1978 Oakland Raiders (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Western Division 9-7-0 .563

Tom Dahms	Defensive Line
Lew Erber	Offensive Backs
Tom Flores	Receivers
Myrel Moore	Linebackers/Special Teams
Ollie Spencer	Offensive Line
Jim Sweeney	Special Teams
Ray Willsey	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/5/1978	A	Chicago Bears	14-13	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	54758
Sat	8/12/1978	H	New England Patriots	7-21	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53335
Sun	8/20/1978	A	San Francisco 49ers	31-14	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	58658
Sat	8/26/1978	H	Los Angeles Rams	3-28	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53776
Sun	9/3/1978	A	Denver Broncos	6-14	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74904
Sun	9/10/1978	A	San Diego Chargers	21-20	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	51653
Sun	9/17/1978	A	Green Bay Packers	28-3	W		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	55903
Sun	9/24/1978	H	New England Patriots	14-21	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52904
Sun	10/1/1978	A	Chicago Bears	25-19	W	OT	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	52848
Sun	10/8/1978	H	Houston Oilers	21-17	W		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52550
Sun	10/15/1978	H	Kansas City Chiefs	28-6	W		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50759
Sun	10/22/1978	A	Seattle Seahawks	7-27	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	62529
Sun	10/29/1978	H	San Diego Chargers	23-27	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52612
Sun	11/5/1978	A	Kansas City Chiefs	20-10	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	75418
Mon	11/13/1978	A	Cincinnati Bengals	34-21	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	51374
Sun	11/19/1978	H	Detroit Lions	29-17	W		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	44517
Sun	11/26/1978	H	Seattle Seahawks	16-17	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52978
Sun	12/3/1978	H	Denver Broncos	6-21	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53932
Sun	12/10/1978	A	Miami Dolphins	6-23	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	73003
Sun	12/17/1978	H	Minnesota Vikings	27-20	W		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	44643

