When 10-year AFL veteran Tom Flores became coach of the Oakland Raiders in 1979, one of his assistants was Earl Leggett, who had played for the Chicago Bears under the legendary George Halas.

At that point, the Raiders officially became the eighth member of the AFL. However, one problem they faced came with the lack ...

February 9—Eddie Erdelatz appointed as first head coach of Raiders. March 3-5—At special AFL meetings in Oakland, "allocation" draft formulated to stock Oakland club. March 20—"Name Your ...

Youell (1883–1967), an Oakland undertaker and owner of the ... with the National Football League and returned to the Raiders after the AFL-NFL merger. A member of the Pro Football Hall of ...

The Raiders won their only AFL Championship in 1967 when they made ... The fans are called the Raider Nation. The Oakland Raiders had a working class background at the time of establishment ...

The Oakland Raiders, in the second round of the 1968 AFL-NFL Draft, selected quarterback Ken Stabler. A three-time All-America at Alabama, Stabler spent his first two seasons in the pros on the ...

The center earned nine AFL All-Pro nods through his first 10 professional seasons, including a 1967 campaign where the Raiders won the AFL Championship. Otto was one of three players to appear in ...

The story line headed into the Super Bowl revolves around the Kansas City Chiefs’ quest to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowl titles.

In what would become known as the "Heidi Game," NBC once cut away from a shootout between Joe Namath's New York Jets and the Oakland ... with the Raiders when they met in the AFL Championship ...

Oakland Golden Grizzlies (8-17, 6-10 Horizon) at Wright State Raiders (7-19, 5-11 Horizon) Fairborn, Ohio; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Wright State hosts Oakland after Amaya Staton scored ...