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1986 Los Angeles Raiders season

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1986 Los Angeles Raiders season
OwnerAl Davis
General managerAl Davis
Head coachTom Flores
Home fieldL.A. Memorial Coliseum
Local radioKIIS–AM 1150
Results
Record8–8
Division place4th AFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1986 Los Angeles Raiders season was their 27th in the league. They were unable to improve upon the previous season's output of 12–4, winning only eight games.[1] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in five seasons. This would also be Ray Guy's final season of his Hall of Fame career with the Raiders.

The 1986 season was marked by highly competitive games (only four of the Raiders' sixteen regular season games were decided by more than a touchdown). The campaign also marked the end of storied quarterback Jim Plunkett's career. After starting the season 0–3, the Raiders proceeded to win eight of their next nine games. A loss to Philadelphia in overtime started a spiral for the Raiders, who lost the next three games, which included a blowout loss to Seattle and a loss to Kansas City (who edged out Seattle for a playoff spot with ten wins) where the Raiders had seven turnovers and still lost by three points.

Offseason

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NFL Draft

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1986 Los Angeles Raiders draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 24 Bob Buczkowski  DE Pittsburgh
3 80 Brad Cochran  DB Michigan
4 85 Mike Wise  DE California-Davis
4 103 Vance Mueller  RB Occidental
4 108 Napoleon McCallum  RB Navy
6 164 Doug Marrone  OG Syracuse
7 191 Bill Lewis  C Nebraska
8 219 Joe Mauntel  LB Eastern Kentucky
9 246 Zeph Lee  RB USC
10 275 Jeff Reinke  DE Minnesota State
11 302 Randall Webster  LB SW Oklahoma State
12 330 Larry Shepherd  WR Houston
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

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Staff

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1986 Los Angeles Raiders staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches



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Roster

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1986 Los Angeles Raiders roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap
1 September 7 at Denver Broncos L 36–38 0–1 Mile High Stadium 75,695 Recap
2 September 14 at Washington Redskins L 6–10 0–2 RFK Stadium 55,235 Recap
3 September 21 New York Giants L 9–14 0–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 71,164 Recap
4 September 28 San Diego Chargers W 17–13 1–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 63,153 Recap
5 October 5 at Kansas City Chiefs W 24–17 2–3 Arrowhead Stadium 74,430 Recap
6 October 12 Seattle Seahawks W 14–10 3–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 70,635 Recap
7 October 19 at Miami Dolphins W 30–28 4–3 Miami Orange Bowl 53,421 Recap
8 October 26 at Houston Oilers W 28–17 5–3 Houston Astrodome 41,641 Recap
9 November 2 Denver Broncos L 10–21 5–4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 90,153 Recap
10 November 9 at Dallas Cowboys W 17–13 6–4 Texas Stadium 61,706 Recap
11 November 16 Cleveland Browns W 27–14 7–4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 65,461 Recap
12 November 20 at San Diego Chargers W 37–31 8–4 Jack Murphy Stadium 56,031 Recap
13 November 30 Philadelphia Eagles L 27–33 8–5 Los Angeles Memorial Stadium 53,338 Recap
14 December 8 at Seattle Seahawks L 0–37 8–6 Kingdome 62,923 Recap
15 December 14 Kansas City Chiefs L 17–20 8–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 60,952 Recap
16 December 21 Indianapolis Colts L 24–30 8–8 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 41,349 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

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Week 1

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Week 2

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Week 3

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Week 4

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1 234Total
Chargers 6 700 13
• Raiders 0 773 17
  • Date: September 28
  • Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
  • Game start: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 62 °F (16.7 °C); wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)

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Week 5 at Chiefs

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Week Five: Los Angeles Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs
Period 1 2 34Total
Raiders 0 7 14324
Chiefs 10 7 0017

at Arrowhead StadiumKansas City, Missouri

Game information

Week 6

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1 234Total
Seahawks 0 370 10
• Raiders 7 700 14

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Week 7

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1 234Total
• Raiders 6 1707 30
Dolphins 0 7714 28
  • Date: October 19
  • Location: Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C); wind 15 mph (24 km/h)
  • Referee: Tom Dooley
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen

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Week 8

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1 234Total
• Raiders 7 1470 28
Oilers 0 7100 17

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Week 9

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Week 10

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1 234Total
• Raiders 0 377 17
Cowboys 3 730 13
  • Date: November 9
  • Location: Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas
  • Game start: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 56 °F (13.3 °C); wind 13 miles per hour (21 km/h; 11 kn)
  • Referee: Pat Haggerty
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen

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Standings

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AFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Denver Broncos(2) 11 5 0 .688 5–3 8–4 378 327 L1
Kansas City Chiefs(5) 10 6 0 .625 5–3 9–5 358 326 W3
Seattle Seahawks 10 6 0 .625 5–3 7–5 366 293 W5
Los Angeles Raiders 8 8 0 .500 4–4 7–5 323 346 L4
San Diego Chargers 4 12 0 .250 1–7 4–8 335 396 L2

References

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  1. ^ 1986 Los Angeles Raiders
  2. ^ Football Database. Retrieved 2014-May-18.
  3. ^ Silver and Black Report. Archived May 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-May-18.
  4. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Jun-29.
  5. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Jun-30.
  6. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
  7. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-07.
  8. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-08.