1978 Oakland Raiders Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-7-0, 2nd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John Madden (9-7-0)

Points For: 311 (19.4/g) 10th of 28

Points Against: 283 (17.7/g) 10th of 28

Expected W-L: 8.9-7.1

SRS: 2.60 (8th of 28), SOS: .85

Other Notable Asst.: Lew Erber (Running Backs), Tom Flores (Receivers) and Ray Willsey (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Principal Owner/General Manager: Al Davis

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +400

Training Camp: El Rancho Tropicana (Santa Rosa, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	311	4913	1049	4.7	43	12	309	251	433	2727	16	31	5.8	164	577	2186	18	3.8	116	108	948	29
Opp. Stats	283	4894	1060	4.6	43	15	299	234	448	2711	17	28	5.7	140	583	2183	15	3.7	125	93	793	34
Lg Rank Offense	10	10			20	3	6		13	11	14	26	12		13	16	8	20
Lg Rank Defense	10	16			8	22	22		25	20	14	4	17		17	13	11	11

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Denver Broncos	6	14	16	318	201	117	3	13	152	8	144	1	-13.41	15.29	-4.89
2	Sun	September 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	San Diego Chargers	21	20	18	364	280	84	4	24	372	175	197		-8.04	-2.68	4.16
3	Sun	September 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	Green Bay Packers	28	3	28	420	72	348	4	13	196	117	79	3	6.10	26.05	-5.83
4	Sun	September 24	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2		New England Patriots	14	21	14	236	153	83	3	22	404	197	207	4	-13.46	-0.59	6.10
5	Sun	October 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	3-2	@	Chicago Bears	25	19	26	411	255	156		17	278	122	156	2	7.26	11.38	-10.98
6	Sun	October 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Houston Oilers	21	17	22	279	156	123	5	20	373	168	205	2	-1.32	4.29	2.54
7	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Kansas City Chiefs	28	6	20	354	218	136		14	255	163	92	1	11.17	18.87	-3.18
8	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	Seattle Seahawks	7	27	18	247	177	70	4	27	374	170	204	1	-14.48	-6.21	-0.30
9	Sun	October 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4		San Diego Chargers	23	27	15	234	87	147	1	22	324	163	161	2	-2.15	-2.28	-0.95
10	Sun	November 5	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4	@	Kansas City Chiefs	20	10	20	329	153	176	3	12	202	95	107	3	2.02	10.38	-2.01
11	Mon	November 13	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4	@	Cincinnati Bengals	34	21	11	201	103	98		27	448	355	93	7	-5.57	12.35	5.76
12	Sun	November 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		Detroit Lions	29	17	24	280	119	161	1	18	328	208	120	4	-9.51	6.47	7.93
13	Sun	November 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5		Seattle Seahawks	16	17	20	331	198	133	1	20	347	263	84	2	-3.06	3.68	-1.06
14	Sun	December 3	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-6		Denver Broncos	6	21	20	279	178	101	5	16	192	45	147	1	-20.83	7.62	0.55
15	Sun	December 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7	@	Miami Dolphins	6	23	21	319	234	85	7	13	260	163	97	3	-24.71	13.06	-2.95
16	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-7		Minnesota Vikings	27	20	16	311	143	168	2	21	389	299	90	7	-14.20	16.78	4.09

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Ken Stabler	33	QB	16	16	9-7-0	237	406	58.4	2944	16	3.9	30	7.4	155	44.7	49	7.3	4.7	12.4	184.0	63.3	37	347	8.35	5.86	3.5	3	3
2	David Humm	26	QB	16	0		14	26	53.8	151	0	0.0	1	3.8	8	35.7	23	5.8	4.1	10.8	9.4	55.1	2	21	7.14	4.64	3.0	0	0
3	Dave Casper	26	TE	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	251	433	58.0	2727	16	3.7	31	7.2	163	44.1	49	7.1	4.7	12.3	170.4	62.7	39	368	8.26	5.78	3.50	3	3

