1975 Oakland Raiders season

1975 Oakland Raiders season
Head coach	John Madden
General manager	Al Davis
Owner	Al Davis
Home field	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Results
Record	11–3
Division place	1st AFC West
Playoff finish	Lost AFC Championship Game

The 1975 Oakland Raiders season was the team’s 16th season, and 6th in the National Football League.

The 1975 season would be George Blanda’s final season in the NFL. Blanda retired with two significant records: the most seasons in American professional football (26), and most games played (340).

Opposing quarterbacks had a passer-rating of 37.2 against Oakland in 1975, the second-lowest total of the Super Bowl era.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1975 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Overall Pick	Player	School/Club Team	Position
1	24	24	Neil Colzie	Ohio State	DB
2	19	45	Charles Phillips	USC	DB
3	24	76	Louis Carter	Maryland	RB
5	24	128	David Humm	Nebraska	QB
7	24	180	James Daniels	Texas A&M	DB
9	24	232	Harry Knight	Richmond	QB
10	25	259	Steve Sylvester	Notre Dame	T
12	24	310	Jack Magee	Boston College	C
14	24	362	Tom Doyle	Yale	QB
15	25	389	Paul Careathers	Tennessee	RB

Regular season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Raiders points	Opponents	Raiders first downs	Record	Attendance
1	Sep 22	at Miami Dolphins	Win	31	21	17	1–0	78,744
2	Sep 28	at Baltimore Colts	Win	31	20	18	2–0	40,657
3	Oct 5	at San Diego Chargers	Win	6	0	17	3–0	31,095
4	Oct 12	at Kansas City Chiefs	Loss	10	42	23	3–1	60,425
5	Oct 19	at Cincinnati Bengals	Loss	10	14	18	3–2	48,122
6	Oct 26	San Diego Chargers	Win	25	0	23	4–2	42,796
7	Nov 2	at Denver Broncos	Win	42	17	21	5–2	52,505
8	Nov 9	New Orleans Saints	Win	48	10	34	6–2	51,267
9	Nov 16	Cleveland Browns	Win	38	17	22	7–2	50,461
10	Nov 23	at Washington Redskins	Win	26	23	26	8–2	53,582
11	Nov 30	Atlanta Falcons	Win	37	34	33	9–2	50,860
12	Dec 8	Denver Broncos	Win	17	10	16	10–2	51,075
13	Dec 14	Houston Oilers	Loss	26	27	23	10–3	50,719
14	Dec 21	Kansas City Chiefs	Win	28	20	24	11–3	48,604

Season summary

Week 10

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Raiders 6 14 0 3 3 26 Redskins 0 9 7 7 0 23 Date: November 23 Location: RFK Stadium • Washington, D.C. Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game weather: 41°F • Wind 10

Scoring summary 1 OAK Pete Banaszak 1-yard run (kick failed) Raiders 6–0 2 WSH Charley Taylor 8-yard pass from Billy Kilmer (kick failed) Tie 6–6 2 WSH Mark Moseley 34-yard field goal Redskins 9–6 2 OAK Pete Banaszak 27-yard run (George Blanda kick) Raiders 13–9 2 OAK Pete Banaszak 7-yard run (George Blanda kick) Raiders 20–9 3 WSH Mike Thomas 2-yard run (Mark Moseley kick) Raiders 20–16 4 OAK George Blanda 22-yard field goal Raiders 23–16 4 WSH Frank Grant 33-yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Mark Moseley kick) Tie 23–23 OT OAK George Blanda 27-yard field goal Raiders 26–23

Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Oakland Raiders(2)	11	3	0	.786	5–1	8–3	375	255	W1
Denver Broncos	6	8	0	.429	3–3	4–7	254	307	L1
Kansas City Chiefs	5	9	0	.357	3–3	3–8	282	341	L4
San Diego Chargers	2	12	0	.143	1–5	2–9	189	345	L1

Playoffs

The Raiders defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 31–28 in the divisional round in Oakland. The following Sunday, they fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers 16–10 in the AFC Championship Game.

Oakland Raiders 31, Cincinnati Bengals 28

Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	7	7	14	28
Raiders	3	14	7	7	31

at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California

• Date: December 28, 1975
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. PST
• Game attendance: 53,030
• Referee: Jim Tunney
• TV announcers (NBC): Curt Gowdy and Al DeRogatis

Game information

Scoring OAK – field goal Blanda 31 OAK 3–0 OAK – Siani 9 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) OAK 10–3 CIN – Fritts 1 run (Green kick) OAK 10–7 OAK – Moore 8 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) OAK 17–7 OAK – Banaszak 6 run (Blanda kick) OAK 24–7 CIN – Elliott 6 run (Green kick) OAK 24–14 OAK – Casper 2 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) OAK 31–14 CIN – Joiner 25 pass from Anderson (Green kick) OAK 31–21 CIN – Curtis 14 pass from Anderson (Green kick) OAK 31–28

Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Oakland Raiders 10

Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	0	0	10	10
Steelers	0	3	0	13	16

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Date: January 4, 1976
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 50,609
• Referee: Ben Dreith
• TV announcers (NBC): Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis, and Don Meredith

Game information
Scoring PIT – field goal Gerela 36 PIT 3–0 PIT – Harris 25 run (Gerela kick) PIT 10–0 OAK – Siani 14 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) PIT 10–7 PIT – Stallworth 20 pass from Bradshaw (kick failed) PIT 16–7 OAK – field goal Blanda 41 PIT 16–10

Awards and honors

• George Blanda, most seasons in American professional football (26)
• George Blanda, most games played, (340)

References

• Raiders on Pro Football Reference
• Raiders on Database Football