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
40	Pete Banaszak	RB	5-11	206	34	Miami (Florida)	16	0
46	Warren Bankston	TE	6-4	230	31	Tulane	8	0
56	Jeff Barnes	LB	6-2	230	23	Chabot JC; California	16	0
25	Fred Biletnikoff	WR	6-1	190	35	Florida State	16	2
81	Morris Bradshaw	WR	6-1	195	26	Ohio State	16	14
21	Cliff Branch	WR	5-11	170	30	Wharton County JC; Colorado	16	16
24	Willie Brown	RCB	6-1	194	38	Grambling State	13	2
73	Dave Browning	RDE	6-5	245	22	Spokane Falls CC; Washington	12	7
82	Larry Brunson	WR	5-11	180	29	Mesa CC; Colorado	2	0
64	George Buehler	OG	6-2	260	31	Stanford	1	0
87	Dave Casper	TE	6-4	232	27	Notre Dame	16	16
88	Raymond Chester	TE	6-3	230	30	Morgan State	16	0
20	Neal Colzie	CB	6-2	196	25	Ohio State	16	0
50	Dave Dalby	C	6-3	250	28	UCLA	16	16
28	Clarence Davis	RB	5-10	191	29	East Los Angeles JC; Southern California	2	2
36	Mike Davis	FS	6-3	200	22	East Los Angeles JC; Colorado	16	1
29	Hubie Ginn	RB	5-11	187	31	Florida A&M	1	0
8	Ray Guy	P-K	6-3	200	29	Southern Mississippi	16	0
39	Willie Hall	RILB	6-2	225	29	Arizona Western JC; Southern California	11	11
23	Harold Hart	RB	6-0	208	26	Texas Southern	7	0
37	Lester Hayes	LCB	6-0	200	23	Texas A&M	16	16
83	Ted Hendricks	SLB	6-7	217	31	Miami (Florida)	16	16
57	John Huddleston	LB	6-3	228	24	Utah	11	0
11	David Humm	QB	6-2	190	26	Nebraska	16	0
42	Monte Jackson	RCB	5-11	192	25	San Diego Mesa JC; San Diego State	16	14
58	Monte Johnson	LILB	6-5	240	27	Nebraska	14	13
70	Henry Lawrence	ROT	6-4	270	27	Florida A&M	16	16
14	Errol Mann	K	6-0	202	37	North Dakota	16	0
53	Rod Martin	RILB-LILB	6-2	220	24	Los Angeles CC; Southern California	15	8
65	Mickey Marvin	ROG	6-4	265	23	Tennessee	14	14
71	Lindsey Mason	OT	6-5	275	23	Kansas	16	0
72	John Matuszak	LDE	6-8	290	28	Iowa Central CC; Missouri; Tampa	16	16
76	Mike McCoy	MG	6-5	275	30	Notre Dame	15	3
47	Charles Phillips	SS	6-3	215	26	Southern California	16	16
77	Charles Philyaw	RDE	6-9	295	24	Texas Southern	15	3
84	Derrick Ramsey	TE	6-5	230	22	Kentucky	16	0
27	Randy Rich	CB	5-10	181	25	New Mexico	2	0
35	Terry Robiskie	RB	6-1	210	24	Louisiana State	7	5
74	Dave Rowe	MG	6-6	274	33	Penn State	1	1
34	Booker Russell	RB	6-2	235	22	Texas State	16	0
78	Art Shell	LOT	6-5	267	32	Maryland-Eastern Shore	16	16
60	Otis Sistrunk	MG-RDE	6-4	265	31	none	16	16
12	Ken Stabler	QB	6-3	210	33	Alabama	16	16
80	Joe Stewart	WR	5-11	180	23	Missouri	16	0
66	Steve Sylvester	ROG	6-4	260	25	Notre Dame	16	2
32	Jack Tatum	FS	5-10	203	30	Ohio State	15	15
67	Pat Toomay	DE	6-6	244	30	Vanderbilt	16	2
63	Gene Upshaw	LOG	6-5	255	33	Texas A&M-Kingsville	16	16
30	Mark van Eeghen	FB	6-2	220	26	Colgate	16	16
41	Phil Villapiano	WLB	6-2	225	29	Bowling Green State	16	16
54	Bob Watts	LB	6-3	218	24	Boston College	2	0
52	Greg Westbrooks	LB	6-2	218	25	Colorado Mesa; Colorado	1	0
22	Arthur Whittington	HB	5-11	185	23	Southern Methodist	16	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	54	Dave Browning	DE	Washington
3	57	Derrick Jensen	RB	Texas-Arlington
3	82	Lindsey Mason	T	Kansas
4	86	Maurice Harvey	DB	Ball State
4	108	Joe Stewart	WR	Missouri
5	136	Derrick Ramsey	TE	Kentucky
6	143	Tom Davis	C	Nebraska
6	164	Mike Levenseller	WR	Washington State
7	176	Arthur Whittington	RB	Southern Methodist
7	192	Earl Inmon	LB	Bethune-Cookman
8	207	Mark Nichols	DE	Colorado State
11	291	Dean Jones	DB	Fresno State
11	304	Bob Glazebrook	DB	Fresno State
12	332	Joe Conron	WR	Pacific

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	57	102	43	103	6
Opponents Totals	24	97	43	119	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		309	116	164	29	88/221 39.8%	/ %	108	948
Opponents Totals		299	125	140	34	85/232 36.6%	/ %	93	793

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Errol Mann	0	33	38	86.8	12	20	60.0	0	69
Dave Casper	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Mark van Eeghen	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Arthur Whittington	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Charles Phillips	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Fred Biletnikoff	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Morris Bradshaw	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Raymond Chester	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Terry Robiskie	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Cliff Branch	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Neal Colzie	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Phil Villapiano	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	40	33	39	84.6	12	20	60.0	1	311
Opponents Totals	35	31	35	88.6	14	17	82.4	0	283

