 | 216 | 26 | Minnesota | 14 | 3 |
| Wayne Hawkins | 65 | ROG | 6-0 | 239 | 27 | Pacific | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Hermann | 49 | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Florida State | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Herock | 86 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | West Virginia | 14 | 11 |
| Joe Krakoski | 27 | LS | 6-2 | 196 | 28 | Illinois | 12 | 3 |
| Ike Lassiter | 77 | LDE | 6-5 | 270 | 25 | St. Augustine's | 14 | 14 |
| Marv Marinovich | 68 | OG | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Santa Monica JC; Southern California | 1 | 0 |
| Archie Matsos | 56 | MLB | 6-0 | 215 | 31 | Michigan State | 12 | 10 |
| Kent McCloughan | 47 | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Mercer | 10 | K-P | 6-0 | 208 | 30 | Minnesota; Florida; Hardin-Simmons; Northern Arizona | 14 | 0 |
| Alan Miller | 37 | FB | 6-0 | 202 | 28 | Boston College | 14 | 11 |
| Gene Mingo | 21 | FL-K | 6-1 | 199 | 27 | none | 14 | 0 |
| Rex Mirich | 87 | LDT | 6-4 | 251 | 24 | Northern Arizona | 14 | 3 |
| Bob Mischak | 67 | OG | 6-0 | 237 | 33 | Army | 8 | 0 |
| Carleton Oats | 85 | RDT-LDE | 6-2 | 252 | 23 | Florida A&M | 14 | 4 |
| Gus Otto | 34 | RLB | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Otto | 00 | C | 6-2 | 244 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| Art Powell | 84 | SE | 6-2 | 211 | 28 | San Diego CC; San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| Warren Powers | 20 | LS | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | Nebraska | 12 | 11 |
| Ken Rice | 75 | LOG | 6-2 | 243 | 26 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Bo Roberson | 40 | FL | 6-1 | 192 | 30 | Cornell | 6 | 6 |
| Harry Schuh | 79 | ROT | 6-2 | 260 | 23 | Memphis | 14 | 9 |
| Bob Svihus | 76 | LOT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Todd | 22 | HB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Arizona State | 14 | 1 |
| Howie Williams | 29 | RS | 6-1 | 188 | 29 | Howard | 14 | 14 |
| John Williamson | 52 | LLB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 12 |
| Dick Wood | 18 | QB | 6-5 | 202 | 29 | Auburn | 14 | 3 |
| Frank Youso | 78 | ROT | 6-4 | 257 | 29 | Minnesota | 11 | 5 |
| Rich Zecher | 74 | LOG-OT | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | Contra Costa JC; Utah State | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 3 | Harry Schuh | T | Memphis | |
| 2 | 11 | Fred Biletnikoff | E | Florida State | |
| 3 | 19 | Bob Svihus | T | Southern California | |
| 4 | 27 | Gus Otto | FB | Missouri | |
| 9 | 67 | Rich Zecher | T | Utah State | |
| 10 | 75 | Craig Morton | QB | California | |
| 11 | 83 | Bill Minor | LB | Illinois | |
| 13 | 99 | Wally Mahle | DB | Syracuse | |
| 14 | 107 | Loren Hawley | DB | California | |
| 15 | 115 | Bill Cronin | DE | Boston College | |
| 16 | 123 | Fred Hill | E | Southern California | |
| 17 | 131 | Garry Porterfield | E | Tulsa | |
| 18 | 139 | John Dugan | T | Holy Cross | |
| 19 | 147 | Frankie McClendon | T | Alabama | |
| 20 | 155 | Bo Scott | HB | Ohio State | |
| DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 3 | Larry Todd | HB | Arizona State | |
| 2 | 11 | Jim Harvey | T | Mississippi | |
| 3 | 19 | Steve Mass | T | Arizona | |
| 4 | 27 | Mickey Cox | T | Louisiana State | |
| 5 | 35 | Bob Taylor | G | Cincinnati | |
| 6 | 43 | Greg Kent | T | Utah | |
| 7 | 51 | John Carrell | T | Texas Tech | |
| 8 | 59 | Henry Pickett | HB | Baylor | |
| 9 | 67 | Frank Pennie | T | Florida State | |
| 10 | 75 | Brent Berry | T | San Jose State | |
| 11 | 83 | Tom Longo | DB | Notre Dame | |
| 12 | 91 | Dennis Duncan | HB | Louisiana College | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 112 | 60 | 85 | 298 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 79 | 62 | 71 | 239 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 225 | 72 | 134 | 19 | / % | / % | 69 | 661 | |
| Opponents Totals | 235 | 90 | 125 | 20 | / % | / % | 69 | 666 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clem Daniels | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Art Powell | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Mike Mercer | 0 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 62 |
| Alan Miller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gene Mingo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 0 | 24 | |
| Dave Grayson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gus Otto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Claude Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roger Hagberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ike Lassiter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 34 | 50.0 | 1 | 298 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 0 | 239 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Mercer | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 45 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 1/6 | 2/3 | 0/0 |
| Gene Mingo | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1 | 48 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 4/8 | 2/6 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 34 | 50.0 | 1 | 48 | 3/3 | 5/8 | 5/14 | 4/9 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 5/ | 2/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clem Daniels | 219 | 884 | 4.0 | 57 | 5 |