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Mark van Eeghen	26	FB	16	16	270	1080	9	60	53.7	34	4.0	67.5	16.9	35	27	291	10.8	0	13	60.0	33	1.7	18.2	77.1	8.3	297	4.6	1371	9	5
2	Dave Casper	26	TE	16	16	1	5	0	0	0.0	5	5.0	0.3	0.1	88	62	852	13.7	9	49	62.5	44	3.9	53.3	70.5	9.7	63	13.6	857	9	1	PB,AP-1
3	Arthur Whittington	23	RB	16	9	172	661	7	28	43.0	26	3.8	41.3	10.8	34	23	106	4.6	0	2	35.3	20	1.4	6.6	67.6	3.1	195	3.9	767	7	2
4	Cliff Branch	30	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	91	49	709	14.5	1	36	45.1	41	3.1	44.3	53.8	7.8	49	14.5	709	1	2
5	Morris Bradshaw	26	WR	16	14	1	5	0	0	0.0	5	5.0	0.3	0.1	87	40	552	13.8	2	28	39.1	44	2.5	34.5	46.0	6.3	41	13.6	557	2	1
6	Fred Biletnikoff	35	WR	16	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	37	20	285	14.3	2	16	54.1	49	1.3	17.8	54.1	7.7	20	14.3	285	2	0
7	Terry Robiskie	24	RB	7	5	49	189	2	10	46.9	18	3.9	27.0	7.0	9	5	51	10.2	0	3	44.4	21	0.7	7.3	55.6	5.7	54	4.4	240	2	0
8	Pete Banaszak	34	RB	16	0	43	137	0	12	51.2	10	3.2	8.6	2.7	10	7	78	11.1	0	4	60.0	20	0.4	4.9	70.0	7.8	50	4.3	215	0	1
9	Raymond Chester	30	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	13	146	11.2	2	11	60.0	27	0.8	9.1	65.0	7.3	13	11.2	146	2	0
10	Booker Russell	22	RB	16	0	11	65	0	4	72.7	15	5.9	4.1	0.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			11	5.9	65	0	1
11	Harold Hart	26	RB	7	0	7	44	0	2	57.1	16	6.3	6.3	1.0	2	1	1	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0.1	0.1	50.0	0.5	8	5.6	45	0	1
12	Clarence Davis	29	RB	2	2	14	4	0	0	14.3	7	0.3	2.0	7.0	6	4	24	6.0	0	1	50.0	13	2.0	12.0	66.7	4.0	18	1.6	28	0	0
13	Ken Stabler	33	QB	16	16	4	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	0.0	0	0	9
14	David Humm	26	QB	16	0	5	-4	0	0	0.0	4	-0.8	-0.3	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			5	-0.8	-4	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	577	2186	18	116	48.2	34	3.8	136.6	36.1	419	251	3095	12.3	16	163	49.6	49	15.7	193.4	59.9	7.4	828	6.4	5281	34	24

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Cliff Branch	30	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Dave Casper	26	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
3	Dave Dalby	28	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Lester Hayes	23	LCB	16	16	4	86	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Ted Hendricks	31	LOLB	16	16	3	29	0	16	1	0	2	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0
6	Henry Lawrence	27	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	John Matuszak	28	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0
8	Charlie Phillips	26	SS	16	16	6	121	1	42	0	0	3	127	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Art Shell	32	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
10	Otis Sistrunk	32	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
11	Ken Stabler	33	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	-4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Mark van Eeghen	26	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Phil Villapiano	29	ROLB	16	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	1
14	Jack Tatum	30	FS	15	15	3	60	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Morris Bradshaw	26	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Monte Jackson	25	RCB	16	14	2	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Mickey Marvin	23	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Monte Johnson	27	LILB	14	13	1	6	0	6	1	0	2	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
19	Willie Hall	29	RILB	11	11	2	18	0	15	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Arthur Whittington	23	RB	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Rod Martin	24	RILB	15	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
22	Dave Browning	22	RDE	12	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
23	Mike McCoy	30	DT	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
24	Charles Philyaw	24	DE	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
25	Willie Brown	38	DB	13	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Pat Toomay	30	DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
27	Mike Davis	22	DB	16	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Pete Banaszak	34	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Neal Colzie	24	DB	16	0	3	62	0	28	0	3	1	32	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Harold Hart	26	RB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	John Huddleston	24	LB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	David Humm	26	QB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Booker Russell	22	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	28	407	1	52	16	27	28	154	5	28.0	0	0	0	1

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