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Errol Mann	12	20	60.0	0/0	5/8	5/7	2/5	0/0
Team Totals	12	20	60.0	0/0	5/8	5/7	2/5	0/0
Opponents Totals	14	17	82.4	0/	4/	7/	3/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mark van Eeghen	270	1080	4.0	34	9
Arthur Whittington	172	661	3.8	26t	7
Terry Robiskie	49	189	3.9	18	2
Pete Banaszak	43	137	3.2	10	0
Booker Russell	11	65	5.9	15	0
Harold Hart	7	44	6.3	16	0
Morris Bradshaw	1	5	5.0	5	0
Dave Casper	1	5	5.0	5	0
Clarence Davis	14	4	0.3	7	0
Ken Stabler	4	0	0.0	0	0
David Humm	5	-4	-0.8	4	0
Team Totals	577	2186	3.8	34	18
Opponents Totals	583	2183	3.7	36	15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Ken Stabler	406	237	58.4	139	2944	7.3	12.4	49	16	3.9	30	7.4	37	347	2597	63.3
David Humm	26	14	53.8	11	151	5.8	10.8	23	0	0.0	1	3.8	2	21	130	55.1
Dave Casper	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	433	251	58.0	151	3095	7.1	12.3	49	16	3.7	31	7.2	39	368	2727	62.7
Opponents Totals	448	234	52.2	186	2916	6.5	12.5	58t	17	3.8	28	6.3	29	205	2711	59.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Casper	62	852	13.7	44	9
Cliff Branch	49	709	14.5	41	1
Morris Bradshaw	40	552	13.8	44t	2
Mark van Eeghen	27	291	10.8	33	0
Arthur Whittington	23	106	4.6	20	0
Fred Biletnikoff	20	285	14.3	49	2
Raymond Chester	13	146	11.2	27	2
Pete Banaszak	7	78	11.1	20	0
Terry Robiskie	5	51	10.2	21	0
Clarence Davis	4	24	6.0	13	0
Harold Hart	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	251	3095	12.3	49	16
Opponents Totals	234	2916	12.5	58t	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charles Phillips	6	121	20.2	42t	1
Lester Hayes	4	86	21.5	52	0
Neal Colzie	3	62	20.7	28	0
Jack Tatum	3	60	20.0	27	0
Ted Hendricks	3	29	9.7	16	0
Monte Jackson	2	25	12.5	25	0
Willie Hall	2	18	9.0	15	0
Phil Villapiano	2	0	0.0	0	0
Monte Johnson	1	6	6.0	6	0
Willie Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Davis	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	407	14.5	52	1
Opponents Totals	31	374	12.1	46t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Ray Guy	81	3462	42.7	69	2	14	23	309	2873	34.6
Team Totals	83	3462	41.7	69	2	14	23	309	2873	34.6
Opponents Totals	90	3556	39.5	61	0	7	18	310	3106	34.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Neal Colzie	47	12	310	6.6	24
Team Totals	47	12	310	6.6	24
Opponents Totals	38	5	309	8.1	29

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Arthur Whittington	23	473	20.6	34
Harold Hart	11	252	22.9	38
Derrick Ramsey	7	125	17.9	29
Larry Brunson	6	154	25.7	47
Joe Stewart	4	120	30.0	56
Terry Robiskie	3	58	19.3	22
Raymond Chester	2	27	13.5	24
Booker Russell	2	-3	-1.5	0
Neal Colzie	1	15	15.0	15
Lindsey Mason	1	12	12.0	12
Team Totals	60	1233	20.6	56
Opponents Totals	51	992	19.5	81

SACKS	NO	YDS
John Matuszak	6.0
Ted Hendricks	5.5
Pat Toomay	4.0
Dave Browning	3.0
Mike McCoy	2.0
Otis Sistrunk	2.0
Phil Villapiano	2.0
Charles Philyaw	1.5
Monte Johnson	1.0
Rod Martin	1.0
(Unidentified)	1.0
Team Totals	29.0	205.0
Opponents Totals	39.0	368.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Pete Banaszak	1		0	0	0	0	0
Morris Bradshaw	1		0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Branch	2		0	0	0	0	0
Dave Casper	1		1	0	1	0	1
Neal Colzie	3		0	1	1	32	1
Dave Dalby	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Davis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Hall	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Harold Hart	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ted Hendricks	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
John Huddleston	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
David Humm	1		1	0	1	0	0
Monte Johnson	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Henry Lawrence	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mickey Marvin	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Matuszak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike McCoy	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0
Charles Phillips	0	0	0	3	3	127	2
Booker Russell	1		0	0	0	0	0
Art Shell	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Ken Stabler	9		1	0	1	-4	0
Mark van Eeghen	5		4	0	4	0	1
Phil Villapiano	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Arthur Whittington	2		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	27	14	13	15	28	154	5
Opponents Totals	29	15	14	12	26		1