| Alan Miller | 73 | 272 | 3.7 | 26 | 1 |
| Larry Todd | 32 | 183 | 5.7 | 57 | 0 |
| Roger Hagberg | 48 | 171 | 3.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Tom Flores | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Dick Wood | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Mike Mercer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bo Roberson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 389 | 1553 | 4.0 | 57 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 407 | 1487 | 3.7 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Flores | 269 | 122 | 45.4 | 136 | 1593 | 5.9 | 13.1 | 69t | 14 | 5.2 | 11 | 4.1 | 64.9 | |||
| Dick Wood | 157 | 69 | 43.9 | 82 | 1003 | 6.4 | 14.5 | 57t | 8 | 5.1 | 6 | 3.8 | 66.4 | |||
| Clem Daniels | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 95 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Mike Mercer | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Cotton Davidson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | |||
| Larry Todd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 431 | 195 | 45.2 | 219 | 2713 | 6.3 | 13.9 | 69t | 22 | 5.1 | 17 | 3.9 | 33 | 253 | 2460 | 66.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 466 | 199 | 42.7 | 243 | 2947 | 6.3 | 14.8 | 20 | 4.3 | 24 | 5.2 | 30 | 246 | 2701 | 56.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Powell | 52 | 800 | 15.4 | 66 | 12 |
| Clem Daniels | 36 | 568 | 15.8 | 69t | 7 |
| Fred Biletnikoff | 24 | 331 | 13.8 | 53 | 0 |
| Alan Miller | 21 | 208 | 9.9 | 39 | 3 |
| Ken Herock | 18 | 221 | 12.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Bo Roberson | 15 | 220 | 14.7 | 55 | 0 |
| Roger Hagberg | 12 | 121 | 10.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Larry Todd | 8 | 106 | 13.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 36 | 0 |
| Pervis Atkins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gene Mingo | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 195 | 2713 | 13.9 | 69t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 199 | 2947 | 14.8 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Powers | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Claude Gibson | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Dave Grayson | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 79t | 2 |
| Gus Otto | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 68t | 2 |
| Archie Matsos | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Kent McCloughan | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Howie Williams | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bill Budness | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 482 | 20.1 | 79t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 186 | 10.9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Mercer | 75 | 3079 | 41.1 | 70 | 0 | 257 | ||||
| Team Totals | 75 | 3079 | 41.1 | 70 | 0 | 257 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 3244 | 42.1 | 0 | 365 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Gibson | 31 | 357 | 11.5 | 58t | 1 | |
| Joe Krakoski | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Roger Hagberg | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 365 | 10.7 | 58t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 257 | 7.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Todd | 20 | 461 | 23.1 | 50 | 0 | |
| Bo Roberson | 12 | 259 | 21.6 | 29 | 0 | |
| Claude Gibson | 9 | 186 | 20.7 | 38 | 0 | |
| Roger Hagberg | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Dick Hermann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 46 | 990 | 21.5 | 50 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 1227 | 19.8 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Budness | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Conners | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dave Costa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Clem Daniels | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ben Davidson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Claude Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Grayson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Roger Hagberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Krakoski | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ike Lassiter | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Archie Matsos | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Kent McCloughan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Alan Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gus Otto | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Otto | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Rice | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Todd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Howie Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Williamson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 17 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 0 |
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